The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-10-19

And then he Hreu
The men were all driven aIhore from the Caro-
line before she was cut loose. Capt Drews ofoers
were 70 drive them on shore, md 10 hurt ms lew
ne nossible. and TO cast her off from the wharf
nrev;ous 10 setting fire 10 her. was not IN
,he warehouse n. all, nor 10 know that any of
tbe attaching party went IN. Mcleod never
smoke TO me, nor to any person ID my nearing,
on the subject. / do not know that he advised,
either directly or indirectly in the destruction
of the Caroline NOR do believe he ever did.
There was no pilot employed. The order given
10 Cant Drew by Sir A. McNab was given III
private at his head quarters in my hearing mo
other person WINS present. 1t was not a request,
but command.
Deposition Of Edward Zealand, rihe town
of Hamilton, aged As years. ! got on board a
bout the same time with the other assalans,
and was nearly the las; to leave her. kdid not
see M cI ,eod among the assaliants, and j do not
believe he was among them. There was dead
man living on the dock at SchlosSer, but ne was
not con veyed there. He met his'dealh during
the attack on the Caioline, but do not know
whether he was shot on board the Caroline or
on the dock. I think the shot that struck him
was from the direction Of the tavern or store.
He could not have been conveyed OH shore
without my knowledge. ! saw The men engaged
in the expedition on their return to Chippewa,
but did not see Mcleod among them, and
believe he was not there. Seven boats started
five reached the Caroline, and five returned,
almost in company. l know Sir a. McNab,
but 90 not know whether he WINS there when the
expedition started. l lid moi hear him give any
orders. nor do | know by whose command the
expedition started. j have no doubt 1t was
started by Sir A. McNad.
Deposition Of William S. Light, of ito town
ship OF North Oxford in the district of Breech
and province of Canada. / saw the Caroline
OH the night of her destruction. boarded her
on the starbonrd how, and was the first on board
from my boat.
Alexander Mcleod was not among the
sailants from the first attack upon her ill her
final destruction, to my knowledge. saw no
one killed on board the Caroline saw man
in the after cabin desperately wounded, and was
ordered by Captain Drew To carry him on shore.
took him to the gangwoy, and believe that he
either walked or was carried on shore, but cam
not say positively, us did not see him
Deposition Of Christopher Bier, aged 40 years,
a naval officer attached to the war steamer
Mnos. Prior to the destruction of the Caroline,
know Alexander Me Leod by sight, but had
no acquaintance with him: was at Chippewa
at the time Of the destruction of the Caroline,
and was in that enterprise. l knew all in the
boat with me; Mcleod not among them.
did not see him at all rLat evening; was in
every part of the Caroline; went on board with
the rest: and we all left about the same time;
did not see Mel eod among them, either on the
expedition, or among our number when we re-
turned. Capt. Drew communicative orders
were, "The steamboat is our object-follow
me-"
Deposition OF Shepard Mccormick, Esq Lieut..
in the ROYAL Navy.-The first time l Alex.
Mcleod was on the night of the 28th Dec. 1887,
when he was introduced to me by Capt Ora
ham, perfectly recollect the destruction of
the Caroline. ! was Mt Chippewa about that
time and for some days prior TO it. The per.
sons who embarked in the expedition were for
about half an hour standing OH the beach.
tf;rnt to ranHv l n isl n 10
names and went round to get volunteers by di.
rections of Capt Drew, as was second in
command, when the boat went TO destroy the
Caroline.
do not know where Mcleod was; lie was
not in my boat. did not take down his name,
and am positive he not of The party. 1
went with the party on the expedition, and did
not see McLeed among It's at any time. did
not see him all that night was the second of
our party who landed on the Caroline, and was
in most parts of her. / was pnt into one of the
boats after was wounded, before the other us.
saIiants left the Caroline. I was disabled
that cannot recol,ect who | saw on my return
/ saw Mcleod shortly after the destruction OF
the Caroline, and he expressed his regret that
he had not heard OF it, as he would have accom-
panied us. Further than this know of moth.
ing that may tend to the advantage of said A.
Mcleod.
Here follows the testimony of others OH board
The boats--in all one from each boat-the SAME
as there given above that Mcleod was not in
any of the boats nor seen about the Caro-.
line.
William Press sworn. Direct examination =
/ reside in Canada, at Hamilton. l am the
keeper of the Promenade House. resided in
1887 in Niagara village. lived there from
1885 to July al. was tavern keeper there.
j knew Mcleod well at that time. I lived or
400 Yards from him. | recoect the troubles
in Canada i'm 1887. l was at Chippewa only
once during those troubles. That was OH the
29th December, 1927. ! returned to Niagara
the same evening. l went to Chippewa on
business. / took two passengers up in wag.
on. | made memorandum in my cash book
on that day of money received from these men
on that day for that service. did not refer to
it until two years afterwards The entry was
made on the Goth. know it was on the 29th
also, from hearing of the Caroline affair imme
diately afterwards. l left Chippewa a little
after dark on the 29th. My horses l put up
across the way from Daviss. had two-horse
wagon. Mr. O'Keefe, who went up with me,
rode back with me to Niagara, and Mr. Mcleod
the prisoner.-From Chippewa to Stamford
where Mel eod left me, shouI think il Mould