The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-19

8q1e and ~ 9lph, arrived. r1re.
ceoe9 oyK H Aylstt. the Attorney for
.sss Siss:nsas g aAs aso z, nso,. We s
foweA . to whe4hW ~ ~ received notc
ron Mn. Aflan On Tho y Of June. inanir
Ing e he lDr. P.) had - letter enclosed
% hlm . fsw days befo1 10 20 North. ana
Whist impression was uol1 npon his mind
With regnsd 70 Nm. Az nxieiy about It. It.
Or: T. thougat nothing q the circumstance.
nad no euspiciene, au4 u4d@ not think Il
sssangs s..a,ag sas saos1d bss1 szs = sbout It. He
the letter ffom 15to tiaooS = placsd x n hs ths
hands Of Ar. - to lAda1 on which he
received her nals, fQ ne 25lh Of june,
about twelve Of 4ourts ay Stewards. ) in.
ca '1sG mesee - S., 8 e: g. =, !.
to ifs destination. Lessned that he had not.
but expected to hsve an opportunity to aend
IL of Ia day or two.
Gen. John II. Winder was then called TO
the stand by the Government.-Hee examined
the letter which caused Mrs. A. = arrest and
Identified 1t as the one which Tad influenced
him IN causing her arrest 1t was first hand
ed him by the Secretary Of War: but the
Secretary at that time retained It, saving he
thought he had clue to its author After.
wards no was preparing to proceed to Mrs.
Allan's residence for the purpose Of arrest
Ing her. when he learned that she was So
1ourning at the Rev. DR.. Hoge's. Then went
to Mr.. Hoge's an1 told Mrs. II. his business.
Mrs. Allan was cent for by Mrs. Hoge, and
he (Winoer) was introduced to her 6y Mrs.
IL. Soon after, Mrs H0ge left the parlor. and
he then communicated his business to Mrs.
A., and told her the nature of the letter
which had LED to her arrest, handing it to
her to read. 6he-did so, and afterwards de-
MED all knowledge Of II said she had never
seen 1t before. He then told her to think
over the matter and give him true ans wsr
Mrs. Allan raised her hands up and said. I"
swear know nothing about It," subse-
quently Gen. Winder called on Mrs. Allan,
and, upon Interrogation, received the reply
from her that the letter had been given to
her. servant In the market by white man,
with the request that she would have 1t for.
warded North for him; che did not know
who he was had no acquaintance with him,
but believed It was -; he was lame
man. General Wincer was then asked by
her; his reply was, he thought she would
be sent to Castle Thunder. He after
wards, recognizing the man who sent Mrs.
Allan the letter as one upon whom some
suspicion rested a. correspondent of a
Northern paper. hal him arrested and
brought before him for examination; but
finding nothing sustaining the charge, dis
Gen. Winder said Mrs. Allan knew not.i.;g
of the lame mans being correspondent,
but he had obtained the Information from
some other source. Mrs. Allan read the let
ter from beginning to end, and then SAID,
upon being questioned, II swear never
saw 1t BEFORE" but at o subsequent inter-
view acknowledged 1t had been given to her
servant in the market. He (Winder) be-
neved she was the author Of the letter in
ouA an old Mvs A oft M
Hoge's, but placed q guard of detectives
around the residence. A few days after.
wards he received . note from Mrs. Hoge
desiring him to make some other disposi-
tion Of Mrs. Allan, as it was unpleasant to
have police force constantly watching the
movements Of her family. Called on Mrs.
A., and being informed by her that she had
obtained permission from the Sisters of
Charity at st. Francis de Sales In6rmary to
remain there till her exsmination took
place, he (W. consented for her to do 60,
and then had her conducted to that place.
During the progress of Gen. WIS eXamina-
ton some very tart remarks passed between
him and Mr.. Lyons as to his convictions Of
Mrs. Allan's guilt; but afterwards agreeable
feelings prevailed between them.
Mr. Thos w. Mcmahon was then called
to the stand to testify es to the handwriting
Of Mr.. --, the man who Mrs. Allan al
-
market to be sent North. MIR. Mem, after
looking at the writing closely, answered that
be did not think Mr.. --- could have writ
ten it. He was familiar with his writing It
was of q "sprawling and unstylish charac-
ter" while the chirography Of the letter
signed ''Santa Trinita," Uhe letter which has
caused so much trouble) was of regular
diction of Mr.. - letters AZ gocd rs that
of the one shown him.. Saw no resemblance
whatsver betwee the handwriting, but would
not swear the letter was not his writing.
Did not consider himself an expert about
such matters.
Rev. J. B. Dudley, of Goocl,land, said he
had known Mrs. Allan for four years; had
stopped at her house several times; had con-
versed with her frequently upon the subject
Of the war, and the Impression always left
upon his mind was that che was loyal to the
South.
Rev. Geo. D. Mortimer, an Episcopal min
lister in Goochland county, had known Mrs:
Allan for some years; che was member OF
his church. Knew her we'll Did not know
positively whether in conversations with her
she had expressed herself In favor OF the
South; could not recollect.
Dr.. Geo. w. Harris, Of Goochland, knew
Mrs. Allan we'll she was an intimate friend
and 8 frequent visitor OF his family. He had
had frequent conversations with her about
the war, and on all occasions had heard her
express the warmeet interest In our 6nal
success. He had introduced conversations
about tho war himself, but never found her
disposed to shrink from talking ON the sub.
ject. Never had doubt Of her loyalty.
Mr.. r.-, formerly from Washington, bat
at present resident Of Goochland, was In
Washington In the summer Of 1862, when
Mrs. Allan vas there Mrs. A. called on his
father's family to deliver letter which she
had brought from Richmond 20 one Of the
family. She spent the morning With the
family. Mr.. entered hi5 fathers house
about an hour after Mrs. A LEFT. he then
found his aisters and some other ladies talk
ing over Mrs. Allan's visit to them that
morning, and they informed him Whaa
ehe had said about the war. fThis
gentleman was about to relate wbsl
Mrs. Allan had said At his fathers house
when the attorney for the Government OBJ
iected. which caused an earnest argument
on both sidcs - to lts admissib1ity, thu
counsel for the accused arguing that In the
absence Of any possibility Of obtaining Wit
uesses from tho other eide Of the lines, he
thought common justice would entitle th<
de(ence to know what the witnees, whoes
respectobility was Z guarantee against Q!
imposition or equiyOcation about the mat
| ter. had heard through his own slster MTs
Allan had said about tho war In ht
| father's house while che was In Waahing ton
| The CommlssiOner decided that Mr.. --
could not tell what he had been told by hl'
| fathers family In Washington about Mr.!
| Allan's conyeTsation while there. The ct
| tornov for the Government, however, eak1
/ thaf vhIla he aid not think what Qf. --'