The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-05-18
EVANSVILLE, IND MONDAY MORNING.

~ AO"DurS. DOn know Whe
X Taylor Mefford crossed over from Ii
:. Indiana side. Hadn't seen him for
IL few days before.
y A map OF the town was then referre
a 10, and the witness pointed out the difeI
d ent localities in Newburg, and the pri.
oners house, which was over the hi
beyond the hospital Saw no arms LEI
on the Kentucky side while the rebel
r went over
|, Cr0sS-erdmined-The time they cross
ed was about one o'clock. The rebel
were on foot. The skif' which came owe,
landed three hundred yards below me
The other ferry was about a Quarter Of :
mile aSove. The Ohio is about half q
| mile wide. | could see what was going
: on quite plainly. Saw persons about the
hospital and passing around 1t was
De1 short H aagG @f az aSg s tsu2 ths R2at agtfg
landing, at the foot of the main street.
The first boat which came to the Ken
lucky side was Brownlee's boat | was
from one hundred to one hundred and
tltty yards from it wher it unloaded
huston was down still closer, nearly at
the boat. He went down to the boat
when it landed first, and then walked
up to the landing. When it came up to
the landing, he walked down to the boat.
We got up little ahead of the boat.
When 1t came up, Huston ands several
others were standing and talking to-
gether. Lambert said they were getting
guns directly after they went over. Lam
bert first said he didn't know about it.
Then he said, II can tell YOU, thew
have gone over to strip the town of guns
and parole the soldiers" Huston didn't
ask any question, for it took place before
he came up. He came up directly after
Lambert came up, and the boat landed
on the Indiana shore. Huston and Nc
Alllster came on horseback, sat on their
horses little while and got down and
hitched their horses Nothing was said
on the Kentucky side about the people
OF Newburg allowing such a band of
rebels 10 take their town Huston said,
1t was pretty set of home guards to
allow such little handful of men. with
shot guns, to take their town" We re-
manned on the bank till the last boat
came over. L was about the house when
the second boat came over 1t landed
below. Didn't see what it brought over.
When the rain came up the second boat
had gone over to Newburg. / went to /
the house and staid about an hour 1t /
didn't rain much, nor make the river
rough. We came up while they, Illus
ton, DC, } were out on the river, before
they got across. Think the other
boat dldn shove off before Huston got
across Did not see Brownlee on the
beet tbs, l-eez.t
Hp E,Es He said they wouldn't let him take
went over with him. saw Huston on
Main street, between the two hospitals on
Main street All the guerrillas had gone
then.
Direct examination again-I recog-
nized Andrew MeffOrd, Theodore Apple
gate, and James Thomson among the |
guerrillas l saw.
Cross examined again - Murphey, |
Lance, and Huston were IN the boat.
Murphey lives in the ferry house. Didn't |
hear them say anything to HIM while in
the boat.
Simeon LANCE live in Newburg,
but was in Kentucky, July 18th, right
opposite. In the first place, l had come
in at noon from the field, went in and eat
dinner, and came out and laid down un-
der the trees and nearly went to sleep.
Shortly gentleman rode up and asked
if there was ferry there, and how he
could get ferryman over, and asked me
| to call him over. | said | would call for
him, and hallooed twice, and got no an
swer. His name was Dick Lambert.
He then asked if there was another
I T hIrf n hnt
little He went up and after few min
utes came riding down the river. told
him to leave, and never come back.
Soon after he dashed past, the guerrillas
came up the road, and went to the ferry,
got in tie boat, and went over to New
burg, at 1T twenty-five of them. There
was a sAiff come across below me, with
four persons in it. About the time they
crossed | saw Huston on the Kentucky
side ofthe river, Mr. Blancet, Horseman,
Huston, Shelby and two other persons
came up-all talking. While we were
all on the bank some one proposed to go
down, and see what the boat brought
over We got half way down, and we
concluded we had better not 60 down
amuugot .han,, we might get into diff
fculty l stopped on the hill. Huston
said: II am going down, am not afraid
of them, and am going to see what they
brought over" He didn't say why he
, had come to the river First boat land
ed quarter of mile, below; don't
know what they brought over. Saw two
, horses and wagon in the boat After
they got off, the boat came right up to
5 the general landing. l got on the boat
$ as it came along to the shore. Brownlee
t was ferryman at the time, and Murphy
: was on the boat. AS the boat came up
| Huston asked US what they were doing
e at the town. Brownlee said he didn't
r exactly know, but he guessed it was all
t right. Blancet, l and Huston stepped
e on the boat. The guards came up then.
e One said : Mefford was all right" He
r said l could go over if | took the oath.
Y | said l would not They cooked their
It arms, and asked what army 1 belonged
e to? | said none. They then spoke
W about my cap, which l said l had had fol
1t a long time. Huston said he wanted tt
f. 90 to town They said he could go, fol
e they knew him. Mefford said he coulC
e vouch for him. Huston walked aboar(
d the boat, passed the guards and sat down
Z 1t was right smart time from that til
ID the next boat landed-three quarters o
"a On hour or lonper II was 10 o. 'clocl