Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-10-24

always did my trading with him. Q. When
last with him A. Last week.
Cross. .Ezdmtnation-By the Acc~sed.-Q Did
| you say your name was Pardon A. Yes, sir.
| Z. Where are you frem A. was born in
Connecticut. Q. Where did you live when
the war broke ont "A. In Massachusetts. Q:
supplying the Confederate armies! A. 1 have
been running up there ever since last April or
me lst Of May. Z. What were you doing last
was trading in the camps. q. or what army
| a: In the forts around In the defences OF
washington. u. How came you to engage in
federate iinesl A Wei, I had chance to go
| out into their lines and so went ont. Q. Had
| You partners in that business! {! A. Yes, sir.
q. Have you now apartner! A. No, sir. ..
Had you woman connected with you In this
siness! A. Yes sir, my wife. & What is
known in these charges as Mrs. Whitesen
A. NO, sir q Has your wife been here with
Of Was ahe ever at the
What time in May was it you made the first
purchase A. cannot tell @. Why can
ss nsss is
about May the 10th: g: Did any
to hs of Gnsa sSoa @ sns
1st Of May. A. Yes, sir. q. Who! A. MY
| wife. u. Who else! A. do not recolect
| ". DOn'L you KNOW tnAt tQeTe was another
person who went with your A. A lady from
| Virginia has been in there with me. think it
| was in June she came in and bought some
goods there. q. Who is she A. Her name
| was Fanny Noland O. You think it was In
| June she entered this business A. She came
| in with me into the city, and she bought some
| goods here q. Where! A. At johnson &
| Sutton's, and number of other places. She
| went out with me. q. Who introduced you
| when you first went into the store, or did you
| introduce yourself! A. introduced myself.
TO hon
| showing who you were! A. Some orders.
Y. Didn't you also produce permit to sell
goods A. l think 1 produced pass from
Col. Mosby permitting me to pass from Eir-
| ginia into the Confederate lines Z. Didn't you
| show permit issued by the Union officers on
| this side to trade within the Union lines A.
l have had pass. q. ask you if you did
not there, that day, show to them a permit
claiming the right to purchase and sell goods
within the Union lines A: showed them
pass there which said -" Mr.. p. Worsely is
permitted to peddle fruits and vegetables with
in the lines Of the Notifications Of Washing
tom" z. Who was that pass signed by! A.
bany. u. Didn't you show them permit to
buy and sell dry goods A. No, sir. q. Didn't
you claim that you had permit. A. No, sir.
There cannot be such permit got in this city.
Q. Now, do you undertake to say that you
showed the defendants orders, and stated to
them that You wanted to carry goods through
themselves say so. G. What orders! A. Those
orders there-any quantity OF them. q. How
came you to be in possession of these orders!
A. The defendants did not supply all the
articles called for in those orders, such as boots
shoes, hats, &c, and they therefore returned
me the orders, that might get these other
filled! Yes, SIR they filled all OF these in the
bundles here. Q. Have you any with their
he1e on M m sir ehaeRs
nages' These orders are in my hand writing.
They are for little articles, which copied off
from original orders. Q. Who is this MI. John
X IPffr6Va L written Ia Exoo
about two miles above Rectortown. q. What
does he do! A. He belongs to Mosby's band.
Y. You state you said to these parties, when
you first went there-and that was the first
time you ever saw them-that You were en-
gagged in running the Confederate lines, and
ply the rebels. A. told them that / was run
ming into Virginia. q. Whereabouts in Vir.
ginia! A. told them / went out as far as
Mid dleburg, Upperyille, and Rectertown. q.
Would that take you through the Confederate
lines! A. Not through them, but into them
T. And you say you stated to them, in the case
OF each order, who the parties were! A. very
regard TO every order. q. Now, that first time,
in May, when you called there was not Mr..
johnson himself at the desk, and didn't you
transact all your business with one OF the clerksl
A. settled with one of the clerks, but had q
conversation with Mr.. Johnson: q. Did you
ever have any conversation with Mr.. Sutton!
the goods-about putting them up at wholesale
price, and so on. z. What time of day was it
you were tueIe Il. i tAl0R III tn6 morning.
q. How long did you stay there. A Proba-
bly, half an hour-perhaps little longer. q.
And during that time You told them who you
sese About
kind Of purchases did you make at that time =!
A. The first time l think bought $500 worth.
these purchases A. Probably ten or a dozen
times. q. Were you ever there to exceed three
times A. Well, have bills with them for
over eight. @. Will you answer my question!
A. Well, think have been there more than
a hundred times, l would sometimes be in
there a half dozen different times in one day.
q. don't mean how many times in one day,
but on how many occasions coming across the
river! A. Somewheres from ten to q dozen.
z. What was the object Of the second bill you
speak of! A. That was bill to sell at @.
eminent permitted you to charge so per cent. =!
A. No, sir that would have been very fool
take the first bill Of goods from there yourself!
A. Yes, sir. Z. BY the way, after these goods
were put up in bundles. and the names OF the
different parties were put on each bundle re-
A: They were put up in boxes or cases. Y.
What marks were put upon the boxes A.
across the river7 A. carried it in my wagon.
Z. Where did You get pass! A. had pass
tor psddng e. But that pass Ss was not from
after making this first bill that You must go to
the Provost Marshal in this city and get a passl
And further, did you not go out and come back
vost Marshal! A. Yes, sir, always got pass.
q. In what name was that pass! A. Pardon
Worsely's. q. Who vouched for your loyalty
to the Provost Marshal! A. Nobody at that
time. q. How then did you succeed in getting
i'll A. In the first place, when first got pass
in the city / had a letter of recommend
from Gov. Andrew, Of Massachusetts. This
secured me pass granting permission to cross
the river and visit the Notifications. Since
then, by referring back to the first pass have
had no difficulty in getting one Q. You say
YOU did not exhibit to them aay permit tn saiI
goods !! A. Well, sir, you might cut this story
very short. At the time ofthe late raid around
Washington had quite large amount of
to get either in or ont, but as soon as secnred
pass told them Twas going to make the at. |
tempt to run through, which did, and sue.
ceeded. y. VINO did You get that pass FRONT |
q. From whoml A. From the Provost Mar
shal, corner 18th and l, Col. Ingraham. O. |
How long ago was that! A. cannot tell. 1 |