The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-11-18

son: he left that to the decision OF the
iudicial tribunals of the country. lie
was aware that war had for some
time been raging in the Federal States
and in the Confederate States, so called. |
John Mclaughlin, Chief of the Mon
treal Government police sworn. lie
identified George Scott and Samuel
Gregg. Scott told him that he was a
soldier and claimed pro
lection as such Gregg said he was
going to Montreal, and thence to Que
bee where he had some friends. He
claimed that he came from Kentucky.
Marcus Wells Beardsley sworn: ]
am cashier of the Franklin County
Bank. There was an outbreak by n
number of armed men in st. Albans on
the 10Th of October Those whom |
saw we're strangers, and ! was III my
bank when first saw some of them.
They were armed with large reyolvers.
| recognize the prisoner Hutchinson as
the leader of the armed gang, who on
that occasion entered the Franklin
County Bank He wore wliskers then,
and had no spectacles on az he has
now. Hutchinson when he first came
into the bank, enquired Of me what
we were paying for gold | answered
we were not dealing III that article
but l referred him to Mr. Arming-
ton, merchant, who was dealing in it.
There were three or four of an armed
gang came into the bank. but / recog-
nize only one They remained ia the
bank, l should think, ten or fifteen
minutes. All these men presented re
volvers, and threatened my life but
no revolvers were discharged These
men were all dressed in ordinary civil
ians' clothes, l next saw Hutchinson
in the Montreal Jail, and there re-
marked to him that the treatment /
had received in the bank at st. Adams
at his hands, and those of his gang,
was very brutal Hutchinson then re-
marked that the people OF the North
were treating the people of the South
IN similar manner.
Cross-eXamined by Mr.. Abbott 4
Hutchinson wore whiskers when he en-
tered the bank, but / cannot say
whether the upper part Of his chin was
shaved or not. My motive in speak
ing TO him the other day in jail was to
make sure that he was the man who
came into the bank
BY the Court never saw Hut
Gibson before | saw him in the Frank
lin County Bank.
Mr. J. i. Arlington sworn | am
u merchant Of St Adams was in St
Adams on the afternoon Of the 18th
of October last. Between the hours
of three and four Of that afternoon l
saw armed men on the streets on
horseback l recognize the prisoners
Young, Doty and Gregg. ! saw them
at first on the street mounted on
horses, and armed with pistols, and IN
civilians dress. | should Judge that
they belonged to one party and they
rode off together towards the North,
at not very rapid pace. | should
Judge that there were about twenty of
these armed men in all They APP
! pcared to be strangers and acting III
concert and / heard shots fired by
them I bought some gold from d
stranger in tie bank, whom I was af-
tervaula ted 10y Mr. Beardsloy, cash
icc Of the bank, was one Of the raiders
Cross-eXamined by Mr. Kerr
saw shots fred by the party, and at
the party by the people Of ST. Adams
The firing took place near the ST. Al
bans Bank. l should say Gregg had
at that time a little more whiskers on.
! which made a difference as to the ap-
pearance OF his face.
The testimony Of Mr.. Charles 4
Marvin. of St Adams, and Daniel G
Thompson Of Montpelier, was ther
given.
The testimony for the prosecution
was closed Nov. 18th, when it was de
cided to take the voluntary statement
of the robbers themselves. One O
them Bennett H. Young stated tina
he WIS commissioned officer in til,
! Confederate service that the expedi
ton against ST. Adams was not pro
Jected in Canada-and its object wa!
to retaliate for acts committed b,
Grant, Sheridan, and others, not il
accordance with civilized warfare II,
handed in his commission, and said h,
wanted to communicate with the rebe
government at Richmond to Obtain
important testimony, and could not b.
ready for full defense for TWEEN
ty days. The other prisoners ais,
made statements,
The further hearing in the case wa
adjourned by Judge Coursol, upon ap
phcation of the prisoners, until Dec
18th, The prisoners had asked for
delay Of twenty days to enable then
to obtain exculpatory evidence iron
Richmond. The raiders now claim
that they have genuine commission
from the Southern Confederacy which
they propose to prove by plenty of un
impeachable witnesses who saw then
before the raid, and also by their Gus
todian during it.
Aid for fha I'niau p.iooun,s q.