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/ The ST. ALBANs BAID.-Our limits do not
allow US to give AZ length the testimony
given on the hearing at Montreal, nor is 1t
necessary, as most Of it is but repetition Of
facts already stated. One Of the witnesses
testified distinctly to seeing Young shoot MI.
Huntington. Which of the gang shot Nor
rison has not as yet appeared. We subjoin
tie testimony Of one witnesses:
Cyrus A. Bishop. of St Adams, sworn and
said: On the 18th of October last I was fulfil
ling the duties of teller in the St Adams Bank.
During the day, between three and four O'Clock
in the afternoon, two persons walked over to me
before entering the bank. have since identi-
fed them and see them now in court. The
witness pointed out Collins and Sporr i
When they came in | was sitting at small table
behind the counter. They approached and each
presented large sized revolver at my breast
| then sprang into the directors room adjacent
and attempted to close the door, but Collins and
Sporr followed me and forced open the door.
After this Collins seized me by the collar with
one hand, presenting revolver close to my head
with the other; and Sporr did likewise They
told me that if made any further resistance or
then asked them what the programme was, to
which they answered Wa are Confederate SOL
diers detailed from Early's army, to come North
to rob and plumber as the Federal soldiers were
doing in the Shenandoah Valley" They then
asked me where our gold was. 10 which | replied
that We had none. They asked if we had any
silver and | said we had; at this moment the
president and three other persons had entered
the bank. Collins and Spor seemed to know
and act as if by concert with each other. Tue
leader of the gang now administered an oath
that l would not give an alarm or fire upon
Confederate soldiers There was also in the d.
rectors' room Of said bank, at the sane tim,
Martin Seymour, clerk of St. Adams Bank.
Going to him also, they presented revolvers at
him and threatened to blow his brains out if be
made any resistance or alarm. The president
was kept prisoner and sworn in the same man
ner and at the same time as myself A guard
or two were put over in the room. | was /
then ordered to show them the place in which I
the silver WIS kept. From the safe in the direct
ors' room, where the silver was kept, one of the I
five pulled out three bags Of silver. There was 4
about fourteen hundred dollars in the thr,e 1
bags. Che of the five remarked they could not /
carry away all, on which they tore open the I
bags, and took about four hundred dollars of the /
silver
TIE CONCESSION AND STATEMENT OF YoCEo.
On Saturday. Judge Coursol having read the
charge against Young of assaultng Cyrus n.
Bishop, teller OF St. Aiblns Bank, and robbing
the same, in the usual form asked the accused
if he had anything to say to the charge, warn
ing him that whatever he stated would be taken
down IN writing, and might be used in evidence
against him at this trial.
The prisoner, Bennett H Young. mad the
following statement -
ToUSe's VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
81 am a native Of Kentucky, and a citiIen
Of the Confederate States, to which l owe allie
glance. am a commits oned officer IN the army
Of the Confederate States, with which the
United States are now at war. ] owe no al
legiance TO the United StsteSi Il herewith. pro-
duce my commission as first lieutenant in the
army Of the Confederate States, and also the in
structions received when that commission was