American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25

ders name number OF persons ready and
willing to remove the President Vice
President, the Cabinet, and some of the
leading Generals of the United States;
and he added that there was any amount
of money to accomplish this purpose,
meaning the assassination of these per-
sons; he then read letter, which he said
he had received from the President of
our Confederaey meaning Jefferson Da-
Wis, aud which letter justified him in ma
king any arrangements that he could, to
accomplish such object; there was meet
ing at that time of these Rebels, and a
letter was read to them, the substance of
which was, thatif the Southerners in the
Canadas and the States were willing tobe
governed by such tyrant as Lincoln, he
Davis did not wish to recognize them as
friends, and that he approved ofthe prop
osition to assassinate him; Col Steele
read the letter, also Capt. Scott, George
Young and Hill, allRebels; this meeting
was about the middle of last February /;
at the meeting Sanders named some of
the persons who were to accomplish the
assassination, and among them he named
j. w. Booth, whom i had seen in Mont
real in October; he also named George
Harper, Charles Caldwell, Randall and
Uarrison; Harold went BY the name of
Harrison; I heard Surratt's name also
mentioned, and Harold; there was per
son named whomthey called "Plug To
bacco." | saw Harold in Toronto; San
ders said Booth was heart and soul in
this matter; he was cousin to Beale, who
was hanged in New York; ho added that
If they could dispose of Lincoln it would
be an easy matter to dispose of Mr.. John
son in some of his drunken revelries; that
if they could dispose of the President,
Vice. President and Cabinet, and that if
Mr.. Seward could be disposed of it would
satisfy the people North, and that peace
| could be obtained; That they had endeav-
ored to bring about war with England,
but Mr.. Seward, through his energy and
sagacity, had thwsrted their efforts, and
for that reason they wanted to get rid OF
him,
On the 9TH or 9th of April last | met
Harper, who said that they we're going to
the State to 6 kick up the damnedest row
such as had never been heard of; he
added that if | did not hear of the death
| of Old Abe, the Vice President, and of
Gen. Dix, in less than ten days, | might
put him down as damned fool that was
on the sixth of April; he mentioned the
name of Booth as one Of their friends
there he said they had plenty of friends
in Washington, and that fifteen or twen-
ty we're going. He had started to go To
Washington as early as the Sth, together
with others; communicated this fact on
the 10th of April to a justice of the
peace, named Davidson, who, after the
assassination, communicated it to the
Government Harper returned to Cana
da after the assassination | had con-
versation with G. G. Clay in Toronto, in
| February last; he spoke of the letter of
Davis, which Sanders had exhibited he
seemed TO understand the character of the
letter perfectly, and said he thought the
end would justify the means Surratt
was pointed out to me in Toronto, last
February, l think; ! saw Booth there
two or three times, and sat at table with
him once, at the st Lawrence, with San
ders, Scott and Steele; they were con-
versing with Booth, and drinking wine
with him at Sanders expense; | saw
Harold in Canada, in February.
Richard Montgomery testified. IL
knew Jacok Thompson, Clement G. Clay,
whom | have met In Canada number of
times since the summer of 1864 up to
this time; also, George n. Sanders, j. p.
Holconibc, Beverly Tucker, W. G Cleary,
Harrington, Hicks, and others, under
fictitious names; Thompson had several
names one was Carson; Clay was Holt;
and Lacy, and Tracy, Jacob Thompson
said he had friends of the Confederacy
all over the Northern States, willing to
go any lengths, and that he could, at any
time, have the tyrant Lincoln, and any
OF his advisers, put out of the way that
his friends would not consider it crime,
and that it would be done for the cause
of the Confederacy; in January, 1865,
Thompson said, in Montreal, that prop
osition had been made to him to rid the
world Of the tyrants, Lincoln, Stanton,
Grant and some 9th ,rs that he knew
the men who made it were bold, daring
men, able to execute anything they would
undertake ; that he was in favor of the
proposition, but deferred his answer un-