The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-07

special agent as an intermediary to
communicate between him md Col
Hill when l was notified of his ap-
pointmcnt. Special agents do not al
ways have regular commissions Mr..
Smith was in the secret service.
Fd,cdrd H. Samson I am assistant
Post Master in st. Adams saw Hoze-
kiah Payne riding south on horseback
past the Episcopal church, at twenty
three minutes past three; was then on
the Park. He had on n haversack.
recognize the prisoner as the man
then saw. He was some four or five
rods distant. This was before the raid :
he was on dark bay horse, with an
army saddle.
Cross-eTdmined by Mr.. Beiiey.-On
the 26th day of April / went into
Fields stable with Mr.. d. R. Bailey
and there saw horse which I think
Payne rode. / did not notice any
other man. and then went into the
school house and saw nothing more of
him; don't know how long it was be-
fore the raid; saw his face fully; was
walking TO the east aud saw Payne by
the Episcopal Church. At that time
did not notice any strangers about
the street; / cannot recollect the face
of any other stranger that | saw the
next day or week or month After
the raid heard that all these persons
had on haversacks and it then occurred
to me that he was the man. Barlow
Atwood was with me at the time
These are the photographs of II.
Payne; they were shown to me by II.
b Sowles before Payne was brought to
St Adams, from Detroit ] told ID.
r. Bailey and Judge Barber that |
could not recognize Payne by the pho
tographs. | had previously told Mr..
Sowles that / recognized the original
My remark to Mr. Bailey was jocose
and not intended as serious; Judge
Barber questioned me; did not tell
Judge Barber or Mr. Bailey that |
looked at the photographs and jocose-
ly told Mr.. Sowles that ! recognized
the original of the photograph as
that of Payne.
Re-erdmined. Il Barlow Atwood said
he thought the horse Payne rode was
Mr.. Eastmans, and also that he did
not know that he had an army saddle
This was about % minutes past 3
o'clock, r. Nj.
Samuel Williams (recalled) The
paper / now have was left with me by
Mr. Butler.
~ H. Butler recalled did not
know that Payne countermandcd this
order; l did not hear Col Flanagan
testify on the subject of its being
countermanded This is the order
Detroit, January 81 1865.
Capt Marx Flanagan, or Deputy Mar
shall H. H. Butler.
GENTLEMEN Please deliver to Syl-
vester Larned, Esq, one-hundred and
fifty dollars IN gold, of the money of
mine in your hands and this shall be
your receipt for that amount. Please
also deliver Mr.. Larned my watch and
chain. HEZEKIAH PAYNE.
Witness, l.. r. BRooKwAY.
Mr.. Brockway is the chief of the
house of correction at Detroit left
Dttioib WIFI tit ny ucS ubOul lnS
18th of February last.
Edacard Wlson In following the
raiders we arrived at West Berkshire
at about o'clock p. NJ, searched
Slab City OF Frelighsburgh at 1C
o'clock. Distance is 6 miles; we went
by the long route, as the raiders did
From there to St Johns is % miles,
passing through Stanbridge; to Stan
bridge from Slab City is miles.
EdiCard A. Soic'es I am acquainted
with the distance from Frehghsburgh
to st. Johns. From Frelighsburgh to
Aliens Corners is miles, from there
to st. Johns II miles; l went witt
Kemp who had about $4,000 of the
money; ] did not measure the distance
went from Farnham to st. Johns; l
is IA miles; from West Farnham t,
Stanbridge is Is to 20 miles
Cross-eTamined By Mr. Bailey. Th'
first passenger train over the roaC
brought us.