The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-14


Hcn,y Ross.--I am maker
by trade, l work for William Fuller;
on the 10Th October last, [ was in the
shop in st, Adams; first saw of the
raid. three men went to the barn, and
shortly after that man went down on
horseback. who had a revolver which
he held down by his side; Mr. Blair
worked with me aud / told him some
thing wrong was going on at the barn.
Blair said they might be after desert
ers; as I went out of the shop the
man on horseback with q revolver
passed along Rev. I. W. Smith, as
| went out, had q horse. / asked him
what's up and he said he did not know
the man on horseback rode down
street before | took the horse from
Mr.. Smith; after that, | went down to
/ the barn with the horse Mr.. Smith
had, and the man on horseback rode
back down TO the barn, and spoke and
told me to bring around the horse d
d quick; ! know the man who or
dered me TO bring out the horse; had
seen him fortnight or three weeks
before, at the American House. 4
friend came to Fullers and wanted n
horse to ride and Mr. Fuller said he
had one, and let the man have one;
Mr. Conklin took the horse down; ut
dinner time, l found the horse tied to
a tree, near the American House; on
my return from dinner the horse was
there still; / asked the man if he had
got done with the horse, for if he had
would like to take it home. He said
he had not done with him, that he
wanted to ride again that afternoon
said you look like man nigh gone
with the consumption; he said he al
ways rode when be could. The man |
saw at the American House was the
one who ordered me out of Fuller S
yard and to fetch out the horse id
quick or he would blow my brains out.
He was on an army saddle mean
the man on Frank Fields mare Fan
N.Y. 1 was acquainted with Field S
mare Fanny. / led the horse out,
and handed him the reins, but the
horse would not lead; he then handed
me the lines and told me to get on
l threw the lines over the horses head
and be said with an oath keep off that
horse, or III shoot ye l thought it
strange for him to order me to get on
or he would shoot me, and then to
keep off, or he would shoot me; be
was 10 feet off; | led the horse to
Evans store, watched an opportunity
and let the lines fall and went into
Evans store; have not seen that man
since; should know him if could see
him.
After Payne was brought here to
ST. Adams, I first saw him in the jail;
[ went with George Fairchild; he
said they had two raiders in the Jail
and wanted me to go up and see if ]
could identify them; lie said the man
who led me out Of the yard and rode
the Fanny mare, was in the jail, that
he identified him and knew l could;
we went into the jail together and saw
the man; saw pretty tail men, but not
the man who ordered me out Of the
yard the prisoner is one of the men.
The men were sitting down and Dir.
Sherman ordered them to stand up;
Mr. Faiichild pointed at one of them,
| don't know which one, ana said
that's the man I said that l did
not recognize him as the man; he said
that 1 must have been SO excited as
not to know him; l told him if that
was the man that | was as excited as
all the rest.
Cross-erqmined by m Decey-I
stood at the open window of the shop,
when men went into the stable; five
minutes, OF short time after that, a
man on horseback went down, and
stopped down and whispered to one OF
the men who was in the barn; / recog-
nized the man when he first went
down; told Blair that there goes the
man who had old Zip a fortnight ago,
and is going down with a revolver to
shoot some of the men. Mr.. Smith
was on his horse, when he beckoned
to me; he got off his horse in the al
ley; and my talk with him was on the
sidewalk
| did sec the three men after / got
down to the barn; they were coming
out with horses; Mr. VIM Fuller was
there asking them about what they
wanted. The man who got the horse
from the American, | have never seen
since; he came for a curbed bit, said
the mare was so hard-bitted that ne
wanted another bit On the day OF
the raid he looked like man far gone
with the consumption; ] don't know
how he was dressed; first time talked
with HIM at the American House he
wore shawl; on the day of the raid,
he did not | noticed the saddle and
looked at the horse; am we'll acquaint-
cd with Frank Fields mare; | don't
know the date of his first getting a
horse to ride.
Dennis Gilmore keep livery
stable here, in st. Albans | know this
saddle; | bought it Of man IN Shell
don; sold six or eight like it; one to
c. T. Stafford, and Charles Thompson,
one to Eyarts & Cooley, i'll Georgia,
all pretty much the same style OF stir
rups aud trimmings. He brought
them there ut three different times;
lent the saddle to Frank Field, about
a week before the raid; it came around
onofp n fou. NO.. l.. Al fto, lart n