The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-30
THE VERMONT TRANSCRIPT.


whom l identified. Mr.. Royce cross
me. / do not recollect Civ
ing their names; | am positive about
Bennett H. Young, George
Scott, Dudley Moore, and two others.
| think Collins was one. not SO tall
rs |, had fine figure, black eyes, fine
AT the time ] testified in
Montreal, ! only knew the names of
Bennett II. Young and George Scott.
My impression is that the prisoner is
the man | first saw riding past the
store and in sight, he might have rid
den down Bank Street and gone north,
wheeled and passed down by the |
store; he passed 10y the store going |
south, some fifty and seventy feet /
from me. / never saw Payne before.
/ recognized Payne as the man who |
threatened Nettleton and demanded |
his hat When | first came out of the
store and looked down Street there
were from six to ten men on horse
back, mostly near the Franklin Coun-
ty Bank
| do not swear positively that the
horse Payne rode was bay horse, but
! now think it was n dark bay horse.
I've told several that it looked Ike
Frank Fields bay mare Fanny /
believe that it was Frank Fields bay
mare and SO | told Edward I. Watson
yesterday.
] paid no attention to the saddle.
/ When | saw him pass the store l only
got n glimpse of him. He might have
gone down as fur as the Franklin
County Bank Payne was the first
man | saw come back. 1t seems to be
more natural and appropriate to call
him Payne rather than the man who
rode past the store.
The ono who got unhorscl was
near him when he started. l did not
look towards the north. The man
who lost his hat first saw in front of
the st. Adams Bank. lie spoke loud
enough for me to hear him. The man
who was endorsed was not over fifteen
rods from Nettleton when he first de-
mandod his hat
] have stated the circumstances as
near as l could The man appeared
to me more bold and active than any
other man. The next act was his get
ting the horse for the man who came
+ out of the St. Adams Bank The mar
who demanded the horse from Henry
Ross, was the man who demanded the
hat of Nettleton. The horse which
Ross led was one of Fullers horses,
suppose, as Mr.. Smith got it at Ful
ler's livery stable and returned it there
/ saw the Rev Mr.. Smith there
= about the time Mr. Payne was leaving
Payne told the man there's n horsl
for YOU, after he had escorted Ros
y down in front of Evans store. / nov
:, say that Payne did not assault Nettle
y ton until after Rev. Mr. Smith 60
. down there | first saw him ride pas
: the store-and second when he rod
= with the horse to the man who cam
out of the st. Adams Bank, and third
when he rode and met the bare head
=" ed man. Mr. Fairchild here tainted.
= The demand for the horse was mad
" first and then the demand for the hat
u l don't remember that | stated differ
GHlll Btipit INC tSAollllN. iNi
=, was only one assault and demand 70
u u a hat made upon Mr.. Ncttloton that
- know Of
Il Mr.. H. b. Sowles showed me tw
" photographs before l went to SC
/ Payne III the jail. Livingston was
'G prisoner there at the same time; thrC
! persons came out of the jail rool
II while was there, Livingston, Gcora
= b. and Hezekiah Payne ! had see
g these photographs before l went
u the jail to identify the supposed raio
lo ers Nettleton afterwards came c
n =, from Newport, New Hampshire AZ
~ before he went to see the raiders
&c told him that l recognized one
~ them | had written to Mr.. NettletC
~ before lac came here. l am positi'
&c that / wrote only once to him.
y, When the raider demanded the h
"a he had an oycrcoat on and hat on,
IT, moustache a goatee, and no side win
re kers, but hair and whiskers We're II
IL as long as they are now. The hat W
" a light colored one, / think.
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