Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-07-01
THE CONSEslRA TRIAL.
Further Testimony Of sanford
COnOyer.

WASHINGTON, June %. The Cour, met at
II o'clock, when Judge Acknowledgement
Holt recalled Sanford C"nover, alias J. W.
Wallace, as n witness for the Government.
q. State whether, after you gave your
testimony in thl: Court, you visited Mont
real A. left here perhaps the same day.
q. Whom did you meet there of those
spoken of rs rcfugccsl A. met Tucker,
Carroll, DR.. Pallen, Ex-Governor Wcscutt,
George Sanders, Lewis Sanders, and son,
and u number others had free conversa-
ton with some of them, especially with
Tucker and Sanders.
Q. What did tucker say. so far as the pur.
pose of those men was conccrncdl a. They
had not the slightest idea that had tcsti
gcd before this Commission. and received
me with great cordially; the subject of this
trial was generally discussed; Tucker, after
dcnouncing Secretary Stanton and President
johnson as sc0undreis, spoke of Judge Holt
as Gioodthirsty old villain; he said they
must protect themselves by gnurd ut pre-.
sent: but, by the Eternal, the day of rcck-
oning will come and they would have Il long
accoun; to settle" Sanders did not make
such violent threats as Tucker did; William
). Clcary, whom he also pIet, made similar
violent thre ats; hc said that Bealc would
not been for Judge Holt: he also said blood
should follow blood; lie reminded me of
what he had formerly remarked concerning
President Lincoln. That retributive Justice
had come, and the assassination of the Pre-
sident was the beginning o. it.
q. After giving your testimony here did
you not go to Canada for mel a. did, to
get certified copy of the record at Mont.
real met these consprators had not
been there long when they discovered that
my testimony had been published; reccy-
eli message from Sanders, Tucker, Carroll
and ODonnell, a Virginia, sometimes called
Mcdonnell.
Q. The man who boastcd of setting fire
to houses in New York? A. He SO boast
ed went INFO the saloon to wait until the
public offices were opened while sitting
there about ten minutes dozen Rebels sur
rounded me; they accused me of having he
t-ayed their secrets: not knowing at the
time that my testimony had been published
l denied it they said If would give them
letter to that effect it would be well Just
as was about to get away Beverly Tucker
came in he said mere letter would not
do, because had testified before the Court,
therefore must give some paper under
oath to make my denial sufficiently strong;
ABOUT dOZen OF men asSalleQ me in a fu-
rious manner; O'Donald took out his pistol
and said unless did SO should not leave
the room alive; at last Sanders said, "Wal-
lace, you see what kind of hands you are
in" | at length consented it was under
stood that was to prepare the paper 10 my
own way l intended, however, not to pre-
pare the paper but to escape from them at
the most convenient opportunity Mr. Kerr
was then sent for to prepare the paper two
OF Morgan's men were there; a pistol was
again drawn on me; Kerr came and the
affidavit was prepared aud signed it and
went through the ceremony of an oath. %
q. Did you know that Kerr had knowl
edge Of these menaces A. 1t must have
so appeared to him, for Tucker said if I did
not sign the paper should never leave the
town alive, ana that they would follow me
to TIT. Pm.
BY Judge Advocate Holt-Q. | under
stanG this is the paper sworn and subscribed
to oy you under the circumstances which
you have detailed, with pistols pointed at
your face, and that the statement in this
paper are false A. Yes sir; never heard of
Alfred Terry, who said swore TO 1t volun-
tariiy; the advertisement appended to the
deposition, and which is as follows, was
also induced by the same threats.