The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-06-15

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Quecn's Hotel, at Toronto, Canada
West, where | converscd with him.
had an interview with Mr. Thompson ;
several others had sought an interview
while / was closcted, and had been re-
fused On leaving Thompson's room,
7 sap Pdyne in the p0ssdge ,roy, near
the door, ,olh Clement c. Clay, talking
10 him. Mr. Clay stopped me, aud fin
ished his con yersatiou with this man,
in an undertone. Whon lie left me,
he said, ''Wait for me, viii return"
lie soon came back, and bade me good
bye, and asked where be could soc me
after time. ! tod him, and appoint.
cd a meeting. | spoke 10 this man
Payne in Clays absence, and asked
him who lie was. He said, "Oh, I'm 4
Canadian )" which was to say, Idon t
wish you to aslS me any thing more
| mentioned him to Clay when | met
him after time; Clay asked, what
did he say?' ] told him, and Clay
answered, That's so, he ia \ Cdndailn,
and laughed; he eadded, "Wc trust him. y
canadian is an expression for their
friends; and his conduct was an indi-
cation that their intercourse was Of Il
very confidential nature.
1 have been in Canada since tho as.
sassination; few days after ! met
Beverly Tucker at Montreal. lie said
Mr.. Lincoln deserved his death long
ago;" that, "was pity he did not die
long ago." and that it was too bad the
boys had MT been allowed to 60 wher
they wanted to. lie referred to the
mcn who were to assassinltc him.
/ had conversation with Wm. G.
Cleary, and told him what Mr.. Thomp
son said in January. He said thai
Booth was one of the parties to whom
Thompson had referred: he said also
that it was too bad, that the work had
not been done, referring TO tho assas
sination. Cleary, who was u conf
dent Of Mr.. Thompson, told me So
! Thompson said CIeary was very close
mouthel man. Cleary also said tina
"they had better look out we have no
done yet" lie remarked that the,
would never be conquered; wOul,
never give up. He alsO said tina
Booth had visited Thompson in win
ter and in the summer. These par!ie
knew they were suspected Of the as
sassnation few days after, aad wer
destroying q great many papers, so they
told me. fraif taa.a er.
| acted as q Government dctcctiv
in Canada, and assumed the name 0
James Thompson, though | never re
gistcrcd it, butalways some other name
My whole object was to serve the Go
vcrnnent | saw this cipher (foun
/ among Booth effects in Mr.. Clay
house, at st. Catherines, in the sum
mcr of 1864. carried dispatches from
Canada TO Gordonsvillc, and receive,
reply, which Icarricd back. | cam
through Washington each time, an,
delivered the dispatches to the Unite'
States Government received the dis
patch at Gordonsville from = man il
the rebel state department, from Lhei
Secretary of State | carried this pa
; per to Thompson. All these persons
named Thompson, Clay, Cleary, &c
. represented themselves in the scrvic
: of the confederate government. Rl
ceived this dispatch in October last.
: Clay claimed to represent the war d(
= partmcnt They dPprorcd the Jaraia
=, Of orr NGrtheSW cities, and they repro
sented themselves us having full pow
, crs from the rebel government to ac
without rcicrr.ng their projects to Ricl
4 mond. Thompson and Clay both sal
so. The attempt TO burn New Yor
City ] know they were engaged il
4 and went to Washington three day
before it happened to communicate
They approved, also, Of the St. Albar
=, raid. In regrrd to raiding. Mr. Cla
}, had the funds he said he had alway
. plcnty Of money to pay f.r any thin
that was worth paying for kno'
they deposited in different banks. CIa
! said not to tell Sanders what they ii
=, trusted to mo; he said that he rGS
: fpery good man 10 do their djHy rorh
i that he associated with men that the
i could not associate W tn; that ho Wi
very useful in that way. lnierrc
y. from Beverly fuckers words, thu
i they had delayed tho assassination
. . waiting the approval from Richmond
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