Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-01-06

THE ALLEGED RAIDERS CArTuEFD ST Co.'S
coRp.-The Concord. y H.. MONITOR of Wed
ncsday. gives the following ac,,uut o. tte
circumstances under which >rx per,oa, were
arrested at Camp Gilmore the previous day.
on the charge that they belonged TO the ~.
Adams raiders
AT late hour on Saturday cgcmne l.-t.
I i've persons ENLISTED that DIV no tac Provost
Mar,hal'- utH,e 40 West Lebanon. anatI Or
/ Camp Giiu1rc and were turned over B..
/ clerk at the head quarter. by -hs name ..
Charles KRAFT. hrllnging % lia 5-H y. N
I Reg whu-, 1u-in,-e DO o. To receive aI. u,u
, corners into camp. look them over. ard ,htlIU
/ their pictures. &c. The namc- ui t1c pgr-IH,
were Frank True. Eiias Atwsrrf~. Nm. d..
I Cook alas Wm. II Brown. Henry c. Scott
alas Smith. and Henry Bovine.
On Monday morning Kraft took tu0k INTO
a saloon to have lis picture taken. and W' llc
there Cook dropped "a remark S. isl aroused
kraft's suspicion, anI hc rru-Hff'.. ..-
gratiateG himself into Cook nHi,.. r'
such au extcui that hc admitted -Hat . .s-
one OF the 81 AlhIu- rai5ers. and a.- .a-i
been discharged from Jail in C.ua.a
True wa- the next man called m -o att
hi- picture taken. ami wt> accl--.a I} kait
with Here. you -. Al.au, rtilcr. come
and have vnur picture aiken. True -..Hra
70 BE- somewhat -urprisec AMI replied Vi lo
SAID was % II. Alian- raider ON being
informed that Cook had divuig,d Some thing
concerning him. he admitted thar b, WIS uuc
of the party. and bad recently hceu r,.ca-.l j
from iiil. The picture, Of the rc-t were
taken during the day. Kraft managing 20
keep on good terms with them ali-
Al night the whole party. with krai- and
sther- went a. the suffers quarters and iu-
dulscd pretty freely IN beer. and had @ mer-
ry time generally. Kraft succeeded iu s'ia-
ing their confidence 50 entirely that they le-
came quite communicative
Atwaters stated that he was one ol the
party, and saw the jeweller shot at 81. Al
hans: that he went there armed with pistols,
ami that lac stole horse and rode OF with ~
to Canada.
Cook said he lived in London Canada, and
that bic wife was in this city and was com
ing 10 see hin the next morning. In sacrt,
the whole party, with the exception OF u 'rnc,
bcastei Of th i anticipation IN the aiai No
were quite juhilant concerning 1t. They al
So disclosed their plans for the future suth-
cient 20 indicate their intention % desert
Atwaters did not want 10 desert here. hut
desired TO 20 o the front. where he intended
to desert % the rebel lines the first opportr-
nity he could obtain COX and Scott wcle
anxious to desert here, and uii r. krai; SEQ
to get them out of camp, get drunk and lose
them. all Of which he was ready to promise,
Of course.
Major whlttleecy was iuforme4 on Mon
dav of Kraft'- -nspIeions. and desired a strict
surveillance of their movements t'y him.
Yesterday (ruesday) morning the wom7n
purIorting to be Cook vie made her ap-
D, p,afance in camp, and was admitted aId
held conversation with Cook, Scott aud urh-
ers Cox called Kraft uside and reminding
MIN Of the conversation Of the night oeiose,
asked if things had bten got in readiness To-
70 carry out that daign. and sald further
that his wife would leave camp immc cdiaieiy
and aid them after 9, t,Ing vut. lie w''> tod
that every thing would D, orfds ~i >'n 90
Kraft could get hls coat.
soon after the whUie parry were placed
under arrest BY order Of bisj Whittlesey. and
the woman was searched, but no money ex