Evening star., 1865-05-30
THE CONSPIRACY TRIALS.
THE YELLOW FEVER PLOT.
JAKE THOMPSON IMPLICATED.
OF YESTERDAYS TEs-
TlMONY.

Our report OF the conspiracy trial closed
yesterday with Godfrey J. Hyams on the
stand, (for the Government) who had testified
to his visiting Washington and Norfolk with
infected clothing to spread the yellow fever,
and, il possible. destroy the population and
the army. Witness had returned TO Canada,
after spending some time in Washington In
carrying out the plans of Blackburn, and
upon his return to Canada, was referred by
Blackburn to Jake Thompson.
Witness resuming: / went to see jacob
Thompson the next morning; he said that
DR.. blackburn had been there and made ar
when the goods had been disposed o. accord
ing to his directions; told him / needed the
money; he said I'll will give you fifty dollars
now, butit is against DR.. Blackburns request;
when you show ME that you have sold the
goods ] will pay the balance; gave him q
receipt for fifty dollars on account OF D..
Blackburn; this was the 1lth or 18th OF Angus;
the next day wrote letter to Mr. Wall, here,
saying l had gone to Canada since he solt
the goods, and asked him to remit me the pro-
ceeds at Toronto; when got the letter Of Will
liam l.. Wall took it to Colonel Thompson;
he said he was satisfied with il, and gave me
q check for fifty dollars on the Ontario Bank
Ha ars on BlaeShprn io Tbownson Son
seemed TO have perfect knowledge Of the
character OF the goods / was selling to him;
l mentioned the large sum that had been
promised by DIR. Blackburn. and ne said the
Confederate Government had appropriated
S200,0O0 for that purpose. =. Can you state
whether G. q. Clay and Professor Holcombe,
when you met on your return, in their conver-
sation with you, seemed always perfectly TO
understand the business you Were engaged in.
A. Yes; after I returned back to Canada met
Clay, Holcombe, Preston, Beverly Tucker, DR..
Blackburn, and several other gentlemen at the
Clifton House, Niagara Falls. q. They then
had knowledge ofyour enterprise! A. Yes, sir.
@. And they. complimented you upon your
success! A. Hclcomb and Clay did. Stuart
Robinson, q divine Of Louis vile, KY, who in.
troduced me to DR.. blackburn, did not have
rrla[r nf thA
don't know what knowledge he had from DIR.
Blackburn. He said he did not know the ma
ture OF the business was going on, and that
1 know is that DE- Robinson TOOK good care Of
me all the time was there that time until DR..
Blackburn wrote Tor me. He did not give me
any money.
The Judge Advocate asked the counsel for
the defence whether they desired 70 cfoss'eA-
anime the witness. -f'.
Mr.. Aiken replied that oefo9e sus ns,Sar weasss -
was the purpose OF the Judge Advocate to make
use of the testimony in the summing up against
any Q, ans Ht replied that it was expected that
rafarence would be msde to all the testimony
in snmmling mp, but that the object OF this
testlmoDy was TO connect the rebellion with
'niS - TESTIMONY OF WIN. L. WALL.
witness is an auction and commission mer-
chant OF this city While / was out Of town
last August, my book. keeper received from q
party named Harris, lot of shirts and csats,
which he desired to be sold at auction the next
morning; the book keeper said he would sell
them; he asked for an advance on them, and
SIOO per trunk was the amsunt advanced, and
the goods were sold the next morning: / did not
see them at all. rsY
TESTIMONY OF A. BRBxxxR. -
Witness was employed last sumner Ia 'ne .n
service Of Mr.. Wall, commission u1ercaant II
this city. Last August man Calling ~ n"Sa n.aua
Harris brought package Of goods 20 " ssole
and advanced him one hundred doiisIs is upon
them and sold them the nsxt S.rs ~ IN rsad crs
were twelve dozen shirts but smsf ~ ths as,es
TO TO him I'll al oronto Csnada. with the balance Of
his money, sccSrss1SSss w.sS r. Hhics s';ef nave
Ssrs. scI :, ii r. dated at Toronto, september hS