The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-07

in Canada are different from what
they are here; you can't tell who
made the affidavit there; | have got
all the money for evidence that was
necessary; no one ever asked Inc to
have an interview with Payne.
Re-erdmmed by Hr. De'ceH--I was
in prison in New Orleans for being.
what is called "yankee spy there
it was where / got acquainted with
Mr.. Nay; was in prison over two
months; my house was searched for
the st. Adams money; the affidavit
charged that / took about 100000 in
T. S. bonds and s.. Adams Bank bills,
partly for safe keeping; | was a good
confederate in Windsor; | received
from George Young a package said by
him to contain about 100000 in St
Adams Bank money and U. S. bonds;
did not know whether it was money or
who were the owners; | received no
orders from Colonel Hill, and SO l re-
turned the parcel to George Young
who was the rebel agent at Windsor;
on Tuesday stopped at A. w. Bar
tons house, st. Adams, the first night;
next night at the American House;
Mr.. Nay was with me; do not recog-
nize the handwriting of either letter
shown me. With a request to sign his
name and unite American House and
Charles Philips, the witness com
piled, and also gave it to Mr. Bailey,
counsel for respondent, with other
specimens of his handwriting
Robert b. Nay-I followed various
kinds of business before the war broke
outs since then l have been federal
scout, called by the rebels spy"
In January last 1 saw Mr.. Payne in
Hiron's house; after the LIST of January
| saw him in George Young's room;
| went to the room by invitation Of
Smith without any particular motive;
| wore whiskers then; Smith said the
st. Adams affair was damned good
thing; Payne remarked that if they
had forty more men they would have
captured the whole place; Smith want
ed to see some of the money and
Payne said he had got some; Payne
gave him some; said to be $400 by
Payne and by Smith 1920; recog-
nize the respondent here as the man
afterwards asked Smith how much
he got; Smith said 1920. l don't
recollect whether anything was said
by Payne about fair division of the
money; did not have time to say a
word about the disposition of the
money 1 was sitting at the end of
the bed on the right hand side.
Cross-erGmined by Nr. Bu8eH--I am
80 years old, born in Genessee County,
n Y, resided there until 10 years Of
age, then went to Liverpool and Lon
don, England, for my health; arrived
in October and left in January for
New Orleans, remained long enough
to get money from my father to get
home with. l have been in various
occupations; was an auctioneer in
California, started for California in
August, 1856. My father is dead; re-
manned until fall of 1856, about the
time of the Presidents election;
stayed at home three or four months,
then went to Commercial school at
Buffalo and thence to my brothers in
Dundas, Canada; then studied law
in Quincy, Illinois, with Williams,
Grimshaw & Williams, 6 months and
then was admitted / was a miner in
Mountain city, and went to New Mex
leo prospecting for mines, thence to
Il Passo and thence TO Austin, Texas,
when the. rebel flag was first raised
there; this was in February, 1861
thence to New Orleans, thence to
Springfield, Illinois, arriving there be-
fore the bombardment of Fort STUNT
en-
was in the Adj. Generals Office at
Springfield, on the recommendation OF
Senator Browning. l was sent for by
Mr. Mcpherson, to engage in the Sc
cret service of the U. S. Since Gen.
Mcpherson was killed, | have not'been
employed in the secret service. re-
ceived a letter from S. S. Smith, sug-
costing that should go to Windsor
and | went there; was trying to dis
pose in N. Y, of my interest in the
Bobtail leaf company, in Colorado
my health is not good, has been poor
for the last two years. ] first saw s.
S. Smith in New Orleans.
Re-eramined by Mr.. Dewey.-I first
saw S. S. Smith in the parish prison
in New Orleans, where l was confined
and charged with being an abolition