The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-14

out one. Next time saw him he rode
out of the yard ON the bay mare Fam
NY AS ] stood on the corner of Ful-
ler's shop, he said to a man coming
up go down there There's plenty
of horses there" l could recognize
the man if I should see him. The
prisoner is not the man. | did not see
him afterwards on that day; knew
the saddle on the bay mare it be-
longed to Gilmore.
Cross-eramined BY Nr. Dc,uD-I
saw the man come out of the yard (;
he had n pistol in his right hand. |
stood ON the corner of Fuller's shop.
The man was coming from the Ameri-
can and the man told him TO 20 down
to the yard. | asked him what he
wanted; he drew n revolver and said
nothing / found three men ut tho
barn: one of them pointed a revolver
at me; l helped to put brides on the
horses They rode them out without
saddles; / did not sec Rev. Francis
W. Smith that day.
The man on Fanny did not rescm-
BILE this man at all; 1 could not tell
the three men at the barn if / should
see them again; was excited and could
not recognize them; | could not give
any opinion whether this prisoner re-
sembles them or not; | took the buck
skin horses out and one of them was
lame and / told the man that horse
was not fit to ride When out OF
doors horse began to play and man
threatened to shoot me for lying |
+ left one of the horses and took one
back They fired at me; shot struck
half hog IN the butchers shop |
went down to the stable got round to
the fremont House; saw Fuller lead
ing Morrison.
.Urs Jane Payne I am wife of
Sterling d. Payne, resided last fall in
Alymer Street, Montreal, keeping
house; commenced keeping house the
18th of September, 1864. My husband,
my two brothers, servants and children
constituted my family William Lock
EFT, my brother is here; my servants
were Adelaide Turner as n nurse, and
Catherine Cassidy. George Payne
lived on st. Catherine Street. / was
at home the 10Th of October, 1864; re-
member Thomas Young and Hezekiah
Payne coming to my house between
six or seven that evening; they
stayed about two hours, leaving be-
tween nine and ten; some played cards
and some chess | was at home the
next day; heard of the st. Adams next
day, October 20, about eleven o'clock
heard Hezekiah read about it from q
newspaper; he asked if | had heard
the news; told him | had not: and he
then read me the news in some five OF
six lines. Whether Hezekiah took
dinner at my house or not, l cannot
state; he took two or three meals
there each week, either dinner or sup.
per. l have guitar; never saw him
with it in his hands nor heard him
sing; have known him ten or clever
years After the 18th of October, he
was often at my house and came with
my husband and brothers as he hac
always done. William Lockett wen
from my house to ST Mary's Colleg,
on the goth of October. | don't thinl
he then wore beard; have never seer
him wear beard until now In No
vember, 1864, he came to board Will
me, and was never absent but once
when he went to New York; neve
missed a meal.
Cross eramincd By mr.. DeWey -Ad
elaide Turner came as a nurse; IN
child was two months old; she stage,
until left in March. On the 10th O
October, 1864, my husband was a
home to tea. My tea-hour was usual
ly about six. My two brothers, Hez
!. ekiah and my brothers played after
t wards Mt chess; don't remember wb
e my partner was; don't think my hus
I band played at cards; don't thin
: George Payne was there that evening
= When he was arrested, then / first be
!; gan to think of the circumstances; d
l. not remember his ever reading to NJ
before from a paper; there was some
S thing SAID about my brothers goin
: to school; know it was the evening {
q the raid; it was stated that some twer
$ ty men robbed the banks; they brol,
up rather early; my husband and a
G the gentlemen wentout, and my hu!
e band was gone half an hour He got
T Kentucky, short time before l cam
g here; went there on the 10Th of Marcl
u | was requested by letter to come hen
J in May; got dispatch to be here +
this trial When Hezekiah came t
b my house on the Goth of October, /
!. came alone; | mean when he read I'll
u paper; these were the only days
e could identify the time when he WI
n there at my house. My husband an
!; all gave advice to my brother aboi
Is going to school and staying duriu
e the war. My husband came hen
e first after the card-playing. l hay
I; been married ten years; went to MOI
(, treal in the fall of 1868; lived in Win,
IL sor one year; my brothers boarde
IS with me there, and afterwards at MOI
|; treal; we went to Montreal sho
II time before they did; went to MOI
' treal; stayed five months and wei
u back to Kentucky, and then back
" Montreal, where l began to keep hou
IT on the 14th of September; while | WI
y in Kentucky, my husband boarded
n st. Lawrence Hall. / kept house fro