Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-05

named Davidson, who, after the assassination
eo1munlcatedf II 70 the Govern men Harper
returned 70 Canada after the assassination. j
lad conversation with e. q. Clay, IN Toron-
t0s In February last, he spoke Of the letter OF
Davis, which Sanders had exhibited, he seemed
to understand the character Of the letter per
ieetly, anu said he thought the end would jas
Wy the means, .Surrett was potrsed ont 70 me
"a toronto last February, think ! saw Booth
saere two or three times, and sat 81 table with
.m Sn on ce. At the st. Lawrencs, with Sanders,
T,So. To",n and SteekT they were converting with
nooah, s, and drinking wine with hrma az. San
Tshsnsrrr srrense. 1 saw -Herold in Canada in
RICHARD MosreoassY testifsdlr sa,eu
Jacob Thompson Clement o! CLAY. whom j
have met In Canada a number of times since
ne sDnasr o. bsSa up orhs t,ae; aiso, Geo,
w. T. Cleary, Harrington, Hicks, and Others
under fictitious names. Thompson hai sew.
eral names, one was Carson: Clay was Holt,
and Lacy and Tracy Jacob Thompson ssit
he bad friends OF the Con onfederacy all over the
Northern States willing to go any leug;hs
and that he could, at any time, have the tyrsnt
nSsH ana any n, Of ms adYlisss OF
1t q erimes and that IL would be done for the
cause OF the Confederacy. In January, 1855,
thompson said, at Montreal, that proposition
nad been mado TO him to rid the world Of the
efsrs tba. sishton Grant ana ,ss some
were bold, daring men, able TO execute any
IL
favor OF the proposition, hut tdeferred d hissn-
swer until he had consulted his government
a. Rtchr1ond; that he was then only waiting
their approval. He thought it would be r
blessing TO the people, both North and Sooth.
to have them (the tyrants) killed, In .he
summer OF 1864, repeated what Mr.. Thomp-
that he was really devoted 10 our cause, and
ready 10 gs any lengths, 10 do any ything nn-
der the sun TO save it, / HAYS seen Payne,
The prisoner, a number OF times in Canada,
81,
also at the Queens Hotel, at Toronto, Oap pada
West, where l conversed with him I had
had an interview " with Mr.. Thompson; several
others had sought al interview while was
cioseted, and had been refused On leaving
Thompson's room. saw Paynein the passage
way, near the door, with Clement q. Clay,
talking to hun: MI Clay stopped me, and IA
ished his cohyersauon with this man, in an
under tone. When he LETT me he said, "Walc
and hade me goodbye, and asked where re
could see me after time ] told HIM, and ap-
pointed meeting. spoke TO this man Payne
IN Clay's absence, and asked him who he was
He said, ''Oh, I'm Canadian which was 10
say, / don't visa you to ask me anything
more. mentioned him to Clay when 1 met
him after a time; Clay asked, What did he
say ~ I told him, and Clay answered, THAT'S
go he is Canadian" and laug he'd; and added,
"We trust him" "Canadian' Is an express
sion for their friends. and his cond uct wss an
ipdfcation that their Intercourse was OF q yery
confidential nature. j have been in Cansda
since the assassination; few days after, !
H..
Mr.. Lincoln deserved his death long ago.
that /" 1t was q pity he did rot die long ago.
and that 1t was too bad the boys had not been
allowed to go when they wanted TO. He re-
ferred to the men who were to assassina.e
him.
Ihad conversation with VIM. c. Cleary,
and told him what Mr.. Thompson SAID in
January. He said that Booth was one OF the
parties to whom Thompson had referred; he
said also, that It was too bad that the whole
work had not been done. referring to the as
% hn yTyaE rnnA a
Mr.. Thompson, told me So. Thompson said
Cleary was avery close mouthed man. Oleary
also said that "they had better look ont we
have not done yet" He remarked that they
would never be conquered; would never give
up. He also said that Booth had visited
hese sr,es me theu ano an .ne snmmeE
of the assassination a few days after, and
were destroying great many papers, 50 they
told me.
acted as Government deteeti ve In Canada,
and assumed the name of James Thompson,
though never registered 1t, but always some
other name. MY whole object was to serve the
Booths effects,) in Mr.. Oiay's house, at ST.
GATHERINGS, in the summer of 1854 1 carried
dispatches from Canada to GordonsvnIe, and
received reply, which / carried back i
came through Washington each time,
and delivered the dispatches to the United
States Government; received the dispatch
at Gordonsvilfe from man In the rebel
State Department, from their Secretary
Of state earIlsa ah G IN the ser
t}ee 81 t6e Confederate Government Received
this dispatch in October last. Clay claimed 20
represent theWar department.. They approved
the burning of our Northern cities, and they
Represented themselves as having fnll powers
from the rebel government to act, without re-
ferring their projects to Richmond. Thompson
and Gle id so. The attempt TO burn New
York know they were engaged in. and
went to ishington three days before il hap
pened to communicate it. They approved,
also, 81 the st. Albans raid. In regard 20 raid
ing, MIR. Clay had the funds; he said he had
always plenty OF money to pay for anything
that was worth paying ~or. ] know they de-
posited IN different banKs. Clay said not TO
tell Sanders what they entrusted TO me; he
said that he was very good man; TO do their
dirty work: that he associated with them that
they could not associate with; that he wss
very useful in that way. l inferred from Bev-
erly fuckers words that they had delayed
the assassination, waiting the approval from
Richmond. ffN