New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-30
-. chec, 70, go On the Ontario Bant. Montreal
me- cSrcx roce;n. fsr ESQ on secsunt of DR.. Il r.

Blackburn. -. ,c.,,,,so, 4, Al, vour
T,;,' ,s;th him seemed 10 have perfect Enowl
edge Of tne character Of the goods you were se'nB
A. Yes. sir. -, A.. ,.r,o ,,ro that had
i V. ~. !i oo 60 Won by Dr. Blackburn "A. did'
and he said the Confederate Government hau hpp'oP
ated 500 900 for that purpose ,, M, alvin, vou
,nores When DR.. Blackburn returned from ser
muda i wrote to Montreal ana tolu nun i wa"', ~
money he made no reply; thcn SER uo"m W sa;d I
Ia ,,en him very hard letters abusing him. and that
nau mnt cot any money ~ give he got into his
c.rriag e and drove of and never gave mo any s"1'
State under what you passed when In ASH
,nrtoni A. j. w. Harris -. A. .,o
q Where did yOn stop IN me cityt A. Az 'no
NTt;onaI Hotel and brought the goods there.
o Can YOU give the precise datef A. thinS oah
1. was the 5th Of August. ist4 A., ,y.u. , In
n In What name did you write to MT Waii' n. ~
,,SSname + W Harris, the same as had Registered
mysei Can c. NV Won state whethe: c. G. Clay and Prof
uolnmb whom YOU met your return. I'D 'neir con
versaion with you seemed always psi,'e' !" yss AZ
s.a"u r,urned back 10 Canada met Clay. Holcomo,
Preston Beverly Tucker DR.. blackburn and sev We
other gentlemen At the GoS Of yous euterprise
O. And they ecnplimentcd you upon your success
Holeomb and CLAY; how do you know they had this
knowlcdge--was there conversation between them
that left no doubt your mind az to that facti A. In
hs conyersaton at Clifton Hote; stated that in.
tended 10 return that night TO Toronto; DIR. Blackburn
had no money; he told that he would go TO Itol'
conn who had Confederate funds; he said that Hol.
comb was going to stay there and when he returned
be won1 get money from him or Thompson for the ex-
ned iop-tbat he had to get money from one Of them
understood fron that time that they knew all about
il; never spoke TO them directly abon 1t oil, TOOK -
for granted when they congratulated me on my SAFE
return of Hamilton, they must have known all ab0 II.
O Yoo speak Of DR.. Stewart Robinson, a divine OF
Louisville Kentucky who introduced you TO Dr.
Blackburn did he seem 10 have knowledge OF the
business you were engaged in A. Not from me; 1
don't Know about the knowledge he had from DR..
blackburn he said he did not know the nature Of the
business was going or. and that he did not want to
Or. Robinson took good care OF me all the
time; / was there that time until DIR. Black
burn wrote for me; he did not give me any
money; l borrowed eiO 10 come down from Montreal
from Mr. Preston; ] went down TO Montreal and saw
Mr. Slaughter. who was to furnish funds to take me TO
Halifax be said be was short Of funds that he mad iost
several hundred dollars by the failaIe Of bank ne
the Donnegauna Hotel; i saw Mr. Holcombe and told
him short Of funds; i told him wanted enough
to II axe up $40: he said I had better take go;
I refused TO take IT saying that / did not
ment it. THE Judge. Advocate asked the counsel for
the defense whether they desired TO cross examine the
witness Mr. Aiken replied that before the witness
was discharged he desired TO know whether It was the
purpose Of the to make nee Of this ties
tmoDy in his summing up against any OF the prisoners
The Judge advocated ,nersl replied that II was e1
pcced that reference would be made 10 all the tostmo
nv in summing up hut that the object Of this testimony
was to connect the Rebellion with this crime.
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM l.. WALL.
BIZ Jud9e Hol--Q. State whether You are are q mer-
chant in this city A. am an auction ard coImis
sion mel chant
| Q. State whether las, Summer yon received con
signmcrt from n person representing himself as MI
Harris. certain trunks and goods A. While l was
out Of town last August my bookkeeper received from
party named Harris lot Of shirts and coats. which he
desired 20 be sold at auction the next morning. The
bookkeeper told him he would sell them; he asked fol-
an advance on them, and ore hundred dollars ,hinl
next morning; did not see them ai nj.
TESTIMONY OF A. BREsnER.
| by Judge Hoh-Q. state whether or not you were
employed last Summer In the service 81 Mr.. Wall com
mission merchant IN this city A. Yes.
q. State whether In the month Of August. a man
repres en'ing himself as j. w Harris sent Ia the store
Of Mr.. Wall certain packages Of good, for sale a,
goods TO tho store for sale; thought him
a sutlcr returning bomei l advanced him eloo
packed In Eve trunks He said there were twelve
dozen shirts but there turned out 10 be more rem
dercd account Of the sales TO him at Toronto Cansda
with the balance OF The money IN accordance with
letter received from him directing II. which have
here. 1t Is dated Toronto Sept lst4 lie siales that
containing 40 wooden shirts and % coats but had
ceived no response and asked 10 give bira check
on New,York for the proceeds.
O. Do you remember anything about the marks
v hich were the trunksf A. No. siri remember
the shirts thrown proniscuously into the trunk
q. Do you remember whether any trunk was marked
No. 2 n memorandum In selling them' by the Court
Did 1t seem 10 be new cothingi A. thought when
first opened the trunk not and had doubts about
its being safe investment, but looking further II
was new it appeared to be crammed down with the
trunk.
the account Of sales which have here that the whole
amount was el42 90.
TESTIMONY oP THOMAS L. GARDNER.
@. State whether or not yoa came up la company
- ,nt. lasf At,tr
Q. State the date Of the visitl A. The sd day Of
March. j think.
0. State what time you left your home to como up
A. On the sd, in the morning after usual breakfast
time.
O. State the purpose Of the visiti A. We came up
TO attend sale Of Government horses which was 10
take place Friday but we heard II was TO take place
Tuesday and so were disappointed.
Q. Go in md state where you and DIR. Mudd were
during that visiti A. We left our horses at Martins.
walked across the street. came down the avenue and
went TO carriage factory we then went to livery
stable where he looked at some secondhand wagons,
and then went on rke island TO Mr.. Clark's and
was about TO close up; DR.. Mudd snd myself walked
around 20 DR.. Herrings, where We remained two or
three hours, and then returned 10 Dr. Carks where
remained all night; next morning we took leave Of Mr.
Clark and went into the Capitol to look at the pant.
ings; then went out took the street ears went mp
Martins, got our horses, and after dinner left and
turned home.
Q. State who slept with DIR. Muddi A. Or. Mudd
and myself slept together there one bed in the
room, and occupied that.
Q. State whether you and DR.. Mudd were separated
during the VISIT A. No sir, not at all am confident
that nj 10 time out Of anOtheis sight from
our leaving Martins until We started back.
q. Did you or did YOU not anything Of Booth
during the visti a. No. sir.
Q. Did you go into the National Iotei No. sir;
think stopped talking in front Of the National Hotel
looking at Rebel prisoners passing but We did not
go in.
q. Do you Ieco.lect the Congressional election In
your District in which Calvert was the Union candi-
date and Harris the Secession opposing candidate
A Yes; Harris Peace candidate.
Q. DO you know which one DIR. Mldd snIportedi