Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-08

~, added that there was any amount of money
itoaccomplish Stiiis. purpose, meaning the as
sassnation Of those persons. He then, read
letter, which he said he had received, from
The Presidentof bur Confederacy iieanibe
H Jefferson DAWN and which letter justified Him
In making any arrangements that he eonldto
iaecomplish such object There was II meet
ing at that time OF these rebels, and d. letter
was read to them. the substance of which was
that, If the Southerners in the Canadas and
the States were willing to be governed by such
Ia tyrant as Lincoln, he Davis did not wish
to recognize them as friends, and that he ap-
proved OF. fhe proposition to assassnate him
Col. Steele read the letter. also Capt Scott,
George Young and Hill all rebels. This
meeting was about the middle of last Febru-
Iafyi lAt the meeting Sanders named some of
the persons who were to accomplish the ,assas.
tsination, and among -them.-he- named J.-W,.
Booth, whom had, seen in Montreal in Oc-
cs Hf saa sS ns%sd ssd eGSgs
went by the, name Of Harrison. heard Sur
rats name also mentioned, and Harold =
there was person named whom they called
1 IPlug Tobacco Iisaw Harold in Toronto.
Sanderslsaid1 Booth was heart and soul in tlis
natter he was q cousin to Beale who was
hanged in New York. He added, that if they
Iooulddispose, Of Lincoln, ,it woald,be, an easy
matter to dispose of Mr. Jehhsona in some Of
his drunken reveries; that if theycould dis
pose Of ethe President, ,isVce President and
Cabinet, and that if Mr.. Seward coud be dis.
posed OF, it would satisfy the apcople North,
and that peace could be obtained; that they
had endea yored 10 bring about war with
England, but Mr.. Seward, through his energy
Iand sagacity, had thwarted their efforts, and
for that reason they wanted to get rid Of him
On the 5th or 9th of iAprilIlast l met Har
per, who said that they wereioebing Ito the
States to "kick up the ldamnedest row, such
as had never been heard off, he added that
if I did not hear of the death of Old Abe,
the Vice President and Of General Dix, in
less than ten days | might put him down as
adamned fool. That was on the 9th of April
He mentioned the name Of Booth as one of
their friends there; he said they had plenty
Of friends in Washington, and that fifteen or
twenty we're going He had started to 90 to
Washington as early as the 8th, together with !
Others. communicated this fact on the 10th |
of April to justice Of the peace named Da-
wilson, who, after the assassination commu.
nicated it to the Government. Harper re.
turned to Canada after the ASSASSINATION. | |
had u conversation with G. c. Clay in Toronto
in February last; he spoke of the letter of
Davis, which Sanders had exhibited; he
seemed to understand the character of the
letter perfectly, and said he thought the end
would justify the means. Surratt was point.
ed out to me in Toronto last February, think.
/ GNU Ron 4r.,o ~, tLvo, \
at table with him once, at the St Lrwrence,
with Sanders, Scott and Steele; they were
co,nversing with Booth, and drinking wine
with him at Sander 8 expense. ] saw Harold
in Canada in February. 'As4 shH t'' 4,
Richard Montgomery testifed--I knowtJa- {,
cob Thompson, Clement c, Clay whom I,
have met in Canada "a number Of Zines since
the summer of 1864 up to this time; also
George n. Sanders, ], P. Holcombc, Beverly
Tucker, W. c. Clearly Harm gton, Hicks
and others, under fictitious names. Thomp-
son had several names, one was Carson
Clay was Holt and Lacy, and Tracy. Jacob {.
Thompson said he had friends Of the Conled
eracy all over the Northern States, willing to
20 any lengths, and that he could 1T any time, :
nave the tyrant Lincoln, or any ofhis advisers 9
out out Of the way; that his friends would
lot consider it o crime, and that it would
De done for the cause Of the Confederacy. I,
In January, slS65, Thompson said at Mon
real that a proposition had been made to i
lin to rid the world of the tyrans Lincoln, X
stanton, Grant, and some others;, that he :
inrw the tnet who madeit were bold, daring .
men, able to execute anything they would un. I,
lertake; that he was in favor of the PROPOSE I.
ion, but deferred his answer until hc had con- 4
nlted his Government, at Richmond that he :
vas then only awaiting their approval. He 4
houShtit would be 9 blessing to the, people, h
lorth and South, TO have them 0he tyrants) Il
lled In the summer of 1864 I repeated :,
'hat Mr., Thompson first told me, to G. c. 1C
lay who said that he was really devoted to a
ur cause, and ready to go any lengths, to do y
nythng under the sun, to save it, i have Il
cen Paine, the prisoner number of times y
n Canada, about the Falls, in tho summer Of h
S64, and also at the Queens Hotel, at, To- :,
onto, Canada West, where, I, conyersed with h
i'm. had an interview with Mr. Thomp. h
on; several others had sought an interview . .
'hlle was closeted, and had been refused. |Sp
~ leaving Thompsons room, ] saw, Paine ii
the passage-way near the door, with Glenn a,
Mt z. Clay, talking to him; Mr., Clay stop lo
ed me, and finished his conversation with III
lis man, in an undertone. When he lef. me, n,
g said, "wait for me-, / will return. tT@ He X,
'on came back, and hade me goodbye, and tal
'ked where he could see me after q time-] II
tod him, and appointed a meeting. Ilin
poke to this man Paine in Clayso absence, :, ~
I'D asked him who be was. ".Oh I'm q Can. t st
lian;" which was to say, don't wish You ~ ~
ask me anything more, ! mentioned this 8,
Clay when ! met him aft !, o time ), Clay n
'ked, what did he sayg 1 told him, and |tb
lay answered, That's so, heis Canadian" a., az
I'D laughed; he added, "We trust him. ar ar
Canadian is an expression for their friends, gf m
I'd his conduct was an indication that their so o.
tercourse was Of very confidential ma E6e
re-; e;,nile asU With tguk hiss on" Ter
have been in Canada since the assassina- ltif
'n; few days after met Beverly Tucker To r,
Montreal. He said ''Mr. Lincoln deserved ~ ~
s death long ago." that s'it was q, pity he n;
d not die long ago." and that it was too bad bu
e boys had not been allowed to go when, le;
ey wanted to. ) He referred to the men who =
,re to assassinate him. r,d,7s{, ,7.d ,d.--- w;
! had o conversation with Wm,nC. Cleary, he
ID told him what MI. Thompson said in Jan. 81 -
ryos He said that Booth was one of thepa sb
IS to whom Thompson had referred I'D He WI
10 said that it was too bad; that the whole an nm
'rk had not been done-referring to the ras- Gee
Cleary, who; was % aIconfdant of[ y.
,omncon told m eo Tho n, ns/r so;d rlbo -, "