The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-30

l)ItCt, uS ldu bCtll ~ ~ 4NibdlNs Ihh
not much acquainted with Capt Mann,
have only known him a short time. |
have seen Governor Smith, mas intro
duced to him by John Saunders.
Jobn w. .Sa,BderS-I reside in De-
troit; last year was in the Provost
Marshals Office ] saw Hezekiah
Payne in the Provost Marshals Office
on the day of his arrest, January II,
1865, and afterwards at the Daguere-
an gallery. | had some talk with .
Payne, and he said he could prove
that he was not at st. Albums. / went /
to the House Of Correction to search .
Payne under the suspicion that he /
might have some St. Adams money
about him He had $3.50 in silver
and postal currency in his pantaloons
pocket He had been searched two OF
three times before Montgomery and
searched him. | believed he had ST.
Adams money about him, and was de
termincd to find it, ] had him take
of the overcoat he had on when he
came out of his cell There was $6G
III bills, which found in the lining Of
the skirts of his overcoat. | took the
coat in my hand and felt something in
the skirt, and proceeded to rip the lin
ing; Montgomery had his knife,
and Payne told him to cut it open.
When it WAS taken out, there was n
little of it rolled up, and covered mp in
another roll. Payne seemed to be
very much agitated. $3.50 was taken
out of his pocket in scrip, and fifty
cents in silver; this was returned to
Payne
Cyoss-eraDined iy u. Il. Badcy-I
was thirty-three years old last April,
was special agent at that time, in 1864.
; received my appointment from my
brothcr-in-law, Capt. Flanagan; before
that, was clerk in hotel in Pontiac
{ and Chicago My appointment ceased
last February. | had no conversation
> with Payne mt the Provost Marshals
s Office ON the day of his arrest. | saw
him next at the Daguerrean gallery.
2 He spoke of the arrest and | told him
t | supposed it was for the st. Adams
Z raid. Whom | so informed him, he
7 said he was not there. l was ordered
= to search him to see if he had st. Al
e bans bank notes or any other contra
. band articles. ] ordered or requested
y the keeper to take away from him his
y diamond pin, under the fear that hC
might bride the guard. l got the pin
e from Brockvay few days afterwards
. under orders from Capt. Flanagan, t.
e get it and carry it to him. | delivered
D it to him. | never stated that | did
$ not know where that diamond pin was
{ for / did know. At the time they lief
o Detroit for ST. Adams, l understood
j. that the watch, chain and gold, wer
j., forwarded by Mr.. Butler l think th
s bills were in the corner of the coat
3 there was no wadding in the inside @
the coat | did not examine the Goa
}" to see if it had been sewed up, nor
l. there was any place where it coul,
W have fallen down. There were bill
d wrapped up and 1913 wound about tn
IS roll they were all 50 bills. There wa
At no other money about him, except th
| postal currency and silver. think
/. might be hard to identity the coat, al
ar ter so long a time | saw him who
It he left Detroit, but | don't think Ii
9. wore an oyer-coat. The object Of gel
~ ting photographs taken WAS to sen
~ them to st. Adams; | don't know tina
-. they were sent The first man | sa'
- from ST. Adams, was Joseph y, Soul
~ lie said he understood G had foun
!, the money on payne's person, and i
40 wanted me to go to st. Adams as
40 witness. Capt. Montgomery, Cap
M Mann and l, occupied the same rooi
.,e ut the American House, ST. Alban
- | had no conversation with Cap
T Mann OF any other person, which r
OK ferred to some proposition for us
A. take $3.50 and keep away from Il
trial of Payne but l saw letter,
- the outside of it, but do not kno
~, much about the contents, that Car
wa Mann wrote to MIR. Bailey, at ST. A
bans. This was written in Detro
IT, and Mann told me he was going
- leave it in the post Office. | think
~ was on the corner of Jefferson al
Woodward avenues, where saw Man
49, and looked at the address of the lC
- ter No arrangement has been ma,
IL as to how much | am to be paid
- coming here to testify in this case
al know no such man in this place
, r Charles Phillips. saw Montgome
,n. write his name on the American hot
III register; | wrote my own name N
ras self, on the register.
sly CAPT. Flanagan. Il saw Hezeki
Ak PAYNE last January; | have been PI
vas yost Marshal of the first compression
lor district OF Michigan, since 1868.
rly was arrested, as suspicious persc
no by my order; then sent him to t
ybf guard house in Detroit barracks, whC
I'll he stayed few days when he was
AS moved to the house of corroctiC
an When he was first searched, his watt
,rt- chain and money, were taken frC
ned him. My special agents We're order
oat to search the respondent again ano
if. sent Capt. Montgomery and John
NO Sanders, to make the search; ii
the brought back twenty-five $500 bi
cid Before sending the bills to Gov. SIN
me at St Adams, took minute of Tia
10 respective rates ! sent twenty-five
low $500 bills; one of the bills had be
ON taken previously from Paynes peck
- hook This il tha DackaOe of bills