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

and had reyolvers pointed at them. ]
have been told they were guarded by
some of the parties.
James Russell A,p6gtop.-I nm q
years old reside at St. Adams. On
the 10Th October last | was at ST. Al
bans, at the time of the raid, saw a
number of men armed with pistols on
horseback, 10 or 20 in number. saw
them getting on their horses at Brain
erd's store and Fuller's livery stable
Saw some coming ont of the First Ma
tional Bank and noticed disturbance.
l heard Bennett H. Young give the
order to fire Greek fire at the wooden
buildings; / looked TO see what the
Greek fire was. / don't remember
his giving other orders. l was told
that they were robbing the banks, and
went into the Franklin County Bank
and found Mr. Cashier Beardsey and
Mr. Clark They were shut up in
the vault; the outer door of the vault
was fastened SO that they could not
open it.
As l went into the Flanklin County
Bank saw some persons there, who
looked like Montrealers; Mr. Boards
ley asked me if I wanted to buy
some gold; I bought some of the
stranger made my deposit agd left
After letting Mr.. Beardsley and Clark
out of the vault, l went up towards
Brainerd's store where the raiders
We're collecting, and as they wero fir
ing pretty close, l went back | saw
two Of the men on horseback whom
| had seen in the forenoon at the
American House. l saw some on the
Green.
The horsemen were armed with army
pistols and went out of town together.
We could hear them firing from time
to time as they went along. 1t must
have been half an hour after left my
store, before they went away. After
wards at ST. Johns l saw three of these
men and they told me their names;
one called himself Samuel Gregg, one
James Doty and another Young,
whose given name | have forgotten.
They themselves gave their names and
place Of residence. / remember now
it was Bennett H. Young. At Mon
treal l was called to identity another
man named Hutchinson.
Cross-eramined By Mr. Boacy-Inow
think was in the store when the
raid began. First intimation of the
raid l got there, as | think. 1 cannot
now recall the order Of events.
James SQre-i was in st. Adams,
10Th October, 1864; saw only one of
the raiders whom could identify, and
he was William Hutchinson. l saw
Is or 20 Of them. About 3 o'clock
the raid began; was reading news
paper in Franklin County Bank and a
man came in and had talk with
Cashier Beardsley about buying gold,
Mr.. Beardsley said the bank did not
deal in gold and referred him to Mr.
Arlington, and soon after Mr. Arm
ington came in and they exchanged
some gold pieces, two five dollars
pieces; ! think he paid him $4,000 for
them and then Mr. Arlington and /
went to Kingsleys saloon or Arming-
tons store Soon after that, | went
up to Farrars store, met Capt. Con-
ger and he told me that we were hav-
ing confederate raid; l went down
to my house to look after ladies, who
were visiting at my house. Return
ing, saw 10 or 20 horsemen in front
of Munyan's jewelry store; I heard
tremendous hallooing and some shots.
l kept at very respectful distance
and not near enough to tell whether
they were armed.
George ". Roberts, was in st. Al
bans Village on the 10Th October,
1864, was clerk at American House,
saw armed people coming from Ma
tional Bank and was put under guard
on the Green and was relieved when
they went away. There were u or Is
there on the Green under guard; l
saw Mr.. Huntington shot; some hors-
es of Field, a span of Mr.. Clark and
some of travellers were taken after
Mr., Huntington was shot, he was put
under guard on the Green, The
guard was armed; all the raiders were
armed. Some stood on the Franklin
County Bank steps, some on the side
walk and some in the road, all
armed.
The shot that l saw last fred hurt
Huntington; l saw them soon after
moving north-five minutes after.
/ heard Mr.. Younp say that all was