The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-07
No. SO.


not recognize either of the photo
graphs as of the men I saw on the
10Th October 1864; l told Mr.. Park
Davis that Mr.. Dewey told me that it
was considered that the man demand
ing the hat had hat on; told Mr..
Davis that l hal said good many
times that the man who demanded
hat of Nettleton had no hat on. 1t
was only short time, few minutes
that this affair occupied j was not
frightened
/ told the States Attorney this
morning what l should testify To. |
think told him that it was my i'm
preston that the bare headed man de
handed the hat. l heard no other
persons threatened. The language
used was coarse; / stepped inside be-
fore they went away. l do not recog-
nize this Payne as the bareheaded man
who demanded the hat, but recognize
him as one who pointed revolver ut
Nettleton. They rode up together
within few seconds of each other.
The bareheaded man had dark com.
plexion, dark beard, was smaller man.,
that is, he might have been taller, but
not so large. On yesterday, l sat
near the window. l came in with
Mrs. Danforth; Miss Late was testify
ing at the time, and went out while
Montgomery was testifying.
Rc-eramiacd by Mr. De,cey-I WAS
looking over the men and recognized
Payne before Miss Late got through
testifying.
Milton Hayes B,tler-I reside in
Detroit, Michigan, and delivered the
packages at st. Adams. to Samuel
Williams, in Gov. Smiths Office, after
the money was delivered to me;
put it into the envelope and sealed it
up; Mr. Williams opened it, counted
the money in my presence and made
the memorandum now upon it. The
upper memorandum / made. The
money was delivered to me at the Pro-
vost Marshal's Office in Detroit.
Cross-eramined by d. r. Baiiey-I
came with George and Hezekiah Payne
when they came to st. Adams in Feb
ruary last. Capt. Flanagan dcliverc'l
to me a gold watch and chain, some
gold and Canada money; don't know
how much; recollect having two watch
es, two pins, one derringer and knife,
which belonged to George and Heze-
} kiah Payne. l was deputy under Capt
, Flanagan; had no orders about these
articles at all brought Hezekiah's
watch here; took it back with me by
design brought it because wanted
to, and it was handy for me; it was
handed to me by Flanagan. carried
back gold and Canada money which
brought with the other effects to ST.
Adams Before starting, knew that
| had watches and some money; knew
Georges watch from Hezekiah's it
was larger and better one, and PUT
up in. different parcels; spent part Of
their money coming here, and / don't
know as / made return, or gave an.
account of it when went back; it was
not my business to do So; / bought
them some shirts, socks, cigars, andi
drawers at St Adams, but not on my
account; paid back the money that l.
expended for their clothing, to- Capt.
Flanagan; how much I can't say; psid
what he demanded don't recollect
any more of the circumstances than
what I have stated. Lpaid what Coll
Hill or Col Flanigan' demanded. +
claimed that the money I had expend-
ed was for expensesrom the way De-
mand was made in March or April
last. / resigned March 18th, to take
effect on the It'll day of April, 1866
This is the signature of Cob Hail.. L
think l wrote letter to'Gov Smith,
while l was in st. Adams
Re-eramined by M. Deu~y- Before
coming here, Payne's attorney. Mn
Larned called on me and said that
Col Flanagan requested him to- say
that the watch and gold should be re-
tanned, or paid by me to him, the attora
ney, to take up an order given for
them by Hezekiah Payne; Ind preyi-
ously seen the order; told Him to fix
up the papers and hand them to me-,
went to concert and afterwards Mr.
Larned handed me some papers, affi-
davits, &c, necessary for Payne. They
were sealed up and addressed to me-,
on reaching the Office ] put them with
other effects of Payne and didn't exam--
inc them until l reached st. Albansi
In consequence of letter took watch,
chain, and $3.50, partly in gold and