The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-07

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anything about photographs; l think
Payne had on a hat: if he had on one,
it must have been dark one. He
had q beard; if his hat were a light
one, should have noticed it. ] said
that | heard man say shoot him.
The man who ordered him to unbut-
ton his coat was the man who threat
end to shoot him. there were a good
many about there the horse was q
dark colored one. | am not positive;
the second man was behind Payne,
did not ride up abreast. l simply
heard the order TO shoot him but
whether from n man who was on a
horse or afoot / can not state. / was
acquainted with Messrs. Hunt, Sher~
man, Fairchild and soldiers and pos
sibly Mr. Seymour of the Bank Mr.
Payne was brought out of the cell to
be shown.
Mrs. Frances Danfortb. ! reside Mt
North Fairfax. Was at st. Adams,
October 10Th, 1861 / stood at Mr..
Hyde's store door and l saw a COM
pany of men coming from the south.
Hyde's is next door to VIM. n Smith s
store. Some of the company came
along to near where | was One rode
up and demanded hat of young
man standing near; presently two
more rode up. One of the three was
bareheaded. The young man made a
reply to the demand; something was
said about shooting and then we were
told that we had better go in and we
went into Hyde's store The man
who demanded the hat was armed.
Since then | have never seen the man.
Yesterday l saw one of the three men,
while was sitting in this courtroom;
the man | saw there, | see here now
When | came into the courtroom |
did not know that there were any one
but lawyers inside of the railing in the
courtroom. | had never seen such a
scene and it made such an impression
on my mind as | have not forgotten.
When l went into Hyde's store the
store door was shut; but soon after it
was opened and heard firing and |
saw the man riding away; had a
horse hitched; and | went down to
see about my horse and man there
said he must take my horse. About
this time some one said there was a
horse for him and he turned and left
my horse
Cross-eramjned by NJ. Baley.-The
first man who rode up demanded the
hat; l think that he was bareheaded
, but | may be mistaken. | conld de-
: scribed neither.of the other two. Mr..
Dewey has shown to me photographs
presume these are the same photo
graphs that Mr.. Dewey showed to me
Z am not going to be positive about
the photographs; cannot say wheth-
} er it is photograph OF Payne or not.
, think | told Dewey that could not
} recognize the man by the photographs.
| was in the courtroom over fifteen
!; minutes, on yesterday, perhaps an
hour. l did not know that Payne
had brother then in the courtroom.
did not have my spectacles on yes
terday; used my spectacles for the
photograph, but not to look at Mr..
) Payne.
, A gentleman from Detroit was testi-
flying on yesterday when l was in the
= room. 1t was said to be Mr.. Mont
gomery. Capt. Montgomery said he
, took the prisoners to the artists for
his photographs. When l first saw
! the man / recognized him as one of
the three raiders; SO recognized him
before Capt. Montgomery testified.
| Ira W. Clark came to my house
? with A. j, Soule, to have me come
down as witness; A. j. Soule came
to summon me as a witness in their
cause
Mrs. LdnOra Holcdrd7-I was here
October 10Th, 1864 I was in Mr..
/ Hyde's grocery store. We went to
the door when some one told us that
Confederates were coming from down
street; they came along and one asked
why don't you throw your Greek fire
at the buildings. One rode up to
/ near Smiths store and demanded a
| hat of young man, and two others
{ rode up and pointed their reyolyers at
! the young man and demanded his hat.
He said he would not. One said he
, would blow his brains out if he did
not there was firing and we were
J told to go inside and we did so and
kept looking out of the windows and
saw them going away.
l have seen in this courtroom, one