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

rison said, They've shot me through /
the body" turned around and saw
him stepping or Keeling from Miss
Beattie's shop steps. l caught hold of
him on one side and Mr.. Wilson on
the other. 1 hallooed, They've shot
Morrison--get doctor" We then
went into butchers back room, and
laid him on bed. DR.. Sherman soon
came in, and / left him there and
went from the store; / went over to
the stable to see how many horses
were taken. should say there were
twenty or twenty-one men in the street
at the time that Morrison was shot
did not count them at the time but
ascertained their number by the
horses that were taken. Bennett II.
Young rode a government black horse
that was kept at the American House.
They took seven horses from our sta
BILE. They went out of town to the
northward This whole matter occu-
pied some twenty minutes. j went in
to Canada afterwards and recognized
Bennett II. Young.
Cross-eramined by Nr. Baaey.-It
was, think, Bennett H. Young that
shot Mr.. Morrison. Five of my horses
we're taken out of town. One light
bay. one dark bay, one dappled gray,
one roam and one brown horse were
taken,
The light bay was left at Frelighs-
burgh by raiders; the dark bay was
left at Waterloo; q roam horse, the
Fanny mare" were taken from Frank
S. Fields and the rest were taken
from the travellers stable. l under
stand that Justin Shepards black
horses were taken and u. Clark's chest
nat horses, also pair belonging tc
William Eaton, also some Government
horses, bay horse with white feet
81 horses in all i have made no ex-
animation of the hotel register to sec
d If there were just twenty one raiders
here on that day.
Julian H. Uetcey-On the morning
Of October 10, 1864, saw two stran
gers at the reading-room of the Ameri
can House, and hearing disturbance
saw one with pistol in his hant
standing near the corner of the Ameri
can. After that, | was in Montreal
and while examination of the Raider
was going on; l had been at Stan
bridge that day. ] saw Samuel Eu
gene Lackey at st. Adams with
satchel in his hand, met him near Nh
Munyans shop; saw him aftcrward
on the corner of the American Hous
with pistol in his hand. i saw ais
man afterwards called McGrorty
whom I first saw at the American He
tel reading room, as before stated.
went into st. Johns, October 30, o
evening: was employed by Mr. o. A
Burton to go to st. Johns with hin
Gov. Smith said ought to be at tn
trial in Montreal and the State would
probably, pay me for my services.
was not then States Attorney but Nj
N. +. Wood States Attorney was ava,
thought it my duty to look after II
matter and prepare myself for the
trial in case they were given up. M
Edmunds was acting as Governmel
Attorney and also Mr.. Devlin.
think the authorities in Canada up
the time the prisoners left ST John
made vigorous attempts, to arrest Il
raiders.
Capt Mann, John w. Saunders al
Capt. Montgomery came here la
May. After that, l went to DetrC
and to Windsor, Canada.
May 90, "a and 25, 1865, when tes
mony was taken in Canada, | was
Montreal At the time l saw McGrol
it was in the readingroom at t
American House; don't know tina
thought of him in connection with
raid, until saw him afterwards amo
the prisoners in Canada.
Mss Martha Beattie-I reside in
3 Adams; have millinery store he
On the 10Th October, 1864, / saw fl,
my steps horsemen near Fuller's
cry stable. When Mr.. Morrison v
shot, had closed the door; L hef
firing before Mr.. Morrison fell. c
man was dismounted and tried to
on his horse and was firing all
time. He called on the others
come back and they did so and fiji
and Morrison fell. l had retired il
my store, thinking there was dang
before Morrison fell; / did not s
. who fired the shot at Morrison; /
not see any one on the steps with h
when he was shot. / opened the dc
Immediately after he was shot.
M. Il. Wilson was there. i saw :
Morrison's hand, and it was bloody
i Cross-eaamined By H. s. Royce,
Morrison was shot on the steps.
men who were firing, were firing al
them promiscuously. The dismou
cd man called them to come back
they came back and while they W
coming back they were firing and Il
it was that Morrison was shot.
man who was afoot had got upon
horse before Mr.. Morrison was 81
Just as Morrison was shot, / had
got my hand off the door knob bel
his hand was on the other side.
had then just been shot. All this
fair occupied from 10 to Is minute
should say.
Mss Louisa Late.-I was in the
ploy of Miss Beattie on the 10Th
tober, 1864 First heard was a
port of pistols. We went out u
the steps and watched the men