The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-05

tOftUWS. Vn INC VII u"s " -. -
ID. 1865, my deposition was taken IN the
name Of William Campbeil, at the Office OF
the Judge Advocate General, inthe city OF
Washington, relative to the assassination
Of President Lincoln, and the completely
Of Jefferson Davis and others therein. !
made said deposition at the instance and
by the procurement Of 4 man who as
sumcd the name OF Sanford Conovef, but
whose real name was Charles A. Durham !;
the said Conoyer, alas Dunbam, fabri-
cated--wrote out the statement he desired
me to make, committed it to memory
BY his advice and with his assistance, and
then, in company with bin, went to the
Office of the Judge Advocate General, and
there repeated II 10 Judge Holt, and he
wrote it dowa, aud ! verified the same as
ms deposition the said deposition was
wholly untrue and false was fabricated
by the said Conover, alias Durham, and
made the same by his procurement; after
making said deposition, the subject matter
of the assassination of President Lincoln
and the alleged completely Of Jefferson
Davis and others therein was duly re-
fcrrcd to the Judiciary Committee Of
the House Of Representatives Of the
United States for investigation; said
Judiciary Committee being duly and
legally appointed, and empowered to make
said investigation, and in obedience to a
subpoena issued by said Judiciary Com
mittee and served upon me, appeared
before said committee in Washington city,
| D. c., on the Sth day Of May, A. d. 1866,
and then and there, being duly sworn BY
the chairman of said committee, did testify,
| in tho presence and hearing of said ConOver,
alias Durham, that the deposition made
by me at the Office of the Judge Advocate
General, as aforesaid, els false" and
that the "matter presented or statements
made by me in said deposition was not pre-
pared by me, but was fabricated by the
said Conover; the said deposition was read
over to me, and in the presence and hear
ing of the said Conover; and then was
interrogated as to It's trnth or falsity, and
answered and swore that said deposition
sis false" and that the "matter pre-
sented"i in said deposition was prepared
by Mr.. COnover;" after had given my
testimony, the said Sanford Conoyer, alias
| Charles A. Durham, was then and there
duly sworn by the chairman of said Ju-
dietary Committee, namely, on the Sth day
of May, A. D. 1866, at Washington, ID. c.;
and the chairman asked him the following
questions, among others, namely: Do |
understand you to deny oil that he Camp
bell) has said herc?'' and he answered,
:" Yes, sir" Question" Then the COM
mittee arc to understand that in the
main YOU contradict the statement p An
swer-" Yes, sir" Question" Have you
any reason to doubt the truthfulness of the
statement of any Of the witnesses whose
dispositions were taken at your instance
before Judge Holt?" Answer-"I have
not, nor do doubt that they are all true
now" The questions thus propounded to
the said Conover, alias Durham, and the
answers thereto, were important and ma
terial to the issue and the determination
of the subject matter then and there being
| investigated by the said judiciary Com
mittce, and the testimony then and there
given i'm answer to the said questions by
| the said Conover, alias Durham, was
knowingly, wilfully, and corruptly false.
j. A. HOARE.
Washington city, District Of Columbia, IS.
l.. C. Turner, Judge Advocate, being duly
sworn, says: II have seen a man called
Sanford Conoyer, but whose real name is
Charles A. Durham, and was acquainted
with his handwriting, and have seen him
write. After j. 4. Hoarc, alias William
Campbell, had given. his testimony before
the Judiciary Committee OF the House Of
Representatives, on the 9Th day of May,
1866, he gave to me manuscript written
statement, which he said was prepared, fa-
bricated by the said Conover, and which
substantially was his deposition taken at
the Office of the Judge Advocate General,
November 4, 1865. He stated to me that
he had committed to memory said state
| ment and rocited il to Judge Holt, by the
procurement Of the said Conovcr, and that
his said deposition was entirely false. 1
further say that the said manuscript or
written statement was in the handwriting
OF the said Conoscr, and was delivered by
me to, and is now in possession of, the said
Judiciary Committee of the House Of Re-
representatives.. L. c. TURNER"