Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-19

and said he would leave il with me, which /
he did not; Piper sold his horse aud buggy /
Ia one Dorm, who keeps a livery stable at |
Madison. This was on Monday forenoon,
and IN the afternoon | arrested Alm aud |
confined him, he appeared greatly dttend- /
ed and told me il | expected 10 make any
money ont Of the affair | was mistaken, as
| couldn't; he employed counsel, Mr.,
johnson, an attorney of our city, at whose
instance writ Of haheas corpus was pro-
cured and the prisoner released the toll
lowing morning he had an examination
and was held in confinement till the arri-
val If the Vermont officers, after his ar
res, hc asked me if ! wanted him to tell
me how he feeccd the Yankees down
East aud told him he might tell me ii
I he chose, lie Farley said 10 me When
| left Chicago l told Capt, Bradley that |
was going down to fleece the Yankees; he
told mo | could not do il; ! told him il !
couldn't my name was not Piper; after
my arrival | commenced by getting the
confidence of the business men; | bought
a few old bucks and started them through
the country from one express office 10
another. until | had them covered with
tickets literally blanketed with them; that
was what | call business; | always make
il A business to get in with the bankers
and did there; when left | commenced
at either Middlebwy or NergenncS and
went through the Valley and cleaned EN- /;
when left the ears To cross the noun
tains 10 Manchester, | had fine horse,
/, but drove him 50 hard TO reach there in
time To- take the train south, that noticed
in going into Manchester his ears COM
mGnCcd 10 Top, AMI that he was ubout
; used up; | drove mp to livery stable and
, jumping out, hurriedly handed boy in
attendance twenty-dollar note, telling
him 10 take care Of the horse till called
for him; | then got aboard OF the train
and started for Albany, where | took a
stato.room ON the Central road for Buffalo
, this entered and changed my clothes for
/ licutennt's uniform which had in my
yalise. which change effected ! went out,
locking the state ROOM afterleaying Bus,
ialo took sleeping birth and went Il
, Niagara Falls. and through Canada &c
, Chicago when got 10 Chicago sa'w
old Bradley in the depot and knew by hi
' actions something was up; can always
] tell when he has enything ON his mind by
IA his peculiar twitehing of hrs coat collar
e he did not know me in the uniform, and
I stepped up to him and slapp,l him OF
I the shoulder, when he accosted me Will
i Halloa, j. this your | asked him wha
Il was up, when he said he had orders to ar
!. rest me for forging for $4,000 IN Yer
b mont; replied You'll hear it will b
$4,000 before night, and here's tn
5 money slapping my carpet bag, Bradle,
o then told me some OF his boys were look
n ing after me. and if they caught me the.
: would shut me up; he advised me to g
k to his house where / could be secure
4 did so and remained there several days.
: Mr.. McDougal continued: After the re
\ spondcnt's arrest he said might as vel
= take these things and be inside the rim!
= as out most officers did so; he said he wa
d going To Canada if would let him off
i he said he couldn't come back to Vermont
Y it wouldn't do; they would be after hir
: +-,-- II 49, - I-4-i44l S.atnA he sci
a nothing about the prospects OF his case
l. Vermont that | know of he said nothin
N concerning the disposition of the pape
| that remember: he said he went by III
k name of 0. B. Clark in Vermont.
a The court at this juncture took receS
y until a. m this morning, when Mr.. Nj
10 Dougall will be cross-eSamined by II
As defense. .,