St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-02
The Railroad War at Canada Line.
LETTER FROM MIR. FOSTER.

LETTER FROM MIR. FOSTER.
We notice by the following. that Mr..
Raymond has given letter to Mon
treal paper. We have not yet seen it,
but most of our readers will get the i'm
port of it from the following letter
which we find in the Montreal Herald
of Oct. %:
SIR.-Mr. Raymond, in a letter add
dressed to the Gazette, endeavors to
convey the impression that or parties
in my behalf have attempted to obtain
public sympathy by statement or
statements, incorrect as to the facts and
couched in such language as would
make me appear to be much injured
individual; moreover, that by such
statements the company which Mr..
Raymond represents has been sought to
be prejudiced. 1t is true that several
statements have been made in the pa
pers, but of these, prior to their appear
ance, | was altogether ignorant; never
theless, as one of the parties most i'm
mediately concerned, L must say that
they have not gone to any appreciable
distance beyond what are the actual
facts.
1t is undoubtedly fact that was
arrested in Mr.. Robinson's house for u
paltry debt to whose incurment per-
sonally was no party, and which, if it
be a just one, was due from the road of
which, according to his own admission
in the Gazette, Mr.. Raymond and Mr..
be forgotten that the arrest was made
in Mr.. RobinsOn's own house, Mr.. Rob-
insOn being director of the Passumpsic
Railway, President of the Missisquoi
aud Clyde Rivers Railway, and late
manager of the Montreal, Portland and
Boston Railway, which leads from st.
Lambert TO West Farnham. The Dep
uty Sheriff's (Mr. A. G.. Bowley) YER
sion of my arrest is altogether con-
Trajectory of that which has appeared
in the Gazette over Mr.. Raymond's sig
nature. and thoroughly confirms that
published in the Star. From his aft
davit make the following extract =
~ arrested the body of Colonel Asa
B. Foster, of Canada, aforesaid, on this
present month, on d writ in favour of
Messrs. Brown and Smith, of said New
port, upon an account amounting to
some twenty-seven dollars. This ac-
count and writ were put into my hands
at about eleven o'clock of that day, and
l went to the Memphremagog House,
and there found said Foster in CONVEX
sation with Emmons Raymond, of Bos-
ton, and Lucius Robinson, of said New
port. | took seat and waited until
the conversation between the parties
was concluded, and then Mr.. Robinson
came along by me and took from my
hand a statement of the account of said
Brown and Smith, upon which said
writ was issued, and looked at it mo-
ment and returned it to me. / then re-
marked, 81 shall want you to back a
inson passed out, and saw no more OF
him on that occasion. l then went into
| the reception room of said house, and
then informed Mr.. Foster of the writ
and statement of accounts held, and
showed him the statement of account
Mr.. Foster said he could not pay it, as
he did not have the money with him,
and asked me the consequences if he
did not pay the debt. l told him ]
should be obliged to commit him to
gaol.
In the meantime, the High Sheriff OF
Orleans county came to Newport and
saw him, and informed him of the ar
rest. l told him l desired to go in
another direction to serve other papers,
and asked him if he would take this and
carry Mr.. Foster to gaol. He said he
would do so. then went with said
Holdridge to the reception room of said
hotel and found Mr.. Foster and Mr..
Raymond there, and in conversation.
broke in upon them, and gave Mr.. Fos-
ter an introduction to Mr.. Holdridge,
and told him had handed the papers
to Mr.. Holdridge, and that Mr.. Hold
ridge would take charge of him and
commit him. This was done in the
presence of Mr.. Raymond, and in his