The National tribune., 1902-08-21

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"rhe witness will state the circum
stances fully" said the president.
''The day that the accused delivered
me to the Federals Il wounded cavalry,
man, Confederate, no doubt. rode ur
to the accused. They talked together
but l could not hear what was said. The
accused attended to the wound. l think
then he helped the man' on his horse and
the man rode off. That is all l know
about it,
''The accused will continue" said the
President.
How was Berwick armed? With what
sort of rifle?'
HE was armed with an Enfield rifle =
Then the President said. You say that
in some capacity!'
"You are familiar with the arms of the
Federal armyT'
Yes, sir, in some degree"
Have you noticed many Enfield rifles
in the hands of Federal infantry?'''
NO sir; very few. They are almost
all armed with Springfelds'
You are understood to say that the
accused, when he attacked your carriage
with an Enfield rifle, and while he held
you prisoner in the Chickahominy swamp,
was in Confederate uniform"
Yes. sir"
| lou are uHueTStOOu 10 say tHIt when
you were attacked at Milford, and after
ward when you were attacked and res
cued in King William County. that your
friends who assisted you We're neither
Federals nor Confederates. Who were
they"
They were men, sir; my friends; not
enlisted men of either army, SIR
Were they armed?''
| "Yes. SIR
| "Wjth what were they armedf'
II would be unable to describe their
arms, sir. Some had carbnes and pistols
others had what suited their fancy
Were they dressed in the uniform Of
| Confederates or Federals, or any uni
fOrm!'
NO, SIR
Were they mounted men? That is
to say, did they have horses?'
Yes, SIR"
Were they the farmers of the neigh
borhood?'
"No. SIR
Did they receive pay for their serv-
| ices!''
"Yes. SIR
who paid them? Were they paid by
the United States. or were they paid by
the Confederate States!"
by neither. sir.
'The Court understands you to say,
then, that these men under your command
| were living on the booty that you could
take. Were they partisan rangers regu-
larly enlisted?'
NO sir; and they were not living on
booty"
who paid them?'' ~
Il paid them, sir"
"And how did you derive the means
for paying them?'
The witness refused to answer. The
Court ordered the room cleared. When
= t1,<, A lx-n
| cate announced that the Court had de-
| creed that the witness should not be
forced to answer the question.
THE accused may continue" said the
President.
Can you swear that Berwick, also.
was not guerrilla!
HE may have been guerrilla at that
time, but he had been a Federal"
when you We're attacked at Milford
Station did you know of any special rea-
son for the attack!'
''NOne, except that / was COnfeder-
ate and they were Federals."
Were you dressed as a Confederate?
Il was not"
Were you dressed as a Federal?'
Partly"
prior to that time had Berwick ever
seen you in other than Federal uniform?"
Not to my knowledge"
when he attacked you did you believe
he knew you were a Confederate?'
Il did not"
did you have any booty that they
might hope to recapture?'
NO booty; none at all"
There was nothing of value in your
possession that the party wanted to take
from yOuY"
''There was no such thing in my pos
session as is ordinarily called valuable"
did you have nothing whatever which
the party wished to take from yOu?"
Yes; there was person in my
charge"
WAS this person dressed as a Con-
federate or a Federal?"
THE person was dressed neither as a
Confederate nor as q Federal"
Was he one of your own comrades"
mo"
The President said, "The witness will
state the circumstances fully"
THE person whom l had in charge
was lady, and was conveying her to
friends and in my charge"
''The accused will continue" said the
President.
Had this lady willingly put herself
under your charger l asked.
No; cannot say that she had"
Were you conveying this lady to her
home"
81 was not"
.'By what means were you conveying
herr"
''She was in an ambulance"
WAS the ambulance Confederate or
FederaI?'
1T was neither"
The President said: "You are under
stood to say that the ambulance in which
you were conveying the lady was neither
Confederate nor Federal. Was it pri-
vate ambulanceY'
"Yes, sir, in q sense it was a private
ambulance. 1t was an ambulance belong
ing to the Sanitary Commission of the
United States. L had captured this am
bulance in the rear of Gen. Meade's army
and for some time l knew nothing of its
contents, it being in the night. When l
looked into it l found there was a lady
in it."
"The accused will continue" said the
President.
did you know who this lady was?"
l asked.
Yes"
"When you were attacked there at Mil
ford did you resist!'
mo; l did not resist"
I'm your retreat did you save the am
bulance and the lady?'
Il did not"
did you endeavor to do so?'
'Yes."
did Berwick know that this lady was
with your
Il do not know that he knew it when
he attacked me-"
Did you know this lady?"