The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-28

Truman Lawrence Tells Of the Frat Of
the Ohsndsrs Captured.

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Truman Lawrence Of 81. Adams Ia.
added : valuable "Reminiscences Of the St.
Alhans raid 81 october 10. 1864. Ths
story, - told representative 81 TAs
Messenger. relates phnslpally % tie
capture d = Copfedsfale raider n Wa.
tefloo, One, By At Lawrence. This vas
he first captured Of 4 raider
Mr.. Lawrence Was employed by the
Vermont Central RAILROAD Co. a. bag.
sageman between Wateglo and NJ. Johns.
Que. A about O'Clock 0f the morning
following the raid, October %, Mr.. Law
renee saw . man ride gray horse into
Waterloo and hitch the same under =
shed. The h0Esc vas very muddy, and
carried new saddle. both suspicious
circumstances. The residents Of Mater
loo had heard IL the raid and were on
the lockout for the raiders 4 wss
found cut altorwnnd that the raider in
question had taken new saddle hanging
on the front Of the hedard store n
AAln street and placed Il on a gray
horse which he unhitchtd from team
THE team having been left near the
sloFel and rode away.
After hltehing the horse the raider
proceeded "a the railroad station AMI
Tried 70 board The train which was s0m
20 leave for ST. Johns. bat the cars
were not vet unlocked for passengers.
Mr.. Lawrence sent for the only ollieer
N Waterloo, but he was ont ~ town.
Mr. Lawrence decided 20 arrest the raid.
er himself and e informed the station
agent and conductor
About $3.50 oclock. the passengers
having taken sests ID thr train. Mr..
Lawrence walked into The rear OF the
coach and, placing bis hand on the raid
cr's shoulder, said. you are my pns-
Qner,7 The raider asked. What forf'
Mf. Lawrence replied. I'm tell you
later" and, reaching down. drew two
long pistols from the prisoners belt and
laid them on . car seat. lie then took
a bowie knife from its sheath and laid
i with the pistols. unhnttoning the
prisoners vest he found beneath the belt
and inside the vest handkerchief
wrapped about a sum Of money. There
were packages % bills 500 IN a pack.
aee-and some gold pieces. The total
amount was Sl.752.50.
Mr, Lawrence arranged for another
man 20 take his place on the train while
be took the prisoner TO the hotel and
kept him until the local officer arrived,
when the prisoner was turned over.
along with the money and weapons. The
day following he was taken 20 Montreal
where about nine other captured raiders
were taken for a trial Is
A very singular coincidence. and one
which shows how small the world really
Is, occurred May z. 1923. Mr. Lawrence
was staying for 4 time at hotel in
Green Cover Springs. Fla. kept by l. :.
and J. T.. Scot. who we're aleo propric
tors OF The Franklin house At Highgate
Springs for many years. Mr.. Lawrence
was N anest Of relief from rheumatism
from which he was suffering. One day,
while In conversation with another man
at the hotel he chanced 70 remark that
he was a Nermonter and was from II.
Adams. Two women were seated near
by. and later one Of them approached
Mr.. Lawrence and asked II she heard
Alright that he was from ST. Alhans,
We. Mr.. Lawrence affirmed the fact,
when the woman asked II be had lived
there long On being told that Il was
several years. she asked II he was there
at the time Of the raid. Mr.. Lawrence
replied that he was employed on q rail.
road in Canada at the time, but knew
we'll the facts OF the. raid. She then
said that she was concerned In the mat
ter. in that she was on amaunensis for
Col. Bennett Young. the leader, who
posed as Doctor Young that she wrote
many of the letters and knew of the
plans.
Colonel Young and this woman had
headquarters at PIattsburgh, \. u, for
some time. She told Mr.. Lawrence OF
the plans to raid Ogdensburgh. \. "
and OF the change Of plans. Mr. Law
renee cannot recall the name Of the
woman. but the fact thst the woman
who was secretary to Colonel Young
and the man who captured the first
raider, should chance TO meet in Florida
over twenty eight years Afterwards, isI
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