. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. he seemed piqued and indignant at that fact. I toldhim that if the Confederate States had been as near neighborsas the Federal States, there would have been, probably, a differ-ent result. I looked at the papers in the Department of State,to see that the names were affixed; they are precisely in thesame condition now as when I received them; I made no requestfor any particular papers; I merely presented the message withwhich I was entrusted; I never read the letter with which Iwas entrusted, and do not know its contents, except that Iunderstood
. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. he seemed piqued and indignant at that fact. I toldhim that if the Confederate States had been as near neighborsas the Federal States, there would have been, probably, a differ-ent result. I looked at the papers in the Department of State,to see that the names were affixed; they are precisely in thesame condition now as when I received them; I made no requestfor any particular papers; I merely presented the message withwhich I was entrusted; I never read the letter with which Iwas entrusted, and do not know its contents, except that Iunderstood that it was a letter of introduction, and containedthe names of the prisoners. [The counsel for the United States, objecting to the whole ofthis evidence as illegal and incompetent, decline to cross-ex-amine this witness.] (Signed.) S. F. Cameron. Lewis Sanders testified: I know Lieut. Bennett H. Young, one of the prisoners; Iknow the Hon. Clement C. Clay, Jun.; I was present at severalconversations between said Mr. Clay and said Lieut. Bennett. Rev. Stephen F. Gamekun IN CANADA AND NEW YORK 379 H. Young, between the 29th of August and the 9th of Septem-ber last. I heard conversations between them about the attackon St. Albans, which was subsequently made on the 19th ofOctober. The purport of these conversations was that Youngwas to burn the town if possible, and sack the banks. I amaware that Mr. Clay furnished Young with money to cover hisexpenses at the said raid. Mr. Clay sent me a cheque for $400or upwards for Mr. Young, toward the expenses of the saidexpedition. I gave him the said cheque, and he got themoney on it at Montreal; this was about two weeks before theraid. I had no personal knowledge that he got the money, butI presume he did, as there were funds to meet it. The attorneys in the case delivered elaborate speeches,which would be of special interest except for their length. Mr. Abbott, in defense of the prisoners, in the course ofhis speech took occasion to descr
Size: 1353px × 1847px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidconfederateo, bookyear1906
