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Richard Montgomery (search for this): chapter 9.81
rbid excitement of the public mind, gave color enough to the accusation to subject the accused to an ignominy scarcely less than should have ensued upon full proof of guilt. The fact subsequently transpired, in spite of official vigilance to conceal it, that the evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, was obtained from three witnesses secretly examined before the Military Commission which condemned Mrs. Surratt to the gallows. Their names, real or assumed, are Sandford Conover, Richard Montgomery and James B. Merritt. Their testimony, withheld from the public by the Government, found its way into the newspapers, and was commonly known at the time as the suppressed testimony. The publication of it enabled some of the parties assailed to expose its falsehood and the characters of the witnesses. Filed with this paper and as a part, but too long to read here, is the evidence in full, as reported by the Bureau of Military Justice upon which the proclamation issued, together with
W. Hunter (search for this): chapter 9.81
W. Cleary, late clerk of C. C. Clay. The Provost-Marshall-General of the United States is directed to cause a description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be published. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the independence of the United States of America, the eighty-ninth. Andrew Johnson. By the President: W. Hunter, Acting Secretary State. The evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, upon which this accusation was brought against persons, some of whom had occupied high positions under the Federal Government, and all of whom through. life had enjoyed the confidence of their fellow-citizens, and unblemished reputations as private gentlemen, was carefully withheld from the public by the Bureau of Military Justice, thereby depriving the accused of the opportunity of at once exposing the equally e
Bingham (search for this): chapter 9.81
iew of this evidence, the necessity for any detailed exposition of which arises chiefly from the very effrontery of falsehoods, which the accused, had they been present, could have exposed in the most summary manner on the spot, but which from the extraordinary and contra-legal method in which they were received, impose the necessity of tedious detail and repetition of rebutting testimony to overthrow so preposterous and stupidly contrived falsehoods. Sandford Conover, examined by Judge Advocate Bingham, swore (see page 5), repeating four different times, in a variety of forms of expression, that late in January and early in February, 1865, and every day in the month of February, he held conversations with Hon. Jacob Thompson at the St. Lawrence hotel, in Montreal, touching the assassination. Let me quote in full his statement of the alleged conversation: Q.--State, if you please, what was said at that time by Mr. Thompson on that subject, in your presence? A.--I had called o
Beverley Tucker (search for this): chapter 9.81
. Seward, Secretary of State, was incited, concocted and procured by and between Jeff. Davis, late of Richmond, Virginia; and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverley Tucker, George N. Sanders, W. W. Cleary, and other rebels and traitors against the government of the United States, harbored in Canada. Now, therefore, to the end trrest of Jacob Thompson, late of Mississippi; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of George N. Sanders; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverley Tucker; ten thousand dollars for the arrest of W. W. Cleary, late clerk of C. C. Clay. The Provost-Marshall-General of the United States is directed to cause a dect the connecting of Mr. Davis and Mr. Thompson with the assassination. Each, all, and every one of his statements as to Mr. Clement C. Clay, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Beverley Tucker and myself, are shown to be equally false and mendacious. Conover mentions, in his secret examination, the names of other gentlemen as his intimate assoc
Sanford Conover (search for this): chapter 9.81
the city of Montreal, having been duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, doth depose and say: That having read the evidence or testimony of one Sanford Conover, alias James Watson Wallace, as reported in the public papers to have been given by him, and taken before the Military Commission, now sitting at Washington, D. C., in which he declares that, with others named by said Conover, alias Wallace, he wasi ntimately acquainted with me. This I swear to be absolutely false and untrue. Further, I declare never to have seen this person to my knowledge, nor have I ever heard his name, or assumed name, before my attention was drawn to it by his testimony. I did not know that such a person as said Conover or Wallace existed. Dr. Pallen, a distinguished surgeon of St. Louis, swears that he never saw or spoke to Sandford Conover, alias James Watson Wallace. Conover said, in his secret testimony, that he did not go by the name of Sandford Conover in Canada, but under the
Humphrey Marshall (search for this): chapter 9.81
hat they can be brought to trial, the following rewards: One hundred thousand dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of Mississippi; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of George N. Sanders; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverley Tucker; ten thousand dollars for the arrest of W. W. Cleary, late clerk of C. C. Clay. The Provost-Marshall-General of the United States is directed to cause a description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be published. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the independence of the United States of America, the eighty-ninth. Andrew Johnson. By the President: W. Hunter, Acting Secretary State. The evidence in the Bu
George N. Sanders (search for this): chapter 9.81
of the late President, and the attempted murder of the Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, was incited, concocted and procured by and between Jeff. Davis, late of Richmond, Virginia; and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverley Tucker, George N. Sanders, W. W. Cleary, and other rebels and traitors against the government of the United States, harbored in Canada. Now, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do offer for the arrest ond dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of Mississippi; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of George N. Sanders; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverley Tucker; ten thousand dollars for the arrest of W. W. Cleary, late clerk of C. C. Clay. The Provost-Marshall-General of the United States is directed to cause a description of said
James Watson Wallace (search for this): chapter 9.81
sts of Almighty God, doth depose and say: That having read the evidence or testimony of one Sanford Conover, alias James Watson Wallace, as reported in the public papers to have been given by him, and taken before the Military Commission, now sitting at Washington, D. C., in which he declares that, with others named by said Conover, alias Wallace, he wasi ntimately acquainted with me. This I swear to be absolutely false and untrue. Further, I declare never to have seen this person to my knowlessumed name, before my attention was drawn to it by his testimony. I did not know that such a person as said Conover or Wallace existed. Dr. Pallen, a distinguished surgeon of St. Louis, swears that he never saw or spoke to Sandford Conover, alias James Watson Wallace. Conover said, in his secret testimony, that he did not go by the name of Sandford Conover in Canada, but under the name of James Watson Wallace. The first known of him in Canada was in the latter part of February, 1865, w
Jacob Thompson (search for this): chapter 9.81
ty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of Mississippi; twenty-five thousandf you please, what was said at that time by Mr. Thompson on that subject, in your presence? A.--I h was to be done next, and being supposed by Mr. Thompson to be a good rebel, he said: We would have hown in the testimony herewith: First, that Mr. Thompson was not in Montreal at any time from the 1se 20th of March after, he did not even know Mr. Thompson, and was then seeking his acquaintance, as that vicinity. Q.--You say you saw him in Thompson's room? A.--I saw him in Mr. Thompson's roomMr. Thompson's room. Q.--State whether he gave any communication to Thompson in your presence in his room, and what Thompson in your presence in his room, and what that communication was. A.--There was a conversation there at that time, from which it appeared thant at this conversation which you had with Jacob Thompson early in April, when he laid his hand on their object the connecting of Mr. Davis and Mr. Thompson with the assassination. Each, all, and eve[7 more...]
Sedden (search for this): chapter 9.81
at such a person as said Conover or Wallace existed. Dr. Pallen, a distinguished surgeon of St. Louis, swears that he never saw or spoke to Sandford Conover, alias James Watson Wallace. Conover said, in his secret testimony, that he did not go by the name of Sandford Conover in Canada, but under the name of James Watson Wallace. The first known of him in Canada was in the latter part of February, 1865, when he appeared as a volunteer witness in the extradition proceeding, then pending against the St. Albans' prisoners. It was necessary to the defense to prove the genuineness of the signature of Mr. Sedden, Secretary of War and as it was difficult to find any one in Montreal acquainted with the signature, inquiries were constantly being made at the hotels for Virginia people who could make such proof in this way. This man came, offered himself as a witness, went into court, and did the swearing. Let me give you a few specimens from his testimony in Montreal and at Washington:
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