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York (Canada) (search for this): chapter 9.81
ad conferred it on Booth then or not; but he told me, either then or subsequently, that Booth had been commissioned, and that everybody engaged in the enterprise would be commissioned; and if it succeeded or failed, and they escaped to Canada, they could. not be successfully claimed under the Extradition Treaty. The fact is fully shown in the testimony herewith: First, that Mr. Thompson was not in Montreal at any time from the 1st of January to the 14th of February, being in the city of Toronto, nearly 350 miles distant; and second, by referring to page 27, it will be seen from the letter of this man Conover, certified to be genuine by United States Counsel, General John F. Potter, that up to the 20th of March after, he did not even know Mr. Thompson, and was then seeking his acquaintance, as himself the originator of a proposition to destroy the Croton Water-works, etc. This letter was sent by Mr. John Cameron, of Montreal, who testifies that, after Mr. Thompson had read the lett
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): chapter 9.81
Hon. Jacob Thompson at the St. Lawrence hotel, in Montreal, touching the assassination. Let me quote in fumony herewith: First, that Mr. Thompson was not in Montreal at any time from the 1st of January to the 14th of etc. This letter was sent by Mr. John Cameron, of Montreal, who testifies that, after Mr. Thompson had read t of John H. Surratt. Q.--You say you saw him in Montreal in April, last? A.--Yes, sir. Q.--About what ttificate of Dr. McDonnell, an eminent physician of Montreal, and Mr. A. S. Huntington, with whom he boarded, ts of other gentlemen as his intimate associates in Montreal, viz: Captain Magruder and Dr. Fallen, both of whoances and Hydrography, now residing in the city of Montreal, having been duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of War and as it was difficult to find any one in Montreal acquainted with the signature, inquiries were consrt, and did the swearing. Let me give you a few specimens from his testimony in Montreal and at Washington:
Ogdensburg (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 9.81
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 on Mr. Thompson to make some inquiry about a raid which had been contemplated on Ogdensburg, N. Y., which had failed because the United States Government had received some intimation of the rebels there, and were prepared for it, and I called to hear what was to be done next, and being supposed by Mr. Thompson to be a good rebel, he said: We would have to drop it for a time, but we will catch them asleep yet, and then he observed: There is a better opportunity, a. better chance to immortalize yourself and save your country. I told him that I was ready to do anything to save the co
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 9.81
its. Says Captain Magruder: I, George A. Magruder, late Captain in the Navy of the United States, and Chief of the Bureau of Ordinances and Hydrography, now residing in 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 spo
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 9.81
cretary of State, and Judge Chase. Q.--Did they say anything about any of the Generals? A.--And Grant. Q.--I am not sure whether you have stated precisely. If you have not done it, I wish you would now, who were present at this conversation which you had with Jacob Thompson early in April, when he laid his hand on the dispatches. A.--Mr. Surratt, General Carroll and myself. Q.--Can you state whether any of these persons participated in the conversation? A.--General Carroll, of Tennessee, did. He was more anxious that Mr. Johnson should be killed than anybody else. General Carroll denounces this as false, and shows by the certificate of Dr. McDonnell, an eminent physician of Montreal, and Mr. A. S. Huntington, with whom he boarded, that he was confined to his bed from the 1st to the 15th of April in consequence of a very painful disease, and that he was all the time under the care of Dr. McDonnell, thus completely exploding the story of the dispatches, cipher letter and
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 9.81
nd fame of Confederate leaders.] On the 2d day of May, 1865, his Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, published to the world the following proclamation-viz: By the President of the United States: Whereas, it appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice that the atrocious murder 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 of said persons or either of them within the limits of the United States, so that they can be brought to trial, the following rewards: One hundred thousand dollars for the arr
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 9.81
cellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, published to the world the following procamation-viz: By the President of the United States: Whereas, it appears from evidence in tand traitors against the government of the United States, harbored in Canada. Now, therefore, to t done, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do offer for the arrest of said persons or either of them within the limits of the United States, so that they can be brought to trial, the ay. The Provost-Marshall-General of the United States is directed to cause a description of saidto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washin 1865, and of the independence of the United States of America, the eighty-ninth. Andrew Johnson. Bis man Conover, certified to be genuine by United States Counsel, General John F. Potter, that up t Magruder, late Captain in the Navy of the United States, and Chief of the Bureau of Ordinances and
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 9.81
, 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 thd, and that everybody engaged in the enterprise would be commissioned; and if it succeeded or failed, and they escaped to Canada, they could. not be successfully claimed under the Extradition Treaty. The fact is fully shown in the testimony herewias 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, 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
George A. Magruder (search for this): chapter 9.81
to be equally false and mendacious. Conover mentions, in his secret examination, the names of other gentlemen as his intimate associates in Montreal, viz: Captain Magruder and Dr. Fallen, both of whom made affidavits. Says Captain Magruder: I, George A. Magruder, late Captain in the Navy of the United States, and Chief of the Captain Magruder: I, George A. Magruder, late Captain in the Navy of the United States, and Chief of the Bureau of Ordinances and Hydrography, now residing in 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 befoGeorge A. Magruder, late Captain in the Navy of the United States, and Chief of the Bureau of Ordinances and Hydrography, now residing in 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 assu
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 9.81
The attempt to Fasten the assassination of President Lincoln on President Davis and other innocent parties. By Judge W. W. Cleary. [The following paper was read before the Louisville Branch of the Southern Historical Society and well deserves a place in our records that the future historian may see what methods were employed e substance of the dispatches, or what did they purport to be? A.--I had some conversation with Mr. Thompson previously on the subject of a plot to assassinate Mr. Lincoln, * * * and I had been invited to participate in that enterprise. (This is the alleged conversation fully described above and disproved.) Q.--By whom had youassent of the rebel authorities. Q.--Did they speak of the persons that the rebel authorities had consented might be the victims of this plot? A.--Yes, sir; Mr Lincoln, Mr. Johnson, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and Judge Chase. Q.--Did they say anything about any of the Generals? A.--And Grant. Q.--I am
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