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“I cannot give the date, General, but it was when Governor Morehead was arrested.”
“ Where did you move yourself and business?”
“To Nashville, Tennessee.”
“Did you continue business there?”
“For a little while.”
“When and where did you go then?”
“To New Orleans.”
“At what time?”
“When Governor Isham left the State and the Union troops occupied Nashville.”
“When did you leave New Orleans?”
“When you took possession of the city.”
“Were you in the same business there?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Were you connected with any banking firm or financial association?”
“Yes, sir; the citizens' bank.”
“Where did you go then?”
“To Liverpool, England.”
“Ho, ho, Mr. Lyons, then I guess we are business acquaintances.
Are you the H. J. Lyons who made claim on the Citizens' Bank of New Orleans from Liverpool for a large amount of money?”
“Yes, General.”
“And you claimed to have left this money there as a neutral British subject, didn't you?”
Smilingly he replied: “Yes, General.”
“ And as I remember, you did not get it?”
“No; it was stopped by your order.”
“Did you do business for any time in Liverpool?”
“No, sir.”
“ Where did you go then?”
“I went to Montreal.”
“ And went into business there?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Was not your business there largely with your Confederate friends,--getting their money into Canada?”
“Yes, sir.”
A. M. Thayer and Co. 1892.
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