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2 and travled all over the Country looking for both the Secretary of War is Satisfied that I had men and horse but he Says I must Show that I was emploied by you and that I might onley be working for the Reward offered I posted up for government the first bills ever printed offering a Reward I allways come to you and aney time you Sed go and do aneything I don't my claime for this is but three hundred dollars I was note over three weeks and five men and horses I paid all Expences the days I got the gun boat baker

boat baker got Booth So I did not go in it but I had the men in the Street all night awaiting orders and the news came that baker had got him if you remember I was hard at work at that time I comenced the next day after the President was kiled if you recolect you went down about 9 oclock in the morning and brought the Presadent up from tenth Street in a waggon you give me orders to take men and do all i could I did as you told me to but all the orders for horses has not your name to them but you gave orders and took them to the partis then thay give me orders to Quartermasters of corce your name is not an my last orders and the Secatary Says he will wite you he Says that you think I mad a good deal of money if it was my dying word I Say that I Lost Mosby owes me over a thousand dollars his men owe me Lots of tobaco I was in thare power I had to trust them when unley made the laide on Washington thay Stole Everything I had I then give up my teame and if you recolect when Genl you Sent for me to come to your would take the Team and go I was paid I was Comenced agan now I mad

Could not make a Large did actuley Looose money but had of Paid me I should dollars but I did not get the got me the Large lot of goods he ordered not go anney more the Jews put them that thay thought I was a our Soldiers wore gray unifor Shoo Fly they Say I asked don that I ges you would of stay I robed if I had would not Mosley or his men what a foolish Letter this killed my Claime in the help me aboute a hundred committee I will now ask and wright the facts and youse your got a Settlement with the Secretary