Interesting Visit

[Susan Higginbotham]

In Cameron's testimony at the St. Albans trial, he mentions "another messenger" bringing documents to Montreal, presumably Sarah Slater, but does not mention her name or any identifying information about the messenger. From the February 19, 1865, New York Times:

Is Headley then the only source available that specifically names Sarah as a messenger for the documents needed from Richmond? Is there any other source that backs up Headley regarding Sarah being a Richmond/Montreal documents messenger? Did Cameron make a statement on this separate from his trial testimony?

As far as I know, Headley never names the female messenger as Sarah or anyone else, but refers to her simply as a widow from Kentucky whose name no one could recall.

Weichmann, however, described Sarah in his conspiracy trial testimony as going "to Canada and Richmond." At John Surratt's trial, Lewis McMillan mentioned "Mrs. Slater's" name as being "very conspicuous" during the St. Albans raiders' trial as one of those had gone to Richmond to help the raiders in their trial.