Oil May 6, 1817, a statement was made and sworn to by John Paulding, one of the captors, of which the following is a copy : John Paulding, of the County of Westchester, one of the persons who took Major Andre, being duly sworn, saith, that he was three times during the revolutionary war a prisoner, with the enemy : -- the first time he was taken at the White Plains, when under the command of Captain Requa, and carried to New York, and confined in the Sugar House : the second time he was taken near Tarry town, when under the command of Lieutenant Peacock, and confined in the North Dutch Church in New York ; that both these times he escaped ; and the last of them only four days before the capture of Andre ; that the last time he was taken, he was wounded, and lay in the hospital in New York, and, was discharged on the arrival of the news of peace there ; that he and his companions, Van Wart and Williams, among other articles which they took from Major Andre, were his watch, horse, saddle and bridle, and which they retained as prize ; that they delivered over Andre, with the papers found on him, to Colonel Jameson, wlio commanded on the lines ; that shortly thereafter they were summoned to appear as witnesses at the headquarters of General Washington, at Tappau ; that they were at Tappau some days, and examined as witnesses before the court martial on the trial of Smith, who brought Andre ashore from on board the sloop of war ; that while there, Colonel William S. Smith redeemed the watch from them for thirty guineas; which, and the money received for the horse, saddle and bridle, they divided equally among themselves and four other persons, who belonged to their party, but when Andre was taken, were about half a mile off, keeping a lookout on a hill ; that Andre had no gold or silver money with him, but only some continental bills, to the amount of about eighty dollars ; that the medals given to him, and Van Wart and Williams, by Congress, were presented to them by General Washington, when the army was encamped at Yerplanck's Point, and that they on the occasion dined at his table ; that Williams