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ttMtr* with Mihora. f i. Wo, iln other colored mu
Who work* with me taw him.
ft. i>id you know Bpanglar well ? A Teg. ;
q. Were ha and Booth Yeiy intimate? A. They ware
Quite intimate. '•
thM I»»1° BMr thBm 10 anddrlQk twUwrf A. Tei,
Croaa-examined by Hr. Swine Q. H*d BoMcler
anythin* to do wlthßrolh’a horse. ? a. HothS* m ire
Tra?*W» tha T,onU iiaT9 attended to when Booth
Q.Be »»to their being fed *sd watered, dldn’the?
A. Tea.
Q. Was he hired by Booth? A. So, not *p OT <leri
the other young man Booth hired, bat I suppose B>oth
thought he wonle not do justice by hie horse, and got
Syangicr to eee to it. when he wae not there.
Q What position did Spangler hold in the theatre?
A He was one of the state managers; he shifted sce
nery at slant, and worked on the stage during the day.
<2. What web hie position on the stage at night? a.
On the Ilxht hand of the stage as yon f*«« the audience.
Q. That was the side of the President's brx. was it
not? a. Ho; the President's box was on the left hand
aide of the stage, a* yon look oat opposite Spangler’*
Q. Where was your poiitlon ? A. Hr position was>up
In the dies, where they wind the curtain ap on the
* Q. Did you see Spangler fhat night after five o'clock?
A Oh* yes;he wssthereonthe stage attending to his
business asutual. . „ ,
ft. Whit time did yon see him? A. It was in the
early part of the evening: I never inquired toe time;
wftnaanoUmenpwherjWe Were. „ ~ ,
Q. £OW IODg did yoa sea Mm before the rreildent
Was shot? A. I di<J not sea him at all before the Presi
dent was shot; 1 was looking at the performanse until I
heard the report of a pistol • . . ... .
q Djd yon see him daring the play that sight? A
Tbb, he was obliged to be there.
q Did yon see him In the first act ? A. Yes.
q Did yon eoe him in the second aet? A. I do not
remember seeing him in the second.
q Could yon have seen him where yon were* up is
the fly? A- Yes* sir; 1 could s?e hm from my side
over on the other side of the stage.
ft. Was Spangler’s piece on the opposite side? A.
Tea. sir, on tbs rpposlte s’de below.
ft. Werayonlooaisgiorhimduring the second act?
A. Wo.
Q W&e he a sort of assistant stage manager? A. He
wan a regular stage manager to shift the seeues at night.
ft. From where yon were eoald yon see the PresU
deit r sbox? A 1 coaid, plain.
Q What time in ihe first act did yon see Spangler?
A. Ic the first act 1 saw him walking about the stage
looting at the performance.
Q Bad he his bat on? A. Ho.
Q Bowwashedmsed? A. I could not tell exactly
What kind of clothes he had on.
Q. Did heloohjuet &tbedoesnowastohisfacß? A.
Yrs* vast as natural as he does now.
Q. Did ion ever see blai wear a TDomtaohe ? A. Wo.
ft From where yon were «»n the fly, would nut the
Scenes change SO tn*t sometime* yon coaid not see him?
A. gomeWioes I could only see him occasionally*
Testimony of John Miles (Colored.)
Examined by Judge Holt; Q State whether yon be
long to Ford’s Theatre A. Ido.
Q Wore you lhoie os the night of the ass&siin&tlon
of the President? A. Yes
Q. Sid you see J. Wilkes Booth there? A Yes; I
saw him when he came mere
ft. Tr'il ibeGcutt ail about what yon »v. A. He
came tksra shout 9or 10 o’clock; he brought a hors? up
from the stable town there to the back door, and called
to hid Sp&ngUT to come out from the tne&tre tatee
times; then Spangier came rxToea to him;
after that I old no* ate what became of 3j0.1i aay more
till I heard the pistol go off; thou 1 weet up in eight of
the President’s dox; I htaid some man s&v h* believed
somebody had shot the President: when I got there tue
President ksd gone oat, or I coaid not see him; l went
in a moment to the window and heard the hoise’s feet
going oat of the alley. ~ _
Q. Didyonteeauv one holding the horse? A. Yes;
I saw the bt>y after he had called for fidd Spangler.
ft. Do you not know what was said between them?
A. soi 1 oily heard him call ior £ed sp*ugiar.
Q, You Fay became u* tOitha doorwi h his horse
between Send lOo’cloek. Doy>.nkaow where he Kepi
hleboTte? A. Y«e,ma little stable close t
saw him come fioic there ahouc throe o’clock with fled
Spangler and Joseib & addox , . .
Q. How far is the lime stable where he i ept his horse
from the theatre? A. Ico not tflick it i» more tnan
fifty ya»*dß.
(boss-examined by Mr, Ewing: Q. Was thapUy go
ing on wb«n Booth rode np and called Spongier? a.
Yes; they were just closing a scene, and getting ready
to take off ihat tcene; f-pazglcr wts pushing the scene
across the stage when Boota called, to him three times
Q Where were you? A. 1 w»i up on the fly, three
stories and a half irom the stage. '
Q. In what ae\ was that? A. I think, in the third
act . _
Q. How long before the President waa shot ? A The
President came in in the first ac*; I .au k it was in the
third Bctke yu shot; from tf-r- t iae he broaght the
house t&ore until he W&> 6hot* 1 tbrnk it was about three
quarters of an hour. _
Q Do you know who held the bores? A. John Pea
nut held the horse from the time Booth brought him un
til he went away; every time I saw him John was
holdlut the horse,
Q. Fu John Peanut there when Booth came up? A.
I did sot see him there; there was no one there when
Booth CBmeup , . ,
Q Do you know whether Suasgler went out of the
door when Bocta caii:<t him? a. He inn across the
stage; I old not sse them ao out. . , , .
Q. How long did Spangler stay there? A. I do not
know; the next time 1 looked this boy was holding the
hone.
Q Htw long was this after he called Spangler? A.
Perhaf i ten or fifteen minutes.
Q. Do you know what Spangler had to do with
Booth? A. Bo; he appeared to be familiar with Mm.
Q. Did Booth treat him? A. I never saw him treat
him. \
Q Did Spangler have anything to do with Booth’s
hoTteß? A. I have seen him hold them np at the
stables.
Q. Did yon know anyihirg about his bitching the
hoisca or ja£<JiiEgtliem-np? a 150, si?; 1 never saw
him hitch them np to the ucfgy; John *iw*y*
did ihat. , _
Q Do yon know what place SpsngUr occnmed on the
fitar ? A. On the right hand sid» next to £ street, on
kfce side the President's box w«s.
Q Could yon see him from where you were, three
stories above? A. Yes, I could see right straight
through the scenes on that eiue cf the stage; I always
saw Mm at work on that side _ .
Q. Was he on that side when Booth called him?
A Yes
Q What was Spangler’sbnslsess there ? A. To shift
the scenes at night across the st?g*
Q. Was there another man shifting them from the
other side ? A, Yes, there was a man opposite to
Did yon see Spangler after Peanut John held
Booth’s horses 7 A. i never saw him any more nnul I
came down alter the Pretldent was shot-. Spangler was
then outside of the tame door Booth went oat at.
Q. Were the others ont there? A Yes, there ware
some more men out there; I did not notice who they
were.
Q. Hen of the theatre? A- Yes, men who were at
the theatre Hat night; there were straogsrs there too.
Q How many men were oat at the back door at that
time ? A. Hot more than three or fonr when I csm»
down ; I cama t own in a very abort time after I under
stood what it was ; I asked Spangler who it was that
held the herse; he told me not to say anything; I bn* w
it was the same pert on who brought the horse there
that rode him away.
Q. Could yon see Spangler all the time that he was
on the stage? A. When he was-working; in that time
I could ste him. ’ •
Q. Did you look at him that right? A I did not no
tice him particularly that night anymore than I usu
ally cld; I would not hare noticed him had not Booth
called him. , t . ~
Q. You do not know whether he was on that night
or not? A. Be was crhenlsaw him.
Q. What was il you a*k*d Spangler when you cams
down? A. I asked him who It was holding the horse at
the door; he told n-eto heth. and not say anything at
all to him; and I never said auy more to him.
Q. Wa*. he exceed ? A, Be appeared to be.
Q. Was every person excited? a. Bverybody appeared
very much excima. , „, . , , .
Q. Did yon not say he r/nlied to von hush* and not
say anything to him? A. I should have said ha toll
me U'-x to say aur tbtng about it
Q Do you know Spaiglei well ? A. I know him when
I see him. •
Q Did yen oversee him wear a moustache ? A. Bo*
mr, 100 not think lever saw him weai- a moustache.
By Judge boll: Q. This remmaxk which he made to
yon, ’'Bush, do not say any tniug about u,”wa* im
mediately at tor the killing of the Freslaent* wasn’t It ?
A Yes; right at the door ss 1 went oat.
Q pic he make any farther remarks asa reason why
yon should, not say anything to him? A. Ao; h'» fc **
SfiXJ - 'p wei>?
SSS? m t«U: I heard Ihe rattling or hi?
_i*2*uuiiierccka in the alley.
Q. Was the donr le't open at that time whda Booth
hr dgeneont? A. It was open when! went down; whet her
It was open from the iiu>e he wesson*, 1 douo:- know;
J had come down three siurles before reaesiag the door.
ft. To you know of anybody who probably heard
your remark to Spangler, aadhie reply? a. flo, sir; I
do not know that any person was no icing it at ail;
there were a good many persone roan-i by the court.
ft When Booth celled to cp&ngier the first time did
you see where he wa*? A. > flo; when beeaUod the
first time 1 did not notice where he was; when ha called
the second and third times I noticed where he was
standing.
ft. Where did he go? A, He went towards the door,
and got underneath the fly, so that I conlu not eee him
any more until I looked out of the window. .
ft. How long was he with Both ? A. I couldn’t tell;
xteT»r taw him any more until I came dowa stairs from
Q. Vhen Spangler t-.ld yon to hu«k and not BET any
thing about it, waa ha near toe door 7 A. He wae, I
suppose, a yard and a half from the door*
ft. Was anybody else near the door? A. flot as I
know of; there was nobodp between him and me and
the door.
Q. Bid be have hold of the door at the time? A. flo.
he w a* walking across in front of the door.
ft. Was anybody else between him aad the door ? A,
flo.
Q. Was it tight or dark? A. It wasrlghtdark; ifcwas
a dark night any way, and thue was no ligu right
there.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ewing : ft. Were you and
Spangler intide the door or outride? A. Outside.
ft Wlerewere the other yeopie who you say were
about there ? a. Standing just around; some of them a
little further from the doi-r; I was between these people
and the dcor; they were In ihe alley.<
By the Court: Q, Did they appear to be guarding that
door ? A. flo.
Q. Did he act as If he were trying to prevent persons
from getting in and out of the door? A. flo; he ap
peared to be very much excited; that was all I noticed;
at that time Booth had gone out of the alley.
Testimony off John Selecman.
By Judge Holt: Q. Axe you connected with. Ford’s
Theatre r i, ]am
Q. Were yon present on the night of the President's
assassination ? A. I was
Q. Bid yon know J. Wilkes Booth? A. Yes.
Q. Bid joa or not eee him on that night; if so* at
what hour, and under what circumstances? A I saw
him about nine o'clock; he came up on a horse to the
back door of the theatre; bpangler was standing there,
and Booth said* “Help me all you can, won’tyou?”
he replied, “Oh, yes,'*
Q. Did he say that at he came up to the door OtthU
hcrte? A. Yes, when he came up ou his horse.
Q. Was that the first remark he made ? A. The first
words 1 heard him say weie, “Nod, help m« all you
can, won’t yon?’’
Q. Bow long was that before the President was shot ?
A. About an hour and a half, 1 should judge.
Q Did you observe tne horse afterwards? A 80, I
did not
Cl. Ton did not see Booth in front? A. Ijustcaught
a giimpte of him as he was going out of the first en
trsnre. xlght-hand. side.
Q. Wnat hour did you see him going out at that en
trance ? A 1* was naif past ten, I j udge, after he slut
th« President. , .
Q Bo you mean that hewentoufcet the backdoor?
*Cro£S'examined by Hr. Ewing : Q Did you heir him
calling kpangler? a. Bo; the first I heard him say
was: “Help me all you can “
Q. Where was that? A Out of the back door.
Q. Bid yon see Booth ride up ? A. ho, sir; the horse
was sunfling there. , ,
G. Was anybody holding the horse then ? A. I didst
see anybody at all _ .
Q Bid you see the horse? A. Yes; I could not see
whether any body bald him or not, it wee so dark
Q. Wbftt is your place in the theatre? A. Assistant
property ft an. ,
Q. What is your position on the stage? A We hare
to set tee furniture, and all such work as that ou the
stage.
Q. What was Spangler’i position on the stage? A.
Stage carpenter, «. ..
Q. Was he the principal carpenter? A. No; Gifford
WM the princiiat carpenter* spjLn*ler was hired by
Olffcia.
Q What was his dnty during the performance? A.
To shift th» scenes.
Q. On which side was his position? A. 1 do not
know _
Q. Were you about that night? A Yes.
Q. Were you on the atsge during the whole day? A
Except that 1 went down to the apothecary’s store once;
and 1 believe X was before that in a restaurant next
door.
Q Bid, yon notice the employees, so that you could
say whether Spargjsr was there throngs the play ? A.
glo, I could not; l s»w him «Uer the &B»a*ain*iion; he
was standing on the stage; he hkd a walte handler
chief in his hand, and appeared io be wiping his eyes.
Q Was he crying? A Ido not know.
Q. How Jong was that after the President was shot?
A. About ten minutes.
CL Bid fiQt Spangler frequently have Booth.’* horses?
AT didn't ice him at fl.lL
q yt aß Booth a at the theatre; did ho go
hack and forth frequently ?.A. rear
tj Was he familiar with the actors and employees?
*0? KmV&emall pretty latiinaWj 1 A Ye*.
Q. Bid he not have access to the theatre at all times ?
A. Yes
Q And went behind the scenes in the greenroom ?
A. Yes; anywhere at all about the theatre. -
Q. la Spangler a drinking ui*n ? X thisk hii is.
Q, Bid Booth treat him much? A l don’t know.
q Were you inf rout of the theatre at any time
during the performance ? a. Xw; I wa» on the pave
“i n *blS *yoa*aee anythin, of Epauler in front? A
D q it w i a t tim> wore yon there? A. I was ih«r«
from about 7. or haK »a>t 7 o’clock, mtil after the
"cl'di? *,*ou notico the poo pi. yrtio vers aiiout there?
Q?li Spanaler had Seen there wonid yooi probably
have seen htm ana noticed him? A. I ,neia I would.
<J. Bid Ton notice tho President'll carriaae there?
Q. Bid you ever ate Spangler wear a moastasbe? A
gv, i do&'t think i ever did: I nave seen him wear
side whiskers
Q. How was his face *V that Urns? A 1 think he
emcoth shaved.
Q You say you were in front of the theatre con
stantly? A. Oh no, not constantly.
Q Butfrequently? A No sir; 1 got to the theatre
About half past seven or eight o’elook, and was about
the theatre until after the assassination; 1 was in from
two or three times.
Q, Weie yon there during the third act? A. No; I
was on the stage during the third set.
Q Were you In front curing the second act? A. I
think I was in thß restaurant next door.
Q. How long before the close of the second act ? A
uSUntof the theatre? A. There is a side entrance
fl c? Ton did not to, then, throMh tie front door ? A
No- WMith In front of the iheatre? A. I
Jk utwwn i ew 5 o’clo.k. in a
mtanrant next door; he, with several others, were
there d)lnkisg; I saw fled fipantler, Maddux, Booth,
Peanut*, and a young gentleman by the name of
Balden there; Maddux asked me if } a
drink; I said yes. and went up and took a glass pi ale.
Q. lon did not see Booth out on the pave When
you wsto out on the pavement that night T A. Hot after
he rode npihat afternoon. „ _ « «
Cross-examined by Hr. Ewing:
yon from Boolb and Spangler when Booth male the re
mark you have stated? A. About as far as from here
to von; about ton roe*. ......
Q H<-w far was Spangler from him? A About as far
as this gentlemen here is from yon; about two or three
*q' Then Booth spoke in a loud voice? A. Yes.
q. Did Booth see you? A. I don’t know; he went
right behind the scenes.
q Could he have teen yon from where he was staad
ijj«? AOh yes. , , ,
q Was,tbe/e anybody by except you? A. I didn’t
nctic* at that Hme.
Q, WtusuotSpuigUrlß llqaor tint nl,ht ? A. Th»t
I rAX>not say.
Q WdjonoftM Ms him dnmV, or in liquor 7 A. I
could not tell whether he was drunk or not.
Q. Was not he habitually pretty well soaked? A, I
do not know, indeed.
By the court: Q. Was there anything unusual in the
arrangement of the fornitnre that night on the stage?
a. Yes. tir.
Q. Was it all in its proper place according to the per
forreance going on ? A. Yes
Q The sceres and everything? A. Ye*.
By Judge Holt: Q. Do you know whether thescenea
remain now about as they were that night ? A Ido
not know; I have not been in the theatre but once or
twice since the ftSßaiglDatiOO- . _
Q. Do you kSOW what sspanglsr had to dowHhtM
decoration cr arrangement of the Freslde&t s b)X. A.
Ho, sir. Ido not. _ , , ...
The Jw<ge Advocate General remarked that to enable
Hob conn to understand peif.ctly tke te«>imony of wit
nesses relat ve to the oecnrences in the theatre.it would
be proper for them to visit the theatre and observe for
themselves tbe different localities. It was, therefore,
determined that the members cf the conri meet Inform
ally at Ford’* Theatre, on Tenth street- to-day, at9>«
o’clock A. M, The court adjourned formally uniillO
this morning.
YESTERDAY’S TRIAL.
Spangler’s Condiict ou the Day and
Night of the Murder
Inquired Into.
ms COMMLNiaTIOK WITH BOOTH AND THE
SERVICE BE RENDERED.
The Note to President Johnson
from Booth.
Evidences of O'Lauglilin’s Intention to Assas
sinnte Secretary Stanton.
Autopsy of the President-—The Cha-
racter of his Death-wound.
Particulars of tl»e Passage of
Bootli Over the Wavy
Yard Bridge.
DESCRIPTION OF THE HORSEMEN WHO
FOLLOWED HIM.
Booth’s Arrival at Dr. Mudd’s—The Help
Extended by tlie Latter.
TBS PBOCKEOINes ON TBKsniT.
Washington, May IG.
According to the at the dosing
of the preceding session, the court paid an Informal
visit at half past nine o’clock this morning to the
scene of the President’s assassination. The visit
was made at the suggestion of the Judge Advocate
General, with the object of enabling the court to
acquire, by Visual observation of the now historic
locality, such a knowledge of it as wonld reader a
more perfect understanding of all the evidence de
pendent upon its intricacies accurate and more
eapy.
The court arrived at the appointed hour. Through
the usual courtesy of the Judge Advocate General,
and of the president of the oourt, the reporters of
the press were admitted. The announcement of the
intended visit oaused quite a crowd to assemble at
the front of the theatre. Nothing Is changed there.
Having seen all that was to be seen, the several
membeis started for the court-room at the Peniten
tiary, and, on their entering It, the prlßonerß
were brought in the dock, and many eyes in
stinctively turned towards Spangler, who sat
down listlessly, and leaned back against the
wall, staring vacantly. During the reading of
the record Mr. Daniel Stanton, who was pre
sent, was permitted to amend the record of his own
testimony delivered on the previous day. In the
amendment, his answer to the question, 11 Did he
ask In regard to General Grant?” now reads, “I
meant to say that the man did ask for General
Grant,” In lieu of “I don’t recollect that he did.”
Mr. Stanton also added that the man referred to
said he was a lawyer, and knew Mr. Stanton very,
well.
The court took Its usual recess, after which the
reading of the lengthy record was resumed by Mr.
D. P. Murthy. The reading being concluded, the
court proceeded to the recaption of testimony for the
prosecution.
testimony of John Bnrrow, alius “ Pea
nuts.v
Q. fitote whether or not yon have been connected with
Ford’s Theatre, in this city ? A. Yet, sir.
Q In what capacity ? a. I need to attend to the stage
floor and carry bills iu the day time; I attend to Booth’s
hor&e, st&blinr and cleaning him.
Q. Do you know Joan Wilkes Booth? A, I knew
him w hilo he key t his horse in the alley in that stable
thf-ze
Q. Immediately back of the theatre? A Yei, sir.
Q. Did you see him os the afternoon of the assassi
nation? a. A saw him bring a horse Into the stable
about five or six o’clock.
Q, Mate wfcathe did? A He brought him there and
hadooedoutferSpangur. _ • -
Q, Did 6t>ang;er go downtothe stable? A- y<»» sir;
he asked him for a haiUr* and down for one.
Q. How long did mere? A. I don’t know;
I tb** 1 ' *'»<*«</* was there too.
4. bid you see him again that evening? A I did;
cu the 8< age* that night.
Q Did j ou, or not, see him when he esme wilh his
bote*, between nine and ten o’clook? A. Aq* Sir; I
did not
ft. Lid you see the horse at the door? A. Isawblm
when Bpangler called me to hold him.
Q State ail that happened at that time. Did yju see
Booth v hen he came with his horse ? flo, sir.
Q. Did you hear him call for Bpangler? A. flo, sir;
but 1 he&id a man call fled, and tell him Booth wanted
Win.- ■
Q. Whohcld Booth’s horse that evening? A. I held
him that night. •
Q "Who gave you the horse to hold? A. Spangler.
Q. What hour was that? A. Between nine and ion.
Q. How long before the curtain waß up? A. About
fifieen minutes. - . .
Q. What did Spangler say to you ? A He told me to
hold the horse; Hold him 1 had to attend to my door;
then he said il there was anything wrong to lay the
blame of it on him.
Q. Bid yon hold him near the door? A. Against the
beach, near there.
Q. Bid you hear the report of the pistol ? A. Yes.
Q, Were you still ou the bench when Booth came
cut? A. I got off the bench then. •
0 What aid he say when he tame cat? A. He told
me to give him hit horse.
Q. Bid yon go again to the door? A. No; I was still
against the bench.
Q. Did he do anything else? A. He knocked me
down.
a With his hand ? A- No. with the but ofhisknife.
<5. Bid he say anyth leg? A. He only holloed, “Give
ms the bone. 1 '
Q. And rode ofMmmedlately? A. Yes, sir?
Q. fctate whether or not you were in the President’s
box that afternoon. A. Tee, sir.
Q Who decorated or fixed the box that afternoon?
A. Harry Ford put the Hags around it.
* Q. Was or waa not the prisoner, Spangler, in the box?
A. Ye*> sir; he was there with me.
Q. What was he ddna? A. He came to help me to
take the partition ont of the box.
Q, Bo you remember Spangier saying anything ? A.
He c sinned the President ana General Giant.
Q bio. he sa> anything in Addition to tbat? A. No,
elr: I told him he snouid net curse a man that way,
that he did him no harm; he said he ought tobeoarsed
for geUloi so many meg killed.
Q. Bid he or did he not say what he wished might be
done to General Grant and the President? A. No, air;
I don't xemember thathedid.
Q. Waa there or vm there not anything said in the
«oh**eof that conversation M to what might or might
net be done to the President or General Grant ?
Hr. Ewing objected to ihe last three questions, and
infcitted on his objection being entered upon the record*
Which it waa _ „ ,
Cross-examination by Mr. Bwing: Q. Bid you say
yon did not hear anybody calling ont for Spangler? A.
L beard Deverney call him and telling him that Mr.
Booth wanted him out in the alley.
Q. Wtoiß Deverney? A An aster in the theatre.
Q. Bow long was it after that before Spangler called
you ? a. Net very long; abont 60r7 or 8 minutes.
Q, Wbat weie you doing when Spangler called you ?
A. Sitting in front of the door entrance on the left.
Q. Wbat business were you doing ? A. 1 was attend
ing to the stage coer.
Q ¥r hat had yon to do at the stage door ? A, To keep
rirssgeis out, and not allow them in unless they be
longed there.
Q. And you told him you could not hold the hone,
and had to attend the door, and he eaid if any thing) went
wrote to lay the blama on him ? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Were you in trout of the theatre that night? A. I
was out there while the eutdn was down.
Q Yen went ont at every act? A I jo out every
night every time the curtain is down.
G. Was Booth in front of the theatre? A. fio.Hr; I
did cot see him.
Q Was Spangler in front of tbs theatre? A. No, sir.
~Q Bid you ever ste Spangler wear a monstaehe? A.
No, sir.
Q. Bo you know whether Spangler had on any
wMscers that night? A. No sir, I did not sse any.
Q. Waa not Spangler lu the habit of hitching up
Booth’s horse? A. Yes. he wanted to take the bridle
off and Booth wouldn’t let him. « , .
Q When? A. About six o’clock; he didn’t take
it < ff. but re put a halter roand his neck and took the
saddle off.
O, was not Spangler in the habit of bridling, sad
dling, and hitching up Booth’s horse? A. les, when
I w as not there he would hitch him up,
Q Wes he In the habit of bolding him when yon
were not about? A. Yes, and ho used to feed him
wnen I «u not there.
Q You ltd Spangler together attended to Booth’s
ht»e? A. Te*; fair. said he would five »ea
good job il 1 knew low to attend to horses; I said I
knew something about it, and that is howl got to at
tending on Booth’s horse. • _ . . « ,
Q l»o you know the way Booth went oat after he
jumped out of the President’s box? A. No, sir; I was
out at the time. _ . ..
q. Bo you know that passage between the green-room
and scenes which leads to the back door? A. Yes; on
the other side of the stage. n .
Q, The one that Booth ran through ? A. I don’t know
which entrance Booth ran through . _
q, was Booth about the theatre a great deal? A. He
wasn’t about there much; he came there sometimes
q. Which way did he enter generally ? A. On Tenth
Bt Q. e ßidn’ the sometimes enter the baek way? A. Some
times,
Q How iar Ift the slable whore Booth kept his horse
from the back- entrance of the theatre? A. Two hua*
c Q? Do'joil r«eoll«t 'what »et was hrinr Jila/ed when
yon wert ont to hold Booth’s horse? A. Tthlnkltwas
ihe first scene of the third act; the scene bad curtains
across the door; it was the first scene.
Q. "Was thatteene being played when yon went ont?
A. Ye«, sir; they had jnst been closing in. .... .
Q. Bid yon ever have the name of “ Peanuts ? A.
That’s a name they gave me when I kept a stand there.
By Judge Holt: a Bid Booth hare more than one
horse there? A. No,air.
Q Bid I understand yon to say there was only one
horse in the stable that afternoon ? A. That is all X saw,
and 1 was there between five and six 0 ’dock.
By Hr. Iwlsg: Q. Bo yon know what side of the
theatre Spangler worked on? A On this. Bide, on the
left; he changed the scenes on the left.
Q. the bide the President’s box-was on? A.
q. Was that the side jou attended the door on? A.
Yes, sir. that’s the side.
Q. When you were away didn’t Spangler attend to
the door for you? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Bis position was near where your position was?
A door waa that; was it the door tbat went
into *be little alley ? A Yes, sir; the alley from Tenth
“o'Ton MBM m Wio
w»« not luthoilMd i A. lriumn ta« maun m
d Q rZ Wh|a*lko plMrWMuioln, oa who was tw« onlhal
JJifn.hoTea the aoeae. exceptßpaosler? A There
slSfon that tide s two work ea that >lde. aad
TwtoWMtk* maa that worked with oa
ifL-wS»2Sn®-!.»5.
when the scenewonld last a whole act tneyw a
o V l D°d h tKt2oVro cot? A HonoUaws ther woald
go out; not ven often though- ti,e.t
By Judge Holt* Q Was there another hone U that
stable any day before ? A. There were two on one day.
q. How long before that wa» Jit tifaat there were two?
A. Booth brought ahorse and baggy »h*re on Saalsy.
Q. What was the appearance of tae a. Itwss
a little horse; I don’t remember tbe color.
Q. Do you remember Whether he was bHnd of one
eye? A. No, sir; the fellow who brought the horse
i£f re nied to go with Booth very often
Q. Do yon see that man among the prisoners here ? I
mean the man that brongbtthe horse. A No, air; 1
don’t see him here; this fellow, I think, lives la the
savy yard; I saw him go In a house one daythers*
when 1 carried the blllß down.
By the Court: Q, Did you see Booth the instant he
left the backdoor, after the assassination of the Presi
dent? A. 16». sir; When he roue off.
Q fiow, which door was.lt, tbe small or the large
one, that be came ont? A. The small door.
Q. Was anybody else at that door ? A. 1 didn’t see
anybody else,
Q. Did Spangler pass through the door into the pas
sage and back again while you were lifting at the door.
A I didn’t take notice.
Q. You didn’t see him go out or come in while you
w«-ro ibere? A. No, sir. . . ...
Q. Yon say he was in the President’s box the dsy
of the murder ? What time of the day was that?
A q Did ,11 of you Iranw the PrB.ld«nl w»» to ba that,
tbatjilaitJ A. I board Harry Ford «ar to.
Q l»id you bear Bpangler eoeak of it ? A. I tola him
th« Frefildeut wae to come tbare.
Q. Wl et time m that? A. About throe o’clock,
when we went to take tha partition oat. ...... .
q Whowentisto the box with voa at that time?
A. Tl ere war me, bpangler, and Jake.
Q, Who is Jake? A They call him Jake, that’s all
I know. ... . . ...
Q. Js be a black or a white man. A. A white man.
Q. Bow was he employed in the theatre ? A Heisa
Stage carpenter
a i» he employed rdgularlj? A. He was at
the e nigh; and day. « „
Q. b e had been there fox some time? A For three
ft Bow long did you stay with them in the box? A
Till we took the partition out, and after that we sat
down in the box.
ft Did you obaerve what else they did in the box?
A. Ac; Bpangler said it would be a nice plan ato sleep
In.
Q. Did you observe anybody hankering with thelock
of the interior door? No, sir.
Q. Do you know anything of the preparation of that
bar inside? A. flo, elr: there were tbren music stands
there ar d 1 threw them down on the stage; they were
left there the night there was a ball In the theatre.
Q. Do you kno a whether it U customary to have that
bat t’ere? A. Ho, sir. •
Q. There never was anything of that kind there be
fore, A. flo, sir,
ft. You don’t know who pat that bar there. A. flo,
ft. flor who made the preparation for it? A flosir;
I brought :heflagatna £ox and left them there; after
wegotihroogh that, 1 brought the box that hadoon
taineflibe flhgs and came d'wn. ,
ft. Who carried the key of the private box? A They,
were alwai a left in the office . _ .. .. .
ft. Do you know who betides had been there that
08y? A. No. sir, Idosot.
ft Did yon see anybody In the box occupied by the
Fresldent daring the day, except when Bnautler aad
ynmeitw^rethere? A. Bo sir.
Q. Who fixed and repaired the locks on the private
boxes gecterally ? A. l don’t know, sir.
ft. Were there locks on tbe private boxes? A. Yes,
sir
ft. Inside or outside? A. Inside. ~ ~
ft When you went down, after you left the fisgs
there, did you leave Spangler and the other man at
Woikthtre? A. Ho, sir; tner went aowa on the stag*.
ft. Did you see anybody at work In that box on that
da» ? A. Nobody, only Harry Ford, fixing the flags.
ft. Where c Ifl you go then ? A. 1 went horn*.
EBenewed cross examination by Mr. Swing: ft- When
you went for the flage did tipacgler atd Jalce leivethe
box at the same time? A Yob, sir; they went down
at the same time . „
65. Q. Hew long were you gone? A. flo more than to
go down stain and bring the flags, and leave them in
U Q. Who ucxfc went in? A Harry Ford was there
fixing the flags, and that's all I saw. . .
ft. What time wae that? A. About half past four
O'clock he vat fixing tb* flags.
ft. Do yon know whethei bpangler went there then?
A. J£o. sir.
ft What forntture was in the box then? A ThOie
cane-seattd chairs _ ~ , , . , ,«
ft Were there any red> cushioned chairs, hlghbacked?
q. Didn’t you see Bpangler In the box after that? A
flo; the last I saw was Harry Ford la the box.
ft. Do you know where bpangler went to? A. Ho,
Where did you see him next? A When Booth
Ca Q. C Wberedid yougo? A. Iwent tothefront of the
heufie, ou the steps. . „ .
Q. How Jong did you stop there A flot very long.
Q, Where d ! d you go then? A. I came iuftde.
Q Did y ouEfiee Spangler inside then ? A. flo, sir; that
Was about the time he went to the house* and I went
there too.
ft Whet time was that? A. Between 6 and fl o’clock,
ft. Are you scquaUted with suratt? a. n*. sirjji
may have seen him, but I novel! heard of his name.
Testimony of Mary Aim Turner, colored.
By Judge Advocate Holt: ft. fitate to the court where
you reside in ih is city ? A. In the i ear of Ford’s The a
tre, about as far from it ai the gentlemen who sit there
is from me (about ten fret.)
ft Did yen know J. Wilkes Booth? A. I knew him
when I saw him. . , „
ft. filate wt at you saw of him on the afternoon of tho
14th of Apr;l Iftkt? A I saw him between 3 anc 4
o’clock, to the best of my recollection, standing in the
backdoor of Ford's Theatre, with a lad* «• analog by
him; I did not take very parilcnlar notice at that time,
and saw no more, of him till 1 abppose between 7 and 8
o’clock that night; he was carrying a horse up to tbe
back door, and he opened a door and called for a man
by tie name of fled, three times, if not more: this fled
came out, and I heard him is a low voice tell Maddox
toifrphcre; H»ddvx came, and I seen Mm reach out
his hand and take the horse aw*y; fled then went on
into the theatre. . ~ , . .
ft. Did you ite Mm or hear him when he came out
after the assassination ? A. lon y heard a horae going
out of the alley; I did not see him at a 1- ‘
ft. Did you see tbe ura&fled? a. Yes. I rushed out
to the door, a crowd had Como oat at this time, aud fled
ceme out of the door. _ ... • .
ft. Do you recognize ‘‘fled” among the prisoners at
the bar ? A, Yes I recognize him tbeie. (pointing to
Spangler, who. hr direction of the c<>urt, stood uo);
aaldf, “fled, do you know that man who called yon?”
said he, “80, I know nothing about It,” and went off
down the alley.
ft. Was that all that occurred between you and him?
A. That waß all. • • • • • . .
Cross exsminedby Mr. Swing: Q How far is your
louse from the back door of the theatre? A. My front
door open* on the back of the tle&tr*; there is another
house adjoining mine, between it aad the theatre, so
that the oDiancefiom my door to the back door of the
theatre is about twenty fest- • A „ .
ft Did you see where pansier went when ha called
Hsddox ? A. I did not tee where he went.
q Did he go off? A. I disrememher; I didn’t see
1 ISiSlyou^ee him goinahd call Maddox? A. Yes,
he went to the door and called Maddox
ft. Did you hear him catitfatdox? A. flo. ~
ft Did you eee Bfl|Dgfer come out again? A. I diire
member out again; I do not think na
did.
Mary Jane An tier son (Colored) Sworn.
By Judge Holt: ft. Where do you live in this city?
A. 1 live between B and F and fliuth and Tenth streets,
right back of the theatre t
Q Is your room adjoining that of the woman who has
just testified ? A. Yes; my houeoaudhersjuin.
ft. Did you know John HVlikes Booth? A. Yes, by
you see him In tne afternoon or night of the
14th of April? A, Ye*, sir; I saw him in the morning
down there by the stable; he went ont of the alley, and
1 never saw any more of him till between two and three
o’clock in the afternoon; he was standing then in the
theatre coot in the alley that leads out back, him and a
ladytstsnding together, talking; I stood in my gate and
looked right over at them a considerable while; they
turned itto the theatre then, and I never seen him any
more till night; I went up stairs pretty eatiy toatnUht;
there was a carriage drove up the alley after I west up,
and after that 1 heard a horse stepping down the alley;
I looked out of the window, aud it seemed as thoogh;
this gentleman was leading a horse down the alley; he
did not get farther than tbe end of the alley wnen he
turned hack again; I still locked to see who it was,and
he cam* np to the theatre door and puehed the door
opes; he taid something in a low tone, and then hal
looed in a loud voice, calling “Ned” four times; thfre
wee a colored man who sat at a window, aud be said,
*‘Kr. fled, Booth calls you;” that’s how I came to
knowlt wss Booth; it was pretty dark, and t could not
see wnat kind of face he had; Ur. fled came, and Booth
said'-tohlmiinalowtone, “TellMaddoxtocomehere;”,
tor. fled went back and Mr Maddox came ous; they
said ffmething to each other, but I could not aad er
-Bt*sd from mv Window what the words were; after
that Hr. MaddOX took hold t T the horse, and he aad
Hr. fled between them then held tbe hone, and carried
him round the corner where I eousd not ree him; Booth
returned back into the theatre, and this man who had
carried the horse went in at the door too ; the horse
stood out there a considerable whi e ana kept a con
feidtxable stamping on the stones; 1 said I wonder
What is ihe matter with this horse;” after a while I
•aw three psrtoußwho had the horse, walking back
ward* and forwaads; I suppose Ike hone was there an
hour and a half altogether; in ab f »ut ten minutes I saw
this man come ont of the door with something in his
hand guttering, but I do not know what it was; he
jumped on the horse as quick as he came ont of the
theatre door, and was gone as quick as a Hash of light
ning; 1 thought the horse had certainly rnn off with the
man; then I saw them tunning out of the door and ask
ing which way he had gone; still I did not know w hat
was the matter; one man said the fresldent was shot;
I said, "by that man who went off?” he said, "yes,
did you see him?” I said, ••yes, I saw him when he
went off;’ ’ this wai the last time I saw him.
ft. Did yon Bee the prisoner, Spangler, at that time?
A. YeB,l saw him after that; after a while I oame
down stairs and they were outside talking: I went UP
to the theatre door and spangier was standing there;
I said to Sp&sgLer. “that gentleman called you he
said, "no, he didn’t;” said I. “yes, he did;” sail
he, *'no he didn’t;” I said "he did,” and keptoa
saying so, aid with that he walked away, and t did
not see him any more till Sunday, and then I didn’t
sp«aktohiro at all. „ „ _
Cross-examined by Mr. Effing: ft. Bo you know
Maddox? A Yes, sir.
ft. What kind of a looking roan is he? A. Well, he has
kind of a reddish skin, and kind of pale, and light
hair. ,
ft. How old a man is he? A. laoppose2sor3o years,
ft Have you seen him often? A Yes. I have Been
him very oiten; I live close there* and I used to work
for him
ft. Did he hold the horse all the time after he was
bronght there? A flo, zot all the lime; he took hold
of the hoxse and it seemed as thoash he he] d him a little
while; he moved him out of my sight; then he returned
and went into the theatre; he had on a light cost.
ft Then, who held the horse when he went in ? A,
I did not eee as it was canted around out of my Bight:
I heard a commotion and Unearned as though a man had
It but I could not tell who it was; the horse made a
great noise stamping abont.
O, I understand you that Spangtof jn*t came to the
door, and that Booth asked him to tell Maddox to some
out, and then It seems as if he came oat again? A Whe
ther he did or not 1 am sot certain: Mado ox came out
and Booth then had some conversation; I could not tell
what it was.
ft How long from the time Booth first rode up till the
people said he had shot the President ? A. I suppose a
little less than an hour.
Q. Bid you ste the man who held the horse at the
time Booth ran out and rode away? A. Yes, I saw
him holding the horse when Booth came ont; I could
not tell who it was; he was walking the horse up and
down; Booth came out. mono ted, and it seemed as if
as soon as he tonehed ihe hoftehewa* gone; I was
looking down the abey to see which way he went.
Q. Bid that man look like Maddox? A. Very much
so, to me; I know Maddox wears a light coat, and thia
man seemed as though he bad a light coat on; it was
pretty dark that night; I could not see distinctly from
my window.
Q, How far was he from you when yon aaw him ?
A About as far as from here to that window, about 15
fret, or a little further. .
Q Itvr** act Spangler holding the boras? A. Ido
not know; it seems as though It waa between three; 1
am not certain; there were three men altogether who
held him.
testimony of W. A. Browning.
By Judge Holt. Q. Will you state if you are the pri
vate secretary of the President ? A. Y es.
Q Were you with him on the night of the 14thof
April? A. Yes. . . , „ , ...
Q. What knowledge have you of this card having
been sent by J. Wilkes Booth? A. Between the hours
of 4 and 5 I left Vice President Johnson’s room in the
Capitol; 1 went Into he Kirkwood House, where I was
boarding with htm; went up to the office, as I was ac
customed to do, and saw a card In my box; vice Pre>
sldent Johnson’s box and mine are adjoining; mine
was No. 67 and his 68; the clerk of the hotel. Jones,
handed me the card. . - .. . v
Q. Wbat was on it? -A. (Beading from the card.)
“Bon’t wlßh to distuib yeu; are you at home? J.
Rilkes Booth.”
4 You do not know the hafliWflting of Booth, do
you? A. No. sir. . - fll „
q. And had no acquaintance with him, whatever?
A. Yes. I had known him when he was play lug In
Nashville. Tenn.; 1 met him several limes there; that
is the only acquaintance 1 had with him. ,
Q. Bid yon understand the card as sent to the vice
President or yonrse'f? A. At the time f attache 1 no
Importance to it; I thought perhaps Booth was playing
here, and had some idea of going usee him; 1 thought
he might have called on me, as an acquaintance, bat
when his ram* was connected witnthts affair. I looked
upon it differently; U was a very common mistake in
the office to pat the Vice President’s caxdß in my box,
and my cards in his box.
Cross examined by Mr. Boafeor: Q State, if you
know. What tune the Vie* President was in his room
that day. A. Ido not know really at what hoar; he
WS> at Che&CepHol the greater part of the lorenooneve
ry day; ho wot at dinner at 6 o clock; Ido not think be
was out afterwfafdi; 1 was out myae'f, and did act re
turn until afar the occurrence at the theatre.
Q. Bo you know at what time he left nig room in the
morning? A. Idonot,
Q. Buthereturned at flveo’cloek? A. Ido not know
when he returned; he was there at fire o el ck and re
mained in his room the balance of the evening.
q Were you in hie room inthe course of the after
noon 7 A. X was there, I thiak, about seven or eight
o’clock, and was not there afterwards till about eleven
o’clock, after the assassination
Major Kilburn Knox Sworn.
By Judge Holt: Q. State whether ornotoatheeve
ningoi the 18th of April you were at the house of the
Secretary of War In the city ? A. I wai. .
Q. Bo you see among the prisoners at the bar any
person you saw there on that occasion. A Yes. I re
collect that one (pointing to O’hanghlln. who, by or
der of the court, stood up.) __
a State under what circumstances yon saw him, at
What hour, and what occurred ? A. I was at the house
of the Secretary of War about half past ten o’ciocfc; I
had been at the War Department, and left there about
10 that evening, and walked up to the Secretary’s
house; Gen. Grant and Mrs Grant, the Senretarr, Gen.
Bones and his wife* Mr. Knapp and his wife, Mies
Lney Stanton, Hr. David Stanton, and two or three
email ehUdytn were theMl there was a bend, viayinßin
front of the hOttldt 1 was talking the
othsra were standing on the nrper steps rthey e« off soma
fireworks in the square opposite, and I stepped in to
let the children see them; I stood on the next to
the lower step, and was. leaning against the railing
when this man came up; he sal£ to me, is Bwbiou
in?” l said, “ I suppose von mean the Sicretary of
War? he cala '‘yes,*’ and I think be sild “I am a law
yer In town, and I know him very well;” i bad the
impression that he waa under the influence of liquor,
and told him I did not think he could >ee him then; he
went on the other aide of the steps and stood there,
perhaps five minutes; letiU stayed in the same posi
tion, and he came over ahd satd again, “Is Stanton
in?” and then said, ” Excuse me,. I though you were
the officer of theday; 1 said then, 'There Is no officer
of the day here;” ne then walked up the steps. In VO
the hall, and stood there some minutes; I wiatover to
Bavld Btanion and said* “Bo you know that matt?’'
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 17, 181®:
be laid he did not; 1 remarked tbtt the mia satd bH
knew the hecrstaiy very we«l, hat that I thonththe
wsedrufik, nnd said to Mr. D. Stanton he h«a batter
take him oat; Mr. Stanton walked In, talked with
fa: in a few mutates, and to ’k him oat, and he went off
Q» Did be *sy anything atiput General Grant in tbe
course oVhis conversation? A. He did not; I think
General Grant had gone Into the parlor
Q. Wee he looking: In to see the Secretary from his
position ? A. J think .the Secretary stood on the steps
outside, and that tblaman stood behind him, where he
could see in the parlor and In thfein-lde of the house;
there Is a library on one side of the hell, and a parlor
on the fotberelde: he stood on the side n«xt to the 11*
hrary- f: om which. position could look Into the par*
lor and see who wa* in there. v
Q. Do you reel perfectly cerialn that the prisoner he’'®
Is the man you «»w on >het evasion? A. Tes, I feel
perfectly c-r?ain that he is.
bi Mr Coxe; Q. Wat It moonUcht
ordaik? A. Xdo not recoiled; there was quite a large
crowd there.
£. WMthe crowd close up to the steps I A. Tea. -**
Q. Dd th« person you saw min«le with the crowd?
A. I did not notice him at all until he walked up the
steps and spoke to me.
Q. Too did not golnaldo the hall>Mla he was then?
A. No.
0 Did I undemtand you the Secretary was standing
on the steps? A. be was standing on the left
hand side talking with Mrs. Grant, and the irb-p passed
right by him on the right hand side.
Q. Bow was he dressed ? A. He had on a black
slouch hat, a black frock coat, and black pants; I oaa
not ssy as to his vest.
Q. Bad you ever seen him before ? A. I had not.
Ci Have you since ? A. I hare; I saw him a week
sto last Sunday here in the prison.
G Did jon come for the purpose of identifying him ?
A. Idid.
Q Bid you come in company with Hr. Blanton ? A.
No; 1 came in company with, other persons
Q. Can yen fl* the hour at \b% o dock, certainly?
A. It must have been about that; I left me War Da
puiment at 10, walked up, and had been there about
ten minutes _ „
Testimony of John C. Hatter,
Examined by Judge Holt: Q. State whether*you
know the prisoner, O’Laughlia. A. I know a man by
that name. ,
Q. Do you recognise him here? A. Yes, (pointing to
the prisoner.)
G Will you state whether or not you saw him on the
ISta of April last, and, if so, where and under what cir
cumriance*. A. 1 seen him the night of the illamina
tion: 1 suppose the night Geneul Grant came from the
front, atbecetary fc tan to o’a house.
Q. Btate what orenrred there. A. I was star dieg on
the steps, looking at the Illumination; this man ap
proach td me, and asked if Gentrbt Grant was in; I told
him he was; he said he wlthedtoseehim; said I, this
Is not an occasion for you to see him; if you wish to see
him, stfp out on the pavement or carriage stone and
yon can see him.
G. What time of the night was It? A. I should judge
it was sheut nine o'clock, or a little after.
G. Was that all that occurred between yon ? A. Tes.
G Be did not go in the house, or attempt to go in?
A. No.
Q. Were you on the steps at Secretary Stanton's
brute? I was near the top.
Q Was he on the steps 1 A. He was. I should judge,
about two or three steps below mo; about the third amp
from the pavement.
Q. Did he leave the step while you wero thsre? A.
Be left the step after I spoke to him; he was talking; I
did not quite understand what he was safius; he
wa'ked away towards the fcrte box. and se•.msd to re*
fleet on something; I then turned my eyes off, and did
not see him any more. ....
Q. Are you certain you did not see anything more
than that? A. Nothin* more. ... . _
Q. The house wasiilumiuated; was it ? A Tes; it
was very light; it was lighted from the Inside, and
piet>y light outride, too. __ ..
does examined by Mr. Coxe: Q. What is your basi
nets? A. lam employed at the War Department, In
the Secretary’* Toom. „ . '
U Bad you ever seep the man you mention before
that evening. A Ido not think 1 have to my know
ledge.
G Have yon ever seenhim since? A. Yte, in prison;
ip this prison or the one adjoining onlaet Sunday Wiek.
Cl Did you come down to see if he was the same mas?
A. When 1 first started to come down 1 did not know 1*
W&6 for itftt purpoie; I was with Major Eckert and
filsiorKuox; I inquired, when we arrived at thepri ,
son* if I was to come in •, the Major told me to come in;
when 1 was inside the building. I did not know the
purpose until Mwjor Eckert celled in the prisoners; the
m< ment I saw that man I thought I knew the object of
my coming down. . , .. x ■
Q. And this is the only occasion you recollect of
having seen Mm? A. That is the only time, except
to-day?
Q. What made you think it was the same mu ? A
The first time 1 sew him it was very lighv; he had on a
dark suit of cothes and a heavy moustache; while X was
speaking with'him 1 was'looking right sharp in his
face; he had on a dark slouch hat, not very high, and a
dsik Z'„n coat i his pantaioona were dark—l could not
sev whether they we?st!“~cr fc?dwn. .
Q, What was his size? A. 1 Bhould judge he was
about my size, though, ns he was standing on the steps
below no a. he miebt seem lowers I should judge he wab
about 5 feet 4or flinches Web. _ .. ' • . •
q Bad a crowd come there to serenade the Secretary
at that time? A. Tes, there were three or four band*
there.
Q Was the Secretary on the steps at the time? A.
No; he was inside the home; General Grant also; there
was nobody on the steps but myself.
Q. Were the crowd close up to the steps ? A Tes; up
to the lower steps.
Q Wa* the front-door open at the time? A. Tes,th«
front door and the inner-door; and the gas was fully
lighted fell around.
Testimony off Sr, Bobt. King- Stone.
Examined by Judge Belt: Q. State to the court if you
are * practicing physician in this city ? A- lam
Q. Statewhetherorno* you were the physician of the
late President of the United States ? A. I was his fami
ly physician.
a. State whether or zot you called to, see Mm on the
nlghtef the assassination; if so. state the examination
you made, and tie result? A Iwat sent for by Mrs.
Lincoln immediately after the assassination, and was
there within a few minutes; the Preeideat had been
carried from the theatre to a house of a gentleman who
lived directly opposite, and placed upon a bed in the
bark part of the house; I found several citizens there,
and among others two assistant surgeons of the armr,
who had brought Mm over; they immediately
save over the case to my cars, in consequence
of my professional relation to the family; I pro
ceeded to examine him, and instantly found that
the President had received a gum hot wound in the back
part and left side of his head, into which I carried rea
dily my finger, and at once informed those around that
the case was hopeless, that the President would die.
that there wa# no positive limit to the life as his vital
tenacity was very strong, that he would resist as long
as any one, bat that death would certainly follow; I
remained w Ith him as long at it was of any use to do
anything fer him, but of course nothing could be done;
he died the next morning about half-past seven; it was
about half*past ten when I first saw him that night.
Q Did he die from that wound? A Tes.
G. Die you extract the ball? A I did, the next day,
Wien the body was ready to be embalmed; iu the pre
sence of Dr. Barnes, the Surgeon General, and others,
the examination was made; I tracedthe wound through
the brain ; the ball was found os the Interior part of the
leftsidecfthe br&ifi; It wai a large ball, resembling
these shot from the pistol known a* Derringer: ai iic
usually large ball, that is, a luger bail than those
uied ordinarily with pocket revolvers.
Q Was it a leaden ball? A. Ye*, a hand made ball,
f/om which the tag bad been cut from the end; the ball
was flattened or compressed somewhat iu its passage
through the skull, or a little portion had been cut iu
its passage through the bone; I marked tho ball with
the initials of the President, in the presence of the
Secretary of War; sealed it up with my private seal,
and endorsed my name on the envelops; the Secretary
enclosed it In another envelope which he also endorsed
and sealed with his -private'seal; it is stUi in his cus
tody, having been ordered to be-placed among she
archives of his Department.
G Did you see the pistol from which the ball waa
fired? A. I did not. ...
Testimony of Hergennt Silos D. ©off.;
Examination by Jndf* Holt: Q* State whether•"ir
not- on the afohtof thcwaasrinition of th 6 President,
ycu were on outy at the Navy Yard bridge. A I was..
Q, Bo yon remember to hare seen one or two men
passing rapidly onhorzaback, and if ao, at who* time?.
A. 1 saw three men approach me rapidly on honebagk
between IG% or 11 o’eloek. I should think. \
Q. Bid yon ch&Uenie them? A- lee; I challenged
their, and advanced to recognize them. I
Q. Bid yon recojnize them? A. I satisfiedmyself
that they were proper person* to pass, and passed
them. . • ' _ '
ft. Bo jourecognize either of those persons as among
tht prieonerattere. Loon the entire distance of the box
from one end«o the other. • ' , i .
The witness serntlnized each ef the prisoners slpeely*
and replied, No. sir. * i .. -
q, oonid yon describe either of these mem or >oth of
them ? A 1 could.
q. do yon think yon would ncogaize either ol them
by a photograph ? A. I think I would. (A photograph
of booth was shown to the witness.) xftfl* tbit man
pasted first. _ i
Q. Alone? A. Yes.
Q. Bid not yon say that three came together ? A Wo;
three passed, but they were not together.
Q. Bid yon have any conversation with this first man
as he passed ? A. Yes; for three or four minutes.
Q What nam* r did he lira? A He gave his name as
Booth
Q. What did he say? A I asked him what hliname
was; he answered. Booth; 1 asked him, “Where
from? 1 ’ he answered, “krom the city;” la*kedhim,
‘•■WMreare you gotafc?” “ Goinj home; * I aihed
him where hlshome was; he eaidin Charles,which fjun
derstood to mean Charles connty; 1 askei him what
town? he said he did not live in any town: 1 said Yon
mutt live in some town: he said, I 'l live close to Bry
antowa, but I do not live in the town;” I asked why
he was out so late, if he did not know that persons
were not permitted to pass after that time of night; he
esid ii vra* news to him; he said he had some way to
go, that it was darky and that he thought a« Would
have a moon. , /
Q. How loa g before the othtr two men came? A', The
next one came np in five or seven minatec, or posiibly
ten minutes . \
Q, Bid they seem to he riding rapid'. ?
A. The second one who came np did not seem to band*
Whatd?£ he say ? A. I asked who he was; he
said his name was Smith: that he was going to White
Plains; j ackedhim how he came to be out so late: he
made use of a rather indelloate word In vteplT* from
which I should judge he had been in bad company.
Q. ff a* he a large or smail.sizeiman? A. A ißUll
sized man. ,
Q. Bid yon have a good view of his face ? A I did;
I brought him np before the guard’house door so as the
light could fall on his face
Q. Bow would he compare In size with the last man
among the prisoners (Harold)? A He is very nearly
the size; but 1 should not think he was the man; he had
a lighter complexion than that man.
. Q Bid yon allow him to pass after that explanation?
A Yes. • ■
q What became of the other man ? A The othei
mm I tamed back; he did not seem to have sufficient
business to warrant me In passing him.
Q. Was he on horseback also? A. Yea. . >
Q. Bid he teem to be a companion of the prisoner, whe
had gone befofe? A, Ido not know.
'ft. Old they come up together? A Hot they well
some distance apart. , . . _ ‘ ■
Q. Bid this man make any inquiry for Booth? A. He
made an Inquiry whether a man had passed on a roan
horse. ... ,
q Bid the second one who had coma up mtke any
inquiry in rrgarji to another horseman? A No, sir,
none whatever. , ~, « _ „ . ■
q. What was the color of the second horse ? A. It
was a roan horse.
Q. What gait was he travelling-trotting ? A. He did
sot teem to be trotting; 1 Bhonld think it was a kind of
bait racking.
ft. Bid yon notice the t ize and color of the horse Boom
rode? A. Ye*;asm&ll-sizedhoree, rather under sized:
a very bright bay, with a smooth and shining Akin; he
looked unooth and as though he had had a short posh;
he Eeemed restive and uneasy, much more so than the
rider.
Q. Was it a horse or a mare? A I could not tell.
By the Court: Bid Booth have spurs on ? A. I could
not tell; my attention was not turned to his spurs, but
rather to Mb general appearance
A loadtrstood you to say that the second man w*»
on a light horse? A. Ho? on a roan heroe,
Q Would it he taken as a light horse? A He was a
light roan,but would be readily distinguished as a roan
hone. , ,
Q Wax he a large-sized horse? A No. sir; a me
dium- sized horE©; he carried his head down; he dll not
carry it up, like a fcpirited. horse.
Q. Would he he easily distinguishable jaa a roan
houe b> mounting it? A ■ ■
ft. Was the moon up at that time ? A I think not
Q. What time did the moon rise? A Ido not recol
lect the txact time; I suppose bet ween 11 and 13 o’clock.
Testimony of Polk Graham*
Examined by Judge Holt; Q. Btate whether you were
on tie read between Washington and Brymntown on
the night of the 14th of April last. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Ytu w*re going to Washington? A Yes.
ft. btate if yon met one or more horsemen; and if so,
at what hour, and under what circumstance*. A I
met two ab<mt eleven o'clock riding very fast.
Q. In what direction ? A Going to Marlboro; I met
the first one on Good Hope Bill, and the Uit one about
half a mile beyond
Q. Bid they say anything to youj A They first
stepped me and abked me the road to Harz boro; he first,
ftbktd me if the read did not fork a little ahead, and if
he did not turn to the right;. I told him no, to keep
straight ahead-., , ,
Q. Was it light enough for you to see his horse? A.
Hmodeadark horse; Ithink it was a bay.
ft What did the other one say ? A. He said nothing
tome; 1 heard him ask a question, whether it wasol
me or of the teamsters on the road 1 do not know, I did
not answer him.
Q. How.’arwas he behind the first one? A About
half a mile, 1 reckon.
Q. what was the appearance of the horse; did you
notice? A It was a roan, or iron gray.
ft, Was the man large or small ? a. I never noticed
ifcvjn&iL
Cr.ss-tSftfiH&sd by Mr. Stone; Q, HcW far was this
from the city? A I suppese two and a half or three
miles from the city. ...
ft. was he the one who lequized the road to Marlbo
ro? A. Yea
Q. How long after the first man pasted was it befoie
the other came along v A Ido not suppose it was more
than five or ten minutes; I do not know exactly,
q. What did von say the second asked you? A. Ido
not know whether It was asked of me; he asked Whe
ther a herseman had passed ahead; I did not answer
him.
Q. The road forks at Good HopahlU; does fit? one
turning to the right, and the other to the!?*..-'Were
they beyond the forks? A. I think so; but I am not
s cquainted with the road.
Q. Was the last man riding at a rapid gsit? A. Yes;
both were riding very faat
Q. Was it at the top of tie hill? A No. about the
middle of the way up; 1 suppose 1 had got off of the hill
entirely before 1 met the seoond man.
The ball extracted from the wound of President Lin
coln having been received from the War Deportment,
Dr. Stone was again cnllrd on the stand, and. on exa
mining it, identified it fully as the ball extracted by
him*
Testimony or Win T. Kent
By Judge Hrflt. Q Btate whether or not the pistol
yon now have before you wa* picked up by you Id the
box of the President on the night of the assassination?
A. Yes. slri this is the pistol.
Q. what is it called ? A. A Derringer, I believe, and
I see that name marked on n. -
Q Bow long alter the President was shot did yon
pick U up? A- I do not know exactly how long; I
cupnoee about three minutes after the President was
shot; when 1 went into the box then were two per
sons in there then: the surgeon asked me for a knife to
cut opt n the President sototbes;lhandedhimmlne.and
with it he cut thePresidenVeciothesopens liefttiie
theatre: aflerwwde I mtued my night k«,. »d
thon.btltad dropped It tat thus; I horrl»d bwk to
the ths.tr., u 4 when ! vent tatto the box mr foot
knocked *(»iMt > pistol litati ea the door: l pTok.d It
Baexamination of Hr. Stone.
up and cried out— *1 Dove .'oenlfue pintoi; 1 some
persons told me to give it to the police, but there was a
g*ntl«man who said he represented the Asioclatsd
Frets, and 1 banded it to him; the next morning l went
around to the police station and recognized it as the
pistol I had picked up.
Testimony off Lieutenant Alexander
Lovett,
Examined by Judge Holt; Q. WID you state whether
or not, after the assassination of the President you and
others wereengaged in the nnr»ult of the murderer?*!.
Tes.
Q, What route did you take? A. The route bySn
rsrtsville.
Q fcUatP whether or-not iu pursuing that route you
came b* the hottst of Dr. Samoel Hudd? A. I di-i, aaa
reergnize him ss one of toe prisoner »t the bar.
Q. Did you stop there and make any inquiries? A I
aioppvd there and made inquiries of his wife, first; hs
was out.
Q. State what questions were addietsed to him by
you and other members of your party, and what was
raid. A. We first asked him whether there had been
any strangers at this b'-n&e; be- said there had; at fl-rsi
be did not seem to careabout giving us any satisfaction;
then he went on and stated that on <*at<rcd&y morning
at daybreak two straugers came to his place; one c*<ne
to the door, and the ocher natou his horse; that he went
down and opened the door* when tile other man got off
bis horse and came into the house; tbacone of t> em
bad a broken leg* aad that he had set the leg; lacked
him who the man was; he said he did sot know; hs
was a stranger to hue; be stated that they were both
strangers; latkedMm what kind of a looking man th«
other was; he said he was a young man about 17 or 18
yfcars old.
Q. Bow long did he say they remained there? A. He
said they remained a short time ;thta was the first con
ye melon I ht>d with him.
Q You stated that Dr. Mudd said they were there a
short time; do you they went away iu the eourte
of themorning? A. Tibi what I uuderstool tfiem.
Q. On what day w*stb;s? A. On Tuesday, the 18cu.
Q. Did be *tate to you whether, at that time or before,
he >&d beatd anything in regard to the assassination of
tfce J-reHdent? A Be said he had heard it on Sunday,
at chvrrh.
Q. Yt hat distance is the house from Washington ? A
By way of Bryan town, it is about thirty miles, I sup
pore.
Q. 7s it on one of the highways of the count'd ? A
It is off the public road running from Bryant own, about
a quarter o; atnife
Q Bid you have a considerable conversation with
htmin regard to the assassination of the President ? A.
We did not ta k much about that; I was making in
quiries more about these men than anything else.
Q. How long weteyouat his house? A. Probably an
hour.
q. Did he continue until the last to make the same
repre.en-tttioas tb»t these men were entire strangers to
him? A, les, eh; thtthe knew nothing of them; he
said one of them called for a razor, soap and watsrto
shave his moustache off; 1 asked him If ne had aoy other
bend; be replied, *‘yte, along pair of whiskers.’ 1
Q Lid he state that Booth had left there that mom*
ing on boieeback ? A He saia that one of them went
away on crutches* and that he showed them a way
acrosstbe swamp. • • . . , . .
, q Did be state what the wounded man had done
With hie horse ? A. Be said the other one led his horse
and that bo h*.d a pair of cratches made for him; I was
entirely satisfied that tht6o paztlea Were Booth and
Harold. • ' „ ...
Q. Did you arrive at the conclusion from the descrip
tion given of the ineu? A Tes
Q. Did he state toyou the reason these men had gone
into the sw4mp? A. He said they were going to Al
lan's Fresh. j
q. Did be state for wbat purpose this man had
shaved off hss mone'ache? A. Bo; some of the other
men along wl’h m« mede the remark iba . it looked sus
picious, ana Mudd then also said it looked suspicious.
G. Will you a'ate wlinther you had a subsequent in
terview with ar. Mudd? A. Tes, sir.
G. How long after the first one ? A. At the first in
terview! ban my Handmade up to arrest him when
the proper Ume came; the second interview occurred
on Friday, the 21st; 1 wei.t there for the purpose of ar
resting bim v
Q. btase what he,then said Iu regard to these men?
A. Tfr hen be found that we were going to search the
bouse be said soiuetbicg to his wife, and then brought
dewnaboot aud httudedit Ume; be said he had to cot
it off in oidtr to set the man’s i«g: I turned the boot
dhWh &hd saw tom* writing on. tha infclde. “J.
Wjikes;” I called hie attention to it; hk said he had
net Taken notice of that before.
CA large cay*by boot, slit down the leg, was brought
in, and passed round and exuninfd by tee members of
the cotut. On the iosl le. ntartbe tjpof the leg, un
der the name of tbe maker, w*-re the words, “J.
“Wilkes, ’ ’ written plainly in ink j
Q. I id he at that time stlJl inaut that they were
strainers to him ? A. Yes. t a
Q D.d he acknowledge at any suhtequeut period
that he knew Booth? a. Tes; he said subsequently
ttal he was catlshed it was Booth.
Q When was that? A. That was oa Friday, the
same day; he made tbe remark that his wife had told
him she taw the whiskers at the time become disoon
nt-olf d from the man's face.
Q. But he had stated toyou distinctly before that he
had zi'>! know n this man ? A. Tes, sir.
G. Did b* or did be not at any subsequent conversa
tion state that be had known this man Booth? A,
After 1 bad »xtet>Ud him, and W 6 had got on oar horses
and were going out some of the men gave him Booth’s
phetograph; they he'd It up to him and ask-d if it did
not look like Booth; herald tkat it was not like Booth;
that U looked alit le like him-across the eye-; shortly
after that he said he bad an Introduction to Boothlast
fall; he caid a man by the same of Johnson gave him
an introduction to b'm. ***„.**•
Q. Didbeftatewherehsmetßooth ? A. Fo;on being
questioned by one of the otner men he said he had rode
with him in the country looking up some land, and
when be bought a noise.
Q. Did be state the time? A. It was last fall* I be
lieve be said.
Q. Did he give yon any description of the horse he
bought ? A. He said he wanted a good road horse.
Oofs-rsamination by Mr. Ewing: Q You say that
Dr. Mndd gave yon a description of these two p»r<ons ?
A. Tes. sir; he gave me a partial description ot them;
he said that one was quite a young man* ana Ue other
bad large thin whl*keis.
Q. What did he say to you as to the resemblance be
tween Tbe photograph *nd its original ? A. In the firet
place he said that It did not look like Booth; then he
said it looked like him across the eyes.
Q Did yon tell Mm about your tracking Booth from
Washington ? A. Ido not think OP to that time I had
mentioned Booth’s name at all.
Q. Where was Dr/ ttutd when you called at hU
home the second time? A. Be was out someplace,
and hie wife sent for him; 1 walked ont and greeted
him.
Q. Did you not say to him that you wanted the razor
With which the man who stopped at this house shaved
himself? A. Tes, sir, I demanded that after we went
into the house.
G Did not Dr. Mudd then tell you (hat since you
Were there before Booth had been found in the room ?
A. Not until alter we were in the Bouse some time.
G. He then volunteered the statement? A. Tes, he
said something to bis wife, and she went up stairs and
brought it down.
G But did he not make tbe statement voluntarily?
A. He did after one of the men told him that we would
have to search the house.
G Ai e you sure be did not make the statement until
after that was said? A. lam.
G. He said that he had shown those men the way
aerossthe swsmp? A, So I understood him.
Q. To what swamp did be allude? A. The swamp in
the rear of bis bouse, I believe.
Q. Is there a swamp immediately In the rear of Me
bouse? A. There is one about a thousand yards below
his house.
G. W hat else did be say iu describing these men ? A.
lacked Mm if the whiskers of one of the men spoken
of by him might not have been false, aed he said he
did not know; it appeared alter wards that Booth had
gone up stairs, but tbe doctor did not tell me of that.
G. Be did not ssy where Booth had been? A. He
told me that he had been on tbe sofa.
G When you asked tbe doctor how long those two
men bad stayed he said they did not stay long ? A. At
onr first interview he told me they stayed but a short
time, and afterwards his wife told me tuat they stayed
until three or four o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Q Ton need notstaie to couit wbat bis wife said.
A. Well, 1 think he told me that MmieU afterwards.
Q Dio you a«k Dr. Mudd whether he charged any
thing fr>r setiini the le* ? A. Tes,-sir.
Q. What did be say? A I did not ask him whether
he charged anything; my Question was whether the
men bad much money; he said they bad considerable
of greenbacks; I then asked him if they bad arms
about them, to which be replied the wounded man had
a brace or revolvers.
Q. Bid he say anything having been paid for
setting the leg? A 1 did not ask him about that; he
went on to say that it was customary for men to make
a charge to et. angers.
Q. He spoke of that, in connection with the fact of
their having money ? A Yes, sir.
Q. Bid he not say to you that those men arrived at
his house before daylight ? A. He said about day
break.
Q. Who went with you to his house on the occasion
of your second visit? A. There were three special offi
Citt, besides some cavalry.
G. Who w«m Hum* ofllesM? A Simon Galligari
Joshna Loyd, and William Williams.
Q Wbai civilian went with you the first time? A.
Br. George Jtfudd.
Q. When yon were at Br. Kudd’s the seoond time do
yon not recollect that he told you the two men started
frem his house to go to Eev. Mr. Wilmer's? A. Yes.
sir; bud paid no attention to that; I thought it was a
blind for the purpose of throwing us off the track
Q. But he laid that? A Yes, sir; he stated that they
inqui.ed lor F&rxon Wilmer's. and that they said they
were on thtir way to Allen’s Fresh.
Q Bid he mention that both times you were there?
A. £ think only the first time.
Q. Are yon sure it was not out of doors that you first
atked Br. Mndd for therazor? A. I might nave spoken
to him about it ont of doors, bat I remember having
made the demand in the house, ft
Q. Are ycu ears that it was not before he got to the
house he told von the boot had been found since you
wore there before? A He told me that in the house,
not outride, _ „
Q Was there not a citizen named Hardy with you At
that time? A. Hot that 1 know of.
Q. Was there not a citizen With Dr. Mudd? A There
Was a citizen, who/stood oatalde the door after we
Went into the house; Ido not know his name.
Q. Was Br. Mudd alone when you met him coming to
the house? A There was a citizen walking with him,
Ithink.
Q. Was It this man you speak of as having subse
quently stood outside the door? A It was.
Cross-examined by Mr. Btone: Q. When you went
to Br. Mndd the first time, did you have any conversa
tion with him before you went Into the house? A £
think net; 1 had a conversation with his wile.
Q. As soon as you asked him whether two strangers
had been there, he told you at oneejthey had? A. Yes,
sir; he was made aware of the nature of our errand, £
suppose, by a friend; he seemed very much exclttd,
ana turned very pal* when he was first asked about the
tvo strangers, though he admitted they had been there.
Q. You asked him to de&crlbe them, and he gave you
the description? a. Yes, sir.
Q. By whom did he say he wae introduced to
Booth last fall ? A. A man by the name of Johnson.
Q. Be told you he was introduced to Booth by John
son, at church? A. He did not teU me th&tin the first
place: he told me he did not knew Booth. *t all.
Q. When, on the occasion of your seoond interview,
you mentioned the name of Booth, he then tuia yon he
bad b<en introduced? A. I aid not mention it until W 6
were on horseback, though 1 had previously mentioned
Booth’s name to the other doctor.
Q you Bay that Br. Modd seemed to be verymnch
alarmsd? A. Yes;he turned very pate in the face and
blue about the lips, like a man who was frightened at
tbeitcoliiciion of tomething he had done.
Q. Bid te mention- in connection with his introduc
tion to Bcoth, the same of Thompson? A. £ under
stood him to aay Johnson, but Thompson might hare
By Judge Advocate Holt: Q. You state that Br Hudd
xppeaitd very much frightened; did you address any
threat to him? A Ao, ilr; 1 was in citizen’s clothes at
ihfttiipe. , ■
Q. Bis a]arm, then, was notln consequence of any
thing that you said or done? A. Ao. six; he seemed
very much concerned when I turned the boot inside
rut; pome of tie men present said that the name of
Booth had been scratchvd out, when I suggested that it
had not been written. , , , , , ,
Q Ycu have itatid that when you asked Dr. Hadd
whether He two btr&a&em had an? arms, he replied
the one with ifcebrckfiu for had a brace of revolv
ers ; did 1 o ray anything about the other having a eut
bine or a knife ? A. Ao, sir.
Q Bid you understand Mm to say that this brace
of revolvers was all the arms the stranger had ?
Theqntfetion was objected to by Mr. Ewing as being
a leading question. „
Tlia following was then put: Q. Will you state what
wsshis manner; was it frank or evasive? A very
evasive; he seemed to be vety reserved.
Q. Bid he speak of these men as having any other
wespons than the brace of pistols of which you have
spoken? A. To my knowledge one of the officers spoke
to him on that point.
Q. Which one? A. I think it was Williams. t
Q. I understand yon to say that Br Mndd stated that
h« did not hear the news of the assassination of the Pre
sident nitil Sunday morn'ng, at church? At the time
of thh s.atement to you did he mention the name of the
assassins? A Ao. sir.
By Ur. Ewing: Q Bid not Br. Mndd, at your first
intcrvltw, seyts&tna h«&id the details of the assassi*
nttlou wkllAfi-tohurchiOhKtUk&AYmorning? A. Idonot
recollect that he did: 1 made a lemark to one of the
officers, itthetime, that he Omsk have been aware oft be
attatfclnation. the cavalry were all] along the
road, and © very boo y in the neighborhood ktuwit on
Satardsy.
Q Bid Doctor Mudd state to you that the
>tzaniers were going in the direction of Mien’s
Frefcb, In connection with Ms statement that
they had gone to the Rev. Mr. Wfljner’s? a. Ho said
that they inquired for Mr. Wilmer’s; that he took them
across the swamp, and that they were going in the di
rection of Allen’s Fresh; I went to Mr. Wilmer s. ana
st-a'thed his house, but 1 was satisfied.we would find
n< thing there, as I looked upon it as a blind to draw us
oil that wav. ~.
Q In going from Br. Mudd’s to Mr. WUmty s would
you cross the swamp? A. Yes. sir, yon can go that
you truck *1 tW? m»nßootliwi4
hi" erropanion? A. Yes, sll, W I conJdf
Bytfcecoajt: Q. When yonroacsed Mudd 1 a house on
Toprduyu.or.tnr after the aseastinationiwas it gene
rally understood there that Booth was the m&u who
killed the President ? A. Every person aronnd Bryan
town and alt»g ;he way underßlood *O.
Q. Is there a telegraph line in that section. A. The
only taltgrapb of wnichlhave anyknowlelge Is the
one that inns to Point Lookout; 1 do not know the exaot
distance to that places there was a telegraph connec
tion with Port Tolucco; but If any person who saw
ueee men wanted to rive in’ormation concerning them
they need not have gone far* by merely going out on
the public road they could have given it, as the cavalry
were all along there.
ft. What Is the diti ancefrom Washington to BaraUs
viile? A About ten xniiee, I should jndge.
Q, What Is the distance from BnrattsvlUe to Br.
Mndd’s? A. By the way we first went it was about
s;x!e*» miUsto Bryantown. and about four and a half
ntlen from there to Dr. Mudd’s
Q. In going to Br. Mndd’s, do you go through Snratts
ville? A. ie»; shore is a road running from Port To
bacco, by which yon cangotbere; Br. Madd’sieaboat
twenty miles beyond Snrattsville by way of Bryan
town.
By Mr. Bakin: Q- Are you acoualnted with Mr.
floyd. Who £(0D& the hotel at s«ratt»YUu? a. i
arrssud Mm on Ts'cvay, the 19th of April.
Q, T>ld hens*keany statement to y 64? A Yos* sir.
ft Wbatdidhe say concerning his ecnneotioA with
this affair?
Jcdce Advocate Bingham objected to the question, on
the ground that it was an attempt to discredit die testi
mony of floyd. by showing that he had made state
ments lr conflict with representations made bsiore the
court. The question understood to be withdrawn
oy Mr Ewing. . .
Q From whom did you first hear that two men had
Btaid at Dr Mndd’s house? A Iheara from a soldier
Q. Bo yon know hlaname? A Yes, sir; his name is
Lieutenant Dana. . .....
0. Bic Br. Mudd say anything to you about it? A
He did; I sent for Mm \ took Mm t room of tot
hotel, and asked him to make hia statement, whim he
did.
Testimony off Joslras I/loyd,
Q. State whether or not. some days after theawassl
nation of the President.ynu were engaged, with others,
in pursuing tbe assassus? A. I was- ..
Q. jbld yon, in the coureei -f you* pursuit, .tfO tottte
house of thaprisoner, Dr. Samuel Moad r A.'Yes, sir.
Q. On what day did you go there? A. On Tuesday,
AprilHL . . . '
Q. State what reply he made (o your inquiry iu re’
gard to tbeobjfct of yourpursuit? A. I atked him ll
he knew that the President had been assassinated; he
replied that he did; I then asked him if he had sden any
parties looking like the assassins pais that way* and
be said he had not.
Q That w»sat the first interview? A Tes. sir. .
Q. Wbat did he elate at th« *ecotd interview? d>
Be ihen acknowledged that two men h&d Stopped th»re,
andvh&thebad set the broken limb of one of them;,
we showed him the likenesses, and he said he find seen
them before; 1 then atkei him had he been introduced
to Booth lsu fall ? and he said he had.
G. How locgxitd he say these men remained at Mi
house? A. 1 think he said they remained there from
four o'clock in the morning until 4 P. M
Q. Did be Bayibey were on horseback or on foot?
A. Be said that one was on horseback, and the other
waswaikingaadlesdicgahorse . ,
[A photograph of Booth was shown to the witness,
ana reeos%ized by him «s tho one w bich he had in his
poesc'frlon, and which he exhibited to Dr. Mudd ]
G What was the Doctor’s manner ? A. He appeared
to be very much excited; when we went there tbe se
cond lime be was not in, and his lady sent for him; she
appea>td to be greatly worried.
G. Wbat did you say to him at the second visit? A.
Very Ditle oonvenation took place on mr pari, as I did
notfeelvny well. . , _
Q. Did he make any refereucs to his previous dot) jal
ol having seen these men? A. Ido n t know that he
did; after we found the boot he owned up. and said that
he had formerly been introduced to Bootn byamaa
a am«d MorrisOP: ho did not say anythtag about being
in company with him m Washington city.
During the cro»e-«xamlßaHon the witness stated that
Mudd at first denied having seen the supposed assas
sins, or even any stranger. The prisoner stated when
arrested, that at the time of his introduction to Booth
by the man Thompson, he was in ormed that Booth
came ther* to buy some property. At the time of the
witness’ first visit to Mudd, the latter etafad that ha
bad heard of the President's assassination at Chare i oa
Sunday. Dr. George Mudd was ifcen present. Oa
Friday, tbe day of the second visit, the boot found in
tbe house was produced before the arrival of the pri
soner ac his home, and while the party were waiting
lor him.
Testimony of Colonel SI. H, Wells,
Q. Ate you provost marshal of the defences south of
Washington? A. Tea, sir. , „ ,
- q fctate to the court whether lu the week subsequent
to the rnnrder of the President you had au interview
with the prisoner. Dr. Mndd? A Tes, sir; I had an in*
terview with him on Friday, April fist.
Q. Stale all that he said t* you In regard to men who
called at his place on Saturday motniug after the mur
der? A. I had three definite conversation* with him;
tbe first occurred. 1 think, about noon on Friday; I had
the Doctor brombt to my headquarters and to:k his
statement; he commenced remarking that on Saturday
ZbornUg, abouc t o’clock, he was aroused by a load
knock at his door; he W&S surprised at the loudness
of the knock, and. inquired who, wa* there: receiving
somereny. aslundtistaLd. he looked iio»H tbe win
dow, or west to the door, and SAW in Ms front yard a
person holding two hott-es, and a second perooa sluing
on one of the horses; he described the appearance of the
persons,ana said that the youngest ot' the two was very
flaept in bis speech, and that the per&on on horseback
had broken his leg and desired medical attendance; he
astlsud lu bringing the person who was on boras
back into hie house . and laying him upon
the sofa is the parlor, and after some time he
was carried up stairs and laid on a bad iu
wiat was called the fr nt room; he then proceeded
to examine ihe leg, and discovered that the oatw.vd
bene was broken neu’ly at right angles across the limb
about two inches above the lastep; he said It was not
a compound fractnie, and thatthe patio at complained of
pain in his bsck. but he found no apparent came for
tbe pain, except as proceeding from th« effect ofafall
JrtiHi a boise, ub hie patient stated he had jadm; he
sato be dressed the limb as well as he was able wuh
the limited facilities at his command, and callad a whi e
hind servant to make a cratch for tae patient; tan
cratch w a* made. »nd then prepared, and
tbe younger of the two persons, the one who wasunu
jured. was invited to broakra-t with them; the prloaer
farther stated that after b*eakfa»t he noticed hts pa i-nt
to be much debilitated and pate; the young man
mads some remarks iu relation lo procuring some
conveyance for taking Mb friend sway, and that
sometime after dinner he started with him to see
if a carriage could be procured; after travelling
for SfiSS di&lAnco. and tailing %G prucure a car
riage the young man remarked that ne could not go
any further, but would return to the honss and see if
hs con'd sot get his friend away; the Doctor stated
al'.o, that After going to the town, which was the
farihest part of his journey, he returned to his
home, about 4 F M; in speaking of the wonnded
mas* I asked him if he knew who the per*
son was, to which he rep’-ied that he did not
recognize h’m; 1 then exhibited to Min whit was
said to be a miniature of Booth, and he said that from
tbexr.iuifctoiehe could not rtcognize him; he stated,
however. In answer to mother question, that he
Xret Booih soosrtizfte in November; I tulfik he 811-I
that hew a* introduced by a Mr. Thompson to Bootu; I
thlfck tbe introduction to Booth took place at ohurob t on
aSandry morning, and after the introduction had been
f lttn. Thompson said that Booth wanted to bny farm
og lards; they bad some conversation on the sub
ject of lands, and then Booth arited the qaestiou
Whethsr tlere were any desirable horses that coaid
he bought oheapln that section, and he mentioned the
names of several dealers In desirable stock in theneigh
boibood; 1 asked him if he could recognize again the
person whom be then met, under the name or Booth;
he said he could, and I asked him if he iad seen Booth
any time after the introduction in November and
prior to his arrival there, on Satatday mornlur; he
said he had not; 1 asked Mm if he had any suspi
cious of the character of Bcoth, or either of these
persons; he laid he had not, but that alter break
fast he thought there was something strange about
their actions. In view of the fact that the young
man came down stairs and asked for a razor, and
said his friend wanted to shave Wmse.f, aud that
shortly afterwards he noticed that tbe person an
swering to the name or Booth had shaved of his mous
tache-, I &&k«d him if the man had a beard, when he
said that hs had, &lld that it was larger than my own.
but be could not determine whether it was natural or
artificial; that he kept a shawl about his neck and
teamed to desire to conceal the lower part of
Ms face ; I asked him at this time if ha had
heard of the murder of the President; he replied
that he l ad sot; I think, however, he remarked to me
inoueof his interviews that he heard ol the assagai,
nation for the first time on Sunday morning or late on
thO'evesing of Saturday; my Impression is that he did
not hear of it until after these persona had left his house.
The witness stated further that, when leaving, Ha
rold inquired fox the most direct route to Mr. Wtimer's
house, and that the prisoner gave him the destred in
formation- The prisoner also communicated to the
witness all the particulars concerning the discovery of
tbe boct in the house occupied by him.
Gross-examined by Mr Ewing: Q, At the time that
Mudd gave yon this information did youse* anybody
tbat was extraordinary? A He did not seem willing
to answer a direct question, and 1 said that unless 1 did
ask direct questions all important facts were omitted
by him.
Q. Was be alarmed? A Hs wag maoh excited
Q And alarmed? A, Not at the first Ol second inter*
yleWtbut at the third he wgs.
Q. what time on Friday did you have your first
intsxvlew whh him? a. Not far from midday; it
might have been before or in the afternoon
G How long after was icthat Lovett was gone for
Dr. Mudd? A. lam not certain; I don’t think 1 sent
Lovett for Mndd.
Q It was on t£e Friday after tbe assassination? A.
I think it was. sir, on the 21st.
Q. At the first interview did you have any written
statement made ? A No. sir; 1 kept on talking with
him, and after 1 thought I had the facts. I had it taken
down In wilting; we had a dozen interviews at hast.
Q. When was the last Interview? A. tin Sunday, I
.. _ ,
ft. Bid you have any more than oaeon-Friday? A
Yes; he was in my presence for about five hours; we
Were lalking there from lime to tim«.
ft. You said that at tbe last interview he was much
alarmed from some statement you made ? A Isa d to
him that he was concvaiiug tbe fact*, and that I did not
knowwneiher he understood that was the strongest
evidence that eould be produced of his guilt at that
time, and might endanger his safety.
ft. When was it you went off with Dr. Mali, and he
to&k you along ue route which these two men took?
A On Sunday morning. lam quite confident.
Eft. He spoke of them taking the direct road to Pinoy
Gbapel? A. Yes, sir; to Br. Wilbor’s.of Pincy Chapel.
ft- You spoke of tracks on the direct road to Pincy
CoapritiU they turned off?|a. Ao; they toot the di
rect road. coming out by the doctor’s house till they
came to the wall, with this exception: The marsh was
fnll of holes and bad places, I remember thiaklng they
had got 1 ist, as they west from right to lett and kept
changing in tnat way till they lost the general direc
tion,
Q. Bid yon say that the Doctor said to you that he
had heard of the assassination of the President on s&:
laid ay evening, or on Sunday? A My impression Is
that he said not till fcaiurday P. M. or Suti ay morning,
ft Yen thir khe said Saturday evening ? A Yes.
ft. Bid he mention how and w henna ho heard it ? A
Ao, s'r, X can’t say that he did: but I have an indis
tinct idea (hat he heard it at the town, but am not
sure—over inßryautown.
ft. Bid he eay whenitwai that Johnson introduced
him to Booth? A. He said It was about November.
Q, Bid he say whether it was before daybreak when
they came to his house ? A He said it was before day
break ; about 4 o’clock.
ft. Bid you ask whether they paid him anything for
setting the bioken leg? A. I think he said they paid
him twenty-five dollars; I think that statement wae
made to one of the men that was with me, nut not to me
directly.
ft. Didn’t Saint el Mudd say to you that there had
been two suspicions men at his house ? A Yes, sir. iffi
ft Bid he not say to yon that he told that on Saturday
evening? A, I ean *t remember, but I think not.
ft. was it on Sunday evening? A l think itwaa
later ihan that. ...
ft. Bid he not say to you, on some one of your inter
views, that he told that on Sunday? A. My impies
sion is that he told Or. Mudd on Monday. , ~,
Q. Yon recollect his having said that he told Br.
Mudd? A Yes; in this connection I said, “One of
the strongest circumstances against you Is that you
have failed to give the fullest information of this mat
ter;” then it was he said he told Br. George Mudd
Q. Bid he examine the likeness of Booth in your pos
session. A. Yes, six. ,
ft Bid he recognize it as the man he had been intro,
ducedto? A My impression is Chat he said that he
could not, from the photograph, recognize the man.
Q. Bid he not say re could not recognise it as the man
whose leg was broken? A He said, *‘l should not
have known Mr Booth from the photograph;” he said
also, he did not recognize the man when he first saw
him. but that, on recollection, he knew it was Mr.
Booth* the person to whom be had been introduced.
q. Bid he not say that tbat was likea likeness that
he had already seen of Booth, with his name marked
upon it? A 1 don’t remember that. ' ■
Q. Was there not intense excitement in the town
among tbe soldiers and the people ? A. Not among the
so'diets. they were calm enough, but anmug the people
tbdld was: they wore g'-ing and enuring all the time.
ft. In a state of angry and excited footing? A. There
was no angry reeling exhibited, but there woe an ex
cited state of feeling.
ft. Can you state st what time Br. Mndd pro
feezed to have recognized Booth as the man he had
b%en introduced to ? A. Baring their stay at hla
home.
ft. So you understood Mm to admit that he recog
nized him before be left. A. Yf-e; his expression was
that be did not know him at first, but that on re
fit ction he recollected him.
By Mr. Ewing: ft. Please state as nearly as you cau
Kudd’s exact words? A. When he spoie on reflection
onecoUeeting that H was Booth who wisat hU house
on showing him the picture, that he should not have
recollected the man from the photograph, and he did
not remember him when he first saw him, bat that on
Trflectif n he remembered he was the man he was intro
duced io in November last, or in the fall; I won't say
these are the exact words, but that Is the suOßtaaceof
his words, or nearly as can recollect them.
&ft. There was nothing but that in hi* conversation
np< B that point? a. That was the substance of it, and
it ««8 arid oy** and over again.
Q Didn’t he bo t whether this reflection OB Which ho
would recognize the man with the broken leg as the
man lo whom he had been introduction was a reflec
tion which arose after tbe man left hie home?
A. He left the impression clearly .upon my
mind that it was before the man left t*e hones;
he save it ae a reason why he didn’t remember him at
toe first, that the man was much worn and debilitated;
that he seemed to make an effort to keep the lower part
of his face disguised; but when became to reflect he
remembered it was the man he had been introduced to.
ft Bid he speak of this disguise as having been
thrown off or discontinued at any time during the
man’s stay to his house ? A No; but -the
day. the »bavln«of the face, the “SiJ? ““S 1 "',!
alept. and at o her* wee t.
ties to w cognize the man; but Ido not recollect that lie
ea*d i he disiulse wae entirely thrown on.
o llid he admit to yon having denied any person
haying bten at hla hoiee? He certainly did not deny
!' The tmlli then ndjonraea to 10 o'clock to- morrow.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 16, 1866.
THE SAKITAKY COMMISSION.
Dr. 3. Foster Jbheihs having resigned the
office of general secretary of the U; S. Sanitary
Commission, Joan S. Bratchbord, of Boston, Is
his sneaessor.
The supply service of the Commission la rapidly
drawing to ft Close, though there remains nuteh to
be done within the approaching two month? for the
relief and oomfort of our armies as they return from
the field of their glorious but exhausting servloe. A
depot of supplies has- already been- established at
Alexandria, where the armies of Sherman and
Meade already begin to rendezvous preparatory to
tbeir discharge, and the work of the Commission at
this point Is being thoroughly organized for Its brie
but Important service. Its special relief work will
be largely increased and extended throughout the
country, with the view to facilitate the return of
discharged soldiers to tholr homeß and to their for
i mer occupation s and relatione In otvii life. Prompt -
' measures are being tahen to extend also the benefits
of its army and navy claim agency to every tan.
portant point throughout the eoantry, seonrlng the
adjustment of all dalms against the coveeuaent
without oharge.
A XIFB OF LINCOLN VO BE PUBLISHED.
Mr. AnxoLD, member Of Confess fmaXlUnoU
doling tbe four years Of Mr. LIKGOLN'g aamioletre
tlos, and his personal friend, is prep&Mng memoirs
of the life and administration of President I,tttooLH,
with a history of the Important Congressional legjs.
latlon of the Bame period.
MBB. LINCOLN GOING HOME.
Hr,. litasQOLv, having .partially reoovttred trout
her severe indisposition, hat announced her Intefi.
Hon or leaving for her home on Xhouday next,
€\\t f rm.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1865.
The First Day’s Trial of the
Conspirators.
We are indebted to Judge Advocate Ge
neral Holt for the following extract from
the record of the Military Commission.
From this it appears that the gravest con
siderations constrained the Government to
take the course which is so bitterly object
ed to by a portion of the newspaper press.
Altthe testimony of the first day’s proceed
ings will, as repeatedly stated in these co
lumns, he hereafter made known. It will
completely dispel all suspicion and ca
lumny, It will do more; it will
induce those who were impulsively
driven into complaint to unsay their cen
sure, and to commend where they con
demned —unless in cases where the course
of the Commission was puiposely misrepre
sented for party or personal ends. No one
can read and carefully study the indictment
prepared by the Judge Advocate General,
and published to the country yesterday
without perceiving that the prosecution is
armed with the most powerful proofs, and
that the rule excluding all parties but those
directly interested and employed was sug
gested alike by humanity as by a desire to
secure justice to the accused and deserved
punishment to the guilty. Have those who
were dissatisfied with the closing of the
doors of the Commission on the first day
ever reflected that the assassins, now them
selves almost convinced of their fate, might
have escaped had ihe demand for publicity
been complied with, and that many now
deeply implicated would have had notice
to leave the country? But the record
(containing the words of Mr. Holt, the
distinguished Judge Advocate General)
speaks for itself:
Extract ftom the Record of the Military', Commis
sion, May 13,1865.
11 The Judge Advocate s tated to the Commission
that the reason for the itsle excluding reporters for
the press from admission to the room In which the
Commission was sitting, applied only to the testi
mony given yesterday, (first day), which It was
still desirable should not be disclosed to the puWo.
He, however, thought the testimony hereaftorTn
troduced might ho given to the publlo without any
Impropriety, or any embarrassment to the Govern
ment. He, therefore, suggested that the President
of the Commission be authorised to grant permits
for the admission of snch proper persons, reporters
of the press and others, as coaid be admitted to the
room without inconvenience to the members of the
Commission."
TUe Petticoat Escapade.
The attempt of Davis to elude his cap
tors by wearing petticoats was ridiculous
enough; but he capped the climax of ab.
surdity by his argument to our vigilant
soldiers. It was a- characteristic piece of
Secession logic. All the advocates of trea
son have a remarkable talent for distorting
facts and then drawing from their falsified
premises whatever conclusions they desire
to establish. Thus, the fugitive conspira
tor, being a man dressed in woman’s cloth
ing assumed that he belonged to the gentler
sex, and arguing from that point appealed
to the manhood of his persnerß—“ does
your Government war upon defenceless wo
men a plea that furnished the “ Chris
tian President” a magnificent theme for a
dissertation on the principles of humanity
and the wisdom of magnanimity. It might
have been effective had not his unlucky
boots —(they were probably of a substan
tial cavalry pattern)—-made his pursuers
suspect the soundness of the first link of
his fine chain of reasoning.
We presume, too, that his attire was not
as tastefully and elegantly adjusted as that
of a Parisian belle; for we hardly suppose
that his garments were made to order, nor
that,' by dint of careful instructions from
his. affectionate spouse, he had learned
those mysterious secrets of dress and de
portment with which “Stern statesmen”
are not usually familiar. Sir Walter
Scott, in describing Chablbs Stuart dis
guised as a gipsey woman to escape his
Cromwellian pursurers, says : " Her (his)
clothes, indeed, were ef good .material;
but, what the female eye discerns with
half a glance, they were indifferently ad
justed and put on. This looked as if they
did not belong to the person by whom they
were worn, but were articles of which she
had become the mißtress by some accident,
if not by'some successful robbery. Her
size, too, was unusual; her features swarthy
and singularly harsh, and her manner alto
gether unpropitious.” There were, doubt
less, enough deficiencies of the kind thus
sketched by the magician of the North in
the disguise of Davis to Confirm the sus
picions that no “puss” would wear Buch
“ boots ” as peeped from beneath the folds
of his feminine apparel.
The whole scene was peculiarly pic
turesque, and it is to be hoped that some
skillful artist will reproduce it with historic
fidelity, so that future times may gain at
one glance a dissolving view of the Rebel
lion, and a portrait ’of its leader in a cos
tume well calculated to adorn Ms beauty
and to clear up all unsolved doubts of the
components of that Ultima Thule of Se
cession desperation—the last ditch.
ONE Of the most romantic incidents of
our early history was the capture Of the
unfortunate Major Andre. Like our pre.
sent traitor hero, he, too,, might hare
effected his escapeitut for the fatal evidence
of his hoot. .It displayed his guilt, and
assured his arrest, j ust as surely as'an un
lucky pair, chance seen under a screen of
female drapery, betrayed the fugitive
Davis. Unfortunately for the latter, hia
last dramatic disguise seems to have lent
him no dignity, and domed his exit with
no veil of mystery as graceful as it would
have been becoming. We fear that no pen,
however potent, can ever elevate the pas
sage of the petticoats into its proper place
in the annals Of the nation.
The end has been, a farce to which oHf
laugh would answer full and free if the
fearful tragedy of four years of warfare did
not yet .weigh upon our hearts, and if the
Confederate chieftain had not so closely
resembled that dark hero, who stalks
through the German legend, ugly and
venomous, dangerous and deceitful, and
who, shining in stolen light, and glorying
in borrowed power, arch-rebel and arch
traitor, is only at last discovered by—his
foot. The Mephistophelian likeness is too
strong tO raise 9 smile, and can only evoke 1
a shudder, even amid the incongruities of
the scene, and the absurdities of the dosing
tableau.
The publication of the indictment of
the conspiratorsshonld set atrest the doubts
of all honest minds of the propriety of their
arraignment before a military commission.
They conspired to murder the President,
his Constitutional successor-, and the civil
officer entrusted with the duty of ordering
a new election to fill the expected-vacancy
In the Presidential chair. This was done
in time of war, within “a military depart
ment and military lines,” “to deprive the
armies of the United States of a. Constitu
tional commander-in-chief, and to deprive
the armies of the United States of their
lawful commander, and to prevent a law
ful election of President and: Vice Presi
dent and by these means “ to- aid and
comfort the insurgents engaged in armed
HsheDiPßr” A portion Of the evidence has
already proven that Booth- announced to
rebel officers, so early as Ms-desire to
carry out this plan for the purpose of
famishing “ a final resource to gain the
independence of the Confederacy.” The
i motive of the assassins was. therefore evi
\ dently a military one, and as such belongs
more properly to .military than to civil
courts. They were military agents, handed
together- to prosecute a system of warfare
that in condemned by the laws of war, and
as clearly punishable by military tribunals
as the misdeeds of a spy, or the infancies
of a guerilla.
W H AT intense anxiety Mr. BtJCBANAN,
the amiable “0. P. F.," displayed in his
letter to Henry A. Wise, lest poor, de
mented John Brown, by any means, be
allowed to die a natural death t Of course,
he will now be equally concerned to have
Davis stretch the rope—Jae ig go juht, BO
virtuouß, so consistent! ,
Thb hero of the grand romantic equ,
trian drama, after high achievements, iJJ’
Jeapings, hairbreadth escapes, and mw
deeds of doughty valor, makes his
“ hit” by leaping through a blazing |,
and with one last, surpassing somers,
appeals triumphantly to his delighted
dience for their honor and applause,
Jkkfrbson Davis, after his deeds of hu
emprise, closes his whole theatrical
ley of tragedy, melodrama and farce »jjj’
a like feat, but appears in no blaze of J
nmph&nt glory as he emerges
short but rapid passage through (7
“hoops.” 5
We know not how it is in
in Pennsylvania there is a statute against
either sex appearing in public attired in
habiliments of the other. It iB not an
common event, indeed, for our policemen
to apprehend such eccentric people, atU )
bring them to trial before some city abler,
man. If the same statute exists in Georg;,'
Jefferson Davis ought to have bs«J
ashamed of himself, thus to violate the
law, and he ought be made to pay
penalty. _
So LONG a time has elapsed since oik
reading of the constitution that ms to
govern the so-called “ Confederate States
of America,” that we do not beai in mini
many of its provisions. We dare say
however, that it constituted the President
(as docs our own), by virtue of his oflice
Commander-in-chief of the army and nivy,
On this assumption, we submit, was it not
decidedly unmilitary for the chief of ;],,,
land and naval forces of a great nation i 3
be seen parading the streets dressed i,
woman's clothing? Perhaps General Lee
will volunteer his opinion on this interest,
ing point.
Mutual Surprise.— I The accounts sty
that J. Davis and his party were “ ear.
prised”—a military phrase not hard t 0
When his captors saw Davij
dressed in Woman’s clothes we doubt mt
they were likewise surprised. There wai
surprise, then, it seemb, all round.
LETTER FROM « OCCASIONAL."
Washington, May 17, 1305,
You will notice itt-the published reason!
of General Holt, the jlnited States Judge
Advocate General, the; complete justifies,
tion of the Government against the furimu
attacks of those who saw such dreadful
perils in the secret session of the Commij.
Bion for the trial of the conspirators. And
you will also observe how gradually the
web of evidence is being woven around
the prisoners. Even the most prejudiced
begin to see that the active instrument]
of Booth are in danger of conviction. The
effect is realized in the sudden falling off
of the abuse of the papers and partisans
lately so violent. But they will give no
credit to the eminent gentlemen who hare
managed this trial for the Government,
Judge Holt, who has had the main burden
of the investigation to carry, and who has
given incessant toil to his task, is only use
ful to these parties asan object of denuncia
tion and misrepresentation. And, however
his efforts may terminate, he must be con
tent with the approving reward of his own
conscience. It is interesting to observe the
zeal, devotion, and absorbing patriotism of
this gifted and unpretending gentlemen.
He has given his time, talents, and energies
to the high duty confided to him by tig
President, and he moves along without
seeking for praise on the one hand or caring
for calumny on the other. What will be
the next pretext for slander of the thorough
friends of the Government ? They have
had a most unenviable experience of it.
President Johnson, Stanton, Holt, and
others have run a very rugged and fiery
gauntlet ? What is to be the new pretest
for hostilities ? The last attempt having
been so ty retched a failure, it will be some
what difficult to find an excuse for another,
But it will be procured, and will create as
loud a howl as that wMch has just subsi
ded, and will meet as sure and lasting a
fate. , Occasional.
THE END OF THE WAR.
ABBIVAL OF GOV. BROWN AT LOUISVILLE,
BN ROUTE FOB WASHINGTON.
Gen. Forrest Murdered by one of his own Ofllcers,
Louisville, May 16.—Major General Ttiomia ar
rived this evening, en route for Washington.
Governor Brown, of Georgia, arrived to-day, He
was arrested on the night of the 6th Inst., at his
mansion, in MiUedgevUle, by Oapt. Kneeland sad
Llent. Bayard, and proceeds to Washington unlot
Marge of the latter.
The Nashville Press learns that Gen. FOTMt WW
killed by Oapt. Walker, of the rebel army, In IS
venge for the shooting ol his Bon.
RESPITE OP KNIOHTB OB THE GOLDEN OIEOtE.
Indianapolib, May is.— A despatch from Wash
ington to General Hovey announces a suspension o(
the execution of Bowles and Milligan until the Ist
of Jane, and a commutation of Horsey’s sentenos
to imprisonment for life.
DIOK taylob’s eobobs BEING paboled—a owl it
EXPEDITION TO TEXAS—THE CONFEDERACY DHiD
IN LOUISIANA, ALABAMA, AND MISSISSIPPI.
Nnw Oblbass, May It, via Caibo, Mayio.-
Provost Marshal Anderson and General Dennis
left Mobil* on the Bth, for Meridian, to parole Diet
ToylOfS forces.
General Hamilton, Military Governor or Text!,
has gone to Washington.
A grand expedition Is being organised to goto
Texas.
The Legislature of Mississippi has been convened
for the 18th of May, and will doubtless order a State
Convention.
The cotton belonging to the Confederate Govern*
ment, In Hast Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama,
having been surrendered to the United States
Government, Its sale or transfer to persons except
officers of that Government has been prohibited by
Major General Oanby.
RICHMOND.
The News of the Capture of Davis Re
ceived in the City-“ What is Thought
of it—Miscellaneous.
[Special Correspondence 0 f The Prose. 1 -
pHIIADBLPBIA PBBSS BUBBAOi
Riohmohd, May 15,i$ds.
BBOBPTIOB OB THB KBWS OB DAVIS’ OAI-TDBS.
No day In the week has been more eventml than
Sunday during the recent war. If battles were not
always fought on that holy day, the Intelligence o!
them was generally received, and not unlW
quently -announced, from the pulpit during d •
vine service. In the absenoe of reliable Intelli
gence, alarmists would chose It as the most deslrae
ble to retail their feaTS, and- often It was deemed
properto set afloat sensational rumors. Ever
we have been m Richmond the flulet of the Sabbath
has been disturbed by Intelligence of a thrilling aed
on exciting character. On the.erst Sabbath - after
occupation we' received the Inspiring news that
Lee had surrendered ; on the seoosd the eel
tidings or the assassination of the lamented Frail*
dent was communicated to the people, and ; on yes
terday the loyal people were more than delighted
by the Information that Jeff Davis and his fugitive
followers had all been captured In Georgia. It - B
unnecessary to say that every Union soldier re
joiced when he heard the joyful news that tils arch
traitor had really been hunted -down and hauled
over for trial by those laws whoso majesty he has s->
long Insulted. The news was at first too
good to be true, but when It was realized the emits
tlonOi loyal bparts was evident, in their rrataeilt
congratulations over thu event, ahlljn the SirtilS s*- 5 * -
tlon whloh It afforded taem tooommunlcatt tbs sow
news.
BBBLIKG OX THIS BBBBLB IB BRGABD TO
OAPTUBU.
The rebels here.are muoh mortified over the ® ‘
fortune of Davis, and express regrets that hs die
make his esoape. These are the generation! *
alone seem to say .a good wordln his favor; all bib
classes, regarding Mma3 the.oause of all the l '-' 1 ’
ferlngs, the war, and Its attending nlaorle a ,
for seme time been praying that he might
turedby OUT forces and handed over to .that J as ‘.
whloh lib hU SO long outraged by Wholesale SIJW
tors or men upon land and innumerable F ,r
sea. In the arrest of Davis the high-born mu' ‘
titled “graybaoks 1 * Imagine they see their
foreshadowed. They believe that If the la* 9
den* were alive that even this great ohlefttW ih
receive bis clemency, but from, Mr. Johnson '
eapeot no mercy.
MIBCaiXAHBOUS BJRAPB OB HEWS.
Major General Wright, commanding th i e | ~, l
i Corps, wUeh is atlU on dirty In Virginia, asu J*
| George W. MoLellan, one of tha Assistant -
■ master Generals, are In town.
The National Bask of Virginia, which has
arrangements in working order, will oomroojj 0 ® )ti
slnesß to-day In the custom home, with S. T. =
late of the bankisg house of Ford, Suit, & tM-’
York, as president, and J. B. Morton, of
as oaehler. ~,j
T 6? general Baptist Association of Virgin** ( .
h# convened on the lit of Jana, THIS acß
nation Is quite numerous lu this State. M |.
The Ulohmond College, whloh, during thsm
lion,has been used as a hospital for Louisiana r (j) ,
Is abont to be reopened for Instruction. BsW
Iwar the college boasted of a faculty
fessors and a tutor, and had graduatedi
classes. lw