The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-05-27


Booth when he came from Canada. lie said he had
teen back time was going to pisy again
wa In the "ol business" They 'oted over that ex-
preston. few minutes after, Booth left Do7enoy
again hn,on horseback and took particular notice
Of The houe,vhich was bay one Deveney wanted to
eoc GCuCth Grant and vent TO- I1al's Theatre that
night whore he psiu cav Roth Jump cut Of the box
at the theatre when he luuI-d he fell upon one
hrnd and knee with hi. Iscc tovarus the audience
A. he roe, bescucy soys be rc.1.n.zed Bootl, and
fpokr ticht out, lie 70 John wilkes Booth and he
hat -ot tho Precedent" 1ho Lost he saw Of Booth be
vss rlnniue aoio, she eta, With the Ea.,e in his
hand
G.eu,cnaut-Ccro U'Yat- :. Gu,Sr tcsthod
that Lo ~. acquainted with Jacoh rLomreon, for
u.d rcretary Of thu Interior under li ichanan, and
that be- net him once uh"1 Ne vas AZ Millikcu.
Bend. opposite Nlcksturc. The General said: "A
little boat dt,ovelcd coming up the opposite
shorn. agp remit srrtcptf0Isiy, irving to avoid de-
lection. snd LITTLE IN, rent 1ut itorn the navy
t. picA b. up. when they rot 10 it they found little
White o.. .tcsue out OF tho stern Of the low boat
aad Jsoob It-rr rson In 10 they brcught him to
Admit Port, - ig-ship and va rent tor aud met
lam 10 not tocol ect now the oateneite business
be had ttofc ''omedto be- notling important az all
The witt tat pretended 10 be uulcr fas Of truce
an th.s,ai, DO lad to be- allow ed 70 back N',In."
Fclrum-. 1858. snd thi. waa the first feg Of truce
they hal received. Thouf.on sad be had loon olei
81 an ,hiro Ia tAe Confederate service. but peter
red some HAS ike civil appointment, 20 Do had
taken The to4iton of su 'll.qcctor General" With
The Iluk Of Lieutenant Coouol. The other evidence
liven By Conceal Grant fc,ltes 10 mn explanation
Concerning the limit Of the department Of Wath-
nGton, enoh tic General snid embraced all The de-
fences VI the ci aud marital law cttoude to all the
t,llt,r. .olth Of the raitosd thu acrose from
Auuap .. tonh to the Potomac and Chc,apcake.
D,.oIll ,,.inr- oomnssion was offered ~ evidence,
eui INC General h.ghor r4d that sinco the date
thereoI b.. lad continued to b. il command of the
Gunl,s OF tLc tited sta'cs
J,-cps u Simond, testified that he Booths
agent 10 .c "un uusnos." Booth had Inverted
tZy0 90 tn. 10 ,u',fest in B.. ACRES On Ale hany
Il yer a.. iioD w one. hrt.rth Of another Tract.
I nder the tns o., HE hto.o.t Dooh ctpcndcd
Sa.C10 none in improvements M thir properly
Afterwards raiso' n5-y from Eooth settlement
was maze With tho cher parties and the witness VS.
made trustee A. trustee, sld hy Booths request on
the 9th Of September thcreabouts, S!nonds trans
ietei tic third interest Tor 5000 WORTH, flee
sift. to Iunlus Eruur Both. The & .o0U in'cTee
Booth ordered snoude 10 take, and transferred II to
witness payment or former 70 ycos, on tho day
Booth len Tuuklin, = hch Eas the iast time snond,
,Aw him
A blind man named Jones who vs., resident Of
Richmond. testified that he heard great many con.
vcrsgtona among rebel officers there, and that the
Presidents a'se.nation taked oyora gfoat deal,
aud Nsentcd to. on ore occasion he heaIdG say
that he would give slGt0 OF HE own money, besldcs
tho Confederate amount, 70 have the President
saesinated or brought to Richmond dead or alive.
But the most in portant witness II an actor from
d 4
that he had a conversation With Booth in november
{ lat, aud urged 10 DIN m "hig -pcculation"
Chester plead poverty Booth offered to leave a .hou.
.snd dollars Tor the b ncht VI Che-ter'- family, aud
hnsy told Chester what tue speculation was
lated by the witness in the following words;
| ''IIe asked me 10 walk up Fonrth street because
! II oadvay 49, crowded he aid Fourth street ~A'
not 20 full ~ people B!oa,-ay, and he wanted 20
tell m, about that speculation, | walked up there
with him and shcn We got into az u4irelutnted
tha he in large couspaoy 70 capture the hcads
OF the GovcrnmouL including The Precedent, and
what he WISHED ne 10 60 In. lie said II vas | told
hun could not 10 H. hat II Nae IN nipogibilitv
three thousand dollar. hat he could leave them
stili SAID could not do IT, lie urged ii and talked
WIN me tor supipre, t"tnty minutes or halt An
hour, And still rriusct. lie then told tina, at
least you'd not hc',ay HIM, and suid dao not
Ilc said inst The pay we've sworn together, AMI that
II Attempted a. brtrny them, would be hunted down
cannot remember q now; bIt etill urging me, say
ing had better 60 in. told him no. ana bade him
rood night ami went home"
Booth told Chester an he would have to 10 wAs 10
open the hack door Of the theatre at signal, ard
mentioned Ioid's Theatre IN Washington, and uGeoi
the witness Assist, he would have very little 10
do Booth told Chesto- that evcryih.ng vas pIcYar.
ed and that from o. to lO0 persons were engaged in
the consphacy. BVo'h wro.c letters to Chester,
which Chester sRys he always burned mp on Sunday
mornings v hen he answered thom. one letter from
Booth contained go, and urged Chester to come on
to Wellington Chester did not &C., Anorthis Ches-
ter had another convention with Booth in New
York last February. This interview is thus related
by Chester:
when he came to New Yo-S he called on me
again and Wked ne 10 take wax with him und
did so. lie told me that Pee had been IT, ng to set
another psrV 20 ON lin named John Matthews,
ana ~hen hc tol3 h.m what he wanted him to do tho
m-h Ww FtI' hr'h Hlshi"nd Indeed and woui
NOT ion him. anI lr -uI be oui not nave calCl u
he had sacriGool hil. told him did not think Il
Nhs right tu rlt'S IA hat nhhu,' lie sa,d, No, lie
WAS cuNaGd, AMI wue not fit T. I've lie thou n.keI
ne Hiln 10 Join hu. lie tol1 me NUT 90 Co.. lie
that y would do II would n,Vu want alain long
~ hN'd-tlAt would never want Tor money. lie
saii that tle rlc.dcDt and t,m' Of the heads
So-y trc.a,a.s Gnriag Mr.. fo-rc''. easa g.
m'ntt .' .sc'e n'm not 20 ontion a." af.is q
pla..d tos ur ,o.u' ..A .lm. ! st,l .cu-gd, le
o"i 4. '.. .u.n iue .a iat profession 10 tid net
would not 20, he sa.4 Ac ho. led M mother and
ca il, Alil 10 nv uN tod nc O. mako my mind
G,sy, Inc would uouh me about IL no more thea
leitp,t him th1 mooney hr sens nae. lie sid he
Would not al.o" io GO DO 70, lrt TIM lie we very
'h,!t Of utas--o very sLult list either hims,h or
r'N' Oh sue ls'N l.-' go To kllAlu9nu To oHltAn
means 10 carr, cat Oh - d, .laas."