The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-26

has been .srs from Richmond ana tsssned before th
court IN session that he has letter from
rsor, As assas,inato~ n Prs1sxs Lmcan and Ns sohoi
CO." IT. General Grant, being In the court ROOM ros,
desired to vouch for tho good character and cred
o' ~ Of the Witness
a. Probable Aeeempi.ss q Booth 4. ssw
. From the New Haven Conn Journal, May ISL
The public viii doubtless be surprised to lcaro thai
there has been in this city man who, there is good
! reason TO believe connected with the plot which
resulted In the assassination Of the President On the
Sunday after the death Of the President man. whose
name was afterwards discovered 70 be Lsmos stopped al
the Central hotel In this city, he appeared to be about
thry years q age was shout eve FEET seven inches Ia
right sds Of bis neck and another % the face, supposed
| for German Jew. During the night be stole what
money there was In the meney drawer and decamped.
and Milford By Inc Droursor Of he
hotel, and the stolen money was recovered The man
begged bard 70 DO and produced and offered
accepted, and no was suffered to 20 at liberty On
being released he told the hotel proprietor be had left
carpet bag the hotel which DO desired 70 be seut 70
one Myers At Southport The carpet bag was given 70
the police, who, on obtaining II, examined lie contents
and found that contained some very singular articles
which at once made further acquaintance with the
way seem highly desirable. There was found nrst q
carte de visise Of lady, apparently about thiry6ve
stylish dress This photograph was contained IN an
envelope and the back Of the photograph writ
zen tnese w0rds:-
Meet me in Washington on the 10th.
On comparing this signature With those made by Booth
the books at the New haven House was found be
genuine. t
There also found In the carpet bag card Of the
Ogden Hotel New York, with the of Jane Tipping
England with the following written on the back -"John
Morton, care Of John herley;' underneath ~ W.
Boob which also proves to be the genuine signature
HOTEL New York, with the of Jean Schliesner,
D. c., written on the back; also a discharge Of Samuel
Trnery from the British ship New Brunswick and last
but not least important there passes signed
H Parsons, General Sherdans adjutant general, one
Of which bore December g. 1884 and was 10 permit
Lemos, scout TO pass out Of the lines and
while the other bore date December and was TO permit
Lemos, Scout TO pass out Of the lines with two men
and led horses, TO 60 to Char0ttesburg and return.
Upon finding these suspicious papers, the police
started IN pursuit Of the man. going down on the New
any Of him Returning, they informed Captain
Clark Provost Marshal of the facts and he Immediately
went 70 New York and set the detectives work They
found that the man had hired out clerk to the
prieOr OF the Albion House, and was to duty
Saturday, the day which he up here LEARNING
nothing elsa satisfactory Captain Clark returned and set
his force work They succeeded in tracing him to
Derby and from thence to Zoar BRIDGE the Housa
tonic On the opposite SIDE are four roads, leading
of In different directions, and knew which road
he took All the roads were thoroughly searched all
the local authorities about that whole region were
Set to work, the inhabitants were reused to action,
by the rum0r that the John Surratt, for
whom o large reward was offered; the whole country
sav U 20
BRIDGE has yet been found Officers continued the search
into New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont but without
avail Six or seven different men arrested one In
Pauline, tho Harlem Railroad and two three
brought to this city, securely handcued; but none
answered the description and some of them had
sembance at ALL Alter two weeks Of unremitting search
all hopes OF securing the fellow given up But tho
sudden dsappearance of the man is one OF the most un
accountable things record There appears DO no
doubt among those acquainted with the facts that the
man was in some way connected with Booth in his terri
Bile plot.
We believe that in another instance as the EVIL
dence shows, the back OF young ladys photograph
sibly comparison Of the two may cast further light
upon the matter The signature, which is pronounced
to be Enthusiastically genuine; the tme the lack OF
money and the possession Of nc gold watch together
with his anxiety to get away the strange papers left be-
hind and his still more strange disappearance all ind
cate that his capture would have been highly desirable
About two weeks after the man LEFT this city soldier
called at the Provost Marshals office and asked for
portation home saying that he scout in Sheridans
army On being asked IL he knew scout by tho name
Of Lemos he replied that he guessed he ought he
had spent two months In prison with him in Richmond
thought judging from the other fact that this be-
came Union scout in order the readily 10
plsh treacherOus purpose.
Tho facts in this strange affair wore known to us when
ffara op enc @ but ayS s nssn thus ar with
tured The papers left by him, with full statement OF
the case, will now be sent to Washington
The Turf.
HOBoKEN RAcEs-sPRiNG MEETiN0-LAsT DAY.
Yesterday was the closing day Of the races at the
Hoboken Course New jersey and like the two previous
days. the attendance was very large and respectable
The racing good and the time made excellent the
track being in the most splendid condition. The Hudson
County Agricultural Society have nothing complain Of
they have been most literally patrouzed, the meeting
proving most brilliant Three have been
each day. those yesterday being mile aud quar-
dash, two aud quarter mile DASH and mile heat
race and walk over. The three mile heat race an
nounced to come of between Mr. watson's ch h. Aide
baran and Mr. Bush's CHI h. Fleetwing, did not take
pace-the latter having fallen lame after his With
Captain Moore the previous day This was the only dis
appointment that occurred during the meeting, aud
was unavoidable the managers not TO blame. For
the first yesterday there were seven entries, Of
which number only four came the post when called
for the others being allowed TO Withdraw by permission
OF the judges. The races came OF as follows:-
FiRsT RACE Consolidation premium OF $3.50, for all
nges and quarter mile dash horses beaten at
this meeting allowed 10 lbs.
f. Morris entered b. c. Lord Monmouth, by Slasher
dam by imported langiord. ......................
p Z. Bush entered ch. c. Lexicon, by lexington dam
by imported Glencoe. Observation-Disclosures.
Bowie x Hall entered br. r. vcve, by knight OF ST.
George, dam by Glencoe. .......................
E. snediker entered b. c. secaucus, by vanda out of
Maid of Monmouth. ......................... 4
d. McCoun entered blk. c. Black Knight by imported
p C. Bush entered ch. Luicme, by Lexington, dam
Sneaker entered Lady Dan Bryant, by Lex
ngton, dam Fanny Fern, by Margrave. DR..
Time, 2:l5k
The ned was the favorte against Lexicon at one hun
dred to seventy The horses bad pretty start at
the tbrce-quarter pole aud came rafting up the home
stretch passing the stand In twenty seconds Lord
Monmouth leading by two lengths Black Knight second.
one length ahead OF Lexicon, who was half length
ahead of Velvet and Secaucus who were head and
They went around the turn and down the backsirech
without changing their positions except that Lord Mon
mouth opened the gap between him and Black knight 10
four lengths On The lower the black fell back and
and gave his place TO Lexicon the others remaining as
they Lord Monmouth continued to increase the dis
lance between himself aud Lexicon and landed at the
stand a winner Of the by half a dozen lengths,
making the mile 10 49,, and the heat in 2: ISM
SECOND RACE Premium 500, for all ages three mile
heats
Jas 8. Watson entered CHI h. Aldcbaran, by Com
modorc, dam Minnie Lewis, by imp. Glencoe. W. o.
r G. Bush entered CHI b. Fleetwng by Barowne,
dam by Glencoe. DIR.
THIRD RACE Handicap, premium Of $500, two and
quarter mile DASH free for all horses hat started the
nrst or second day OF the mcetng entrance free Starters
10 name at the post.
y. Morris named & 6. Throgsneck 100 lbs. I