Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-25

Surratt for loyalty; witness Is not her psstsr;
has met her n times; does not femember that
loyal sentiment does not remember that he has
heard her character for loyalty talked about
until this affair happened.
acquainted with Mrs. Surratt or years and
has met her three or four times since. Witness
alway heard her we'll spoken OF, as an eetima-
BILE lady, never heard her utter disloYai SEN
ByJuoge Advocate General Hoit:-wrtness
never heard much of her sentiments; does nos
know that he has heard Der use Loyal sena.
Rev. O. H. SroNRs-aEET sworn Witness
became acquainted with Mrs. Surratt ABOUT
twenty years since. but since then the acS ua'at-
ways looked upon her as proper CHRISTIAN
lady, and never had heard her utter disloyai
MT. Aiken asked If she had always been geS-
erous and kind to the poor.
Judge Advocate Bin CHAM objected, and the
question was withdrawn.
BY Judge Advocate General Holt Witness
has not seen her since the rebellion broke out.
Rev. Fathers Young, Walter, and Lanahan
were called Is Witnesses, but did not answer
MRS. JOHN HoLLoHAN sworn:-witness
boarded with Mrs. Surratt Witness went
10th of April. Witness saw Payne a. Mrs.
Surratts when be called himself Wood. He
came there in February and then again In
Surratt said he was Baptist minister. Wit.
ness said he looked like queer minis
ter. Payne, in the prisoners dock, here
erinned.l Payne remained there Que night.
Witness saw Payne there again in March after
the 9TH OF March Witness saw the prisoner,
Atzerodt, at the house once or twice, where
they called him Port Tobacco. Witness heard
Mrs. Surratt say that she would not board At
zerodt; that she would rather he would not
come there at all. Mrs. Surrau was very
kind lady.
Mr Aiken asked if she ever heard Mrs. Sur
raft have any conversation in relation to tho
conspiracy:
Mr.. Aiken asked II she was acquainted With
J. Wilkes Booth. Witness answered in the
affirm alive, stating she saw Booth at the house
three or four times, when he asked for John
Surratt. Witness never saw Mrs. Surratt read
or sew by candle light. Witness went to church
| frequently with Mrs. Sulratt. The last time
she saw her son John II Surratt was in NJ arch.
IDuripg the examination of the witnesses in
| behalf Of Mrs. Surratt she kept her face
shrouded from sight
ness first commenced to board at Mrs. Sur
rats on the 9th OF October last, and remained
until she was arrested Payne was at the
house twice, the IL time in March. Wit
ness does not know no W long Payne remained.
Witness knew AtZerodt, having seen him in
! the house where he stopped only short time.
Witness did not know the circumstances
| which caused Atzerodt to leave, but knows
| that he had a bottle in the house. Witness
did not see in the house an likeness Of Union
| Generals except that Of Mcclellan. Witness
knew that Mrs Surratt could not read or Sc W by
| gasIight Weichmau was treated more like q
son In the house. The last time witness saw
Booth at the house was the Monday before the
| ASSASSINATION. Witness sa W John Surratt ca
/ the night he left town, about two weeks before
| the assassination. Witness bought likeness
of Booth and took it TO the house and Miss
| Anna bought one. Witness remembers that
| once HRS. SuIratt pas sed Mrs. Kirby on the
| street and did not recognize her. This evil
dence was apparently to show that Mrs. Sur
raft is defective in sight.-REP.1
By MIR. HoIt-Witness was always recog-
nized by Mrs. Surratt in the parlor by gas
light -zs
GEORGE CALVERT sworn Witness lives in
Bladensburg, and is acquainted with Mrs.
Surratt. Witness father had transacted bust
ness for Mrs. Surratt, and witness addressed
letters to Mre. Surratt on the 18th Of April.
Did not meet Mrs. Surratt q few days after the
occurrence. So.
| Mr. Aiken stated that ne had understood
that the letter W as In the hands Of the Govern
ment, but not being at hand the examination
of this witness was suspended.
Mr.. dwINN.-Witness lives near Surratts-
VILE, and has been acquainted with Mrs. Sur
raft about eight years On the day Of the assas-
sination met her at Surrattsvile as she was
about leaving Witness had transacted bust
ness for Mrs. Surratt In relation to some lands,
and as she left she handed HIM letter tor MI.
Noble. Witness had seen John M. Lloyd that
day IN marlboro. Lloyd had been drinking
right smart .s