Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-20
WASHINGTON. d. c.. SATURDAY. MAY 20. 1865:

he was bleeding profusely. almost pulseless,
and unable to articuIate The wound seemed
blunt instrument, such as the butt Of a pistol,
bludgecn, or something OF that KIND. The
Secretary of State, before that, was progress.
Ing very favorably; he was recovering from a
shock received ten days previously, and was
getting along very well; his right arm had been
broken close to the shoulder, and his jaw frac-
tured, but his most serious injury, on the first
occasion, was from the conclusion.
THOMAS PRICE testified to having found a
light eolored coat in a piece of woods between
Fort Bunker Hill ard Fort Saratoga, on Mon
lying in a grassy path or wood road. and had
upon it spots of blood. "a coat was shown
him.
REORGANIZATION Of Mr.. RosCH:-Witness was
present when Payne was searched. Recog-
nized the articles in possession of the court as
those taken from Paynes pockets
s. M. CLARK, Of the Treasury Department.
= testified:-Q. Look at those boots, and state IL
you discover any name written there. A.
had that boot Yesterday, and could discover
writing on tit has nearly disappeared from
the effect Of the acid with which brought it
out. q. What is it! A. 1t appears to be I" J.
No, sir; the J. and W. were distinct, but the
rest was obscure. When I first received it, 1t
was merely. black mark; the writing was
covered, and found it was one coat Of INK
lying over another, and took off one coat of
the ink. q. You say the 81. W." was dis
tinct: was the rest SO obscure as to leave much
positive of thing in itself obscure.
By Mr.. Doster "a. You state you had some
doubt as to the name being Booth. A 1 had
of the B being less visible than the other. ..
What process did you use! A. took Off the
upper part coat with oxalic acid. Q. How did
you separate the upper and lower coats : A.
By using water as fast as the upper coat dis.
appeared under the acid. @. How was 1t
made clear A. At the moment the outer coat
disappears the inner one begins to show. O.
70 a mn axuaS
in giving these boots to you A. No, sir q.
Who gave them te you A. Mr.. Fields, then
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury. Q. Did
he tell you who the boot was supposed to be-
long to A. Yes, sir. q. And who had worn
them a. Yes, sir-Mr. Payne. q. You had
then an impression it was your duty to dis
cover some name upon them? A. l expected
to find the name OF Payne, but followed out
the letters till discovered thu at the end.
c. Is it possible to restore that name by any
process A. By none that am aware of. @.
But you think that, take it altogether, there is
a reasonable doubt as to whether it was the
name of J. Wilkes Booth p A. entertain
swear positively to such thing.
Mr.. JORDAN, OF the Treasury Department.
corroborated Mr.. Clarke's testimony.
Mr. MARSH had also examined the boot with
wILL1AMIH. WELLS (col )re-examined:-The
proceedings Of the court were here delayed by
An order from Judge Advocate General Holt
to remove the letters from the hands Of Payne,
in order that he might put on both the coats
already spoken OF in the record. When Payne
was unfettered he rose, and there was q hush
through the court. Every eye was directed
toward him, and mingled expressions Of ad.
miration and abhorrence could be distinctly
heard-abhorrence at his real or supposed
crime, and admiration for his fine physical de-
velopment. His face, slightly flushed, and his
lips curled with an involuntary smile, re
vealed the dimples in his cheeks TO which the
colored boy had alluded to in his pre- vious tss.
timony. He first put on the coat Of O0nfede.
rate gray, and over it drew the larger cream
m q mac har hAv lAl h;..
and he put IL on, and, turning toward the
young negro, bent his dark blue eyes search
ingly upon him. Judge Holt then said to the
sir but he had white collar on and looked
quite nice, and he had one corner of that hat
over one eye, turned down like. tell you,
shook his head as he added, sOh, he knows
me we'll enough" In spite of the solemn i'm
portance of the words. the homely positiveness
himself replied by a renewal Of his old smile.
Mr. ROBINSON was re.examined andt estifled
to the identity Of Payne. =,
Captain WERMRRsKIRCH testified that he
was at Mrs. Surratt's house when Payne was
arrested. When Mrs. Surratt was asked by
Major Smith If she knew Payne. she held up
her hand and said. $50 help me God, never
saw him before, and I know nothing about
him." q. Do you recognize Payne there as the
man! A. THAT'S he, the man yonder @. And
is that lady there Mrs. Surratt! A. can't see
ham then requested that Mrs. Surratt be asked
to unveil her face, which had the very natural
effect Of attaching to 1t the gaze Of every spec
glance of the witness unmoved; and when he
replied, "Yes, sir; that's Mrs. Suratt,"
coolly and slowly replaced her veil before her
face. -.
Cross examined by Mr.. Aiken:-Q. Captain,
did you make any search of the premises while
there! A. 1 did, sir. q. What did you fipdl
bullet n t moids, and 1 some s percUsson caps Rape
In which room did you find the percussion
caps! A. In Mrs. Surratts room, on the lower
floor; and also found there the bullet-mold.
q. Were the caps lying loose about the room!
A. They " ere in one OF the bureau drawers,
and the buliet.mold was on top of the ward.
robe. q. Was this room on the first floor! A.
1t was on the first foor-the back parlor. q.
What were the photographs You found therel
A. There was number found there 1 don't
know whose nkenesses they were. q. Did yeu
find any OF Davis or Stephens there, or any Of
the rebel leaders! A. Yes, but not exactly
photographs; they were lithographs-cartes de
visite-in the same style as Photographs. q.
What remark did you make to Mrs. Surratt
when you were ready to take her from the
house! A.. The remark was made by Major
Smith, not me. He had sent for a cab, and
she requested him to wait while she knelt and
prayed little. She knelt down, but whether
she prayed or not can't say. q. How was
essed in dark Trs coat "a and % PANTS that Seemed
to be black, he aad a Close fitting head. dress.
apparently q shirt sleeve or the lower part OF
pdlT Oh uTdWcIS, ClOscly Attius ulS
head and hanging down on the side six or
seven inches. q. Is that the article! A. 1t
looks very much like it, He was full of mud
to his knees. @. Do you think you could rec
ognize the coat he had on If you should see 1t
nowl A. Yes. q. Do you recognize it now
is that the coat! A. think 1t was longer and
darker. Payne's hat was then placed npon
his head and his overcoat removed, and the
witness said "Thats the coat and that's the
way he had the head d.dress on. Q. Are you
sure you recognize the man? A. Yes, that's
the man. .H .s..- .F ~ ~ 80 =
Lieut. JOHN w. DEMPSEY testifed.-Q. Did
you ever see this picture before! The picture
was colored miniature representation OF three
female figures, generally styled, sspring, sum
mer and autumn" A. saw that picture In the
house Of Mre. Surratt, in the back parlor e.
Did you examine tit A. did. z. What did
You find underneath, between the picture and
the back! A. A likeness OF J. Wilkes Booth
q side-face view. q. Is thatit9 A. That's the
same face; but the picture found here was a
side view. -rs4.-, 80.
GObjected to- objection not sustained
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