Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-13


trct Attorney protested against such action.
In response Judge Wylie said 'lf the court
"were to decide at this moment that General I
" Hancock was in contempt the only process
" which it would issue would be an attachment
% for the disregard of its authority. But why
Issue an attachment against the whole mill
&c tary power of the United Statesf This
" court acknowledges that the laws are silent
" and that it is without power in the premises,
" and therefore declines to make any order
" whatever"
While these proceedings were taking place,
and just after the Judge i'll another part OF his
remarks had again said he would not ISSUE an
attachment, General Hancock at quarter
before twelve. appeared in court, accompanied
by most of his staff and also by Attorney
General Speed. lie apologized to the Judge |
for not appearing at the proper time. saying |
he had been detained by imperative duties,
and then, orally and in writing acknowledge
ing the service of the writ, made return that
he did not produce the body Of Mary Il. Sur
RAFT because of the order of the President in
dorsed upon said writ, which was in the fol-
lowing wordsi
EXECUTIVE OFsIcE, July /. 1868.
"To M!jor- General W. s. Hdicoes, Co,nm%nding &c,
81, Andrew johnson, President OF the tnIted
States do hereby declare that the whit of iahcas
corpus has been heretofore suspended in such cases
us this, and hereby especially suspend TINS WITH
| and direct that yoa proceed to execute the order
heretofore given upon the Judgment Of the military
commission, and you will give this order III return
| TO this writ AsDaEw JOHNSON President"
General Hancock then left the court and
proceeded to the Arsenal. while some discus
sion on the legal points involved in the case
| Al. lot,, he,
General and Judge Wylie, who repeated that
he should take no further steps in the mat
| ter.
David Il. Herold seemed utterly devoid of
manhood from the first, and his simpcrng
frivoity in court was, at times, absolutely
shocking to any one who considered his pro-
bable fate The scenes of the last twenty
four hours of his life did not, either, develop
any manhood in him. During Yesterday af-
tcrnoon lie whincd and snpcrcd by turns,
though he broke into childish tears when his
sisters visited him early in the evening They
were with him several hours, and afterwards
called at the White House to see the Prcsi-
dent in his behalf; bu. like Miss Surratt
were refused admission to his room. This
morning two of them again called there, and
failing to see the President, they addressed a
note to Mrs johnson, and expressed u hope
that she would not turn deaf ear to thu cir
Dleadines. Mrs. johnson being quite sick
! It was deemed cxpedcnt by the ushers not tt
: deliver it, aud they then returned to tic ar
. sena.
. lIcroll slept about four hours during the
=, night. lie has said to enc Of the officers IL
! charge of him that the part he was to take il
the abduction plot was to shut off the gas IL
- the theatre ut the proper moment, and assert
=, that he refused to have anything to do will
', the final plot !; but at last consented to SC
:, that PAYNE undertook his work, and then t
Il nd Booth and Payne in their escape throug
!. Maryland lie also says Atzerodt was as
- sigued to the murder of the Fce-President
~ but that Booth was afraid he would not nc
,t conlplisn anything.
- -Four of IIcrolds sisters were with him
u COOL part of the night, and the whole famil
~ -,nother and seven daughtcrs-were Their
l., for three hours this forenoon. He was attel
~ dcd by the Rev. NJ. L. Old, of this city. an
-, IF the Episcopal Church, and received I'll
- sacrament about eleven o'clock at his hand
~, :. and expressed himself ready to die, though l
! thought John Surratt, who led him into ii
i business, more deserving death. His partin
~ friend who visited him was very tender an
d. touching
" George 4. Atzcrodt, never made to
ri much of u man. has broken entirely dow
~ since his trial clcs,l. an the guard report h
~ bearing yesterday afternoon and last cvenin
os AZ piablc in the extreme. lie consented
~. see Lutheran minister, and the Rev. Jol
:, G. Butler of this city was with him sho
:, time last evening, aud from seven o'clock tn
t. morning He moaned increasingly all nigh
al md ate no food this morning. His moth
", W. reached here this morning from Lower Mar
h. land, and was with him till just previous
~, the execution His sister reached the Arse
a; ~ al at later hour. His interview with h
"a rave almost the only rcdeemng trait Of cha
Nv ucter he has manifested He was deep
-, touched at her shame aud sorrow, ard begg
;on her to forget him He denied to the last tn
,od he ever intended killing the Tico-Presi'lcr
~ and complained that more tnic was not Civ
a. to prepare for death.
~ This seriatinl and detailed rccorl of the !;
- hours of these four criminals omit, it is belle
y, ed none of the material facts, whether
~ their word and action, or of the word and i
vs. ton of their friends and advisers. There {
ns various rumors, but it cannot be learned til
sbss there is any truth in those ofimportancc, a
.nt all others may be omitted.
, Of The morning of this day of sad but bless
,sd memory was cool and pleasant. Hundre
Tho of persons who haI vague notion that tn
r -es might either get into the Arsenal groal
,,;c without pass, or at least reach some en-
,Io Enence from which the execution could be {
.os served. passed down four-and-a-half str
na. before ten o'clock, while hundreds more
inc sieged the offs of General Hancock befo
,er nine o'clock for passes
| At Beyond those given to the necessary
ont cials, probably not over one hundred and Il
tbe were issued The pass was as follows -
,Id "lIE,pouA RrEss MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
w WAsulSiroy, D. c., July I, 1865.
ing a.Najor Genc,pl j. y. HcrirdVt, Military Core
not Xliary Prison.
eep Admit to the military prison, this day
a at ''WiNFIELp s. HANCOCK,
Maior-General of Volunteers, commanding
an On the reverse was written, 50 Between
ant A. NJ. and 2 p. NJ" and each pass was re:
nab tered and marked with the initials of the r
ratt istcrcd officer.
The military in service for the day CT
.ss;- prised four and 4 half regiments Of Gem
H. Hancock's corps, under command of Bri