The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-16

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By Mr.. Johnson-Do you recolleet
whether it was raining at the ime-3
O'Clock.
A do not think it was at that particu-
lar time 1t was a cloudy, murky day (;
cannot say whether ii WAS raining or not
l do not remdmber.
The reading OF the record was resumed,
and being finished BY halt past one the
court took recess
After the recess, Mr.. John NJ. Lloyd was
recalled and asked if he could identify the
csrbines showed him as they ones referred
to in his previous testimony
A. The cns with the cover on it, l do not
i don't think the cover looks the same;
it WAS kind of grey cloth. The other
looks like one l saw; recognize the fix
ture for breach loading, which attracted
my attention and was examined. II the
court will allow, wish to make q state
ment. When 1 was examined bstore l
said it was Monday when met Mrs sur
rat Al Uniontown. l WAS confused by be-
| ing summoUe ed TO court on two Mondays
The first Monday I did not go; met Mrs.
Surrstt at UniOntown the next day went
1 II
| day after the second Monday 1 was sum-
moned. testified in the last examination
| that was not certain whether 1 carried
the bundle given me by Mrs. Surrstt, up
stairs, or not. l cannot now recollect dis
tinctiy, bat think, likely, laid it in the
dining room
BY Judge Holt-You are sure it wssthe
same bundle you examined before2
A. Yes sir, am sure it was.
By Mr.. Aiken-Did 1 understand yon
YOU YOU bad this conversation with Mrs. s.?
A. was somewhat in liquor as told
you on Saturday, think.
Q. And on that account you are in fault
in your testimony and wish to make ex-
ph nations
A. was not positive whether carried
the bundle up stairs or not. The question
Was unexpected. Had l expected the
question might have recollectsd better.
By Judge Hoit-DO you reside in Wash
ington?
a. do; at 24O G street.
Q. Do you keep rooms for rent2
A. do.
Q Will you look at the prisoners at the
bar and state whether, in the month of
February last, you saw any of them, and
if so, which?
A. Two of these gentlemen had rooms
at l,,y house; Arnold and OLsughlin.
Q What time in February did they take
rooms?
A. as near as can recollect, on the
10th. l cannot state positively the date.
Q Did you know j. Wilkes Booth in
his lifetime
A. knew him by his coming to see
gentlemen who had rooms.
O. Did he not come often to see them
0Laughlin and Arnold
A. Yes, frequently.
Q. Would he remain any great length
of timer
a. AS q general thing he would go into
the room and 1 could see nothing further
Of him.
Q. Did these persons leave the city and |
return several times
A. They left on Saturday to 60 to their
homes in Baltimore, as I understood.
Q. Do you know whether Booth accom- !
panied them?
A l think not.
O. Were these interviews alone, or was |
Booth accompanied by others
A. never saw any one with him.
Q. Tney told you his name was ].
Wilkes Booth, did tney2
A. Yes; Arnold did. l enqEired who |
he was, and he said j. Wilkes Booth.
Q. Did he call for them frequently and |
not lind them in
A. Yes, sometimes
Q. Did he manifest anxiety to see them !
on these times2
A. Frequently when they we're away he
would call three or four times. Before they
returned he would seem very anxious to
ses them.
Q. Would he leave messages for them !
before ne-caieo -sgaIn 70 say they would |
lind hiu at the stable. Sometimes he
would go into the room and write 8 note.
O. Look at the photograph now shown
YOU and say if you recognizs it as the msn
YOU call Booth
A. recognize it as Booth, but it's very
q Do YOU remember the last time Booth
PLAYED in this city, about the 18th or 10th
of March?
A. Yes.
O. Did these prisoners present you with
complimentary tickets for the play that
night2 ..,;-
a
and OLsughlin gave me ticket.
O Did there seem to be q difference IN
the intimacy of his associations with these
two men-lf SO, with which wss he most
intimate2
A. l cannot say; oRsome days he would
in0uire for one and sometimes for another,
though 1 think he more frequently il quired
for y L4ughlin.
Q. Did you ever see any arms IN their
room2
A. saw pistol once, and but once.
Q. Do you remember at any time seeing
q man Gala very rough looking person
"a lRboring man or mechanic!
A. Not d lsbOring man-there was
man who nsed 10 come sometimes.
think he passed one night with them, from
the fact of his ceming cut early in the
morning.
O Do you know his namef
A No 1 would know him if saw him.
He wss what you would call respectable
locking mechanic, not what you would call
a gentleman.
o Could you describe him at sll
A. Not very infinitely. His hair looked
as ifit mad been exposed TO the weather.
O Do YOU recognize him smong the
prisoners at the bar
a No.
O. Did these friends seem 10 have any
business with Booth, and of what chsrsc.
taI2
A. They said they were in the oil busi
ness.
FROa NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May Is.
The Commercials special says: Th
brewery seizures at Dubuque, lows, 10
eyasions of the revenue tax on whisky, ar
more extensive than were at fret reported
The firm of Sturgss q Sons had advance
S350,0oO on the whisky OF a slnglA estaf
Iishment st BloOmborg
f Delegations from New ! OK and bosto