Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-07
SECOND edition,
4 O'CLOCK p. n.
THE CONSPIRACY TRIALS.
Proceedings This Morning.

In accordance with the announcement made
yesterday by Gen. Hunter, President OF the
Court, the Court does not now meet until IL
q. m.
b. AT that hour this morning the prisoners were
brought in, and the protracted reading Of yes.
terday's evidence entered upon. Perhaps few
among the spectators are aware of the amount
Of labor req uisite TO present each morning
these proceedings of the previous day with
such literal eXactness, carefully written out,
and with manifold copies prepared for the
counsel for the defense. The credit OF these
official reports is due to Mr.. Sutton and the
Messrs. Murphy, of the Senate.
The work performed by the busy fingers OF
these accomplished reporters, in photograph
ing upen paper every syllable OF the days pro-
ceeGings, is but part Of the labor to be accom-
plished. Then follows the tedious night work
of copying out the full report from the abbre-
morning Mr.. Sutton sends to the War Depart
ment the complete report OF the previous days
proceedings; and there manifold copies are
taken in time for the nse of the counsel for the
defense at the time of the opening Of the court
each day.
AT ~ o'clock, upon the close of the reading
OF yesterdays proceedings, General Hunter,
President of the Court, asked il the defense
had any witnesses in attendance.
Judge Holt said that none of the counsel for
the defense were present.
General Hunter inquired If it was under
stood by their absence that they had closed
their case.
Judge Holt said that probably the counsel
were absent from supposition that the read
ing of the proceedings would occupy longer
time.
The Court was here cleared for a short time,
and on the doors being opened, several wit
nesses were called by Mr. Doster, for defense,
but they did not appear.
MI Doster said he had used due diligence to
secure their presence, and asked that the Court
should enforce their attendance. 49,.
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE BoosE, CoLoRRD.
(RPCalleQ for the Defense
Witness IN his testimony a few days ago
spoke of having met DR.. Mudd the day after
the assassination; Witness here proceeded to
describe the point where he met DR.. Mudd, on
by-road of the Bryantown road.1 Witness
saw no horsemen up or down the road; witness
had full view Of the road tor quarter of a
mile each way. Ii there had been anybody
going along the road witness would have seen
him.
By Mr.. Bingham:-Witness did not see Dr.
Mudd when he turned up the by-road, and
cannot say if any one was with him when he
turned up the road.
TESTIMONY OF RICHARD SKINNER, CoLoRRD
Testimony for Defense.)
Witness has been the slave of the mother OF
Daniel Thomas. Has known Daniel Thomas
for thirty years Thomas had no good
reputation for truth amongst gentlemen.
Could not swear that he would not take him
on his cath. Has heard gentlemen say gen.
orally they would not believe him on oath.
Thomas was not loyal man when the war
broke out; he has since been changsable.
by INF. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ne3dQ gentlemen
say they would not believe Thomas on his
oath in Court. rnsa.
Mr.. Ewing proposed here to ASH question,
which Judge Bingham objected IDS leading
question.
MT Ewing said he was following the exam
pie CT the other side, who had been in the
practice of asking leading questions.
mr.. Ewing here stated that number OF MI MS
Wltnesses-thirteen or mOre-in the case OF Dr.
Mudd were not in attendance.
Col. Burnett said that all the subpG'nas asked
for by the counsel for defense had been
promptly issued. rr
The Court here here took recess until