Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-21

of Hezekiah Nets, that on Sunday following
the assassination Atzeredt said at his house,
was 70 have followed him, he would haveb been
killed"
had snbmitted the testimony Of Somerset Lea
when asked il Gen.Grant was killed, "No, I
would have been killed probably by man that
rot on the same tt ain Of cars that he did, and
that he never used the language imputed to
him by Mr. Nets, that he was confused, but
the daughter Of Mr.. Nets, to whom he was
paying his addresses, was throwing him the
cold shoulder that day" OF lanes Leansn
zsrodt hired dark bay mare at his stable at
2X O'Clock on the afternoon OF the 18th, wrote
his nj anne in large hand and willingly gave
Re ferences, said he lived IN Port Tobacco, was
q coach maker by trade; OF Samuel Smith, that
the mare was returned about II o'clock on the
evening of the f4th; of sam uel M Allister, that
| Atzerodt rode up to the Kimmell House about
| 10 and called the black boy 70 hold his mare,
that the knife found near the Herndon and the
| revolver pawned at Coldwells had been IN
| fy the coat or contents found at the Kirkwood;
| Of Provost Marshal McPhail, going to show
| that the coat belonged to Heroid; Of Mrs. Nay
| lor, that the handkerchief picked up in AtZe-
rodt's room was marked with the name
! OF Herold's sister; Of Hartman Rickter,
that the prisoner came his house In
| NJ ntgomery county and made no effort to
| escape; of Somerset Leamap, that he is OF re.
| spectacle family; of Samuel McAllister, that
| he was generally considered coward OF
Washington Briscoe, Lewis &. Hawkins, and
Henry Brawner, that r. Is a noted coward; OF
| Governor Farwell, tho. he saw no one lying
| in wait about Vice President Johnson's room,
| at the Kirkwood, imme diateIy after the assas-
| sination, nor did he any one attempt to en-
| ter for half an hour; Of w. G: Browning, Pri.
vate Secretary, that the Vice President was in
even ing; of NJ. Pope, that on the 18th the
prisoner was at his stable endeavorng to sell
horse that he went off with John Barr of
| the latter, that the prisoner . at Pope's; of
| Henry Brawner and Lewis o. Hawkins, that
| on the Sd of March he was in Port Tobacco; Of
| Judge Olin and Henry Burden, that they
The prisoner submits that the testimony ad-
! duced by the prosec ution fails utterly to sup
port the specification, but corroborates the
| prisoners own statement in every particular
! The specification charges him with "lying in
wait for Andrew Johnson" &c, and on this
| point the evidence is circumstantial. Colonel
Nevins says Atzerodt inquired for the Pres.
| ident on the afternoon OF April II, between
and S, and Acknowledges that he saw him only
| prisoner came to his stable some day in April
to sell a horse. and this day is fixed by John
| Barr as the 18th Of April, because he made an
! entry in his book at the time. Colonel Nevins
| testimony must, therefore, fall to the ground,
| and while it is concluded that some one at the
| Kirkwood had asked Colonel Ne ,ins this COM
mon question, 1t is certain that AtZerodt is not
| the man.
| The second point brought in support of the
specification is by Marcus ,s p Norton, whose
| In company with Booth on the evening of
| March 3, he thinks, and heard it said, If the
| matte succeeds as well with johnson as it did
| with old Buchanan, the party would be Sold"
| also, the words, ssThe character of the wit
| nesses would be such that nothing could be
9 deIbeTs t faIsehood, as he proved that
| he was not in Washington on the I'd and
Sd of March, by Henry Brawner, OF Port
| Tobacco, and Lewis p. Harklns, who tes-
|
home. This would be sufficient to disprove
| Norton's statements, but there is other evil
| dence that he was deliberately making testi.
| mony, for he says on The same day he saw DR..
| Mudd. who was asking for Booth. DIR. Mudd
| has shown that he was not at the Kirkwood or
NOUS fabricator of testimony chose the Sd of
| March to give his story probability, and he
| appears, before he wove this fine perjury, to
| have omit ed reading the testimony Of Con-
over, who says the name OF Andrew Johnson
| was not joined in the plot until after the inau-
| guration, and that at that time the name OF Mr..
| Hamlin was on the list, and so perpetrated
| egregious blunder. How singular that he
| should remember exact words for three
| months, and faces when he is so short-sighted
| AS might be inferred, he is notable false wit.
| ness. He takes patent cases, and If he cannot
win by argument he takes the witness box and
| wealthy citizen OF Troy, and Judge .. b.
Olin testify that they would not believe him
on oath. From internal evidence Of his tes-
| timony, Its falsity in the matter OF Dr. Mudd,
| its proven falsity in the time Of Atzerodt's
| 'isit to the Kirkwood. and his known reputa-
| doubt that his testimony is the Offs spring of a
! desire to dlstingujs himself on the witness
| stand, and that Htser odt never met Booth at
| the National on the Sd of March, or had the
| alleged conversation with him.
| The third strong point of the prosecution Is
that AtZerodt left room l26 at the Kirk wood,
| taxing the Key with him, and in his room was
| found coat containing q bowie knife, pistol,
| handkerchief marked 81. Wilkes Booth :" to.
| gether with notes on the Ontario Bank in the
L nd mo n oh1,
once belonged to Booth. The coat and contents
| were disposed Of by the prosecution. McPhail
| swears Atzerodt told him that the coat and
arms belonged to Herold; the clerk tina, some
| calico to see Atzerodt in the afternoon. It was
! Herold, and he left his coat In the room: the
| handkerchief is marked with the name of
mary T.. Naylor,'' sister Of HeroId; another
| is marked 'H' for Heroid But why did At.
I zerodt suffer his coat and arms to be in his
| room Because he was in plot to capture
| the President. In so far he was the colleague
OF Herold and Booth-no farther Because for
| this purpose ito capture the President), to be
| used in defence, he carried the knife and pis.
tol, which Nc Allister used TO keep for him
| the same knife he threw away, and the same
| pistol be pawned, and therefore he suffered
HerOld to leave his 6rmor for the same raa con
| he carried his own.
But why did AtZerodt 60 away with the kew
| and never come back! Because he did not
want to be arrested: because he was not guilty.
OF aiding in the assassination OF Mr.. Lincoln:
because he was in the plot so far as to capture
the President, and when he was ordered to kill
Lue ice fIeSiueNL anu I6IuSeQ ne was unable
| to resolve either to inform the authorities for
fear OF Booth, or to do the deed Tor fear OF being
hung, and SO he just abapd oned the room he
abandoned everything connected with the con.
spiracy. Had he been able TO resolve to carry
out his allotted duty he would naturally have
taken the coat of Heroid aud put it on, and
used the arms. Had he been able to resolve to
fly at once he would have removed all traces
Of his participation. One reason for leaving
without paying was because he had no money,
and the reason for leaving the coat was because
they did not belong to him But the man
reason was that he was between two fires,
which brought out his native irresolution. and
SO he cut the gordian knot by running away
We shall see that he left the Kimmell House
the next morning without paying his bill. 1t
was for the same reason, he had no money nm
Ill after he had pawned his pistol In George.
town. --ds tsss-' ~ = =.
The fourth point OF the prosecution is that
AtZerodt lodged IN the same house with the
Vice President, the relative situation of the
W. q to