Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-18

AirefDdt cane % the house the nrst Time bctweon
while h. went into the house: have seen Alzerodt
have . belt aud knife and pistol; showed Atze-
rodt and the other man tthe shabby maG) 10 their
room, but aid not ,hsa! them .alklu together.
rOdts belt; never saw Il out Of the sheath before
and never handled H.
WILLIAM cLESDENfS,
sworn. Witness Identified bowie knife found
IN s.tSs ysn wSIStn psssG pTs1 sP
Il VAS in front Of kreis' honse, between Eighth
and Ninth, about the middle of the square. The
knife had bcen apparently thrown under the car
DETECTIVE H'rnAm,
sworn. Received information that Alrerodt
after his arrest, desired to see mei weat T. bis
cell
away his hniis boforsleaying Wa'hington saiur-
iobJscted 90 by Mr. Doster.l
Mr. Doster cited Authorities on the question,
among others the authority Of confession drawn
from the mind through hope OF fear h not 70 be
credited Do-ter said he claimed that the pris-
oner ras under influence Of fear when he maAe
that confession II he had not been under that
fear he would not have made the confession
Witness resumed. 1t was stated 10 me that
Atssredt wished 10 see me, and visited him.
There was no threat told him | could make
no promises. think he knew me as Provost
Mi q i. p4on him s Sos s sS sS wsnsS "a 3
TO show ali the circu instances Of the duress.
wituoss said the brothcr-in-lAW Of AtzerOdt
was on hts foree-his brother temporarily on the
fores They requested me % go and see him;
The prisoner, when l saw him, was manaeled
the anne As they arc now
The Court decided not TO sustain the objection
Of counsel.
above tn. Herndon House, on Ninth aud y. lie
aaid his pistol was with Matthews Co., George
town, In the possc,sion Of man named Cald-
we'll Said that he had borrowed ten dollars on
the pistol. lie forwarded Il on Saturday morn
ing, the 18th Of April. The prisoner said the
coat and pistol At the hotel belonged to Heroid.
[IleroId's eounssl objected to the queAtious
AtIerodt's counsel was asking. Laughter.
LfBur. W. n. KBIS
Testified that he saw the prisoner AtIerodt at tho
Pennsylvania House; saw Atlsrodt In the room
said to hip ''haye you heard Of tho assasAina-
ton of the Preaident;', he said ''yes; IL was an
awful thing;'' I awoke about seven In the
morning; he was gone some tmo before tho as
sassination I saw the prisoner have knifo In
tho bed with him he went ont, aud when no re-
turned said, Lieutenant, have you seen my
knlfsi'' told him yes, had it; he said 'if one
fails have tho other" did not know what
he referred 10.
Gross examined: when ] went TO the room his
bed vac opposite to mine. He said the assasslna-
lion was an awful thing when asked him u he
had heard Oft. II was week or ten days be-
fore the assassination when he said, "IflhiH fails
the other will not; that was when he asked
for his knife. The prisoner and myself bad two
made after We had taken the drinks; We had
two or three each.
Mn. BnIscOE
Testified that on the night Of tho l4th Of April
saw the prisoner on Sixth street between half
past eleven and twelve O'Clock. He got In the
cars going TO the Navy-yard. He asked me to
let him sleep In the store ! told him be could
not lie asked me three times to let him sleep
In the store He seemed much excited | have
him foF d Riult He suid he
was going back TO the Pennsylvania House. II
wa. about half past eleven or twelve O'Clock
when met him. IL was about IL o'clock when
he Ion me. He left me- at tho corner Of ] aud
Garrison street, near the Navy-yRrd. He rode
~ far ~ stroet, near my store then he got out.
lie seemed 10 be excited. Witness saw him take
the car for the city.
The scheme 90 burn Northern Cities.
REy. MN. RIDER,
Sworn. Witness visited Richmond on the lSih Of
April; remained there until the 2lst went ihto
the State Capitol aud found the archives Of the
so called Confederate states.
A letter was here handed 10 witness, who stated
that he did not recoleet whether he found It
Uae about the building. Witness hers read the
letter. Il was dated Riehmond, February II,
1858, and addrensed a. follows;
" His Erceiiencu JRRYEns0N DAVE,
President Confederate States " Anisrfea;u -
The writer of the lettor then goes on to state
the means which were proposed TO burn our
shipping and towns he states That the cone
seiwts., ,han, The~ a. IN ~. h.na. ~ ipss-
| 1as,ar NaCnIIon.h' Thsso al na ,,a.o~',,,, %
! a.nS rsr.anS Ia me sne,al,s eonSS,r~
/ rbs ,,arL can ha dons Nv sS,sny. ,hars W.
| san bnTn every vessel Ienying n Ioreign nor, ~
the United siatea We can burn every vessel
leaving New York with supplies for the army
| soutb We can deyastate the country az M,
! enemy. believe We have the Ineaps 4, demor.
! aIiEe the Northern people. hope you will have
Nan interview with Gen Harris, TO convince You
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the enefn. ~ h.nalPpns sp,oS MsrSoi a',PIh
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| The sccrc4fI Io ,n ~, nih,nsha Il.
see him Ana ""' pan" AZ N
(slgnedl tIIAu..L =, a. w. n,Dt.
| "ChieIF%iAo " W" "ai poP@'"en''
Mk !ohN POTTS
! testified that he M been IN the war department
| for % years VA 2ericeuy famiiiAr with the
| handwriting of lJt.fsoh pavh. The witness
was here shown the keper, and Identified ths
handwriting Of Jearf|1A DAVIS
| =, MAi41 lFIcE .. ..-
testified thai he was a...l linted with the hand
writing Of Jefferson Ifh, Identified ih'
sadorSemeni rs the kVxS ~
- ~ E.s.or Mecolia,ol
for t.y years He vss 81 81 RlsR,noay Ssss5y
the ,sTy,ss St re that he found