Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-27

would adopt any means which to him seemed |
best for the purpose Of bringing him to jus.
tice before this court.
The overt act consists in the raid Of June
last within this county, and within the
jurisdiction Of this court, when BRECEiS.
RIDGE was present, and JETT. DAVIS con.
so.
strange AnAIr-A Probable Aoconiplice
Of Booth In New Haven-suspicious
Papers Found-IIis Strange Disap-
pearanee.
The pubic will doubtless be surprised to
learn that thore has been in this city man
who there Is good reason TO believe was con-
nectod with the plot which resulted In the
ASA assination OF tho President. On the Sun
day after the death Of the President, n man,
whose namo was Rfterward discovered to be
LemOs, stopped Rt the Central Hotel in this
city. He appeared to be nbout thirty years
Of age, was about hve.feet seven inches in
height, Of light complexion, had light, very
bushy hair, a hawk shaped nose, gray eyes
heavy scar on the right side Of his neck and
another on the face, supposed to have been
sabre cuts; was we'll dressed, and was taken
for German jew.
During the night he stole what change
there was In the money drawer and de-
oamped. In the morning, the robbery being
discovered, he was chased and overtaken at
Milford by the proprietor Of the hotel, and
the stolen money was recovered. The man
begged hard to bo released, and produced
and offered as an induceinont a gold watch,
worth $50 which was accepted, and he wRs
suffered to go Rt liberty. On being released,
ho told the hotel proprietor he had left n
carpot-bng nt the hotel, which he desired to
be sent to one Myers At Southport.
The carpet bag was given to the police,
who, on obtaining II, examined its contents
and found that It contained some very sin.
gUlar articles, which at once made further
acquaintance with tho runaway seem highly
desirable. There was found, first, n carte de
Visite Of lady, apparently about thirty.hvo
years Of age, plain looking, rather neshy
and wearing stylish dress This photo
graph was contained In an envelope, and on
the back Of the photograph was written
these words:
Meet me In Washington on the 10Th.
(signodD j. W BoOTH
On comparing this signature With those
made by Booth on the books of the New
Haven House, II was found to be genuine.
There was also found In the carpet bag a
card Of tho Ogden Hotel, n. Y, with the
name Of Jane Tipping on the back; also, n
card Of tho Morton Hotel, Liverpool, Eng
land, with the following written on the back:
" John Morton. care OF John Morley" un-
derneath 81. W. Booth" which also proves
TO be the genuine signature Of the assassin.
There was also a card Of the Albion Hotel,
n. Y, with tho name Of jean Schliesncr, h.
c., written on the back; also, II discharge Of
Samuel Tirnery from tho British ship New
Brunswick; aud last, but not least import
ant, there were two passes signed by II. s.
Parsons, General Shcridan's Adjutant Gen.
ernl, one Of which bore date December 5,
1854, and was to permit NJ. LemOs, n scout,
to pass out Of the lines and return; while the
other bore date December Q, and was to per-
init NJ. Lemos, n scout, to pass out Of the
lines with two men and led horses, to 60 to
ChArlottsburg and return.
Upon hndiDg these suspicious papers the
police started In pursuit Of the man, going
down on the New York Railroad as far Rs
Southport but failed 10 find any traces Of
him. Returning, they informed Capt. Clark,
Provost Marshal, Of the facts, and he imme-
diately went to New York and set tho dotec.
Ii, es to work. They found that the man had
hired out rs a clerk toahe proprietor Of the
Albion House, and was to come on duty on
Saturday, the day on which he came up here.
Learning nothing vlso satisfactory, Captain
VAIN INluIHtut uHh ttl nlH lDFCe NJ WNlk.
They succeeded in tracing him to Derby, and
from thence to Zoar Bridge, across the Ilousa.
tonic.
On the opposite side are four roads lead
ing OF in different directions, and no one
knew which road he took. All the roads
were thoroughly searched, all the local nu-
th0rities about that whole region were set to
work, the inhabitants were reused to Rc-
tion by the rumOr that the man was John
Surratt, for whom large reward wRsOflered;
the whole country was completely Taked over,
so to speak, but, strange 10 say, not the least
trace Of the man. after he crossed Zoar
bridge, has yet been found Oficers con
unued the search into New York, Massachu-
sets and Vermont, but without avail.
Six or seven different men were arrested,
one in Pauline, on the Harlem railroad, and
two or three were brought to this city, one
securely hAndcuiledi but none answered tho
description, and some Of them had no resom.
blance at all. After two weeks of unremit-
ting search, all hopes Of securing tho fellow
were givenup. But the sudden disappearance
Of the man is one Of the most unaccOuntable
things on record. There appears to be no
doubt among those acquainted with the
facts that the man was In some way CON
nccted with Booth in his terrible plot,
We believe that in another instance as
the evidence shows, the back Of young
lAdy's photograph was used by Booth 10
write similar message. Possibly, a COM
parison of the two may cast further light
upon tho matter. The signature, which is
pronounced to be unmistHkably genuine; the
time, the lack Of money, and the pos
session OF fine gold watch, together with
his anxiety TO get away, the strange papers,
left behind, and his still more strange dishp-
pesrance, all indicate that his capture would
have been highly desirable.
About two weeks after the man left tho
city, a soldier called at the Provost Mar
shSl's Ofice and asked for transportation
home, saying that he was scout in Sheri-
dams army. On being asked If he know
scout by the name Of Lenos, he replied that
he guessed he ought to, for he had spent two
months in prison with him in Richmond lie
then gave a correct description Of tho man
1t is thought, Judging from the other facts
that this man became Union scout in order
more readily to accomplish u treacherous
purpose.
The facts IN this strange Nfruir were known |
to us when the search FIRST commenced, but |
have been thus far withheld in the hope that |
the suspicious person might bO captured. !
The papers left by him, with a full statement !