The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20


daylight; be said they came on horseback;
Mrs Mudd said they left ON foot: believe
that DR.. Mudd said the injured man went
off Oh crutches made by one Of his men.
Cross examination OF witnesses resum-
ed.-Dr. Mudd stated that the two men
Knocked at the door aud he looked out ut
the window aud asked who they were.-
They replied that they were friends and
wanted 10 get in; aud Or. Mudd came
down stairs. With the assistance OF the
young inan he helped the injured man
from Lis horse and took him to his parlOr
and placed him on the sofa. He described
tue strangers: One had whiskers, but he
could not tell whether they we're natural
He told the direction they took and we
found their tracks. 1 was one Of the party
that went to Milman's house late in the
evening of Wednesday.
The court here took u recess.
After the assembling of the Court, Simon
Cartoon testified as to interviews with DR..
MtlAd on the 18th and 2lst; he was one of
the party who went in search Of Booth,
aud subsequently to arrest Mudd. The
testimony was similar to that of others al
ready given-Lieut. Lovett who wax in
charge of the party. Mrs. -, sister
in-law Of John Lloyd. testified that she
was ut Lloyd's house on the llth, aud
while riding in q carriage with him, saw
Mrs. Surratt somewhere near Uniontown;
Lloyd and Mrs. Surratt talked to them.
Went away in April to Farquahr county.
OF April saw y wagon on the wharf. There
were three ut us. We rode down on the
whnrf, and before We reached the wagon
we saw q man get out Of it and come to-
ward Us. He put his hand IN his bosom.
lie came to where W. were and said what
command do you belong TOT Rugglcs said
nobody's om inand. Then he said where
"a Sc
where we are going. lie said he belonged
tn A. p. HILLS Corps-his brother was
wounded below Northumberland asked If
we would not take him down to the lines.
Harold then asked us to drink-we de-
cliEed. ! went snd tied the horses. Har.
rold came towards me and said, I suppose
you are raising . command to 20 South,
60 with no man | did not know anything
about. and he then remarked tive re.the
assassinators Of the President" 1 was so
shocked made no reply. Lieut.. Ruggles
was near by watering bis horse. I called
him aud he came there Booth came up
and Harold introduced him, after intro
ducing himself
Rugrles' horse. Booth said he wanted to
pass under the name Of Bird. We went to
= iady's house and asked il she could take
in wounded soldier. She ut first con-
seuted and then eai1 she would not. We
then went up to Mr.. CARROTS, where we
LETT Booth. Harold and all OF US went on
to within few miles of Bowling Green.
CARROTS, and that was the last I saw of
him till after he was captured.
WAsHINGToN, May ia. Reeve, tele.
egraph operator residing in Brook iyn,
Long Island, identified dispatch handed
him at the st. Nicholas Hotel, and sent to
Lewis j. Wickmap on the 23d of March
II simply reads: Tell John to telegraph
number and street NJ once.
Lewis Wickman was recalled aud iesti-
fiid that he delivered the message
to JOhn Surratt, who in response to Wick
mans question what it was about, said,
don't be- so damned inquisit,ve. Wickman
boarded ut Mrs. Surratt's house in WASH
ington after the 5th OF March. Could not
Il x the time he saw Booth. John Surratt,
Payne and Aircraft with several others
who had all been riding out returned very
much excited. He noticed that some Of
them we're armed. Surratt said his pros.
poets were blighted and he was in an en-.
tirely ill-humor. Tho witness also testi.
fled that on the morning after the assassin.
alton he thought i, his duty to surrender
himself to the government, and forthwith
assisted in the discovery and arrest Of the
guilty parties.
He mentioned q woman's coming to
Mrs. Surratt's whom the latter said was
Mrs. Slater, . French woman and block.
AIDE runner, and was not afraid of conss.
QueRces because she could invoke the pro.
lection OF the French Minister or Consul.
The Court here took u recess.
On cross examination questions were
asked witness rs to . man named st. Ma.
RE in 1853, with the apparent object Of
showing that the witness was aware OF st.
Marie's intentton OF getting South, and If
there was 90 other means, by enlisting in
Federal regiment and deserving; aud
that the witness WAS . sympath;zer. with
the rebels, and assisted this man to yet
South.
Tie Prosecution objected to the testimo.
ny 10 immaterial, but allowed few ques.
lions to which witness answered, that st.
Marie enlisted in Delaware regiment, was
captured and lodged in Castle Thunder
Witness denied having while clerk In the
War Department, agreed to communicate
to-; to any q. the e~d Bar any
Being asked about his acquaintance with
man named Augustus Howell; he said
he had seen him but mad never had CONVEX
sati0n with him. On the contrary, he had
said to Capt. Gleason of the War Depart
ment, there is Q blockade runner at our
house. Shall I give him up7 I agitated
the question three days, but l thought 1t
AA8AS OuAy . SuO4S Stul0 lO IuIKut UE9
there, so let him go. l told him would
like to go South, that had been . student
sf Divinity and would like to Ike in Rich
mond for the purpose of continuing my
studies. When in the War Department
they taught him cypher, which they said
however, was for no particular purpose.
No arrangements were made for cores
ponding with Richmond. The cypher was
no doubt found in my (tho witnsss') box.
I once wrote poem Of Longfellow's in the
CIPHER, and that h tho only use I ever
made OF it.
Harold was acquainted with Mrs. Sur
! RAFT. Harrcld uever told me it was the
cypher used in Richmond. In answer to
| other questions the witness said he would
have been the last man in the world to
have suspected John Surratt, his school
companion, OF the murder Of the President,
My suspicious wore aroused by frequent
private conversations, by seeing Payne
and 6urratt with bowie knives, and b
6ndiug In my room . false lnoustacho.
Ny suspicions were not Of defiaits char
l ansee. 49,.
lmsds = eeoadsat Of capt. Gleason; toa1
..aAS.