Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-17

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Che, could b bonshl 6kss5 Ia tkal ,I1II,s.
ava he menlIchtd IAh 1amea 81 layerAI dlkl1
lers u Desirable siosk Il lhs nelrhbdrhood.
SkSa ~ sk.a soy ass.t = ~. y y, s'sss
s.id h could ! aiket him II Ne had seen Boolk
- eny time erer The l1lloiukuon - Nottmhar.
sna prgr = ne e,liy.i thereon Saturday more !,
any suspicion q the character o. Boon or either
Of these personA He said be had not hat that
anor breakfast Be thought there was something
ia rsns g. sssS, sasf actions n ysw q shs f.s
.sksa for IasoE and said his frisnd wanted to
shave huA<elf, and that shortly aftofwnrd he no v
,leed me per.on an.vsrlag 70 the name q
him " the man had beard, when he said lhai
he had, and that u MAS longer than my own, but
he could not deiermine whether Il Eaa nnlufai
aud ssemsd V desire q eonsssi NJ lover az, y
heard o. the murder o. the President. Ne ~,
piled that he had not think, however Ne re-
heard q The AsassslnaiiOn for the ART ,ims on
Sunday morning, or late In the evening Of Sat.
urdsy. NJ imPresaion Il that he. did not hear
q !, sahl asr .hsss gsr.sns bad isil n; hssss.
Herold inQuired Tor the most direct route 10 Nj.
| Wiimer's house, and that the prisoner gave him
the desircd Information. The prisoner also com
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eros, -sxamihsd By Mr. Rwias "a Al the
time Mudd gave you Tits Information ala you $50
Anything In hia fnanncr thai was extrAordlnaryf
A. Ne ala not seem willing 10 answer : direct
| question, and saw that unlesa nsked direct
questions all Important fAeis were omitted BY
"a. w. !. .i.rnsar =. He va. nu.A on.
q. And alarmed, A, Not Al tbs -ar.l nor see.
ond intervisw, bat q The third he was.
Art ln.srvIsv with hin. A. No, ar non nom nis.
day II might have been before or afternoon
O. Hev long amer was u that Lovett Was gone
ieI Dr. Mnddf A. Avn not certain. don't
think sent Loyett for Mudd. 49,
| Q. Il was on tho Friday aftssths ss,asslnAilOni
| A. think II was, cir, on the 3lst.
9. Al the hrsi interview dld you have any
,.ISiSR Win Rn ma sn.r ,sS.sh,i sss s' NJ, IN
facts had u taken down In writing we had
| had dozen Interviews. tf
q When was the las, Interview, A on saa.
q. Did you have more than one on Yridayi A.
| Yes, sir; he was In my presence for almost I've
honrni we were talking there from time 70 time.
O. You said the, at the la.l Interview he was
A. said 10 him thAths was coneeallng the facts,
| aud that didn't know whether he Understood
that was the s,ronEest evidence that could Be
produced Of his guili .. that time, and nigh, en-
"a When VISIT you went OF VIM Dr. Mudd,
and he took you along the route which those twu
men teoki =. On Sunday morning. ] am quite
O. lie spoke q their tsklag the dire, road 10
Pinsy Chapel A. Yes, sir; 70 Dr. wllbur's or
Piney Chapel.
fGS spsAt Sf 'r , IN ne dire. Ut, road to
they took the direction pointed out BY he Doctor
al they came 10 the wall, with this exec tloh,
tho marsh was full Of holes Ahd bad places, and
nom right tsrlsfi, sad kspi changing In that way
until they Lost the general direction. ~
u Did you aay that the Doctor said 10 you that
he had heard Of The asaassinaion Of The President
on Saturday evening or on bandAyJ A. Ny I'm
preston 1. he said, not untl saturday evening OF
q % you iSink 10 sAid saturday evening I,
q. Dia he mention how and when he heard II
A. No, sir; ! cant cay that he did bat have
an indis,inet idea that he heard u At the town,
but am not sure--overt to Bryantown.
trodussd aim q Booihi A. he said Il wslia the
Pail. think he said II was about Nosembar
| q. Did he sAy Whistler was before daybrak
whoa they came 10 hia housei A. He saldN Il
was before day break--about o'clock. ~. = !,
q Did you ash him WHISTLER they paid him
an thiug for setting broken legf A. I think
be Haid thsy paid him cas- think that statement
vas made 70 one q the men who was with me,
q. D,Sa't samuel kaad say 10 yoa ,Aa. h. had
told Dr. George Mudd thai there had been two
sa.pieloas men n his house A les, sit. -
s.issssy ssssiss a ssaso Si rs IN Sssi
q was !. on saturday evening, 4. j think IL
Interviews that Ne tOid that On Tussaayi 4. Ny
Impression is that no said he told DE-. haad on
o. 10 yon roeolleet his having said tia. hs
told Dr. huddf A. Yes; IN this connection | said
one % the strongest circumstances against you IL
that you have failed TO give the earliest informA.
ton "a this mat,sr, then Twas no said he told
q. Dld be examine the likeness Of Booth IN
your preseneel A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did be reeoehiss u a. the man he had bean
sssS so. H on Gs Ss IL .as s
q. Did be bot say he could not recognise II a.
the man whose leg was brokenf A. lie AAid
should not have known Mr.. Booth from tho pho.
tpgraph. He said Also he dldn't recognize the
man when he hrsi saw him, bat on recollection
he knew II WAS NJ. Booth, the. person 10 whom
he had been Introduced. fLIg 49,
q. Did he nod ssy that that was lihe Likeness
that he had aiready seen Of Booth, with his name
marked upon ~ A. don . rsmembsrthaL
q. Was there not intense excitement In the
no. among the soldiers they were calm enough
but among the people thsre was they were 90.
ing aud coming ali the time.
o. In state Of angry and excited feslingi "A.
was an excited stats q feeling evident.
Br the JrDaE ADyocArHi Q. Can you state At
what time Dr. Mudd professed to have reeog.
nilsd Booth a. the man he had been introduced
TOT A. During their stay at his house,
O. 30 you understood him 10 admit that he
recognized him before he lefti A. His express
sion was that he did notknow him at hrst but
on reelection he recollecled him.
bT Ma. EwiNa; y. Please state, a. near A.
you can, Mudd's exact worda, when spoken on
rejection, o. reeolleeting that u was Booth who
was II his housef A. He said, on showing him
the picture, that he should not have reeolleeted
the man from the photograph, and that he did
not remember him when he hrst saw him, bat
on reflection. he remembered he was the man 10 \
won say these are the exact words, but that IL
tho substance Of his words; As nearly As 4 can
O. There was nothing bat that upon his con.
Versation upon that pointi A. That was the |
substance Of II, and II was said over and over
Q, Didnr he say whether tli. reflection, IN |
which he would recognize the. man with the |
broken leg ~ the man 70 whom he had been In
trOdueed, was = reflection which arose after The
man had left bis housed A. He lsft the Inn |
precision clearly upon my mind that Il wa before |
the man left the houae. He gave Il A. q reason Il
why be didn't remember him At the Arst that the /
man was much worn aud debllitaied; that he
seemed 70 make an effort 10 keep the lower part /
Of his face disguised but when he eame 10 re-
neet be remembered IL was the man no had been
O. DID he speak Of the disguise as having been
thrown o. or discontinued during the inau 'sstaT
In his housed A. No; but the fight Of the day,
the shaving Of the face, the fAot that he some
times slspf, And that az others he was awake,
gave him eppoI,gpitg. % recognize the mah,