New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-18

n command under that commission. OF TIE armies VI
~ Hated Statesf A. i have.
IThe Judge Advocate offered In evidence, without OBJ
H,stionL the commission OF Leut..Ge Grant, dated
Sarch T. 1854 accompanied by General Orders No. rs
March which are appended to the record. marked Ex'
Nbit No. g.
CONSTRAINED BIZ NIB. AIKES.
O Are you that the civil courts are In opera
uon In this city--sl Of themi A. Yes. sir.
O. How far toward Baltimore does tho department
n Washington extendt A. could not say exactly 70
chat point; any troops that belong 20 Gen. AuguTs
Sonmand however that ne sends out any point wouu
necessarily remain under his commando he COMMANDS
he Department OF Washington. .
Is any portion Of the State Of Maryland In the De
eartment Of Was hnton A. Oh yes, sir iaartai nsw
tbeeve extends to all theterrtory south OF tae 70
road that runs across from Annapolis raining sou W
De Potomac and the Chesapeake.
CrosssIaminsd By Mr.. EciYs-Q: BY virtue OF "h"t
nder does martial law extend south OF AnhaP,ns,
aver saw the order; 1t is just SIMPLY al
O. 1t is Just an understandings A. Yes Sir just all
understanding that it does exist ", dir
o. You have never seen any Orderf a. W, sii A
Q. And Go not know that such an order eAls'"' a.
70, sir. have never seen the order.
JOSEPH Il. sIMoNDs,
witness called for the prosecution, peDg ou! S"o"'
By ,ts Jsdse A irocate-Q Were you acquainted Win
:. Wilkes Booth, in his lifetime was; .o van
O. What relation did You sustain 10 MN "eAo !0~
,s.cent, A. was his business agent, really, go
o In what region of coantry end in eonnet ton WIN
What business A. was principally in The Oh region
n 4
Sut very little which entirely closed up oeore '
What was the character Of his there in the
oil fegionr A. He owned THIRD Undivided interest d.
irst in lease Of three land half acres Oh The Allegheny
River, near Frankln. -.
8. For Which he paid low muchi A. II was tougat
ty means Of cotrofng pay of the CID debts OF tsI
lease and carry the work; sferward tho land IN
Nerest was boul he furnishing one-haI OF the pui
chase money Of land interest and owning one undi
yided third as before stated.
~ Eow much aid he pay' A. Tue land interest
sost 81 900; he paid s., 0C0-One-half Of it.
Q. Did be make any other Investments On waich lie
peid money! A. Yes, sir
o. What was the total amount Of themi A. He pur-
ehssed for 900 interest in an association ttere
owning undivided thirtieth OF tract
O. What other purchases did he mskef a. that rs
Al that be ever absolutely puychased there was money
spent carrying the expenses OF this lease p 'ioas
toni purchase OF IL land interests OF the time Of thf
purchase of the land interest, the work was stopped
and there were no more expenses. 49,
O. These interests Of which YOU speak were AL ina'
% possessed in the oil Ieg.onsi a Yes sif' al tD''
Ae ever possessed in Nensngo, 10 my knowledge. -
Q. Did lie realize any thing LsoM themf Il. No'
dollar.
o. When did this occuri in what year 4. The
arst interest acquired an! way was either
Der 1863 OF January, lsot cannot say as 10 the date
was only from his report to me that knew ~ III my
arst know ledge Of It Mas in May, le64 accompanied
him 70 the oil egions i'll June lo6i for the purpose oil
Istng charge q his bus ness there.
".
men. that Booth madet What do you consider the
Soia amount A. The whole amount invested 81 lam
b this Alleghanv River properly. Ia every way was
shout $500; cannot give the exact nsGIeS Ia a''Fs
and cents. .uoo. .
o. Making $4,000 in air A. Yes. sir.
9. And that you know 10 have been total loss 70
liIai A. Yes sir; that is. It was transfer u rs
business entirely closed out there in the sttei part
Of Septe,sber 1904; think Oh tie 2.th OF a"pteper
O. Was it placed in your hands as trustee OF To whom
was it trars.crredi a. There were three o".eis, a.
have told YOU; he held undivided tbird the three
owners all decided 20 place the property II my hands
as trustee hold for them; Il was 80 mentioned IL me
Deed and their several names were IeI,lohod in Nc
deed Immediately upon the execution OF that deed ne
Asked to make deed conveying his interest away,
which did in accordance with hIs lrsiTuctons those
Feeds properly executed. conyeyln, ms in.er y
away in that way; at the same time TINS other .e,es
b different portion u the county. on q dineren
stream, for which he had Paid Soo ne aiso u"i 10
krred, which was dore by q different process D,
o. This was all done last Fsls a. 1t cone in Sep
knber; think the 27th or 2sth Of the montL; can
not he exact TO tie dste; done the day Lie e
Franklin, the last time ever saw him.
q We're the oonveyances without compensation o;
voluntary gif.sf "A. one made 10 bis brother
JuniIs Brutus Booth which was without compensation
but q conside alton mentioned in the deed
Q. But there was none In faet A. No. sir; none in
bot the other TO me- and the same consideration
was mentioned but il was done IN consideration Of my
services for which have received any other pay
q. There nothing paid him at al On either Of
herii A. No, SIR not dollar; and he paid all the ex
penses Of tie ianser and TIE conyeyances
SAMUEL l. JONES, (BLISD,)
n witness called FOX tbs prosecution, being duly sworn
testified 81 follows:
By tic Jsdge.Alvocass-Q. Have you resided In Rict
nond At any time during tue vari A. have
q. state any conversations you may have hear
there. to which officers " the Rebel Government wer
parties, regard 10 the contemplated assassination
the President OF tie United states. A. The nearest
know anything to that point among the officers there
their cOGJmon CONDENSATION in camp as i would ~
tLis nature: that all suspcioned persons or those tind
Of people they were bot certain were 81 their way OF
thinking Ley would hush Up Il ~ came near
then; but after found ont What could leaIn n refer
eDce to these things. they were desperate sLIious
that any such thing as this should be accomplished.
T. VIII you state any particular occasion n. In a
general way have heard offered. 70 be pa with
Confederate scln for any person or persons 20 90
North and assassinate the President.
.. 10 you remember any occasion when any such
efeis were made, or any amount naned, and by what
kini Of officers A. 1T tbif moment cannot tell you
Me particular names Of 400 dsr-sta APPS. &c.
z Dc you remember any oecasion-s0me dinner &C.
sas.on, a. can tell you ths. l heard citizen
ns the remark that he would give from his pr
-a,e purse $4,000 in addition to the Confederate
amount 10 have the President biDased " bring
lin TO KichIn I'D, dead On alive. for proof.
q W.st was meant Dy that parsse. in addition to
Ne Confede ate nmouhtF A. j know hing about
tsat, any than the way they wOQd exprtss it,
should Judge from drawing an inference. that there
was any amount offered by the Government, In that
trashy paper 10 assassinate any 0clas tnat were HIM
QtruR tEeif anu even AAFe iodlu ~ Uo"u as
low d private citizen; for instance, If II is not
depressing from the purpose, know VI KentockiaD
but cannot tell you the now. that was putting up
at the Exchange Hotel, Otherwise Ballard HOUSE
they belong The property. and are connected by
bridge over fraIkln-st. he was arrested undef aus
pcioD OF being spy; can tell you the name AOw-his
name VA. Webster, IL / remember rlgbty always
supposed from what understood, thet he came down
70 Guy goods; but they took bin spy and hung him
whether il was III ~ this assassination
cot say.
Y understand you 10 say that 1t was asubject Of
general conversation among the Rebel Ofcersf A. II
vas the Rebel ohcers they would be sitting around