Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-01

wAsHrxeros. May 81
TESTIMONY or M ArIr,orrr

| DAY alter the assassination and renamed ill
Thursday morning: be did not attenps to hide
himself and was wiling % 60 With The arresting
officers
Mr.. DosiDer. council for A,zerots, stated ths,
be intended 10 set up plea OF insanity. and for
this purpose had sum noned relatives and friends
Of Aizerots's living thousands of miles away.
Who have not yet arrived.
rKsTixoST on wx @. ARNOLD
W. g. Arnold testified a. to HE brothers
whereabouts. 10 Baltimore and country. from the
2ist OF March TO the let day of April, when the
prisoner went 90 Fortress Moaroe, giving 10
witness his pistol ond knife
TESTIMONY or FRANK ARNOLD.
Frank Arnold, also a brother 10 ths prisonrr
testified that the latter went TO Fortress Monroe
10 enter upon employ
TESTIMONY OF JOHN T. ford
John t Ford proprietor OF tho thsater. was
called TO the stand and was asked by the defense
whether Booth bad ever applied to him 10 en-
pioy Chester, the actor TO assist him.
Judge Advocate Bingham objected 10 the Ques
ton. Mr.. Ewing contended that the question
was pertinent. Arnold had made q voluntary
confession that there was q plan to capture the
President. which Chester. in his testimony. cor
rooorated The object in asking the question
vas to show that Booth bad nobody in the the
a,re TO assist him. An answer TO the question
vas important, IN justice 20 Spapgler. Judge
Advocate Bingham said this was not question
OF irreiev ancy, therefore not absolutely neces-
sary 70 ask IL. The Court sustained the Assist
ant Judge Advocates objection
John Ford, manager Of the theatre was re-
called; he was shown the rope found in Span
glers carpet bag, and said il uni ght have been
used for trapping or for other purposes: the
witness was in Richmond when the ass sssina alton
occurred.
TESTIMONY or n c. roRD.
II. c. Ford testified that be was in the rear Of
the theatre; be knew the President intended com
ing to the theatre; at III o'clock in the morning
Booth was at the theatre, but did not tell him
the seats had been engaged
TESTIMONY JACOB SMITH.
Jacob Smith testified that he lived near Hooks
town, Nd, and saw The prisoner, Arnold, every
day from the Goth of March to the LIST of April,
sometimes three or four times in one day.
TESTIMONY or JOHN T. FORD
John L. Ford testified that he had known
Spanger three or four years; his continued pres
enee as scene shifter would be necessary during
the second scene of the third act of the Amer-
can Cousin, and during the continuance of the
whole play he could not be absent long; the
stage manager and carpenter have charge of the
work belonging TO the passage way by which
Spangler's duty to keep the passage clear unles.
specially assigned TO it by the stage carpenter;
orders were positive that the passage way should
! always be kept clear and 10 the best order: il
wac always kept clear unless the play was of such
character that it might be temporarily encum-
bered; never knew Spangler to wear a nous
tsche SpaDgler appeared TO entertain o great
admiration for Booth, who was a fascinating
man. and appeared to exercise great influence
over his interiors; since the latter part of Septem
Der Booth freQuented the theatre, and had his
letters directed there; SpaDger usually spent the
summer in trout fishing, near Baltimore which
he considered bis home; witness thought the rope
in Spsngler's carpet sack such as used by
crab fishermen.
TESTIMONY OF Nk BENTON.
Mr. Benton. manager of Growers theater,
testified that he had seen Booth frequently about
the thsater. and that on the day before the asss.
sina,ion Booth asked him if he proposed to illu-
inmate on that evening and whether be designed
inviting the President; witness sent a note to Mrs
Lincoln inviting the President and his party TO
vis! the theateT on the night Of the l4th: at
the time Booth made the inquiry it struck me
that his manner peculiar; witness said IL
was customary in theaters TO keep the passage.
clear at times; witness did not consider the leap
from the Presidents box TO the stage in Ford's
theater an extraordinary feat
TESTIMONY wh WRITER'S.
VIM. Witbers. jr, was re examined, and test
tied that the door leading out of the passage to
where Booth shut. He opened it easily
and rushed out OF the door after him.
Later From Europe.
NEW YoRK. May 3l.-The Persia, which left
Liverpool on the morning of the Goth, and
Queenstown on the evening of the 2lst Of Nav.
arrived here at 9 p NJ
In the House Of Commons, on the 18th, Mr. |
Griffith asked Lord Palmerston If his attention
had been drawn to q proclamation offering |
500 900 for the apprehension of JEFF Davis and |
whether the British Ministers we're prepared to !
make representations to the United States Gov |
eminent, in reference TO the treatment of the |
Southern leaders
Pslmerston said the only reply he could give |
was that Her Majes,y's Government had no in |
tenton OF attempting any Interference in the |
international aft .irs of the United States which
vas received with cheers.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning Her |
aid asserts the news of opening recruiting offices
IN New York aud Washington created immense
sensation
The Paris Moniteur refrains from any allusion
to it.
The general impression is that Napoleon will |
not stand it, and will direct the French squadron
to intercept any renforceuents for Juarez
Strange rumors were current ia the stock ex-
change, London. on the 9Th, but though uncon-
hrmed, had depressing effect. The most prom
ineDt was that Napoleon had been urgently re-
called to Paris in consequence of a prospect of
American aggression upon Mexico; also that
Macmillan had issued a pamphlet highly favor
able to Italy, ami declaring his conviction that
Italian unity how firmly established
The Paris correspondent OF the London Times
SAYS: There are two subjects of disquiet which |
make the Empress and Ministers long for the re- |
turn Of the Emperor These are recruiting |
Offices for volunteers for Mexico, said to be |
opened in towns in the United States, and the !
opposition of the Committee Of Chambers TO |
the alienation Of the State Forest
The London Globe editorially remarks that
Macmillan will be highly favored by fortune,
and prove bis ability if be can vanquish the ad- !
verse circumstance. which surround him The l
Globe thinks MaXmisn's success is very doubt |
full and hopes it vii mot be the cause of cal.m
ity to the people.
WAsAISGroS. May 3I-Charles II. Conwell, |
sometime since convicted of abstrscting bonds |
from the Redemption Bureau. has been sen
fenced to pay fac of $4,000.
The President has made the following appoint |
ments for North Carolins: District Judge X |
p Dick: United States ksr.hal. W X Richard |
son. Dt.fr;et Attorpev Pich.rd A.so,. pos,