Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-07-07

Oeds corpus mas been heretofore suspended in.
suspend this writ, and direct that You proceed
TO execute the order heretofore given upon the
Judgment of the Military Commission, and YOU
Will give this order in return to this writ
ANDREW JOHNSON, President
The Court proceeded to reiterate the views
before expressed to Mr.. Aiken, when he laid
the case before the Court and concluded by re-
marking that no further steps would be taken
in the matter.
Attorney General Speed briefly reioined,
commenting upon the distinction between the
civil and military jurisdiction, showing the
inter impossibility of fighting battles. carrying
on war, maintaining the Government in time
Of war, &c. by process of law.
ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR HABEAS
CORPUS.
Mr.. w. f. Doster, counsel for Payne and At
zerodt applied to the Court this morning for a
writ of habeas corpus, to have them brought
before the Court. The return of Gen. Hancock
had not then been made; but the Court stated
that writ had been issued for another party,
(Mrs. Surratt,) which had not been regarded
The Court, under the circumstances, declined
to issue writ as petitoned for.
SCENE AT THE GALLONS.
During the morning hours the spectators were
not allowed inside the prison yard, but view
was obtained through the grated windows of the
rooms on the lower floor of the penitentiary
Two men were seen engaged with q long ladder
completing the arrangement of the nooses and
fastenings of the stout MANILA ropes to be- used
Two of these ropes We're on one side of the
central one of the three supports to the beams
The platform was surrounded by a PLAN rail
Of plank and flight of broad steps on the east
side of the gallows had a similar railing of
plank. A pile Of raw red earth. within ten
steps of the gallows, and close to the east wall
Of the penitentiary wall, designated the spot
where the graves of the criminals We're soon to
be. 1t must have caused an additional sinking
Of the heart to the prisoners as they assembled
the scaffold to see their open graves yawning
to receive them. On the walls above was the
long line of sentry guards pacing in their rope
defined limits.
RELIC HUNTERS.
The relic hunters We're about and despite the
strong Gordon of guards one man soon appeared
with n handful of chips fl om the gallows and
another with an inch bit OF the rope.
TRYING THE DROP.
At 25 minutes past IL an experiment. testing
the drop, was made with Parrot conical balls
Of weight of one hundred pounds each. Two
| of these weights were placed upon each drop.
| The props We're then knocked from under and
/ the experiment with the northern drop was
| satisfactory, with the southern drop there was
a hitch. The experiment was repeated with
the drops until they worked perfectly.
| THE COFFINS.
Just south of the gallOws stood an ominous
| looking pile of boxes of rough board, oblong,
| implanted, unplaned, and of shoe-box shape
There were four of them; and they We're the
collins of the conyicts-one for Mrs Surratt
| ~ f>rH
zerodt.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER ABOUT.
| At IL o'clock the click of hammer was
| heard in the upper story of the old Workshop
| of Penitentary days, in the centre of the prison
yard, and the eyes of all We're turned in tha
| direction. Presently window was raised
and forthwith was seen protruding the familia1
| snout of the camera, showing that the inevita
| BILE photographer was on hand. Gardner.
good-humored face presently was seen over thu
camera, as he took s.a sight" at the gallows, t,
see that it was focused properly.
VIEW OF ATZERODT.
| Through the cobwebbed bars of the Quite
wall of the cell range, the members of tin
| press, gathered in the shady angle there, coult
| get view into the interior of AtZerOdt's cell
No. Isl. He was seated, leaning back agains
the wall, saying nothing, and looking to be il
q sort OF daZe. His spiritual adviser, Rev. d.
Butler, who had been with him all the lon
night. continued his prayers and exhortations
| to which Atzerodt listened without apparently
needing Shortly before IL o'clock DIR. Butte
left him for short time, and Atzerodt wa
seen reading his Bible. He was clad in whit
| shirt and pantaloons.
Little could be seen of the other prisoners
but their spiritual dvisers were yet busy wit
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Church, with Payne; Rev. Mr.. L. Odds, recto
OF Christ Church, with HeroId; Rev. b.
| Wiget, S. j., Rev. J. A. Walter, Catholic, wit
Mrs Surratt Mrs. Surratts daughter wa
with her throughout the morning, and up t
the hour of execution.
DYING STATEMENT OF ATZERODT
| During the morning female friend or siste
of Atzerodt, from Port Tobacco, had an inter
| view with him, she leaving him about clever
O'Clock. He during the morning freely con
versed with DIR. Butler and Mr. Winchester o.
religious topics, and before going to the gallow
he made the following statement:
He took room at the kirkwood House OF
| Thursday, in order to get q pass from Vice
President Johnson to go to Richmond. Boot
was to lease the Richmond Theatre and tn
President was to be invited to attend it whel
visiting Richmond and captured there. HeroI
brought the pistol and knife to the room abou
2H O'Clock on Friday. He (Atzerodt) said h
would not have anything to do with the muir
der of johnson, when Booth said that Heroic
had more courage than Atzerodt and he wante
Atzerodt to be with Herold to urge him to d.
it.
i There was meeting at a restaurant abou
the middle Of March, at which John Surrat,
O'Laughlin, Booth, Arnold, Payne Herol
and himself were present, when plan to cap
ture the President was discussed. They ha
heard the President was to visit a camp, an
they proposed to capture him, coach and all
drive through Long Old Fields to ct b.,
where the coach was to be left, and fresl
horses were to be got, and the party woul
proceed to the river to take a boat. Herol
| took buggy to st. b." in anticipation tina