The New York herald., 1865-05-17
Additional Important Testimo.
ny Taken Yesterday.
Suspicious Conduct Of the Prisoner
o'xaughlin In 1ntruding Into
Secretary 1tanton's House.
Further Evidence duplicating
DR.. Mudd,
&C., &C., &C.
THE EVIDENCE ON FRIDAY,

WASHINGTON, May 10, 1885,
Tho following s all Of the testimony taken on Friday
~ the opening day Of the conspiracy case from which
shs injunction Of secrecy has been removed. A sum-
nary Of the principal posts forwarded In time fos
yssterdays HERALD but found impossible TO send
hs evidences In full Sanders has expressly denied that
10 ever met or know Booth The evidence taken on Fri
Gay showed conclusivey that he did.
TESTIMONY OF HENRY VAN srEINAcKER.
The st witness for the prosecution called was Henry
Van stenacker, who, being duly sworn testified ~
tslows:-
By Judge advocate RoLr.-Q Have you or not for
several years been 10 the military service OF the called
benfedsa.e statesi A Yes. sr; / have been
@ In what capacity A: was employed in the Topo.
pSO ~ Department rS'n.s Hs Gsn.ns engineer ocsr with
O. On whose ssars A. The stan Of General Edward
Were you or not in the State Of Virginia in the sum.
per Of 1858, and at what Pointf A. When came
back from Pennsylvania after the battle Of Gettysburg,
very SICK TO convey him his homo Stanton the
yafsy Of Virginia. and from there took my way back TO
niies from saunton at Swift Run Gap, was overaken
By three ctzens, with whom got better acquainted,
cat 70 belong 70 Maryland the name of one was Booth,
end the other ones name was Shepherd
DO you ,S the e features az Of Bo0h DO
Loo, saai % :, the witness
q You think the same person, bat he had fuller
nee than thisf A. believe Il is
Booth the actorf A. heard the other gentlemen call
him Booth: thought arst nickname, but After
wards found out that II was Booth.
q. How far did you ride with those personss A. We
stayed ct the tavern at the foot OF the mountain until The
How long many hours do
You supposef A. Eighteen or twenty hours
,uS DS nnes any ss wS Sm Sss
@ WIN you state what Booth said TO you in regard 70
cry contemplated purpose Of attack upon The Presden.
asked by Booth and by those Others too thought
Of the probable Of the confederacy and told
Gettysburg believed 1t looked rather gloomy and then
Booth told me that 10 nonsense only par.
ughe the confcdeacy will gain their Independence old
Abe Lincoln must go up tho spout and the oonederacy
E gain Their independence anyhow" that was the ex
Q What did you understand BY the expression, he
"muss 60 up the spout" from all tina, Booth said7 II
vas common expression, meaning he must be killed;
@ Did he state under what circumstances that would
become necessary A. He said the confede.
VII pped that must be DONE that would the final re
source % gain the independence Of the copederacy
q pa she citizens who were with him engage 10 con
O. Did they seem 70 assent to his sen,imeu,s7 A. Ger.
Q. Did not Rooth know that you were Confederate
soldierf Yes, sir; they asked, when they overlook
belonged 10 General Edward Jobn.ons stan and e %as
going TO tho army, coming from Staunton.
g Mwhat pon, did you arrive ,oseiher' A. ! do
~
O. Did you meet there number or Confederate ON
sers-l speak OF the end OF your rdcwh the Stone
wall bneade2 A. Yes sir; that was about three or four
days Afterwards; they went from me the next day; my
horsc could not keep up with tho ohor horses they
were splendidy mounted and my horse nearly
BROKEN down. 90 they went threc or four days after
wards was called TO some of tho regmcnia camps and
mci did not know who II was; when came 10 camp
iouna tnose three citizens and introduced by Cap
ssun hsnaoIph personally formally to Booth and Sto
q ws: t that the stonewsll brgade' A. II was Of tho
camp OF tne second Virginia re- iment
" DO you or do you not know whether there was n
secIss OF rebel officers that occason9 A. That
svsnns 'ners was secret meong, whero was not ad.
Did they state to you tho p-rpose os ,bs, noe,lro
and what conclusion thcy rcachedf A. Some o0lcer ar
was the purpose oft " wv "A"'
g W we. Booth IN that mesiIns' A. ibclcvo 80; they
What did he state 10 you was the determination and
purpose OF that meeting Tho purpose OF the meeting
was % wss informed afterwards 10 send eerfrin o@e,s
81 deoe,si suvts q Canada and tie ,oyd.rs and 10 do
nver prsoners 10 lay Nor hern es IN as and 6naiiv
q 81 qftsr r0s members Of ne Cabinet and XII n. P"y
Nnf thai was tho main purpose heard that moro than
shoueand mes, but never much at The time when
vas informed II was tho purpose Of the meeting; al.
ways considered u common braggadoco before.
q what was the name OF the ofnccr Who gave You
snls account Of the proceedings Of ,he meeting A. Lieu
Q To what portion OF the service dld be belong do
yon knowY A. To the Second Virginia regiment be.
~" i've ana ms ,cs eospdnyAe cdpofn Bsal son0d To-
Wa anything said 90 10 what part Captain Boali--
vns one afterwards executed-was TO play In these movo
nen1 y the Nosthi a. Ceksyeu tod NE Beau was on
S~e@sesUw - sNd ~ svvld Asw u AizA