The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20
Trial OF the Consp,r.tors,

Trial OF the Conspirators.
WAshisaros, May lS.-It appears from
Saturday Samuel Armed, through his
counsel Thos. Ewing Jr., set up the plea
that this military court has no power to trv
MN on the charges preferred, for the req
son that lie these times of peace -esort
should be had to the civil tribunals. The
Court after deliberation overruled tho oiea.
AInolo tnen asked that he be tried separ-
ately from the others, but this REQ uest was
also denied.
Alouyl!n has procured counsel and IA
represented by Mr. Walter Cox, and Col.
Wm E Doster appears for Aircraft and
Payne.
The charge against the prisoners is in
su ostance as follows: For between the
sixth Of March and fifteenth Of April. 1865.
c cor. with John II Surratt. John
Wilkes Booth. Jefferson Davis, George n
Saunders, Beverly Tucker. Jacob Thomp-
son. William c Cleary, Clement G CLAY.
geo Harper, Geo Toucy, and others un.
known, to murder Abraham Lincoln. Praa.
ident Of the United States: Andrew John
scn. Vice President; William II Seward
Secretary OF State; aud Ulysses Grant,
Lieut.. Genera
WARRINGTON, May i5.-On Saturday il
objections Cn tie part OF the Judge AdYo-
cate or the counsel for any or all q tee &C.
cused, the presence Of the seyers.. witness
ses need not be considered Of ma.er:a, &c.
, cessity. Mr.. Aiken, assistant couuss! for
Mrs. Surzatt. expressed ais willingness 70
accede tc such an arrangement, except in
the case OF the Welchman whom, Le des;r-
ed to be present.
WARRINGTON, May 15.-Mr. johnson,
the senior counsellor for Mrs. Sur.att, this
morning when the whole Of the testimony
rendered by Mr.. Wackner had Been read
from the records, applied to be permitted
to ask of him some questions before he re-
tired. This was objected to by Maj. Gen.
Wallace.
The President then remarked that the
witness had beeu already examined by
counsel, aud after opportunity Afforded,
the Judge Advocate General then asked
whether it was to be cross.
| Being told by the counsel that il was. the
Court under the Advocates suggestion,
determined that as he could call up the
witnesses hereafter Of the defenders, if it
lace withdrew his objection, adding how
ever that he did so only for this time. He
had placed no objection, on The ground
that these objections would prove intermi-
nable unless stopped by some ruls. After
counsel have once had full opportunity
! 1Or u INSTRUMENTATION.
Examination by Hen. Reverdy Johnson:
| QuestAon-I understand you to say on
Saturday that you went With Mrs. Surratt
the first time on the Tueaday before the
assassination in buggy. Do you .ecolIeci
whether you stopped on the way 30 Sur
ra:tville.
Answer-ies, sir.
j Q-WEese.
A-She stopped on two or tl.ee occasions
/ e. y tor az Init
Al do not know the particular point
whether j. WAS Union or not.
! Odd SGT. stop at u village?
i %She STOPPED on the road at no partic-
uiar village that remember.
! Q-Now. do you know Mr.. Lloyd.
I Al have met him three times.
4 Odd ycu know him as the Keeper o.
the HctelY
Al knew him as the mau that rented
Mrs. Surratt's house from her, because
copied OF the instrument.
Q-po you recollect seeing him buy q
buggy On the way from Washington &c
Surrattsy:.ie on Thursdays
! A-Xes sir. We met his carriage. 4
drove past us. Mrs. Surratt called to NJ.
Lloyd. Mr.. Lloyd got out and approach
ed tie buggy. Mrs. Surratt put her head
out and lad a conversation with hin.
Odd YOU hear it?
II A-No Sir.
i Odd you hear anything said aboa
shooting irons.
} This question was objected to b assist
ant Judge Advocate Beucham. The ques
!, ton was then Withdrawn. laa
Witness heard nothing mentioned
about shooting irons. Mrs.. Surratt spoke
to Mrs. Affutt about having this man Har
rold take the oath of allegiance and get re-
leased, and said she was going tn apply t
Gen. Anger or Judge Sumner for that pur
pose.
Q-How long vas that conversation be
tween Mr.. Lloyd and Mrs. 5urratt on tia
occasion? So
!, Al couldn't say exactly. do not think
it was more than i've OF eight minutes.
do not carry = watch. and I have no pre-
{ else means OF knowing.
BY Judge Holt--I understand yeu to SAY
you did not hear the whole Of this CONVEX
, sation?
Il Al did not hear the conversation be
, tween Mr.. Lloyd and Mrs. Surratt. Mrs
Surratt spoke to Mr.. Lloyd at como dis
lance from the buggy, and could no
hear 1t.
thsf 1t was raining 1T that time or cloudy:
, Al don't think 1t was raining 1t tina
time. It Was cloudy mucky day. can
say whether Il was raining or not d,
not remember.
1 The reading Of the record was resumed
. and being finished by half past one, tn
i. court took . recess. After recess MI
John Lloyd Wa recalled aud asked If b,
could identify the carbines shown him q
the ones referred to in his previous testi
| mony.
Witpess-The one with the cover on
don't recognize. l do not think the cove
i, looks the same. 1t was q kind of gra,
. cloth: the other looks like one saw.
, recognize the fixture for bfeech- loading
which attracted my attention and which
examined.
If the Court will allow. wish to make
statement. When WA examined before
stated that it wss on Monday when l me
4 Mrs. Surratt ut Uniontown. was contus
ed BY my being summoned to Court on tw'
Mondays. The first Monday I WAS sum
moned, did not 60. met Mn. Sufrat
at Uniontown next day after I went =
Court, and consequently it must have beel
GU Tuesday after the second Monday Va
summoned. .. 81
Il Another statement-I testified on M.
Hast examination that was not certaii
whether carried the bundle given me b.
1 Mrs. Surratt, up stairs or not. II canno
now recollect distinctly, but think it likel.
u I laid it on the sofa in the dining room.
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