New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-06

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va seTence TO: IL was talked about rs commonly 40
,Ss ' roald speak Of the veathe-.
a hid you lave any conversation win oanuers
shon. that dine about II A One tine before that
iad conversation with Sanders, and he asked me II
knew Booth very Well he expressed soma appIenen.
sion that Booth woud make G1le 81 1t N1it he was
dssipated and reckless and afraid the whole tmng
would prove a failure.
O. VIVA, business were you engaged in in Tact during
Your stay in Canada while yon were osenshly Rebel
A. l was a corresronden, Of THH NEW YoRH TRIBI Nj.
O. State to the Court whether before the assasslna
og Of the President yon communicated TO any person
in the Uniied States the information you had received
about their intended raid Ogdsnsbug the assassin
alton of the President and his Cabinet. A. did 10
THE NTw-Yo TRITtNT. md they declined to publish
it, hecause they had been accused Oh
stories Of thai kind before md they feared thefe ms
be nothing IN it, and did not wish ~ be accused o uO
fishing sensation stories.
G. STATE whether you mean to be understood ~
saying taat you communicated both the plan 10 maze
,aid on OgdensbuIg and TIE Othcl in regard 10 tlo
sssassiuaiOD oi the President, OF dolly ore a. rom
. Abou, how long before tie Presidents assassin
alton did Won maze toe c0mmunicailonf a. "" ~ ~
March last. ard also in February, TANK gave "e"
paragraph on the subject before the an OF MirGh.
& in order that We nay be certain about ~ 49,,
yor again without indicating mysei we n"'e, NJ.
what me WIS II tiat YOU saw thiS SnIIhtl W.'n'
YOU have described in ibe room OF Thompson u +i''
iresl as the bearer of dispatches rom he,Ulo.u 80
think I. YVES abort the sh OF sth OF AprH iisI s1r
where in that nei II horhood could not stsio t",o
H. might have been the eta or OH bit 1t was Win
four five days preceding the atsdssha'o" VI '''
@. state what was ,aid by Sur.att IL ANYTHING M
dicating his connection with lie ilotl A. Ihefe va.
| considerable conyeIsa!i"n on me tu'sec'i "n -
70 render anything ourratt sad IN pirtislIr' ps
the whole coaycisltion inferred that ne was 10 tiNo
his part whatever II might 10. - -,
\ o. State whether the substance o. his confersf'pn
IVES that he va. one Of the persons M tie POT 70 eN
eeute the conspiracy TIE President and s Csu'hel
/ \. That ts q c UNDERSTANDINGS -
i ~ W1s ,ief Tie substance Of his conversation OF
ro,, 4 That was the substance Of the conversation
1 o. should Ike 10 know whether anything was SAID
in lie several conversations yoc had with thompson
Clav sud sanders ahoui the use Of money ~ ne Di -
! nos or fotf A. 10 not tlnk thcrr was, bn' II was
c.wa,s well understood there was rlcity OF money
where thelc anything 10 he done; do MOI thhh
ever heard anything al about money OF coHleAs'40"
o. When Won say i, was always understood, do you
mean il was stated in general terms by these men or
u0ti A. 10 not think there was anythng sald on tde
subject there may have BEEN BAT not IN NJ presence;
hik t,re was nO.ling seid on the subject o! money
q Did SIrau state at that time at " hai tine DC iao
.eft Richm0n5 OF not? 4. 90 no, remember thai ne
dit but was vefy Few DAYS before; 60 not know
Wheihor lie stated il whether ! understood 1t ii'm
Mr. Thompson or how, but the understanding was NAV
il was veIy short Tins before; be was just from Rich
Crasselqs.iad BE- Mr. D,s',ro. bid you ever see the
prisoners Payne or Ai1eicdt ~ tanaiaf \. No s'f'
| ! 10 not think ever NV any u them anywhere.
! IThe Draone- George A. At1eiodb S'ood W .oi
! Identification
Witness SIR; I have No recollection Of over
seeing him; think no..
, O. You stale hat you he'd never seen tie prisoner
Payne IL Canada The prisoner, Lewis Payne stool
up fr idertifcliion.l A. lave no recollection OF IT.
| By III. Ahcs-Q Wien ga !oa loaye A..no-a 20
90 North, a. IL December. lsoe.
! O. Did you 90 Immediately 10 New-Norki \. Yes
O. Did Won in New.York make an nrranecmcut 70
become the correspondent of the ITiBuNEf a. 10.
SIR; contributed articles which were ruoi he'd ard
nv engagement was made in writing aii"r"4id; the
, int article contributed Bas from this Gig.
,, G. Was tie arrangement mado IL AeN.ioik! il.
W, sir j, made Ivy letter.
(, O. Where was IL made; A. il was made IN answer
10 nv inst comuAnc ton. ilciosed tne letter FOR
notification to tae cd Tor of IHr MN YORK TuBlNu
which put ont, end was requested 70 connle MY
nOndtnoe Id did so and received oOI1pen ftDh
O. What want to get a. IL - ere Yen were at tAe
sine you we're engaged as corfesp'DdcI, o. TIE
! TRisj NJ; were you ia Washington at tie the sou
/ made regular connection WIKI The TmBuSE as "a
correspondent; a. Yes sir.
| Q. Then low soon did you 20 to Caoada' 4. went
O. In addition TO being a correspondent Of TDE
TniRUHE, YOU in the service lnd pay OF cur Gov
! eTDnontf s. No. cir.
o lave YOU ever received compensation or pay from
! our Government for services rendered i. Not clo
| cent pToInte.
orally GadersioOd-ihaf you were correspondent Of
TIE TmBrNE' A. No sir II was understood That
was o Rebel.
ua'aed n tey Lad items hat would be III for publcl-
lion what paper q they suppose yoa In coTIcs
uondence win a. never asked them for any items
they never supposed was a correspondent io1 an,
o. Yon said SOMETHING about items for paper \.
q IS seeking items bat did not hsk For themi what
learned however learned couyoTsalon from Ties,
gar Is because they supposed that was RcJs! and
was ia their confidence.
a. Then tley never hsd nny means Of knowing thai
yoa were o correspondent OF Iht IiablaLf a. No,
O. Were Won admitted freely TO their mcetiugs' a.
Q. And % ilsir confidence to-, 4 think 50 sir
~ f..l bis I. . n &c. me
certainly knew OF great ma' Of their matters tlat
tncv intended to keep secre. irora the public.
O. Wos tbe disclosure OF Tire intended raid upon 0g
dsasburg published in TIE TRlBCsE' A. tnink u
Was contributed letter with Information OF tAst
o Dill understand you IS stating 10 the eou-. that
you also co nnunicc 20 TIE TnbCSE something q! tho
DOT bout the assassinetani a. les sir Wroio them
( on that subject.
/ Q. Did you communicate it TO any orc else' \. 40
! one but TO TIE TRIBUNE and my own family
! o. What was your idea IN mol Communicating that
important intelligence n once to the GoycinmeJ', IN
stead Of TO IHE TRBuSEl A. supposed that In giy'
I INK il 20 TIE TRIBUNE that 1t amounted 10 Il o same
thing giving ii 10 the Government supposed that
the relations between the editor and prOpTclors 81
! THE IRigl NE and The Government were such ttai
they wOul time m giving them information on
the subject and did not choose o. have tbenformaion
20 10 TIE Government directly from me; ia regard 10
this in regard 10 other secrets OF The Rebels IN
! Canada that have exposed requested Mr.. Cav OF
sHr TRIBUNE TO give information To the government
aud believe be har formerly done 20
O. You mus, have been aware, rs newspaper man.
that if the fact published IN the newspapers 1t
would defeat the opportunity Of capturing tho parties
! A. Certainty so. SIR
q. How man, times did you see Surratt in Canada 2
A. ! saw him iOr three tour times IA au1 coss!oD,
/ think, IN April last.
! O. ia whose room did yon meet him A. I saw bin
in Mr. Jacob Ihompsou's room; ! also hin IL Mr.
! Sanders's
| o. Had YOU any conversation with him personally I
! A. had.
/ o VIVA. did he say 10 you, A. Nothing more than
speaking about Richmond, asking him how 1t looked,
| and what changes there in IT.