The New York herald., 1865-05-20
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 90 lst
kept up with him III be gos street. then he went
on at RAPID rate.
Testimony OF Sergeant George +. Rob-

| on AZ Tap'd rate.
Testimony OF Sergeant George +. Rob
inson.
BY judge HoLr-Q State whether or not tho night
,hs n4n April las. You were a. 'he residence OF
Ia what caIaeiyf A. There IN attendance ~ nurrc
| upon Mr. Seward
either OF them hayng been that house that evening
see "n" OF them who looks like himthe one in his
shirt tpointlng TO paynel
State the circumstances attending the encounter
between the person of whom you speak and Mr. Seward
A. The ar,t saw Of him heard scunng in the hall:
opened the door to what the trouble was; as
opened the door he stood close to it, II
opened wd' enough he struck me and knocked me par
lally down, and ih'n r"shed up 10 the bed OF Mr.
seward struck him and maimod him; A. could
get on my feet .ndcayorcd 10 haul him on the bed and
he turned upon me; In tho scuaic q came in
the room, who rlntchcd m; between the two OF
got MN to The door by the door, when ne cenched
his hand around my neck knocked me down, broke
away from nc other man and rushed down stairs.
y What dd he strike you with? A. He struck me
with his ast the last time the first time with knife
tpc ntIng to about the centre Of hi. forehcadl
g DID he say ANYTHING whom he struck you' A. He
O. Did he pass ateIy 70 the bid OF Mr. Seward
when he GFst Knocked you DOWN. A. He did.
9 Did yon rec him strike Mr.. SowaFdf A. did.
g WITH the same weapon he struck you With A.
G. How ofenf A. saw him cut twice
Did he seem To no cutting at his head, where
ne struck beyond his neck the first time; then ic
struck him On tho neck.
th way tasne his hand, which held tho knife pointing
downwardrl
| O. Did II seem to be large knifef A. Il did
q Did he say anything at all after 1tabbinc him A.
Not that heard. =
@ DID you observe the wound ,has had been inflicted
A.. Ibid.
@ Lok this knife and see IL is the same ono he
held In his hand2 II about the length Of that IL
il In motion.
O. Describe tho character OF the wounds inflicted on
Mr. Seward7 A. There ~ one cutting his face down on
the left side, and another cutting his neck below
think they both made by the same blow; he was
sitting partially Up In bed the time his head reclining
30 that the same blow might have made both the Other
cut on the opposite side OF tho neck there were
do not know but there may have been more ~
O. Was Mr.. Seward In bed at the tmf A. He was
O. From what cause' A. He had been thrown from
his carriage.
O. Were his limbs broken9 A. was told that one of
his arms was broken, and that his jaw was fractured
O. While striking him did Mr. Seward get out OF his
bed, or remain in bedS A. He remained and received
the stabs in bed
O. Did he during the str,gy, roll from the bed or re-
main in bed A. He rolled out; after he had left the
bed came back i found he was lying on tho floor
O. You say this man, during the whole Of this bloody
work made remark at all-that he said nothngY A.
did not hear him make any remark.
Q When he came out Of the had Frederick
did not sec Mr. Frederick around at all
Q Where he when this outs A. Tho
up; he had come inside the door.
@ You ray he Knocked you down when he came into
the room What did he strike you with3 A. suppose
with knife he struck the last time with his fist no
had his around my neck and let 80 and struck me-
Q. Did he Immediately 60 down stsin them A. He
did
@ Did you zee his encounter with Major sewardf A.
did not see that
O. After he left, anything picked up which he
left behind A. There was a revolver and his hat
q Look at that revolver and f you recognize
the one he efta A. should judge it was; did not
tfcc this on II fpo,ntiux IN the rsmmerl
@ understand the Mr. Seward you speak Of 70 be the
Secretary Of stst and the house you speak Of in
Washington cityf A. Yoe, str.
@ 10 you recognize this a. the haA that was picked
upf A. light brown f~h slouch hat
General WALLACE requested that the has produced might
Be tried on Payne
TWAS handed 70 Payne's guard, who placed ON his
head, 70 the evident amusement d Payne himself
General WALlACB-Does u nc loosely
The GuARD-No; u nS tight
Mr. Dosrr (Payne's coanseil-Is y 40 small for hin,
should say.
Z; Testimony Of Major A. II. Seward.
: Examined BY JUDGE HOLT.
Q, State whether you are the son q william r. 6ev
ard, Secretary OF Slater A. am his son
Were you not st his house on the night OF The 1lsf
! OF April lastf A. was