The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-16
TsE lssAsINLTIO1 COSsPIRACY.
Tbe Room In which she Prisoners are
Tried-GraPh1e Descriptions of their
persounl aDpearauce-

She table. On the rlght, &t th9 east enc OF
the tshle, sits Msjor GeneraEDsvid Hunter,
presidiEg oficar On the right, at the
north side Of the tsole sits General Lew
Wallace asUn the Op1 osite side, and TO the
lsfs of the President is Breget Msjr
| General August v Ksutz and 80 on. On
either side are ranged other members Of
The Commission, IN the order Of their rank
Judge Advocate General Holt sits at the
west end of the t..b'e, al ;, at hs right >
| mis- assistants ,sOi. IL Ll Burn e.t and Judge
Bingham. Facing the Comm ssiOn, and
near tasse, is Hon. Rsverdy johnson, and
ranged round BIN sre the other counsel
for the prisoner.
The stranger visitor is naturally curious
70 see and contemplate the countenRncss
of the prisoners, aud his eyes rapidly pess
from q I the other objects In search OF She
accused. There sits a row Of thirteen mau
agaiult the west wall on the platform, be-
hind the railing. (Which is Psyne2
which Is H4roldT' sc, hs rapidly asks
himself aud he mentally answers as rap-
idly surely, Payne cannot DO there -
I see no one tbst answers his descrip
uon. That msy be Harold; that
other, DR.. Mudd; but 1 dou'L see any ich
man rs ths would be-ssssssin of Mr..
win the man on the extreme left, and
next the door leading to the cells. Here
is 3 msn apparently about forty one OF
forty-two years old, say five feet ten inches
in hight, slender, with red or sandy hair
Of thin growth, with pale oval face, sOme-
what intelligent, medium sized blue eyes,
nigh forehead, rather prominent nose, thin
ips, and q red tutt OF hsir on the chin.
lie does not seem 20 be distressed, but m
lerestsd In tha trial. He is dressed gen
teslly in black; wears slippers. The
movements Of his limbs sre sOmewh hist re-
stIicted, for small chsin surrounds each
wrist, and extending from arm to arm,
and like chain Is about his ankles, and
eouhnes his legs. This man is Dr. Mudd,
against whom it YVES at first supposed but
lutte, if anything, Of guilt c0uli be shown,
but against whom the testimony thus far
seems fesrfully pointing. You look furth'r
20 the right passing over the alternate
man, who Is an Ctii5er, and you observe
sitting beside the latter, little fellow
dressed in faded blue suit, whom you
would scorn to call man. He seems but
nineteen or twenty years old, about five
feet four ioc1es higo, 0usky black hair,
lively, dark hazel ewes, slight tufts OF
beard along the chin snd jaws and family
surrounding the mouth, with rather round
tace, full but not prominent nose, full lips
foolish, weak, boyish countgnonce indi-
eating but a slight degree OF intelligence
snd not the fsiutest trace of ferocity; and
his IS the poor cresture who seemed TO
i've but in lba smile Of the assassin, who
dsvo.edly followed him Ia his flight, shar-
e a
Is Harold
Looking again to the right, and omitfing
the alternate guard, We come to one OF the
most remarkable faces in the grOup-s face
which, oBce seen, can never be forgotten;
one whose moral status is readily deter
mined by making = proper examination
OF his fsce. This man is clothed spariDgly.
lTs Is II mis- shirt-sleeVes-s sort of steel
mixed WOolen shirt. His pants are of
dark blue common cloth, neck bsre and
colisr unbuttoned Ho Is fully six feet
high, Of slender body and angular form,
square and narrow across the shoulders,
and holiOw-bressse ted. His hair is black aud
straight, irregulsrly cut, and hsnging in
differently about his forehead, which is
rsthsr low aud narrow. His blue eyes are
large end staring and st times wild. de
returns your look steady snd unainchingly.
he has = 80 Isre face; his jaws are irregu-
lar, nose thin 81 the top, but expanding ab- !
rupty st the nostriis tnil lips, and slight
fy-t~isJsd mouth, carved unsymmetrically, |
ana little 10 the LEFT OF the middle line vi |
the fee "A Wild, savage looking man,
bearing 10 culture or refinement; The most |
perfect type Of the iDgrained, hardened |
The reader who has read the /
newspaper description Of this man will not |
guess his name. The very opposite Of my |
picture IS that which has been given the 1
public, nd yet mine Is a truthful pen like
ness and Just estimate Of Lewis Payne, who
has been represented in appearance as al
most the rsverse of what have here sta
ted. Those who look upon the criminal
will agree with me that he is almost hOrri-
BILE.
Again, looking TO the right, we come TO
Spangler, Jbe carpenter Of Ford's thester,
VINO is believed TO hsve been Booth a 3;
in preparing the means Of es-
cape from the thester. as vet no proofs
lsve been offered against him, and he il,
ol that account as upon others, not worthy
)t special description The poor man
3soms idiolic, aud apparently has left only
enough sensiDility ~ understand that he
lss got into IA very uncomfortable situation
or other. He Is abort, thick Of
stature with full face, bearing indications
of excessive drink, duu, grey eyes, clumsy
lesd, and light hslr, closely cut
The next Of the accused to the righs, is
DLsughli1, against whom, SIS yet the
proofs nave nos developed snything. He
s a small msn, waig hi1g about I3O pounds,
,oout i've feet i've inches high, with bushy
'lsck hsir, Cf lUKuriant growth, pale face.
,leck eyes, slight black whiskers, delieae |
IEy moustacne, and thin goatee. His
is eminently Spanish, and tol-
rsbly Intelligent, with no special iudics-
ions Of any kind.
Again, to the right Of this man il one
fho, 1t wOnld sPpeAr from the testimony
nus lar adduced, was 10 have performed !
cry Important psr5 in tba terrible plot.
Atzsrot Is pointed out as the person to
'hOm was entrusted the assassination of
resident johnson, in the Kirkwood House.
his criminal Is man of small stature with
ermsn face, saliow complexion, dun dark
lue eyes, rather light colored hair-busnv
ld neglected He elooks rather unconcern- 3
l. ana a. no time eYlnces single seRsibil- !
p- AA1 "AAnyas 4LuflsbDl6 uOOul. Z
The last OF the male prisoners on trisl
q upon the eIJrem3 end of the platform. :
window looking out to the north. This :
Arnold, against whom also, as vet. no a
stlmony has been introduced, and we do :
,tnOw understand his status in the trso. \
al drsms- He is young man of veTy n
cent and respectable appearance, dressed !,
ell, and about thirty years old, five feet n
yht inches high, with dark hair and ewes. ii
ght beard, clear light complexion, intel 3
,ent countensnce, on which we would h
vain for evidence Of capacity for guilt II
The last and most prominent of the ac- r.
sed was Mrs. Surratt, who sits apart from
Q other prisoners, at the west end Of the u
'porters table aud near her Counsel
ms wretched woman is dressed in fuu "
She wears her bonnet and veil
ring the session Of the Court. Her age pl
probably III y. she is Of tue large ANA At
alan class q square built women: has ii'
.sculine looking hands, full face dark u
~ eyes, lifsless, hair not decidedly dark. la
r complexion Is swsrLhy. Altogether. cl
face denotes more than usual intelf- Sc
ace. Sne seems TO be weighed down: "