The Portland daily press., 1865-05-31
nv iEEhEGRAPH.
TO THE DAILYsPREss.
The Wasili ag oss ,Friafs- Il eport
Of Testimony.
Testin.onv Of Le,cis n. Boles.

Testimony of Lescis H. Botes,
WASHINGTON, May 3d.
Lewis f. Boles was this forenoon examined
Tor the prosecution. He testified TIA. he ic-
sided N Charlotte, N. g., for the last four years
| years, and JEFF. Davis stopped. at bfs hcuse on
the 10 OF April aud made an address from
the house gbefc hesfcp3fd; y wis received
aud read To the crowd dispateh from Gen.
Breckinrid e, dated Greensboro, April 10, as
follows :-Piesident Lincoln was assassinated
In the theatre on the night of the IA h. SEC
retery Stewards house was entered The same
night aud he was repeatedly stabbed and IS
prlbably m ortaliy wouIded. ss 6as II
Witness said that after reading the dispatch
to the crowd Davis tated that iii IL were bet
ter it was well done Tbs day after Breck,
inridge and Davis conyersed in the house of
witness ON the subject OF the assassination.
Breckenridge. remarked TO Davis that he re-
GREETED it very much. 1t was unfortunate for
the p-ople of the South atthat time.r There
eret seemed to be simply the cause III the
SJuth and not because of the criminaty of
the act. Davis replied: We'll, General, / don't
know. If il we're to be done at all ID were
better it were well done, and if the same were
done to Andy Johnson, the beast, and Secreta-
ry Stanton, the JOB would then be complete"
testimony Of j. G.. Courtney. ( 9sa.
/ JIG; Courtney, a telegraph operator, testified
thai the telegram n question passed over The \
"Hesss sa
Jacob X Tiers Paugh stated that he wasem-
pioyed III Ford's Tn, atre when the President
was shot, He saw the assassin run acrosslthe
stage and followed him. He found the door
hard to open. When witness returned Spang-
Ter struck him, sayings flor Gods sake don't !
say which way Booth went" "a sl6s & 81
Wrtness was called for Harold aud said he
had always regarded him as a light and trlding
BOY, and easily Influenced. He was temperate
Ia his habits and regular in his hours.
On the cross examination the witness stated
large man ran out OF the theatre.Y Rtn Alter
him. Heard him or somebody sholowf out,
(which way" Have not seen that man since
In about wo or three minutes | came back to
where. sSpangler4 was standing, land in about
two-or three minutes he looked scared and as
if crying. -,
70 Testimony of Robers Mastis.rYe
r bert Martin, witness for the defence be-
Ing recalled, stated he was mistaken in por-
tion OF his testimony referring to The visit OF
the prisoner Maid, at his house on The ,4th of
April; it was j. T. Mudd, Lot Sam'l A. Mudd,
and was the 11th not the 4ths OF A prii. & The
prisoner called on him with Jare T. Mudd on
the 24th of ID icspwhile he war IN the market !
IN Washington. Fl saw the prisoner again on
the % OF March, in company with l.. Gar lin
er, on the occasion OF their Stopping over night
at his house. He ddnot rscolsct seeing nim
o. any other occasion.
Testimony of Jerry Dyer.H hfls
Jerry Dyer, called for The defence, testified
that he had intended to say that h. had not |
crossed the Potomac since 1861, but did go TO
Richmond at that time with The party who had
been sleeping inthe pines. --,,.4o
On cross examination he stated the parties
were Berry and Gwynn.-, Never saw Jefferson |
DAVIS Iremained in Richm md only a week. |
and did not meet any rebel officers except Tsy
or, to VIII m he went to get pass. | went to
Richmond to avoid arrest Previous to going
| slept in the pines near DR.. Mudd's house: at
night was fed by him, and belonged t :, a cav
airy company Don't know whether the pur
pose OF that organic ation was to Standby Mary
land whether loyal or disioyal. Have not that
am aware of, proclaimed myselfin favor
Of the secession tof Maryland. I may have
Testimony of Mr. SE,cing. .eM
Ibid not go to Richmond to enter the con-
federate service. Took the oath of allegiance 7
when returned. e seiHN saif9t FHss9i7
Testimony of Mr.. Gardiner. haeise3
Mr.. Gardner testified that he had on several I
occasions within the past two years heard DR.. |
Mudd say he wanted tosellout.s Was at church Z
In the neighborhood on Sunday after the assas-
sination. Think the assassination was gener-
ally known. Think the mama of the assassin II
was u generally kDowD.g g-w.84 1sFssgs-
Q State whether you heard D.. Mudd say
any Thing as to how he regarded the assassina-
tion.
Judge Bingham objected to the question. 4
Mr.. Ewing stated that he expected to prove |
that Dr.. Mudd spoke OF the assassination as
an avaricious and revolting crime, and q terri I
BILE calamity TO the country, and that he spoke [
Of it. generally among his neighbors in that /
way. Objections sustained and questions not
put. ae. Asse e 70
& Testimony of Joshua Taylor. vs.
Joshua Taylorst testified TO residing in Prince
George County. The reputation OF Dr. Thomas
IS to truth and veracity is bad; that he never
told the truth when a lie would suit his pur-
pose better. Have known him since he was a !
small boy Had no private or public differ
ence with him. Is -
testimony of I'm. A. Mudd.
VIM A. M1dd atestihed that he lived a mile
and ahalf from, DR.. Mudd; never saw Capt.
White OF Tennessee; or Lewis Perry at or |
about DR.. Mudd's prem ses ;havenet seen Aa- |
drew Gwynn since be iet tor.tne South have
seen George GWynn at church several times
since he returned; never saw a man staying
out insthe woods about AMudd's5 house that I 1
have heard OF as having been South; recol-
lect seeing Ben. Gwynn at Mudd's house; as
certained from them that he was recruiting or
something OF the kind; that was not quite
three years ago; may have been ID first year
OF the war.
Testimesy Of FrancisS. Walsh.
Francis 5. Walsh testified that he has resfd-