New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-17
THE ASSASSINATION.

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" n ala.i Of yCu know Nat &c ttgsDl ,, e,
.,Sgc tiat night a. Ilcid merry 49, A. / tod /
% Did yoa hear Spanghr sp,aA u '.'
4 90 tho President was 10 conc uels hoo oclock |
a. What time was that A. About lm'o'
vhSu went 10 take he parinon or c, NJ that time
o. WHO went into the box win you az ''''
a There was me- SpanGlcr ana , "Se. Vim ,la,'s al
O VINO IS Jakcl a. They call I'm JAKE 'D'' g."
know. ,....oo, A 4 white man.
- How was be cnr'o>ed in the theaier' a. nv Is a
'S' Is IL 'e cTpcyea there regularity A. He was at
"tlK Ie.s d bsa here icr some timer a, For three
@ How long Ja You stay with them in iso box a.
IT., We tool tie partition out and aiter lhat We s"'
"IT ~ va Won observe What else thoy did in lie box
n NNo slang en- said twond be nee pace 10 s'''p
o Did ycasiscryc any rcdy tinkeIng with theiock
,ffe interior door, 4. No. SIR
@ DO vou know ANYTHING Of the PREPARATION OF way
lar inside A. No. SIT, there were three mDs,c,slaius
,le,c and threw them down on the stage; uey were
M thoro The night there ball in The theatei.
Q Do you know whether i is customary 20 nave 'oat
la thcrc9 A. Nc. sir.
Q. rherc never vas anything Of thai hird there he
arei A. No sIT. -
q Yoa don't know who pat hat oar 'h'ief a. ""
o. Nor who made Tie preparation ior it, a; No
e. ! brought the fass ID box end ielt tnen thelci
nftei We ui through with that ioh brought the boA
nat Rad contained the fags, and came down.
@ WHO earned the Key Of nc private hcx' They
were ll left in tie ohice. 49, ...,
q Do Won snow w1o besides pad peen mere 'hat
daS a. No ] do not.
q. Did Won see anybody in the box occupied by The
President, during the day except when spneler ana
yoarso'f "a re there y. No sir
g. Who Axod and repaired tie locks - Tie private
ioxes generally A. don't krow, sir.
e. Were these locks on the private bc1esl a. Yes
Q Inside or outsiao' \. Inside.
q When yor went down, aiier You lo,t Inc t'gs
tsoIe Gid You leave Sranger and ne o'hc, man al
vo,k thers' A. No SIR they went down on the II &C..
q Did YOU see an, body ~ work in the box that day
A. Nobody-only Harry Ford fixing the flags.
q Where did Won SO them y. went home
CROSs-EXAMiNAqIOS RESUMED b. Mr.. EWING.
G.. when You went ior the flags did spaneler and
JAKE leave the box ~ the same timer y. Yes, sni
hey went down al the same time ~. .,.., -
q. How long were you gone y. No more than 20
g. down stairs ard bring the flags and leave them IN Tie
@ Who next went IL g. Harry Ford was there
fx,g the flags and that al saw.
q What time was that a. About :. O'Clock; he
was fixing the flags.
q DC you know WhetEer SlGngCI went lHeie thch ?
Q. Wfai fsrn.'arc was in the bo1 then' A. Those
care seated chairs.
q. Were there any rcd cushioned chairs high backed
o Didn't yoa sec Spapelor in tie box after that1 A.
No; the las, WAS IlalIy foId in the box.
q Do you know wlere SIdnfler went tor A. No,
sr
@ whcn did you see him ne1tl a. When Booth
called tim.
Where did YOU cor A. went to tic front ofthc
house on the STEPS.
O. How long did you sisy there y. Not very
q Where did You 60 then \. l came inside.
q Did Won Spangler inside then A. No, SIR
t.ai about tie time lie went 10 TIE horse and l
wen. there too
O. what time was that A. Between 5ande
q Are you acquainted with Surratti a. No sir; /
nay have seen him hut never heard Of his name.
TESTIMONY OF MARY ANN TURNER lcoLoRlD).
b. JaGg6 Hol,-Q. State 10 tie CONT where you 10
about as far from il as the gentleman WHO sits there
O. Do you know j. Wilkes Boo,hi \. knew when
saw HIM
tie 18th Of April lasti A. saw Elm between three
aud four O'Clock TO the best e my recollection standing
III the back door of Fosds Iheater with lady stand
ing by HIM did 10, take very particular notice ct
Hat time, and 10 more oi BIN tn suppose, be.
tween and eight O'Clock, lie was Carrying borse
Up the hack door, he opened door and called lo
man BY the Of Ned three times, II Lot more
this Ned" came out and heard him In lower voice
teM Maddox 10 stop here; Maddox came. and BIN
reach oat lis hand and take the horse away. Ned .
then went on INTO the fbeafoT
Q. Did you see him or hear him when lie came ont
after tie assasslnator' A. only beard a horse go
ing ont Of The alley; did ro' see bin at all.
O. Did youscc tie man Ned A. Yes rushed or.
70 TIC door; crowd had come out a, this tine, aud
Ned came out Of tie door.
O. Dc you recognize him among the prisoners az tie
barr A. Yes recognize him as sitting there lpont
s % on y to9 know 0 I SaSa 10
you; said be, NO 1 IIow IotLng about A." and
went OF down The alley.
Q. Was that al that occurred between you ard lin
A. That all.
cEoss-lzAMISED BY Mr.. EWING.
@ How far is your house from The back door cf The
heater A. My front door opens The back Of tie
fhesoY: there another house adjoining mine between
II and lie keaeT that tie distance iIo. my door to
lie hack door OF the theatcr perhaps far from that
Iost to lie wall-twcmy feet
Q. lid YOU see where Spangler went when be called
Maddox a. did not see where be welt when he
called MADDOX
Q. Did he go Of; a. d.sremenber; didn't see
Inn any more.
q Did yon see him so in and call Maddox, A.
Yea; be went 10 tine door and called Maddox
q. Did You hear him cell Maddox. A. No.
q Did you Spingcr come out agaiD A. dis
seneibe whether he came out again; don't think lie
TESTIMONY or NARY JANE ANDERSON tc0LoRHD.)
By Judge Hos-Q. State where you live in tbis city
A. live between L and / aad Ninth aud Tenth. sls.
night back Of the ileater.
q il your loom adjoining that OF the women who
las sst tesiIfedf A. Yes. my house and hers join.
ass,
18th az a pri a. Yes, sir; saw him IN tie morning
down there by The Sfsb be went out Of the alley aud
never seen HIM any more uA between two and three
o'clock in the aiteTDoon he was standing then in the
sLeaer door n the alley that leads ont back him ard
lady standing together taking stood my gate and
looked Iigtt over at them eoDs,derahl: -om-, ,n-.
turpfe iptc Ipe 'te-i"' Ia and never saw him any
0iO1c uISbti ~ ".b"'t
there q carriage drove up the alley after went up
and after that heard horse stepping down the alley
and looked OF; of the window anu II seemed though
this gentleman was leading horse down the alley; he
did not get further than the end of the alley, then he
turned back again still looked out to see who it was;
he came up TO the theater door aud pushed The door
op<n he said something in low tone. and then haoed
in q loud voice calling Ned" four times; there was
eoored man up at the window and lie said Mi Ned, |
booth calls YOU" that's how j came 10 know it was
Booth; II was pretty dark and / conld
not see what kind Of face be had; !
MI Ned came and Booth said TO him in low tone. /
TEL Maddox 10 come here" Mr.. Ned went back ard
Mr. Maddox came ont; they said something to each !