Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-16
WASHINGTON. D. c.. TUESDAY. MAY l6 1865.

| Ve"pef last you were riding In the railroad
and whether you observ that there were two
| men IN the cars that attracte your attention,
one OF whom, on leaving the cars, dropped a
down to the city. There were two gentlemen
In tne car Whether they Were in or not when
got In am not confident. overheard their
| conversation; they were talking most earnestly;
| one OF tnem said he would leave for Washing
| ton the oay after to- morrow, and the other was
GONG 70 Newburgh or Newbern that night.
Ibey ieIt the car; the man that was sitting near
| me pushed his hat forward, and with that
pushed his " hiskers at the same time; they
were false whiskers. The front face was much
daaker than it was under the whiskers. @.
| was ne young man? A He was young. q.
10 yon think you wou Id recognize his features
again A. 1 think should. q. Exhibiting
hlblt No IL Look at that and say whether it
recalls him to you! A. The face is the same;
me me nad ,b sns scar on his right GneeR O. Was It
IKE a bite, near the jawbone. Q. Did you
| Judge from his conversation that he was man
Of education, and the other was not. The
| others name was johnson. q. Did you ob.
serve his hands! Did he seem to have been a
man who had led a life of ease or not! A. The
hand that was ungloved was very. beau
tiful; the other hand had q gauntlet on.
They exchanged letters in the cars. The
one who had false whiskers put back the
letters in his pocket, and saw pistol in
| his belt q. Did any of the conversation
fall on your ears Were you able to hear il?
Washington the day after to- morrow. @. That
is the one who hadt ungloved hand and false
Whiskers! ! A. Yes; and the other was very
angry because 1T had not fallen on him to 20 to
Washington he had been sent for to some place
by messenger. q. You say he seemed very
angry because it had not fallen to his lot to 60
sT. had letters OF my own to post at the
Nassau Street Post Office; one OF them left
about 26th or 27th street, and as he left moved
up into his place, the car was crowded; my
daughter said that had dropped one of my
letters. She picked something up and gave it
to me. When went down to the brokers',
Wnere was going with some gold, / went to
take out Of my pocket book, and saw an en-.
velope with two letters in 1t. / thought 1t OF
Importance because OF the conversation. q.
Are you certain it is the envelope with the let
tiers dropped by one of these men! A. 1t must
have been, because saw them exchange let
ters, ana the re was no one else at that seat. Q.
was it picked up at the point W here they were
sitting! A. Yes, just at the end Of my dress.
Z. Would you recognize the envelope if you
TO sse it Yes
ano see IL it Is the same envelope and letter
A. 1t is the same. @. Were both letters in that
envelope as You now have them! A. Yes,
The letters were then presented and read to
the .e1 Commission. as % follows
that we have oil SO wished for, and upon you
everything depends. As it was decided before
you left, we were to cast lots. Accordingly
Corday Of the nineteenth century. When you
remember the fearful, solemn VOW that was
back-Ibe must die, and no,o You can choose
your weapons. The cup, the knife, the bullet.
The cup failed us once, and mightagain. John
ragged demon since the meeting, because 1t has
not fallen upon him to rid the world of the
monster. He says the blood Of his gray haired
father and his noble brother call upon him for
revenge, and revenge ne will have; il he can
not wreak it upon the fountain head, he will
upon some of the blood thirsty generals. But.
r7nY7Id emit a Nlnr
concocted ana well arranged we separated,
and as l am wriing-on my way to Detroit
a ySo You
guises are SO perfect and complete, that with.
out one knew your face, no police telegraphic
teman, Hapeoart must yoq not acs bas1S bngSn gsa EN-
member, he has ten days. Strike for your
home. strike for your country; bide your time,
hum, listen to his stories; not many more will
the brute tell to earthly friends. DO anything
but fail, and meet ns at the appointed place
within the fortnight. Enclose this note togeth-
reason for this when we meet Return by
Johnson. wish could 90 to You, but duty
from me in Washington Saunders is doing
'Believe me, your brother in love,
"CHARLBs SRLBY."
lThe original of the foregoing is attached to
this record, and marked Exhibit No. II
"ST. Louis, October 81, 1854.
home! You lett me for ten days only, and
you now have been from home more than two
weeks. In that long time only sent me one
short note-a few cold words-and check for
money, which / did not require. What has
come over you! Have You forgotten YOUR
wife and child Baby calls for papa until my
heart aches. We are so lonely without you.
have written to you again aud again, and, as
last resource, yesterday wrote to Charlie,
begging him to see you and tell you to come
home. l am SO Ill, not able to leave my room;
WI dOnt N Ia ro yUo
in this acorld Mama says must not write any
more, as 1 am too weak. Louis, darling, do
not stay away any longer from your heart
fThe original of the foregoing is annexed to
this record, and marked Exhibit No 81
@: At what time in November did you pick
up this envelope and these letters! A The day
Gen. Butler left New York. I cannot tell the
precise date, but Gen; Scott toid ms he had
left that morning G. was that after vdH the
sir. c. What did you do with these letters
after you examined them and found their
character A. took them first to Gen: Scott,
who asked me to read them to him. He said
he thought 1t was OF great importance, and
asked me to take it to Gen Dix. 1 did so, and
70 G Div e. You the e1
the other; the large or the small man? A. They
exchanged twlce; the larger one gave them to
the one next to him, and he handed them back,
and they were exchanged again. @. Did you
see more than one ? A. Yes, sir. @ The
smaller one, or educated enc, said he would
leave for Washington the second day after!
A. Yes 'the day after TO- morrow No cross
examination.
G. w. BUNKER, witness for the prosecution,
testified that he had been connected with the
National Hotel nearly five years. Knew
John Wilkes Booth, and think he made the
National his home when in the city His asso-
ciates N the hotel generally were ohm McCul-
Tough, an actor, and John p. Wentworth, Of
Chicago, both of whom roomed with HIM q
portion OF the time. He also roomed with Mr..
McArdle, agent OF Edwin Forrest, while he
was rooming with Mr.. Mccullough. The
three occupied the same room. Booths last
arrival at the hotel was on the 9Th Of April and
he remained there until the assassination OF the
President. Did not know John II. Surratt by
name. Booth had great many callers that he
(witness) knew by sight but net by name
knew this small one (pointing to O'Laughlin)
with black whiskers and imperial, by sight,
but not by name. Did not recognize any one
the National Hotel during the month of Octo.