New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-09

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@. When Dr. Mudd was at your house, was tho as.
sassinaton Of the President the subject OF converse
toni
Mr.. Ewing objected to the question on the ground
that 1t W, . not rebutting evidence.
Judge holt said that he could offer 1t as an ex
preston the part OF the prisoner and on that eouh
alone the court voted that the question should DC
answered A..
Hardy who was ut the yard gate with DR.. Mudd mar
ooed out TO me TINT the President was anu
Mr. Seward and bis son injured; asked the aoc.of
about il and he said II was so; l asked him who as
sassinated the President and he said man hamea
Booth; Mr. Hardy then asked him whether ~ was INC
Booth who was down here last FALL tho doctor ssd nc
did not know whether II was or not, ms tneie Wefo
three or fonr by the name of Booths II that was tne
one he knew him; the doctor sold he was very sor!
the thing had occurred.
O. How loug did DR.. Mudd remain Mt your house
A. Not more than fifteen minutes; he did not give the
particulars Of the ASSASSINATION.
Cfoss.eramined By Mr. Ering-Dr. Mudd said i was
the worst thing which could have fappened IL
made II great deal for the country than wbie
the war was going on Dr. Mudd seemed 10 be entirely
in earnest; DR.. Mudd came TO see Mr: Hardy abou,
some rail timber and Hardy told him where he could
get some: but Dir. Mudd said it was too far to haul
EXAMINATION OF LEWIS B. HARKISS.
By Mr. Dosiey-I have known the prisoner Atzerodt'
for about ten during the latter part OF Febrnry
or early in March last he was at Port Tobacco for
day or two he have stayed there longer than that
among those that knew him he has the name Of being
pretty cood.nntured fellow, but lacking courage;
EXAMINATION OF EDWARD FRAZER.
BIZ .Jndqe Adrocafe Hok-Q State whore you reside
A. / reside in ST. Louis, and have resided there Tor
eight or nine years. $500
o. You NAV remember that within the last year or
two there have been extensive burnings OF steamboats,
on Western and Southern waters state to The Cont any
knowledge you may have concerning agents ui the
Confederate Government, who were engaged III thai
busiress aud who they werei A. man b, the name
Of Tucker was one; Minor Mayors was another.
@. Is he a Missourianf a. Yes, ST.:
Yes sir: Thomas l.. Clark another; man by the
name Of Barrett Was another
o. They we're all agents Of the Confederate Govern
ment, so-calledi A. Yes, sir.
O. State what business they were engaged hi A.
Burning steamboats, on the Mississippi Ohio and other
rivers.
o. Was the man Barrett, Of whom You speak. a
LAWYER or had he ever been member Of Congresst A.
could not say; have heard him called Col. Barrett
O. State how those were associated together and
what their operatons' A. Their operations con.
sisted IN burning steamboats, carrying Governmenl
freight boats that were used as army transports and
some that not so used.
O. DO you know by means OF what combnstibe ma.
terias those steamboats, were burnedi A. No, SIR j
suppose IL was done by matches.
o. VIII gu cnumerate the boats that were burned
by the operations OF these parties A. The steamboats,
Imperial ard Robert Campbell; the steamer Daniel ID.
Tayler and others were burned at Louisville; there
were boats burned at New Orleans but do not rcool
lect their names.
O. Were they lsrge vessels A. Some were large
and some were small; they were owned by private
O. Was there any loss Of life connected with the de-
structon OF these yesselsf A. There was on the
Robert Campbell 90, -,
near the shorei The Robert Campbell was burned IN
the stream while under weigh
o. Was IL understood that the agent was on board or
iha. he had merely deposited combushbe material I'D
the yesself A. He was on board
Q. Where that vessel burnedf A. Az Minkshs
Bend IS miles above VicksburR
O. Was there considerable loss OF life A. Yes SIR
O State whether this plan VI operations embraced
the destruction Of the Government hospitals ana stofe
houses A. 1t embraced every thing pertaining to the
army.
O. Do YOU know nytbng OF the burning OF hospital
AT Xsshyilef A. do not all know Is that certain
man claimed compensation for IT,
%. DO YOU know the man who claimed compensation
from the Confederate Government for THAI service
A. His name was Dillingham;. $50
O. What amount did be claimi A. lie did not put
any amount; he just put in statement.
O. 10 Richmond a. Yes, sir.
O. At what time was that hospital burnedf a. In
June or July ls64; the IRE occurred at night; did
not hear OF any person being burned
O. State whether OF not you have been In Richmond.
o. Did you, when there, have an interview with
Jefferson Davis, the socalcd President OF the Confed
eracy and with Ben amin the Secretary Of state a.
was in Richmond from the 10Th 70 me 2'ih ia! o.
August ls64, and then had interview with the
Secretary of State Secretary Of War and Jefferson
Davis.
O. State what occurred OF that interview A. Mr.
Thomas l.. CLARK, Dillingham; and myself went there
In ton with boat burning and put In claims 70
Mr. james A. Seldom, " whom 1 was introduced by
Mr. CLARK; Seldom said no had thrown up that bust
ness and that II was now IN the hands OF MI BenJa'
min; we went TO Mr.. Benjamin and presented our pn-
pers 10 him; lie looked Mt the papers and asked me
whether was In St. Louis; told him l was; he
asked me II / knew anything about the papers;
were sS'u righ hi he then asked Mr.: Clark II he
knew me to be right; Mr. Clark sold that had been
to him by Mr.. Mayors being all right,
he rod me u coll again the next day with Mr.. Clark
and Mir. Dillingham; that he had shown the papers 1
left 10 jeff Davis and he wanted 10 know whether We
would not take $50 900 aud sign receip. In full We
told him would not do It; well he SAID tGen AIR.
Diingham WAS 10 claim this thing at Louisville. he
wanted statement Of that thing we went back 70 the
hotel and wrote out statement myself 1t read that
Mr. Dillingham; had been hired by Gen. Bishop Polk
and sent 10 Louisville expressly to do that work.
O. To burn the bospitalsf A. Yes. sir aud signed
Mr. Dillingham's name to 1t; that was given TO Mr..
Clark; Mr.. Clark took II over 70 Mr.. benjamin ana
made a settlement with him for t5O0O0-e55.00O down
in gold and ei5,0O0 on deposit, to be paid him four
months afterward provided these claims proved cor,
rect he gave a draft Columbia 5. G.. for e34 500
and 500 In gold In Richmond; the draft We got oashed
in Columbia and brought the money along with us.
@. You received the gold on that DAY. did your "a.
Yes sir, while there Mr.. Benjamin said that NJ Davis
wanted to sec me; went in; MI DAVIS, MI; ns..
lion turned a bridge between Nashville and Chstta-
nooga-the Long Bridge" they called IL Mr. Ben;
iamin mentioned II first, l believe; MI Dn's hshtu
me If knew where it was told him did. but did
not, / had never been there he said ne wanted 70
hrdce that they had been thinking about
having it destroyed; told him did not know what
to think about be said had better Study hover;
finally told him thought II could be done, ana ar
Wen;smip-I think 1t was Mr.. Beniamin--made the
rcmark that he would give s4OO OOO ii that bridge was
destroyed, and wanted to know II would not take
charge OF the matter; L told him would NOT nave
ANYTHING 70 do with it unless the papers were taken
away from those men down there. and that nobody
sboiId be allowed to come up any more; they SAID II
bonid he done then the conversation Turned on the
hurine of steamboats,; told Mr. Davis that did not