Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-05-11
THEAssASsAsINArIoN CONSPIRACY
Account of the Piot-L;>t Of the Assas.
sin,s Accom2iices under rirresi-Pa,n
the A>sassIn, has Confe s>ed-Col. Bar
nett 10 prepare the Casssfor q'rial. IS.

NEW York, May 3.-The New York World has
n lengthy and graphic account OF the plot against
the rulers Of the nation, which contains the fol
Z lowing points: The Assassin was the original
protector of the crime: it was seconded by parties
in Canada, u and was furnished with a mur,lefons
accomplice in PAYNE, from that section; Mrs Sur
rdtt was the mother of Cenci; the Assassin found
another bloody accOmplce in Atzeroth; the route
for the escape was planned two weeks prior TO the
, act; AtZerOth WAS the man who had the room over
that cf Vice President Johnson; he ran awav so
hastily that hedelt in ii his arms and barGase.
also coatbelongins to Bootf;s wilcn the Assassin
escaped, Harold went with him; thew reached
Surratt's at midnight. and stopped at Lloyds hotel
and got bottle Ot whisky; the Assassin remain
ing on his horse, Harold went up stairs and cot
carbine; Lloyd offered another, but Harold
said, the Assassin had broken his leg and could
not carry it; as they rode of the ssassin called
out to Llovd awe have murdered the Pr, si,lent
and Secretlry of S'ate''
They reached Dir. Mudds house before sunrise
and The Assassin had his broken LEG set; an old
fashioned wooden blndbox had 20 be s9lit IN for
splintcrs. D.. Mudd s. y he did not know who
they were, though The Assassn's boot left atthe
Doctors house had his name in, il. The follow
ing acompiccs are all under arrest, except Surrat
and Captain Jett: Spanglcr. the Stage carpenter
at Folds; sam. Arnold, of Baltimore, who claims
to have backed out of the plot; Captain Jett, who
took the Assassin behind him on his horse: At
zcroth, assigned to Kill the Vice Presidents 'rh 5
Surratt. tue mistress of the conSpirlcy; MeLaueh-
lin, friend and confederate of the Assassin; DR..
Mudd who set the Assassin's leg; Lloyd who en-
tertaincd the Assassns and gave them a clrbine;
sam. CaXter wao cGpcealed and fcd the Assassin:
HAROLD captured wAh the Assassin; SuFrstt. who
shared the secret of the meditatel crime; Payne,
who attempted the life of Secr,tlry Seward; Mrs
and Mr. Adams of Newport. believed TO have as
sisted the Assassin; Mr. Wilson, of Newport, who,
though cosinizInt of the crime d.l not assist JUS
tice.
The Now York Tribqa 'ssoce Il slvs: "Pavne,
the Assassin OF the Seward family has mi,le a con-
fessiOn of his guilt. He said it was useless for
him TO withhold it longer. lie had been fully
identified 10y six persons AMI the Government hld
other evidence in its possession that he WAS the
party assigned to that terrible crime
The n. i. TINES Washington special saws the
preparation o! the conspiracy cases for trial has
deso!ved upon Col. Barnett, who conducted the
treason cases at indianapolis. Ills ability devel-
oped in those cases, commended him to the Gov
ernment.
The prisoners are closely guarded. Among the
precautions adopted to prevent them from COM
mting suicide, is the padding of the head of
each thcky with cotton, 50 they can't butt their
brains out. This was suggested by tie attempt
made by Payne few days since.