Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-31

crowd to the witness room, said to her: @.
Is Sun ats Vile on the road between Washing.
had arrived, and the Court told her that she
could 60. AS she arose she answered The ques-
ton in the sfiirmatise, adding In quick, sharp
forward, and telling her that she would soon
see her mamma, agaIn led her on into the ante.
room adjoining the court, with less skillful
Opendant, in the scene described by Scott in
the Heart of Mid Lothian, would have har-
rewed the feelings Of the women " no crowd
forward with eager faces and devouring eyes
to witness the departure OF the sorrows stricken
child from thepresence Of the court. As Miss
Surratt was lea wing the stand, member of the
which she mad dropped. She snatched it from
him quickly and rudely, without a word OF
thanks. No crcss.examination. was had of
this witness, and when, with reportorial curl
osity, we asked the reason why, the most tenn
perate and dry OF the Judge Advocates simply
fold us that it would have been cruel, the girl
having greater load OF sorrow upon her than
che could bear.
TESTIMONY OF LEMONS
Knows -Afzerodt; saw the prisoner at the
house OF Hezekiah Mentz on the Sunday after
Mr. Atzerodt said, {" Are you the man that
killed Abe Lincoln ?" and says he, eyes" and
then we both laughed; we were Joking.
.We,, says anarsT, ,saf ore Want to I,o know
there was great excitement in the neighbor-
hood, and wanted to knowp' He said, sit
is so,' and that he died on Saturday at three
o'clock / went on to ask him il IL was so
about the Stewards, about the old man having
his throat GU; he said yes, that Seward was
stabbed, or rather cut at, but not killed;
asked him whether 1t was correct about Mr..
Grant; he said he didn't know whether it was
so or not, and we went to dinner, and at the
dinner table my brother asked him if Mr..
Grant was killed, and he said he didn't sup,
pose he was, and said II it bad been done it
was probably by some man who got into the
same Il ain or same car that he did: was not
in Fn.C hClf ~ n u
you hear him say that If the man who was to
follow Grant had followed him he would have
been killed! A. No; he said ii Mr.. Grant was
to have been killed it must nave been by a man
who had got into the same car or into the same
train, one of the two.
TESTIMONY OF MR.. LEMONS, BROTHER OF THE
FOREGOING WITNESS.
q. DID you have any conversation with the
prisonerl A. 1 asked him about Mr. Grant,
Mr.. General Grant, and asked him if it was so
or not, he said he didn't suppose 1t was, and
then ne said II it is so some one must have got
into the same train of cars he did; when me
and him were in the, yard after that he said
what lot OF trouble see; l said what have
you to trouble you; he said more than 1 shall
ever get shed OF; that was about all that he
said.
TESTIMONY OF W W. BRrsCoR.
Have known Atzerodt six or seven years at
Port Tobacco; he was ALWAYS considered man
of not much courage.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES KELLER.
Witness is the proprietor Of the livery stables
U
let Atzerodt horse on the Ilth of April a
small bay mare, some fourteen and a-half
hands high; he got the horse about half-past
3o'clock. =
TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL SMITH
:, Am stable boy at Keller's stable. Never saw
the prisoner before; was in the stable on the
night Of the l4th OF April; the mare came in
that night; she did not look as if she had been
ridden hard
IMR. M'AL1sTRR
Was here Recalled, and having testified that
he had seen pistol and a dirk knife in the
possession OF Atzerodt and that he had kept
the same for him one day. He was shown the
knife and pistol said to have been found in
the alleged coat of Atzerodt, but declared him.
self unable to possibly identify either; the
pistol he knew was not TIA same.
TESTIMONY OF MISS HERoLD.
Z Are You the prisoners sister, A. I am,
sir. The witness was then shown the coat
and the handkerchief found in the coat alleged
to have been taken from Atzerodt's room, bat
Of her brother.
- TESTIMONY OF CAPT. P MONROE
Z. State whether or not you had custody
OF the prisoners at the bar subseq uent to their
arrest! A. Yes, sir, on board of the Mentors.
Mr.. Doster then desired to hand into the
court a written request from the prisoner At,
Zerodt, that his confession 10 Captain f. More
be admitted. Counsel stated that he was aware
that he had no legal right to insist upon this,
and that he merely made it question for the
liberality OF the court to decide.
Judge Holt then here remarked-I think it is
greatly to be depIorea that counsel will urge
such matters. upon this court as they know
and admit TO be contrary to law.
The Court then decided that the cor tession
should not be received, and Captain f. Monroe
was therefore smissed from the stand.
others were then called on part OF the defence,
but they were not present.
The court adjourned till ten O'clock this
morning.