Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-17

vas captured; while two prominent Chicago gen
tiensn have been pleadingfor IL AZ an addition
to The great northwestern fair
TIE Times special says:
lhe committee on the conduct Of the var /
may be added. sent q message to Gen. Shermsn
asking, IN view Of their early sdjournment. ths
ne proceed from Richmond 10 Washington b,
boat. and appear before the committee at early
day he declined. peremPtorily. and proceedel
TO march onward With bis troops 5sI
/ In the eonsprators' trial, the hearing Of tn.
testimony for the prosecution 10 expected thi.
week. Much time will afterwards be taken uE
oJ the defense The Witnesses can be all heard
next week Every reasonable opportunity is Of
Tered prisoners for free consultation with their
irienos 10 day one of the accused vas
nanging on the rail- that divides them from ,he
audience IN consultation with his counsel
John bArrows tesiimony-Spsngler changed
scenes on lae leit oil the stage: same side as the
presidents box; same side attended door: be
attended door when was asa,. our position
we're near the door leading Into the alley there
were two horses in the stable one day. the fellow
Who brought the horse there used 70 90 with
Booth pretty often don't see him among the
prisoners; think he lives in the navy yard "a "
Booth as he came from the small door and rode
of. but saw nobody else; did not see Spangler
come 90 out.
About O'Clock in the afternoon We heard the
president was TO be there, and Spangler and
went IN to take down the petition; q man ma me
JAKE went with us; we took down the petition
and then sat down in the box
oprsgue said u would be nice place to sleep
H. did not see him or anyone else interfering
with the lock on the door; Harvey Ford fixed the
hags on the box, Spangler and went out before
he got through, while We were in the box Span
gler damned the president aud told him be
should q OF do so. when he said the president
ought TO be damned for having so many men
killed
Mary Ann Turner. colored, testified that she
resided in rear OF the theatre; saw Booth on the
afternoon OF the assassination standing 10 the
back door Of the theatre talking 10 lady: saw
him at O'Clock bring horse TO the back door
oil the theatre, heard him call for Ned
Ned came out and took the horse away: at
the time of the assassination heard the horse
go away; few moments later the crowd gather
ed and Md came out of the d, or
The witness ioenuhed Spangier as the person
be called Ned
Mary Jane Anderson testified that she lived
buck OF the theatre; she saw Booth in the morn
Jug before the murder going out Of the alley by
the stable, and in the afternoon saw him near the
theatre with a lady; about O'Clock heard the
horse come into the alley and heard Booth call
Ned four times; Ned came out and Booth said
IN low tone, Tell Maddox 10 come here
Maddox came out and he and Booth talked to-
gether IN low tone then Ned and Maddox took
the horse and led him around the corner of the
alley.
After while some person was discovered
holding horse. | think the horse was
there about an hour and a half When Booth
came out he jumped on the horse and rode
away so fast that | thought the horse had ran
II a,l
crowd assembled at the door Spsngler came
down. and somebody sad the president had been
shot by a. man who made off. told Spangler
that was the man who called him, and he denied
II and kept on denying it. / think Maddox was
holding the horse when Booth came out but
am not certain. II might have been him. or
Spsngler, or somebody else. There seems to
have been three OF them holding horses at differ
ent times
VIM Browning. secretary of the president, ties
tined to beng with the president on the night of
the l4th Of April. Found card in his box
which adjoins that of the president. The card
was handed him by the clerk of the hotel, which
read: 81 do not wish to disturb you. Signed J
". Booth" Had a very slight acquaintance
with Booth. did't know his handwriting; didn't
know for whom the card was intended. Ii was
very common mistake at hotels for his car1s TO
be put in the presidents box and vice versa
The whole party was looking at some fine
works. The man asked Major Knox: "Is Stan
ton in 7" Knox replied: Il suppose you mean
the secretary" The man answ cred that ne did
and said he was lawyer in town, and knew
Stanton. he was told he could not see him
The man stood oa the steps several minutes and
soon after repeated the question He then walk
81 up the steps and into the hall and stood there
short time. Witness thought the man was
drunk, and told David Stanton he had better
talk him off Stanton talked With him few
minutes. and he went off Witness was perfectly
certain OLaughlin was the man.
FoRrREss MONROE, May l5-The farmers are
returning to their plantations. now that the war
is over. and are making strong efforts to produce
good harvests
Large Numbers of contrabands are being
thrown out of employ ment by the order OF re
renchment in the government expenditures
Many northern farmers, tempted by liberal
inducements of the government, have purchased
tracts of land in this neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, May l6-Msjor General Thomas
arrived this evening route for Washington.
Gov Brown, of Georgia. arrived this morning
and left this afternoon. He was arrested on the
night of the 9Th ct Miledgeville. by Captain
hneeland and Lieut.. Bayard. and proceeded
under charge of the latter. to Nashville.
Ii is reported that General Forrest was killed
by Captain Walker, of the rebel army, in revenge
Tor the shooting of his son.