The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-18

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whowsnts to come out, ana think added,
@@who had nothsng to do with it." After
that Harold came out. V.-.l
The testimony of Sc grant Boston Cor
bett was next given. Booth called out,
@I declare before my Maker that this man
Hsrroldl is innocent" Corbett recog-
nized Harold as the man taken out of the
barn. His testimony as to the shooting Of
Booth, discovers nothing not already
known. .--.-.. .....-.. ...... .-
John Fletcher to tifei: Was foreman of
MAYORS stable; knew the p,ioner Atz.
roti; he came TO the stable on the Sd of
April with smother, gentleman and two
horses; they put up the horses; the other
gentleman said be was going TO Philadel-
phis, and would leave the horses in
Atzrotts care to sell have never seen him
since; we kept the no ses st the stable,
and sold one of them on the 18th; Atzrott
took the other horse, brown one, away
did not see him again till 10
o'clock on: the l4lh; he came in
then with dark bay mare; said he had
sold the otber. horse in Montgomery county
where bought this mare, saddle and
bride; be wished me to put up the mare
which did At halt past six he came for
an hour and returned; he told ms not to
lake the saddle and bride of, and asked
me if could keep the stable open till ten; 1
told him yes; st ten he came for the mare;
We went aud took drink and when we
returned he said ii anything happened to-
night You will hear 3 feFment. l thought
him half tight and paid no attention to
him. When he mounted his mare re-
4 . Il t.I-
ride that mare she looked too skittish. He
said she WAS good on the retreat spoke
to him about the other msn being out so
late with the horse. "0h," says he, abe |
will be back alter awhile. l fol owed him |
to Tenth street and returned to the !
stable" l had q suspicion that Har-
rold was not going to bring my horse back. |
I went up Fourteenth .street, and came on |
PsnnsylVRnis Avenue. L saw Harold ri |
ding horse that mad hired him. start |
ed towards him to take tae horse. sus-
Pect he saw me, for he began to move the |
horse away. said: "You get of that |
horse, now; you have had him long
enough" He put spurs to the horse, and
went up FouIteenth street. kept sight
of him as far up as F street. Think he
returned TO the stable, saddled horse for
myself, went along the Avenue and down
E street, and turned 9th to Pennsylvania
Avenue; went along the Avenue and pass
ed the south side of the Capitol; met a
gentleman coming down and asked him
did he 500 RnY man riding on horseback.
He said yes, he saw two; they were going
very fast l followed till l came TO the
NaVg Yard bridge; asked the sergeant if
could cross He said yes, but not come
back 1 came bacg to the city. When
got to the stable the President was shot.
Witness also gave the particulars of Hsr-
rold's coming for the horse at o'clock and
his stating to him he could not have him
any later than or o'clock. On cross eX
amisation he stated ha knew Atzeroth
lived down at Port Tobacco, Maryland and
him for the purpose Of finding
Harold. J r..E E.,s t'
John Greenawslt keeper ofthe Pennsyl
Vsnia House, testihed-He was acquainted
with AztroLt and had seen Booth; they
had held interviews st his house Aztrott
had said to him that he vas pretty near
broke, but that be had friends enough to
give him as much money as would keep
him all his life, and that he was going
away one of these days but would return
with enough money to keep him ali my
life. Saw him Saturday evening, the I4th,
1 think between two AID thIss o'clock.
/ had gone to his room, when 3 servant
called 10 get a $5 bill change snc told me
there was man named Atzerott and a.
other man there. They took leave together.
Aizerott started without registering his
name. The other man lad the appear
snce Of lsboring man, but had on
brosdcloth coat much worn. He gave the
name of Samuel Thompson. He got up
about five 0 clock and lett the house, asking
the way TO the rsil1osd. AtzerOtt left soon
after, saying to the servant that he had
business. In March L SAW Atzerott have
q revolver. He had bought the revolver.
1t was shown 20 witness which he said was
similar, but could not say it was the one.
On cross examination the witness po mt
ed to epsngler as having some resem-
blsnce to the MN Thompson, though the
lstter has moustsche which the prisoner
did not have, and his hair was longer and
his complexion darker; witness never saw
OLaughlin before the trial