Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-02
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The Court met this morning at ten O'Clock ali
the members present, the onieial reporters, aud
the counsel for tho accused.
r. Tn. prisoners WIRE brought In and -EcHtrd IN
the SANE order ~ uguAL the guard occupying u
seat by llie' Ode 'of eeck' Of them. Mrs surratt
occupied her usnAl seat Rt the end Of the dock.
IN appearance they were all pretty much A. usual
The court room was very mdth crow ded, q large
portloa of The audieucS being IadieHT HI'
The Court having been cAIhsd to order, the pro-
teedngs Of Wednesday were read by Messrs. D.
y. MuTphy and Jainsn,J- Murphy. v hgt hPisby
nj ave minutes before twelve z, clock, Yp!SlT,,
CHAnLgs BUtdEh ''ff "'N
was taIIed amt sAUfAf tesnaeii that No. kaew
Blwspl spSnglaEy ,Bsdboarded al Tho pane helso
with YitnSyH, SPanglpT csllinusd IpP"Trd IbfTe
after The assassihhnoA dhtii bis arrest.
afI "JOHS dC'NrHBh Hf'."''
testihed,tha he knsw oasdf the srta,adi Edward
RpaHgletg boarded ut uhe-same, hQure with him.
rpapglcr bpsrdcd there, "a and ~, for slN ~
seven months wlthcA saw shanlirr about The
iouse for two or thrfs days sf'sf thsria'tsa-siha
tionI never kpew hiIa To year g,IH9qstacbr. ,'l
| CrogsrsNsmincd Witness saw him Althe house
| ~. 'rpSusE .. ulTBdtDf .rsi1ll
a witness for tlis defenec bHyiny been called and
sworn, testified thai he hN bqcp, yin w"slanglgn
| dncs December, lsBJ, was employed NJ FOtd =
n
To make purchases for the use Of the hoase, and
/ In the absence u the Messrs. fOrd was employed
| In tho box office Duriug Mrs. BOwsts's cnRa gc-
ment In March, Mr.. Merriek, At the National
| hotel, asked TO have some seats reserved, and he
not coming mt the end " tho hrst act. they were
| occupied by others. shortly after MI MerTick
| eamo In then took him up Hairs u bUSb: then
| went 10 boN 7, tho Presidents bVN, and fou nd
| them all locked. -
Witness not being able to open II IN tKa. man.
| ncr, put his back Hgainst tlg door gpd tiehyd a.
| open, THIS was on the 7tb day Of March. That
! d1nr led into tho hoN Witch the pfesidvnt orcu.
pied. DooE of hsxas aud 5 were entrances T.
| tho Presidents box. The partition was taken
| cut and the two bSxrs thrown into one when che
President eamu To the theatre. Witness dnGs uo
| know N the lock was repaired allcr u Na'
broken. II was the duty of Witness to report tb'
| lock broken, bat hG neglected II, The lock-
| were on the doors to Keep persons ont Of th'
| boxes whrn they we're not engaged The doui
| was locked hen witness broke u open. Wit assi
meyer examined the lock after be brokc " open
| remembered that Booth occupied box No ab0u
two weeks before the assassinatiOn lie caInr I,
the oaiee aud asked that he might exchange hh
| box,
Witness think the exchange was made, aud
! he occupied either box or IN that occaTiop
| witness did not remember which. u was thu
| door u box which had the hole through II.
Witness did not Know " any box tickets wer,
sold before the Upsntpg VI the Th"atrs, lIo WA'
nOt IN tho Office all the time. Tho lresldent bul
was engaged betwoCn II aud IL O'Clock w th'
,Iid not know whether 1t was belorc'ur TfleT III,
PreHideut's messenger wa vt tho theatre Wit
nesn did not remember. BOoth had hrs letter
len NJ the box office Of tho theatre called lba
muTning aud got letter.
wliue.s had placed tho rdcSing chair In w,
position IN two other orcHsious IT II had bnoI
placed IN any other pOsittUu the rockers Wuul'
have beea In the way. Did not -co SPlngi"
RftOT tho RssaNsinatioH. IWltnCfS was her
shown q rope found In SpangIsr's trunk. Shit
such ropes were used abUnt the theatre wincs
could not swear " tho rope had be"u used In tb
theatre. Was lik" the Tnpe used In tn" hys use'
fur draw iHg up tho boTdsrH looked Ike u rup
| NJ that Kind
Cross examined: II the ropn was usrd In tn
theatre II belonged there spAnglrr would M
supply the theatre with ripe Ht hts own e NTsns e
There were two doUTS 10 enter Zach ~ tho boNp
-an Out"T aud inner door. II WA The time
door witness broke Opeu Witness Thought lh
door leading frum the lobby to tho passage hH,
no lock upon II RuN WIS N" Inr npNt ~ stage
Witness did not know whether he bursle'l th
lnrk of or broke tho kssPer' thought he cnUl,
start the keeper vi the lock without rPittiug To
facing of the dunT Witu"ss did not break Opcl
the door going In box 7 the h1ur " box 7 cont
not he broken by witness breaking the door "
bpN \. Witness did not Isre the place In The wall
md not Sss the piece VI wood 10 hlSton the durT
Witness was not present when thr dsckng ChaI
who put u" chair IN the box Knew who was ~
deFrd in put II there wuasz- thought the Pre-
ident sat with his face looking up the stage
| HENRY n. hEHNHh,
having bson called and Ew uTn, testified that h
was clerk At the National Hotel s"m"tirho he
FIRE the assassination, On the evening II the ~
~ March he went to the thoRtre, and was sho "
to private box on thu right hand side AE w
| =" down the dress ciTcla II was the near box l.
the "ntTauca The door was locked. twas broke
open by Raybnld, VIII" showed witncr, IT, the box
he could MT hnd the key. Th" screw which bel
the upper part of lhr keeper came ont " hon h
broke the lock nh John MCUulluugh LETT III
National on the 2dth ii March, Ito wa not lhsr
"n the ID II April. Books nf the hotel did n,
show that he was there after the 26th "f March
witnssH's wife aud several ladies Ecenmpanip
witR"sS tu tho theatre that night. They cntcTr
the hrsL box after leaving Tia" dress circle,
JAMES LANB
having been called aud sworn, testified that h
was employed at ROrd's theatre at the time Of N
assassination had been employed theS' fnr IN
last two seasons artist scTne palntuI
Witness was horh shown ths RIPE, aud HAId rSp'
like u were used At the theatre for suspenlW
tho bnTd0TA uf the upper scenes. They wsT
called border ropes There were nrty or hft
about the theatre; Thought the rope WAS uA'
~ q border rope. 10
Cross. examined: Witness was never In com
pany Of John wilkes Booth.
BY Mr. Ewing Witness raw SpangloT on Sal
uTday, the day after the lssassinatiUn, ahoul II
theatre; saw him On the stage II the thcatr,
several were there. They were lettering abo,
| the theatre Had not seen spaugIoT since, uni
1 this mnrntnE.
Al ten minutes past clock tho court took
$ recess until o'clock.
/ During the recess, Miss SuTratt, daughter ~ Il
accused, entered the court .ronm, aud occupied
seat near tho rail " the prisoners box. She va
weeping, aud attracted much attention.
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