Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-06-02
By Telegraph.
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY EMPIRE
LATEST ME Ws.
EVENING REPORT.
Trial oTthe Conspirators,

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the Sunday after the assassination of Pres.
dent Lincoln, and remained there until Thurs.
day morning he did not attempt to hide him.
self and was willing to go with the arresting
officers.
Mr.. Doster, as counsel for Atezroth, stated
that he intended to set up plea of insanity,
and for this purl ose had summoned the rela-
tives and friends of Atzeroth living thousands
Of miles away, but who have yet derived
Wm. s Arnold testified as TO his brothers
whereabouts, in Baltimore aud the country,
from the 2lst Of March to the lst OF April
when the prisoner went to Fortress Monroe,
giving to witness his pistol and kn fe
! Frank Arnold, also brother to the prison.
er, testified that the latter went TO Baltimore
TO enter upon employment.
John I. Ford, manager of the theater, was
recalled BE was shown the rope found in
| Spauglers carpet-beg and said it might have
been used in Grabbing, or for other purposes
The witness was in Richmond when the as.
sasination occurred
H Clay Ford testified that he is the treas
urer OF the theater; be knew the President
intended coming to the thester, at eleven
o'clock in the morning; Booth was at the
theater at noon, but be did not tell Booth the
seats had been engaged
Jacob Smith testified be lived near Hooks.
town, Maryland, and saw the prisoner Arnold.
every day between the goth of March and st
Of April: sometimes three and four times
daily
T. Ford testified that be had known Spane.
Ter three or four years His continued presence
as scene shiiter would be necessary during
the second scene Of the third act of the "a
rican Cousin, and during the continuance
OF the whole play be could not be absent long
The stage.manager aud stage-carpenter have
charge Of the work belonging to the PASSAGE
way by which Booth escaped, and Of the entire
etage. I qh.na.H ,.
1t was not Spangler's duty to keep the pas
sage way clear, unless specially assigned to
it by the Stage Manager Orders were posi-.
tive that the passage way should always be
kept clear, aud in the best order. 1t was
always kept clean, unless the play was of such
character that it might be temporarily en-
cumbered Never knew Spangler TO wear
moostaehe. Spangler appeared to entertain
great admiration 10. Booth, who was faci.
mating man, and appeard to exercise great
influence over his interiors Since the latter
part of September, Booth frequented the
theater, and had his letters directed there
Spangler usually spent the summer in crab
fishing, near Baltimore, which he considered
his home. Witness thought the rope in
Spanglers carpetsack was such as was used
by crsb.6ishermen. sag..
Mr.. Best, manager OF Groves Iheaier testi
fed he had seen Booth frequently about the
theater, and that the day before the assessi
nation Booth asked him if he proposed to
illuminate on that evening, and whether he
designed inviting the President
| The witness sent Il note to Mrs Lincoln,
inviting the President and his party to visit
the theater on the night of the l4th At the
time Booth made the inquiry, IL struck me
that his manner was peculiar The witness
said it was customary in the theAiers TO keep
the passage way clean ut all times. Witness
did not consider the leap from the Presidents
box TO the stage, 10 Fords Theater, an ex.
trsordinarv one, o. ...H.t
II. N. James testified that at the time the
shot was fired by Booth at Ford's Theater, he
witness, was standing on the stage, ready to
draw the fat, and Spangler was standing op.
posite him. From where they stood, neither
witness nor Spanger could see the Presi.
dents box Do not know what Spangler did
when the shot was fired Witness thought he
was nearer the door, out of which Booth ran,
than Spangler was the passageway was
clear at the time it was the duty OF witness
and Spangler to keepit clear it was more
Spanglers business than his own Spangler
appeared pleased when the President entered
and applauded when the audience did,
II l.. Mudd testified that the farm oecupi.
ed by Dr. Mndd was owned by his father, bot
that the prisoner paid no rent
DR.. Davis testified that he lived in the city,
and served on General Wools staff during
the Mexican war had known the prisoner,
Harold, from early boyhood, and considered
him trihing boy,wit very little OF man about
| him should think that nature had not en-
dowed him with the usual amount Of Intellect
but thought that he had intellect enough 10
distinguish right from wrong,
Harry Clay Ford, treasurer Of Ford's thea.
ter testified that he learned at half.pAst eleven
clock A. NJ, that the President engaged
box Booth was at the theatre at twelve clock;
did uot tell him the President was coming
saw Booth coming down street as | stood in
the door of the theater; be commenced talking
TO some parties there; one OF them went into
the office aud broaght out letter, which be
sat down and read on the steps OF the office ;
| staid, should think, half an hour; did not
see him again till evening when l got to the
theater, my brother said the President would
be- there that night 1t was Mr.. Raybold's
business to see about the decorations OF the
box, but be had the neuralgia in his face that
day, and fixed il; | fixed the flags, and had
part of the furniture changed sofa and
bigh-backed chair was brought from the stage,
aud roekingchAir from my Sleepipg'room
up stairs ..ll.... s...... ...a..
/ received no suggestion from any one
except Raybold and gentleman who brought
the flag from the Treasury Department
Spangler took out the partition between the
two boxes. We always removed it when the