Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-17
m TRIAL or THE CONSPIRAIORS,


a s,s,s whether or not The pistol you now
:. before you was picked up BY you IN the box
,ls PRESIDENT on IN. night 81 the as,assina-
II A. Yes, afr, this N the plsiol. !. ~
II sss that nafap Married on Il. ~
d How long amer Che Prtpident was shot ara
piek imp A. DO not know exactly how
n; suppose about three minnfes after the
. ssidsn, vas shot, went into the box; there
sr,vo persons IN thefs then. The sargeeh
%. ] handed him mine, aud With Il he cnt
fr.idenfs clothes open. len the theatre.
,ruards Iai.ssd my nlght-key, aud thought
4 iropped " there I hurried hack 70 the
L,sisd against pistol lying on he door. /
IA u Up and cried cat, II hnve fonnd the
fal,'' Some peraona there told me 70 give Il
I tAe police, bat there was gentleman who said
rpvsented the Associated Press. and /
,nled " 70 him. The next morning ] vent
Ouud 10 The POLES station aud recognised Il a.
= plsiol had picked up f
slsruoxr OF LIEUT.. ALEXANDER LovErr
d Will VOC state whether or not. After 4he
destination Of the President, you and others
fs engaged IN pursuit Of The murderer A.
Z VIA, rsals asa you take, A Tho roa,.
Eel s,sic whether or not, In purnuiue that roate.
n esns 10 the house Of the prisoner. Dr. SAM h
ndd. A. did: Ireeognirs him a. oae Of the
~ the DAT y
ID Did you stop there and make any inqniriesi
stopped there aud made inquiries Of kIs wife
Id ha was OUT. .,lt
. q STATE what questions were addrss.ed 10 him
you, aud other membors Of your party, and
hi vas said. A. We hrat asked him Whistler
ERE hAd boen any strangers n his house. He
"a there had. A hrst he AID not sssm 10 care
cut giving ns any natinfAcllon then he went
and stated that on Saturday morning, Al day-
raj, two strnngern cams q bis place one came
tie door, and the other aat on his horse that
,Vsnt down aud opened the door, when the
ne that one 81 them had a broken leg, aud
Iii Ae had set the leg asked him who the
ah Vas He said he did not know he was =
4hger to him. He stated that they were both
ringers asked HIN what kind Of looking
"a ihs other was, Ne ssid no was young man
. q How long aid he say they remnIned therei
| Ne said they remained there . short time
Ah was the nrst conversation had with HIN.
q You stated that DR.. Mndd said they were
sly in the course q the mornings A. That Is
&Aiil understood then.
On vha. day wssthi.i A. On Tuesday,
. Did he state to you whether, a, that time or
.as.lnaiion Of the Presidentf A. lie said he
n heard u on Sunday, Al church.
q what dlstance Il his house from washing.
bsi A By way Of BryaHtOwn, itis about thirty
bills suppose.
hs on Of che pahiid road ruaning from
FYAnewn, about one fourth Of inlle.
Did you have yoonsidefable conversation
Iith him In regard 10 the assassination Of the
|fssidsntt A. We did nottalk much about that
Va. asslas inquirisa more about those mea
q nov long wsr.yoa al hi. house, A. rrob.
| 4 Did Ss continue us,u the las, 10 max. the
Ans representationn that these men were entire
s.Siss q them. Hs aid one Of them eaii~d
"a nfer; that he furnished him with razor,
Ap, And water 70 shave HE moustache Of.
.lsd him " be had any beard; he replied yes,
loug pair Of whiskerst'
Did he state that Booth had len there that
lsal away % cruithea, aud that he showed
|Asn the way across the swamp. ~
q Did he state what the injured man had done
pa his horsef A. He said -the other one led
u horse, aud that he had pair Of erutehes
hade for him; was entirely aafianed that these
|aHies were Booth aud Herold.
DID you arrive n that conclusion from the
,snption given or the mont A. Yes
2 DID he state 10 you tho. reason these men
y gone Int he swamp A. He said they were
q pid he state fol what purpose this man had
Aa'sa Of his moasiaehsi A. No. some Of the
klsr men along with mo made tho remark !.
Ested suspleious, and Nc. Mudd then also said
e0ked suspleious
seat inlsrvlss With NJ. Maddf A. Yes, air.
How lqng afisr the lrst onei A. Al the hrst
li,fyieW 4 had, my mind wns made mp 10 arrest
IN When the proper time came. The second
,l.Iviev Occurred qn Friday, tho 2lsi. went
q sists wksi y 1hsn ala IN regard TO the..
- A whea 10 found that We were going ~
|.feh the house, he said something 10 his wife, |
y then brought down q boot and handed itRo |
Z. He said he had 10 cut II on IN order TO sot |
.sns ~ .u, re ne sosi dS %,,s and
allied hls aitsntioa 70 -. He said he had not |
lken notice Of that before
"A large cavalry boot, ALT down the leg, was
nsght u, PASSED reund, and examined By tue
. u the leg, under the name Of the maker, were |
y words ~. Wilkes" written plAinly, In ink ] |
q Did he At that time sttll Insist that they |
.ie Strangers 70 hint A. Yes. 49,
pa ~ aeknowledge, At any subsequent pc
., nat he knew Boolhi A; Yea he said sub
whea vas THAR A. That va. on Frldhy, |
= ame day DO made the remark that his wife
= told him aha saw the WhlskeFs AZ ono time |
,s'ne disconnected frem The MAS face.
Bat he had stated 20 you distlnctly before |
NJ 10 had not known thia mani A. Yes, sir.
= Did he, or nsl. 81 aay subsequent eonvsrsa-
%, state that ne had known this man BOOTH |
After had arrested him, and We had got on /
y haf.ea ynd were going out, aone Of the men
~ " am sosie !. phesogsagh. They held 4 lp
IN. He aid thai d Nas not like Booth, thai
hotsd liiIle llko him aeross the eyes. Shortly
~ that he said he had an introduction 10 |
.eih lad fallf be sid . man BY the name " |
'esa,ea gave hlm An introduetion 10 him.
lfn ~ -
y he had Fods with him In the soaptry looking
on. land, aud when he bought horse.
S.,i % hs state The timel A. Il was last fall.
cSiiete he said.
". pa he give you NY description Of Tic
"a h ss bought A hesaid he wanted = good
cto.. ;sxaniasd By Nr. stone.--a- when you
W 70 Mr.. Mods the arsi time, dld you have
V conversations with him before ron went lnio
"A w. iIs a think not had conversation
3 4. Iaoa y you ssksa him whether two
..,t.t. bad besa there he told you a. once
aadl =, Yes, pis. WIe was made aware Of
4 .-.afe % orr errand, SUI pose, by friend
\, ',@ea very much excited, and turned very
In.'.sn ne va. hrst asked shout the Two
Iss''s 'Aeugh he admitted they had beeH
y. roa asked him to describe them, ana he
n kesuYhe Description A. Yes, sir
~ whom Inc say ne was introduced 10
a hni A A man By the name q Jehn.
! j ns lold you that he was introduced 10 Booth
n sa.soh a churchf A. ne ala not tell ne
asu ssa,h ~. place he told ne ~ dld not
~ W, mssa On the eeeAsiop Of your second inter
Va ~ ~ sIha NV tho name o. Booth, he thsn
ls,,i'- ~ ~ had been introducedi A. I ara not
= 49, ~ elui W. were on horseback, though
a. ao,sa.ly mentioned Booth's name % the
lssh ", ~ - that DR., Nadd ssemed 70 b very
AsLss ~ A fesf be turned very pale n
: IA s as. Al The rooOilseilon Of sOmothinr
,sdas,s.ia =. mention, IA eonncction with HE m.
'ssalI'iseS h a,,s,h Ne name o The.nRsonl A.