Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-16
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o s:sie Wheeler you we're acquainted with
yShn u. Surrnii Ia ihla city
A. have no personal nsquainlanea win him.
! q % ycs sbeu hin vhsn you so hlmi
8. wss.ssia yss e. him lss.f
a. Ia his eityi
q Wh.re ara you sss him thsnf fa.-
- a I was standing On Ne sIrsnt hsiow TIE Ma
uonal, yhsn he passed q wea aboat hsif-pa.t
IN ss'T AZ. ~ ssss Is Il IVA, W.
eenicsiiy gottsn up, he had : round -crouns I'd
lat; noticed his spurs a. he passed me partiea.
larry; he had on : pair o new brnss-platsd
q. He was on foot, was hei
., whsi ara you ..y va. tn. color Of hi.
a Thsy were drab.
q Did yoa speak 70 hint
A. bowed 70 him A. he passed
q You stated you knew him quito whilei
pretty mitch out q my reeollsesl0ni still know
a You have no doubt you saw him ontha.
K Ian ysry positive I saw hiu. II. bowed
Q. You say yeu gave particular atlsetlOn to
his elo.hing Arc you IN The habit Of Judging Of
a. Yes. Sir; mako then mysslG
TnsrIM0Nr on SAs. ". PuMPHRnr.
witness resides In. Washington. and keeps .
livery stable; IL acquainted with ,. wilkes
Booth remember 10 have seen him On Friday. He
came to my stable about twelve. and hgain about
four o'clock. He said he wanted horse al four
S,Ss mi could roi IA nm, nav. \, .sd 4 g.,s
~. sss ahn, .htsaa, y, y.
hISh have never sess hss sIses shs Wa =
small mare, a little rubbed bshiad. she was
M se,th ma 80, az IA so,.bssS ~ Y'-s-
w. W.. ~ a. IN. hshi, n h,ri.., hov... s,o,,
~, "-'' - ~ v 'NA'
Va, Ia ar,t earne An eamp,nv with snrr,ti
m. 800 M ri ,-as ~ nyonristo, ana 4 .a,d
~. ~ .,sntei &c. saiS r. ssYaar lii n. =.
"a siye ~ refereaes or .eeurity /. i den't hnovs
80 ~ sswsiI ~ 80, he sivo, isys "a 49,,
a,w.ii Az 4 .,vs, az yep N I 49,
read about youi'G lie aid 10 wasJ wills,
n.n,h T..iS 4 Ata.', s.n., Sh.,h.s n. -.
%Ilko. Rooth spd sarrs sur maze "a ,sIs
.srht. h Iahn WIZ. peoih i, 4 thsa ~, No.,
h.sa,A. ~. "'' DVV''' 80 nm
q Ha,. lang vr.a mi. h.fars an. as..s.instio
a1na rarth or siI seaSs
g Dla hsssE for anything besides horse and
A onlx rain. Itoid him NO, "a Ai,eh Nv
,hsh,tdis h.l "a 80. a ~ ~ MIA hirsV ~
sSonIj have 10 stop II. IA he vas going IA
,hs Theatre 10 write a letter, aud he would put
her into a stable back Of that I told him II
he could 'nt got hoy 10 Fat a bootbIaek. He
sad he WAS going 70 take . pleasure ride and
asked whers was good place q 70 10, aud asked
how about chryslAi spiiaes 1 said Il was q
good place, bnt rather early 10 10 o..
o fpat was between four and ave o'eloeki
A. lee hate never seen Booth since.
- q % tcu kseT any ~ the other Ps,sonersi
A. No. .lr. ! aeu't Know suy q them a ALL
fnaTfMoSt OY RUFUS sfABLnn.
witneasa keeps livery stable in thia city va
aequAlntsd With Booth also surrAtt and Atre.
rodt; sav them At the stable daring The month
times per day, sometimes.
a Did thsy keep horses theref
A. sartntt kept Two.
o DID he allow Alierodt to uss his horsesi
q Did You ever 's sec ID Ills note: M HOWARD
also ~, gloves, whenever he wishes % ridsT'
WHO'S NJ. Howardi
A. The proprietor OF tho stable
o. Do YOU know whether under that order b,
rode surrutt's horuef
the order Was roselndsd.
.. DO you remember what AtIerodt said in 70
rad 10 surrHti's visit 20 Rlehmondf Did b
speak 10 you Of having been there or Of AMI
trouble he was involved in in eonsequsueef
A. He told me no had been 70 Richmond, Aht
coming back he had got into dlmculty and tina
the detectives were amer him.
rrsIIsosr or yrI n.i IL AT 49,.
Eard's ,hsstre' aert door south. tsstlaed INA
Booth cane inio Ms place and got a drink .
saky egn. % .en minutes Heiots ne LIs ~
rrsT,rory a. srparAry Josss nyE
, y. A'a. ~ I =.
49, $40 asti IT,, =, ~, ~ ~, n
p,o ~. !, Ta,t. aSsa,,s ~, Az xhst banr
wss sitting IN front q Ford = .hsA. r. ASoa
hat s..rasleS my nosies was an eissan,ly drssss,
ssnsisnsa snh came ~. o. NC passage aud con
Then ,hsre was another ioinsd them. and r.
-. -. ...-eI scr.aL.x Aoex 49, MAJ ea,,
sssS s~sIs aaS Il wa. dla~ins nsAr i q. en-
.as ns i (. y s as Ias sss ,ss
80. 80 -, :, ,sssrsing sn,na.s 10 ths prns
dent
tAs., -. 'A' r''-'1o1' sA''''s'
W. Z a., ,,.l.ad .,,hii. .nd ..xer.i ran
tisn... -, 49, ~ ,,sni an .na had AM
IA ~ 49,. Ti...l .f,sr thsx rasI M IN
bs.t.dresssd renilsman stepped inlo tho saioo
ana ne vsifs eng snoash y n h q. haeo,n,h
into~is.saS = ~ $500 en ana ,vhi,nersi I
tAs ron ehes, .iaot, 4 IA IN ~ thyne and ths
~sn, 1a,a M $3.50. ihst isaia frsn M stas
"a ~ 1880 me-, ~ .sasiIs-, nns .,snn.S Y
lust a. IN veil dressed one sppsared asaln an
sallad mi *. ,i..a ne -t.yted an streef ami 10
msinsd awhiie AMI com. down $40 ana ealIc
1stina Syais Then lem NJ fhIat there ~ !
ssIst .h MOI. s innS,, p ~. weh hs,d ~ AA
think IL wns tsn MINUTES sfter tsn
s.s ne vas announcing nc 'As@ An' was h
A: Yes. Then he started Al a INST walk IN IN
strc.t n. hs,t $1,000 aus then c-snt issid
ths theatre 4 started Sor a ssleon' And had iu,
tine TO gst down 10 Il and order oysters when