The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-23
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@ How long was tina. bs,, the President was assass
not state positively; Il cors mo-, ia, BEEN longer
When you heard the pistol arcd o., you ' ~ IT,, i' ~
spring on 70 the stage' A. dd not; =, A' A'
Did you run aft'r himf A. Ihssrd then can"
,vr ust"r, ana Ysnt 70 my room for that.
q pa yea Sc spangeg As-..s lha.f A dldno unit
| the NEXT morning, ss A rec,s.ect
:, q DID you ar Booth thai aira when he rode up {
the theatre Cal for agangera 4, No, al ga nos
ByJudse BiyeaAM--o DO You taow whe,n,-' tbs. 20,
Ssco,, 'tedf A. do not know
O % YOU know whether any Of tho othor boxes
were ocsu led that night do not think any Of ihe s.
Q Do you Know rat they were no,s A. could no,
state positively whether icy wtro or not did not Ia kc
any nouee except as TO the u. s'dents box
BY MIR. EwlSa-Q When did ."oq 1rst hear thet thu
rcsaen, was TO come TO The theatre that nisaS About
we've w Io' ssd ; S1a, ''y. Harry Ford
DO yon know whetber the President was Invited 90
Dc present mat nighs A. do not; young man EN-
he had been down there that morning and engaged the
box. eNe'~ 'Ae
Testimony OF Lieutenant n. Bartlett.
~ suage MolT-9 state whether you have been in the
mi'"ary service, and II So in what postoni A. have
been IN the Signal corps the army since AUGUST 1868
stae whether you have been prisoner of war, and
during portion Of tho year 1884
Q Al what prisonf A part Of the time at Libby,
while was In Richmond, and In other prisons at other
Q sats whether not during that time you had &C.
cason to observe that the Libby Prison had been mined
by the Coni>dcrate authorities with view Of exploding
IL II the city vas captured by federal troopsp A. when
We were first tSken to Libby We informed when
taken into tho ha that the place had been mined the
next morning were taken into dungeon In the cellar
part Of the building; IN going to the dungeon had
90 round place OF fresh dirt In the centre of the CELLAR
the guard would not allow any person to pass
near II on nqurng why, ne were told there tor
pedo buried there; that Nned there while In
the dungeon and some time ster we had been taken up
stairs
DID you have an opportunity 70 examine tho tor
dungeon; we learned from officers who he'd charge, that
q torpedo was there
Did they speak Of one or morcf A. One; IL was
@ From the appearance Of the ground and the place
dug out would you have supposed IL to have been large
the fresh dirt dug out and put back again. s perhaps
six feet In diameter
r. What that drectly under tho prsoai A. Yes sir,
directly under the centre Of this prison.
Did they explain TO you the object for which had
been placed thore? Yes,. different in
ton told US that the prison had been mnsd
gren; they said that II the id succeeded tho pris-
oners were In danger Of being liberated they would blow
us up
Testimony or Colonel II. II. Treat.
EXAMINED BY JUDGE HOLT.
@ state your position in the services A. am Chief
Commssay of the Army Or Ohio, on General schOaelds
staff
Q Have you been duty recently in North Carollna'
@ State whether or not tho army with which yen arc
connected there captured several boxes said to contain
surrendered by General Joe Johnston 10 General
Scho6eld At Charlotte, N. c.
O. State under what circumstances they were delivered
to You by General Johnstonf A. think letter
sent from Johnston at Charlotte to General Schoned At
Raleigh, stating that he bad In his possession Char
fedeate States and that be ready 10 deliver to
General Schoded on his sending odicer TO receive
staff went for them and brought them 70 Raleigh from
that point they were sent 70 Washington and came 10
Q. To whom did you deliver them hersf A. To Major
Z. I. Ecksrt, OF the War Department
g wero those boxes labelled so Is to designate tho
Testfmony OF Major r. II. Eckert.
EXAMINED ny JUDGE HOLT.
O. State whether o. not you received aud examined
War Department OF the so called Confederate States OF
American A. did receive them, yesterday morning;
extent have undergone M examination BY Mr. G. F.
Hail
Testimony or G. r. Halt.
EXAMINED ny JUpoE nOLT.
O. State whether or not You have open certain boxes
chyes OF the called Confederate States OF American
O. Look Al that paper and state whether was found
in one Of those boxess A. Yes, recognise as ono Of
The paper referred read the Court by Colonel
BuRNsiT, and IL a. follows:-
MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR srnmas Va
= e. ~ ss.i BEEN sslns1ss tim. would
4.
from doing 80 on scoomn, o. III nes,, y IN,
desi~ns viii nroceed as soon A. nv hcsith will pcrmt ~
rid country OF some OF her dcadest enc mics by striking
very hearts blood those who seek to enchain her
In slavery CONSIDER nohing disnonoraoc having suoh
tendency All want OF you 70 favor me ~ gsnsg tae
~ Iss nvernment am nsrfecv familiar with Ihe Nor,h
and feel confident that can execute anything undrats
have just returned from within their lines. am
ia.a I"na IN Kentncty under General John Morgan
and ali nv comma nd except two or three on
were taken prisoners but finding good opportunity
while being taken 10 prison made my escape from them
IN 'he earo OF e,'1em 70 pa OUT mrongn
escannS two mr. tbree lines being retatsn directed nv
course north and west through the Canadss BY the assist
ance Colonel j. r. Hocombe succeeded In making
round through the blockade but having taken the yel
low Ie'et 49, ~ ns,o sH 10 ~ ~. rn,a y,
ana .aycated in n. Rab The secrrsarv
ef War md his assistant Judge Campbell arc
acquainted with my father, William j. Aston OF the Fifth
Congressional district OF Aabsma having served IN the time
o. tbe oa Somgress IN losg 10y sna leo - uo
1r can rlndT vnu aud ms so"nrv vcry mporn NJ
Service Let me hear from You soon am anxious 10 be
doing thing and having command at present all or