The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-27

A. Yes; be told me Ford 3 Theater; be-
cause it mus; be some one acquainted or
} connected with the theater who conia take
part IN it. sos
j O. Fords Theater in Washinyton9
/ A. Yes, sir.
q. Did be urge yon upon the ground
that It wac All Easy affair. and tb,' YOU
! would have very little to dot
| y. Yes, he said that; that was )ail /
would have to do he said. He saiG tle
thing was sure to succeed.
! @. What preparations did he say, II
any. had been made toward the .esoylspi-
s.cyf
! A. He tolc me that every thing was in
| readiness; that il was sure to succeed. for
there were parties On the other side ready
to cooperate with them.
G. Did you understand from him that
be was doing3
\. He never told me that.
@ What do you mean by parties On the
| \. imagined that they were on the
other side, but he did not say who they
were.i mean they were those people. He
said on the other side.
@. Did he mention the probable num-
Der Of persons engaged in the conspiracy7
| A. He said there were from City to
hundred; he said that when be frs: mem
toned the affair to me.
| G. Did he write to your
A. He wrote about this speculation, and
then he wrote to me again; tha, mus. have
been in January.
| 9. Have You those letters?
A. never kept my letters. Every Sum
day devote to answering my corresponds
ents, and generally destroy their letters
then.
G. Did he. or not, make you any remit
tanoe with view Of fenab,ing yo7 10 come
TO Washington
a. Oh, yes, sir. After I had declined
going-had refused him-l got. letter from
him, stating that must come. This was
the letter In which he told me j: was sure
70 succeed 1wrote back tia, ii va, inn
lpossible; would not come. Their, oy re-
turn lnail, think. ! goi another letter,
with 80 inclose1, saying I must come, and
must be sure to be there by Saturday night.
did not g. ! had not been oxt Of New
York siE;e last summer.
i G Na:a Jon remember the time you re-
ceiv8d the last letter, with the $50 in it,
A. Thn: was in January, think.
! g. You say he said he had one thousand
dollars TO leave to your family?
! A. That was before; At the ,irs- inter-
view. q.
q. Did he, at the time he sent ye.u the
a. In the letter he did NOT.
@ Didhesl,eak ofhaving plenty of'unds
for tine parposef
i A. No, in his letter.
q. Did he III his conversation?
A. IN his conversation after he ZANE TO
New York again.
@. Wna, did he say then7
A. When he came " .Ness York ne CAL
walk with him, and ! did 30. He told me
that he had been trying to &c: another par
ty TO join him named John Mathews, and
when he told him what he wanted to do
the man was very much frightened, in.
deed, and would not join him, and he said
ne would not have cared il be had sacri-
feed him. 1told him l did not think It
was right to speak in that msDner. He
said NO, he was coward. and was not 6t
to live. He then asked me again to join
him; be told me mus, do 80. He told me
that there was plenty Of money in the sf-
fair : that if would do il would; never
want again Us long az l iivsd. Tina. would
never waEt for money. HA said that the
President anl sOme of the heads Of the
t,ove-nIneD. came to the tLeater very fre-
qusntly during Mr.. FORESTS enRavement.
] still urged hi,n not to mention the affair
to ME; to think Of my poor family. He
said be would provide for my going with
him. I still refused. He said he would
ruin nae IA fne professi0n1f did not Co.
told HI Ihsouldi nvt help that. and beg.
ged him not 70 meotiOn the affair to me.
When he found won]S not 60, pc said he
l.
wife, and he way ssryy be hsslf men Toned
this affair lQkDe, and told .ne .to mike my
tn.9d easJy h4 &oussa ssosSblearnS Do more
hfpu; NJ Then retL rned hiHSatss money
! he fe1s eas;S kEsAs! St. s.',t's:s %, a..ow
z mssO ~ 81 Ls3t ihas ~ s,ss.I terv snort of
fnnd4 81, vsky Ahor rt.hxia.i,lse.e ,.iin.eis or
some OF ;be pac.y mast so to'Isi,.is oDd to
obtain N nssns 70 CART v ont tIh eiY designs
! @. He essit however. that there .N4.s p,sn-
ty cf money in the eiTerrrise? -.
A. Yes, sir GNss 80, -
cur, E When '''d this last ''' r"assF'4''on 00-
a. That, think wa. in February,
I q. Did he havetally conversation with
! you at q later period, after the insagura-
tios,. as 70 the opportunity which .he had
for tne assassination OF rue P1esiden.2 Did
Il he speak OF that rlsfs3 81 -
A. Yea. cir. On Friday, one week pre-
7 v;ors 10 the ussassina;ioE, Ia. was IN New
York. nfsaA s
\ q. Wnst did he say'nen?
A. We were in1tbe House of Z .ris at
the time, sitting a.a table, and bad not
b-cn the.e inn.y bef;re he excl aiSsed, .tsik.
4 I!hAi Il, ri = the President, - I.ba.i wish
: ell POI, ina s,irsvron cay" Thar u. all he
Eaait3 Selat,vs ~ fi,As q ihfisai; ,asT1<S
r. l.. I):,, s<.e PLAIN v ha, :he chsor. wasf
Y -. ,.F). he aid y. wss as hesr!hr Pres
: tvii: oh thar day US he ~n. hTn,e. That
4 20 Isn y.in i.,ll -. wi,s: TIME IL, FsLru-
aIy i1t s.il j: ~n',idS be necessary Ia send
to R,'a,'no'.,l f,- sr6ne.? sS9l,
\. Ne, SIT; cant tell positively.
4 t'rcsa G vam!;,a.i by NJ. Ci a-spm,t.
! o. bIi i.a ,,,elisspn nry nsn:ps .f those
who w.r+, coensr,td with biis n. hI. piao.
rs cum D,h hicatsd 10 ynu, IN refsrente to
1.-THE sssassi,atioi, ot M. .1ntp!nf
Il a. no, air, not tsa. AnNavsafe .f
9. Younever heard mention any amps7
II A. never did. l q as
Cross.e1amined By Mr.. Rwine.
Did understand you 70 say that he
spoke TO You Of q plan 20 assesslna,e the
President and to capture httn7
A. TO capture him.
i. 9 Did he say any thing to you ss to how
he would got him otf1
A. No..
i 9 A to where he would take nim7
Il A. 70 Richmond.
9. BY what 1outsf
q A. He did not say
the other side''3
1 A. Yss, str.