The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14
End OF the Conspirators.

End OF tho ConsPiratons
The last act of the great Nationa
Tragedy was performed in Washington OF
Friday. In accordance with the sentenc'
of the military commission, approved n
President JOHNSON, DAVID E. HA0i
LEWIS PAYNE, Mrs MARY E. SURF n anD
Grosex E. ArzEnor, the chief sonsplrs-
tors against the lite of Presidsf LINCOLN
were hung. Whatever weigt is gwen emu. 20
The objections raised sgaiet the m'h'sss
commission, no one WI, carefully soannea
the evidence will envtain the ieas' uouU'
of their guilt, ammo one WILL ''
LEWIS PAry was the confederate !s' Oh
D., nd Ailty of an assault with IN
~. =, III WILLIAM H. SEWARD and DIS
sons. NE proof of his confederat'ng WIN
poo~n and bis aocomplices was established
D ne trial, as certainly as human testi-
Inv could establish any fact, and added
- this the crime was admitted by his
.onnsel and defence of insanity set up
which coald not be sustained. ~
Equally as certain was the evidence that
H.po,p was BoorHs accomplioe before
and after the fact. he is first found In
confidential relations with the assassin
and was several times discovered in secret
meetings with BOOTH, ATzERoDT and 9TH
.rs of the conspiracy. he acknowledged
70 Confederate soldiers that he and BOOTH
we're the sssassins of the President, and ne
WAS csptured in the barn with BoorH.
There is no doubt whatever of his guilt.
ArzERopr was proved to have been a
oonspirstor. He was frequently in COM
mupicstion with BOOTH and bis confeder-
ates. To him was assigned the murder OF
President JOHNSON at the Kirkwood House,
but he proved faithless to bis associates IN
crime. He was in active cooperation
with them, however, for some time previ-
on. to the night of the assassination, and a
frequent visitor at Mrs. SuRRATT's.
Mrs. SuRHArr appears to have been cog
infant of the intended crime, almost from
it's inception, and became an active par
ticipant IN overt acts. She was agent and
manager. She received and entertained
at her house all the criminals. She
planned the means and assistance for the
escape of the assassin. BOOTH frequently
called at her house and held long cent?
Dental talks with her. He was with her
on the day of the murder. As an &C
complete of BOOTH and participant in
his crime, there is no question Of the JUS
tice of her fate.
In regard to DR.. MUDD, SpASeIER, AR
MOLD and OLAUGH1IN, who have been sem
fenced to imprisonment, the proof of COM
plicity in the assassination was not estab.
lished beyond doubt.
It was proved that DR.. MuDD was &C
ouainted with Booth, and had suspicious
meetings with him and JOHN H. SuRRATT,
son of Mrs. SURRATT, who effected his
escape, and is now supposed to be con-
cealed in a Canadian monastery. He
dressed Boorn's wound and assisted him
in his escape
SpANeLER does not appear to have been
in the conspiracy, according to the proofs,
at an earlier period than few hours be-
fore the commission of the crime. If he
be guilty, his participation would appear
to have been in preparing the means of
escape by keeping the passage-way closed
on the stage and by closing the door after
BOOTH had passed through, evidently
watching the movements of BOoTH.
Whether he backed out of the conspiracy
on the day Of the murder, or not, is not
clear.
ARNOLD was at one time in full commu
nication with the conspirators; but it is
claimed that the plot was formerly to alb
duct the President, and that ARNOLD and
BOOTH quarrelled, and the former with
drew from the conspiracy and went to
Fortress Monroe, where he was prior to
and on the night of tie assassination.
OIAUGHIIN is shown to have had init
mate acquaintance with BOOTH, and some
testimony was given to show that he had
been assigned to the murder of General
GRANT, but whether he failed to make the
attempt from lack of courage, from disin.
clination, or from failure of opportunity,
does not appear. That he knew the pur-
pose of BoorH was shown by circumstan
tisl evidence only.
MINNESOTA REGIMENT, the 11th, en- route
Tor home, was detained in the city some hour.
To-day, and bivouscked at the Soldiers Home
IL numbered some nine hundred men, anG
ABOUT every man had contraband, a dog, {