, 1865-05-17

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tnhrne.l
WAsnNoroy, May i6.
In accor6aute With tucgestfou made yester.
day by the Judge Advocste, the Comm.eeion re.
pslred 10 Fosd*4 :hecter th1s morning at 9:s, to
examine the prerl;*es with a view To a n:ore in,
1r}l!geut understanding u the testimony. 4
large crowd collected in feort OF the ah.ser. but
none were admitted hut Gnetnbcre OF the Comro1s.
zion, the oflsirl reporters, sereral corres-
ponocuts Of tic prfss. and tFo or three
Senators Everything rs1nsfned undf:t1rbed
inside TIC building. jnet as Il wa
II The t,me Of The sssasq:nst1on exreqt ths casit
.~en taken .way, and a l:ne Ear which SiIn. In
Ieen removee. Ne fcgnd, upon examlaat,on,
ftsce, waa etcut ninety fert, two;hirds of tIis
icing !he distance from the .ex ii: witch
suth xheh Bsotn 70 esedpsd @ az TO-
thrssre' This passace way Is ABOUT six :ect Wide.
ground ii the Fear Of The buildtne, 70 that The
assassin Lzd no TT o. OF safrE TO ascend in tattn,
h1e a,cht. There is L narrow hail leading from
the stage. on The south side Of tho theatre to
Tenth strsct. On which the building frcpfs. 1t
was At the front eour Of this bail that booth aud
spaegler met pDd were engaged in the Suspicious
at1eEiipp of Lrn,cnsnt j. ". Dye, as a;tested 5y
bin in h,s testtu,ony yes,erday.
At 1nE oopar RcoM-
The examination Of The building elected no
other feature worthy Of special mention. About
n.pe O'Clock the Commjsainn arrived III Tie Court
rnom. sid resumed the hesr1rg OF the csse. Some
Mc ,be Journal Of ycsterdas proeeednrs. ] @ ia at
two o'clock wttnesse: were called tn The Ttand, ,aud
,tc lesripg PROGRESSED until near o'clock, whe4
she o1nu,ssion adjourned till Tomorrow At ID
col. kulsr TESTIMONY.
Anorg 'be Witnesses called to the stand this p.
H., ~aa Col. d. II. Mills. now Provost MaFsh.. Of
Dct1oit. Dir testimony = vas cicar ana COT eonprs e.
conf'iee Of booth 6eyend eou6s /; distar.s4 81
tSan any ns % ihst % Iai oeca2ea au tns he
aiiia' aeiaied the dsftDdaat's preva9ic,::on, On,
~ opd ne essGaon 9, h13 nosl
ts to Col. Atl.. probably more than to ang Other
person engaged in uursstlling the mystery Of h.
ots noere u trial sDd throwing light upon the
fark piot. lie it Wss who directed and c4u-ed tn
er1eft Of PtEbe, Mr.. Shnatt, Atzerpth. Arnold,
tnd sp.rg,c1 ad =; Mudd md dtse9vsfsd
1otd gown ia 1o~er Martl land, and finally teiE-
etaphed to the Wat Department the Information
winch led 10 their capture.
o1ACcHIIS's GUILT.
The shadow deeptnad as 10 o'Iansh1ln. and
and Hilton, ehow,ne The preaencc Of The accneed
Ut Secretary stsnton'z on the night Of the 18th Of
oTauehlfn pa:niGiis. MS facIsi dea oostrsuons
os mental suffering and E.tse1y. during the rende.-
,ne OF The eS7dttce, we're generally marked. His
peese1ce 1s n ach csa1ccd to d4y. lie came into
th~ room this t. H. looking ysrs pale eud de-
jected.
NEs. srEEAT.
The prisoners platform and Filling hare been
extended acr.es The en'isewlath Of th< raosa and
Mrs Sufratt Ett8 upon one end Of 1t t~0 Of three
feet apart IRON TIE other accused. This miser~
sble creature Is lookius stronger, and apparently
l1uIe IefpDclttd, Is III fact 90 al the outrs
sase Dr. nnud a,,t. O'Lnushltn. There is great
an1lety 10 e. Ia ]ooE ut rhc ccfeudauts and tu .su
aouuttsucc IT, the court room. sut permits are
essut d .p=rinely- Arcng the Et.ltorB t,,-dsy
were Dlrhop Mcl:vaibe. several Cun.fes4men aud
the Judge II the Supz.tne Court OF this district.
NEW YorE- Mny 1G THE following i. sun~
%ary ot the conctusion OF The testimony taken on
Manday:
1Arrs 4. HUMPHREY.
James Il, Humphrey. liSert stahle keeper, tes~
tilted to an intimacy t.t@eep The Assaesi:' and
Surrart. The 1estiraony tax. n eetnse thc doors
tha. Il non who way IN he repel s.rs,ce, I'D
which vent 10 shtw 1hst ae e-1ly rs lS6H, The As.
saetin snd others cent? nap,atd the AEsa=rfn tioa
cittr. Errret mes t1f 81 wete held, cocsss.in: Of
ressl otieris, st Which The Atsasnin wss w.,
Witnesses trstint tles had eecn The Asssss:n In
consultation VIII Sanders, Cay. Holcombc, and
1Ecmpt0C, III Csnada-
GAIT. NcGtrEns.
Capt Theo. McGosern Described tbs assas:i:
nation. aud said though be knew Booth, he did
no. Tecug.ixe him Gs the man who went Ito tus
pressdeni's box ana afterwards jumped on tile
Stage. -
&ejor Henry T. Ratbbone, who was in the
Fres:dcut,e hox, rcsd the statement he madc, and
which wss published shorty after the occus-
TtIce. BE- did not know Booth. upr could he
recognize the asys>etn IN his photograph.
VIZ. TIIuEng.
W.T.. Withcrs, IT,, uustci n at .Fard,s Theater
lcet ! be AEs1esn uutcr thc 6tnRt, ans WIS forced
rscoenizrd r il tic asssssn il ). wilkes Both. who
rushed ppr al the back door Of the taester. lie
mo moi see spsns'er that nixht. spauglcE onsht
TX 70 cu4
entirely utosstracted som=tt5sea there are 10
Eaaly people there that one clnnot ps=t. but that
% usna'. Did not not reeoilect ever sseing spanslsr
"eaf moustAc6c.
1osEPu s1NHoEs.
Joseph s'runona, colored, employed at Fordss
FaeE phi oi the s,as.. . s. NV tVsen * ana o1ose
f1o on f a. asth; H. ue sa him next when he lanosd
o e sfe,%Gn 1ne S5 on n rtese When he cnt oasin
drink. The A-sasttn and staneic1 w.:rc QUIT in.
t'mate. spancI Ies USED 10 attend to The easta.fu+e
petition on he a s.a ~s o va ;s a. sR,ngs
ss yon face The ence opposite t6e p1esidea.s. M %
snx. eponres %aA u Int staRe, attending 10 his
seeing him dnr,n. the eccond sct Saw hin watt.
5Le about, looking At the pc.forn.nee anrtnr -
third act Never sa" him wear rneustache
JOHN NILES.
F.. John Miles, oolored, employed in Ford,s The,
tsr. testified that BouIh brought horae from rhn
sable TO The back dour Of the ,heatc1, and calei
fen o'clock On the p4ght al the assassiua.op,
hfler that Gid rot see B0oh but heard ais Lon 81
fctr going ont Of the alley: Ao1us threa ocio:k
in Inc aftrypoon cav Booth come FROM the s'a1lo
where b. kept lis hor.e. WITH Ned Span4@es and
5oseph Maddox. The ,seaala i nut
ovcf ,tty yards from the 1heater: sprns er
far h,m. poy e1led Jnu. Pean Its held the horse.
~ .,.i,r r,u scf,.es the sia.s kncn Booth cll,rd.
epges11a taml:5 %ns t5 h. aSosa Saa; hS
s.rcs;1 .',t aftcr the Pfe.iaeut Wis shot. asked
sranR,er Who II was thu: held the aorse. ha I'D
&c not to eay ansthipg. koow It was tha ane