The New York herald., 1865-05-15

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Have you been 70 Canada sinees A. Yes sir =.
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OF she record. ~ s.,.
DO you remember early 10 April! thai MIS- surra" ~
sent for you TO give Mr. Booth notice that shs wished 70
see him A. Yes SIR
what was the message merely 'nAs sne ~'s"eo
10 500 nun;
Dd sue say on private business, or use any oAp'o"
SION OF thst knd! A. Yes sw. ,
niu you oehser sne messa&e! Nv
wnnt az bootn say - nc saiu no ro"1" 0oi"o
W snS nous ,mmea sssSy - eoon ss no coni1.
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a'e M wncdner @ ne called M On he evening oi tns I'm &
sSoa' nan past two O'clock when was going Out s the
oe0r, 4 Me' s'fS surratt speaking 70 bootn
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tryY A. Yes sir ~'''' '-"' 'ON '''
Th,, exsm;noto, IN c,ef urs The nrsced,nc one was
m a, ~ rI mke s'o pau"ens s S y"e, W.,
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cROssExAMINATIoN BY REvERDY JOHNSON
Q. How long have you been living at Mrs. Surrattss
A. since December 1864; Mrs S,irratt at that time had
farm,
O. Did you ever live with her in the country A. No,
sir, but had visited her
Q You know her very well at that tmef A. Not very
well; made her acquaintance troueh a son who WIS
at school most OF the time; sometimes went there and
always experienced Kindness and courtesy
q What sort of house had she in the city hore1 A.
Itcontainod eight rooms--six large and two small
@ Was she in the habit OF renting her rooms outf A.
Yes, SIT.
O. lid she furnish board as we'll as roomss A. Yes
O. Did you say that young Snrrat told you In April he
going to Montrealf A. Yes, sir.
q Did You ever know him 20 60 thero bc'oref A. No,
sir he here in the winter OF 1854 and 1885 some
times home sometimes mott during the winter of
1884, especially during November he In the c0un
try most of the time his stay at home was not pern,a
nent he was sometimes away for three four weeks
have been in Canada without your knowing itf Yes.
SIR he could have gona not returned TO the house
O Hsyo YOU sny KNOWLEDGE tba, he wss then in Cana.
daS A No sir "
O. Were you on intimate terms with hims Very
intimate terms
O. lid no ever intimate 10 Won any nurnase ,o assos,
naie The Prcsidents A. No sir: he stated TO me and 70
his sister mai no Was @o,ng r., Eurona on sc,,o soc
ation he said that he had had three thousand dollars
advanced to him BY gentleman. tha. hs would 60 TO
Liverpool aud thence % N,ssaa and irom there %
armv-- In Nsgrrder,s sr,nv II " ~ ~
O. pld he 60 20 resas be.ora The ree,,on,ho ,rot,sr
meauP A don't Know. meyer go ., t,,e brf.tI,e,
O. Were You in tho hsait of secine young Snrya,t
almost every days A. Yes sir; he would 10 seatd at
glntnt tahiN ead koeI
with me- 'p'
O. Durin, the Whole Of that perod Won mover heard
him intimate his purpose TO sssassina,e The President;
A. No. cir. " '''''' ''' ''ss"0"''
O. Did YOU see aavtb,e ,ba, led vo. IN b,,,svs
Tho question was obis ted to by Colonel Brnett Aa
sistaut Judge Advocate aud was waived bv MI Johnsnn
O You never hoard him or onybody esc aay anvthn,
about It the month Of November 10 the time Of ic
assass aat,ouY A. No sir: he said once Ia, was roirr
with Booth 70 be an actor aua he said he was going TO
Richmond; he was well educated and was student OF
O Wcr, yo, ST. deut with b,c,a A Ven air. 7 WINS
In tue COLLEGE one year longer than he
@ Du,irs that period what his character A. II
riog told him no would always bc remembered by tbose
who had charge of the instiiuuou.
@ When did YOU fssl drive iE.o The ccuaffy With Ma
surrat A. The first occasion Was on the 11th OF April
O Did she tcll-you what her object was in going A.
She said 10 'sSothy- who owed her some money,
and the interest on IL for thirteen wears.
Is there such many A. Yes, SIT, there Is
Whom aef' sed at the village Mr. Notify not there
ana she told the barkaepcr Ia send messenger for n
and he s'nt one in The assn,ine we went TO Captain
Gwynnes house, re'rsined ther" two hcurs and took
dinner no said no would IKE 70 rturn with US (and he
che transacted her business with him.
nr' you KNOW the ,nanf A. No; MT Nott, the bar
keeper said he wac IN the paricr; did not go in.
g state what her purloSs Was Ia tha second vslt
A. she ssid she had received letter IN regard 10 ms
none due her ny Mr. Notify
Was the letter OF The sa,;s da'e; a Yes: and she
sr'cd she was conpced again 10 90 to the country and
asked me 10 drive her dawn, and consc cnied
q DID yon see t'c letter. A. No, sis; she said that
suc "au anu tnnt " heI 70 20 W
Surrats.iiei that = al know
pid you 20 IN oagRyf =. fcc, sif.
= ANY ooc else 10 Win your A. NO "nso ou' ] ard
she went
DID sh" take anything with hers A. only two
p1rkasrsi one with letters concerning her estate and
smsief .,sekags about -'A inc'es IN dis'ncter !,
looked hke Two or three sauccrs wrapped IN brown
rApcr This was put In the bottom Of ths buggy, snd
taken OUT wien VIC got 70 Sur attsvhe
How lotg dM you remanY .. TIL half past sS
y wnm inc ava you fcsen "omef a. Ao""s hs'f'
pas h,nr or Ten
"nen a'u you ea', W aa you near, o' W" @sassi-
nation or the President or th5 attack nn secfctnry Sew
ardf heard IL at shr'" O'Clock on saturday morn
ins
Woo came TO the house within The period from your
tetura 70 tbe time you hafd OF the assassination OF the
Prescentr A. ih,ro was some one rurg The bell, but
VII" " wss dmt KNOW.
Was tue neil rnswcrcdf A. Yes SIR
By whomY a. By Mrs snrrau
,s,a was ssro any o"a r :" G 's door, Yes sr
goins 9u,.
HOW one was tnit Mtr yo" got hackr A. ABOUT
zen minutes ! w"s akIns SUPPER.
mhai was Oeio!s zen o ciocsr a. Yes sur
ihcn n ~ ""s wa oso'c .'e .i''o "' VIC ussaSsi"eu"n