Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-13

Harrold's two sisters, dressed in deep mourn
ing, and heavily yelled, also came to the White
House soon after the arrival of Miss Surrat,
to intercede for their brother. Unable to see
the President they addressed note to Mrs
johnson, but she being sick, it was not thought
proper to deliver il. Failing in this, they
asked permission to forward note to Mrs.
Patterson, the Presidents daughter, who be-
ing alsoindsposed, the request was not grant
ed The Misses Harold showed much self
control, and restrained most Of the outward
manifestations of sorrow
This morning, about 81 clock, writ of
hdbeas corpus was issued by Judge Wylie,
upon the application of Mr.. Aiken the coun-
sci of Mrs. Surratt. 1t was served upon Gen.
Hancock at the Metropolitan Hotel The
Marshal, thirty minutes afterward, returned
the writ certifying that it had been served, in
order to know what further course the Court
would pursue.
Judge Wylic then said The case is not
now upon its merits. AT an early hour di
rectcd this writ of habeas corpus to be issued
This writ was issued, and was served upon
General Hancock, who has the custody of
Mrs Surratt the party on whose behalf the
writ was obtained. The writ required him to
have tbc bodv of Mrs Snr.ott vii, the. cansc
of her detention before this Court. this morn.
ino Mt 10 o'clock. He has neglected to obcv
the order of this Court and what ;s tbe Court
to do under the circumstance That is the
only question before the Court at this time
Any discussion on the merits involved
would now be out of place. The Court ac-
meot the military nower nnssossod T bv Genor, NJ !
Uonoool, If tba conrt o Joo;do ~ .h;s r,,a
ment that Gnnerol Hancock,s course % wa. ~ q
contnmnt tbe onIv rronosS wh;oL I would 10
sne would he an attpcbmen+ fnr tbe dsrcnard
of ;ts outbor;tv hmt ,,L;oh would ;ssmo o,, a.
tncbment opainst the whole military % noSnr w Of
thc United States This Court arl.ndwledoes
th,t tbe lave orn s;o,t ,nJ tLot l. ;s ,;tho, ~
mower in the rren,;sos .nd ,horefnro dooEnns
to take any order whatsoever. If there be n
disposition on the part of the military power
to respect the authority of the civil Courts,
they will respect the writ wlfcir has already
been served
IT. on the other hand, it is their determine
ton to treat the authority of this Court with
contempt in this matter, they have the power
and will treat with equal contempt any other
process which the Court may order. The
Court, therefore, must submit to the Supreme
physical power, which now holds the custody
of the prisoner and declines to issue an at
tachment or to make any other order in this
case.
At ten minutes to II o clock Mai General
Hancock entered the Court with Atty Gen.
Speed, who apologized to the Court for the
apparent delay in making return Ivy Gen.
Hancock, which was unavoidable. General
Speed then proceeded to read the return of
Gen Hancock, as follows:
,r,,,,,u ,,.r, wit.
rieaoq W rs Mau'e = Mlntary !, plvs'1n, Nv ,ns.
washington, ~ W '"'y ''h' loo'
Hon lntrem Vylie, J"stice Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Colnmbin
! hereby acknowledge the service of the
writ hereto attached, and return the same,
and respectfully say that the body of Mary T..
Surratt is in my possession. under and by vir-
tue of an order of Andrew Johusoh, President
of the United States and Comnander-n-
Chief of the army and navy for the purposes
in said order expressed COPY of which is
hereto attached and made part of the return
and that do not produce said BODY bv rca.
SOP of the order of the President of the Un
ted States, ndorsed upon said writ, to which
reference is hereby respectfully made.
W. S. Hancock, Mai. Gen. L. S.V.
Commanding Division.
The following is tbc Endorsement unon tbe
writ
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