Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-07
The Conspiracy Trial.

TIIS Court opened undcT PleasantoT auspices
than on yesterday. Tho number of spectators
was much smaller than usual There WOuld,
however, DO moro comfort In this, II II were not
for the horrid Teasclion that the absentees had
fallen sick or died from too frequent Solf-exI"-
sure to tho 'unsaVory aud unwholesomo air Of the
oouTt room. ..."r
After tho reading u tho minutes, there was
Iiula testimony taken bearing upon DIR Mudd'a
ease Mr.. Ewing IL lab0ring very hard fnr his
client, but hts Witnesses are proving scarcely
anything. Tho Iabors of the counsel susgcstrd
to one OF tho reporters of tho Press tho following
imrromptu:
Though a -hoo-black might clean Booth boot
Of its mud,
Hc'd never attclnpt to clear It Of blood;
And tho laundrcss viii fail In her labor, wcqu,
HowC'er strong her cndcayOr, towash this HWVt
Duriug the intcrmIssIou the air Of the room
received au addition to Its odor from the broad
aud choose, sandwiches, etc, which some OF the
spectators munoh IN order that they may bc Su,.
Iaiued, ,throug ghout tho days proceedings.
GEoRgE BooEE, (colored,)
called for the defence. recalled. Witness was
exa mined in reference to his meeting Dr. samuel
Mudd on n by.Toad near the maiu road from
BryantOWu, but nothing important was elected.
. m EDWARD SKINNER, (oOlOrcd,)
called for defence. Witness has boon servant to
Mrs. Thomas, mother Of Daniel Thomas have
known him about thirty yearS know that he
had no good reputation for truth.
q. Would you believe him on his OATH A.
would not believe him on his oath have hoard
gentlemen say they would not believe him on bis
oath he was not loyal man when tho war
broke out he was ehAngablb.
CrOss s-exAmined. Have nOyoT heard any gen.
tlomeu speak about Thomas being on oath In
court Of Justice nj all
At this polnt-hve minutes before one o'eloek-
the stream oftestimony dried up, aud Mr.. Ewing
informed the court that he had subpGnaed thlr-
teen witnesses, all living within twenty four
miles Of Washington, whose testimony was cF.
sential In the detence Of DR.. hudd, aud they bad
not appeared, and he had received letter stating
that seven Of them had not received their cub.
pwBas
Colonel Barnett, Assistant Judge Advocate,
stated that the subp@nAs were forwarded IN the
usuHl way.
Tho Commission thon took a Tecoss until two
o'clock.
Tho prisoners were brought In hitesn mihntes
before Two O'Clock, and DR.. Mudd leaned over
the railing aud held an inCTyiew Of seyeral niin-
utes with hts counsel whcn the Commission
was called to order, several names 0f witnossas
wore called ahd the response OF the oiheer was :
Mot hero. ~ ...r.. 20
d. M. WHARTON
was called. Lives In Baltimore. Is In business
At FuT,rcSs MOurOe, Samuel Arnold was In lliH
employ as CleTh, IRON tho "a ot Apfll nnNll hN
was arrested and taken away from fortross
Monroe, Received him into employment at tho
solicitation Of his father, why wrote witness a
letter. q.
JndEo bingham objected to auy statement re-
| rpectiug the contents of that letter
Tho objection was sustained. -..s.
Mr.. Ewing moved that tho cipher letter In :
trOdnccd for the Government on the 9TH day
of Jane be stTicksn from the record. He believed
the letter to be 4 detitious one, In the Seennd
place II Is, as testimony, wholly inadlnlssi1blc
Tho hand writing had not been identified. II
had not been proved that It was ever in the hands
of ono Of the accused, or that u was addressed to
any oue Of them, Mr., Ewing proceeded 70 arsuo
| the question, citing authorities,
Judge Dingham replied that there was aR
allegation in the Indictment that the conspiracy
was contested by the persOns pamed In the indist
Ineni. and also by others who arc unknONn IL
had bcsn proved that one Of the eOnsplrlloIs was
! TO hire a murderer or murderers, Ia AeS B"rne,
| N. C., aud hsre h . letter found floating up0n
| tho water, like = wan upOR the water, ut moore
| head City, the port on the road ~ New BeTua
| lie doomed II entirely AdniEsablc,
| Mr.. Cake addressed the court in favor II Mr..
| BVing's motion ~ strike tho letter from the
record
[DuTiug this argument a lady fainted, aud was
carried out Uf the court room.
! Judge biughsm replied At sono length, and
! the CuuHi,slup tJpk vote upon tho notion ~
Mr.. Ewing, and Il va AcgatiVed.
MISS HIHGIE rOLE
| Called WituosE liyOs 10 Bsitinorr; saw Samuel
Arnold near IlnokstuWa Op lgs 2Iih aud 2slh NJ
March, at his uncle'S and al haF oBa residence
| JORN RT5H,
! Called foFthA pT0seeution! witn0asi Is Gequslpl
| with Lewis J. Wslahmapni he has bnrns good
| character, 80 far A. my knowiedge cNtends
| would beiaVe bis VOID, whether under oath ol
| not In regard 10 his loyalty, should think hlla
| loyal heard htA rejoice ~ me IsH ., hlehinoAd
Gross examined by Mr. AihoB.--Hayo never