, 1865-05-15

,t 'be srsersl, He were fireoed 70 pass ar9ana to
The esst end In which th- ';onrt room ts situated.
our cards were banded to he o11cer OF the day,
vino sent II EN- within tha building. In a few
aeheet Of paper on which s4s written the follow
"coxs771rRoox, May IS, 1865.
will be adni:;fd '1tng ,hs as; iss'tSa; Ssn.r
We entered the building: passing through
hail On the ars: floor. on either side Of which was
,sIe, officers and so1dters. Cunning to the right
re ateendeo flight Of steps which brought Us to
the second floor, and into room where were as.
.teod were tnests. sot; and tttendonts m upon he
oAeere Of the Con nlissfon.t From this room
ssstsway ieAts directly to hi east end Of the com
the building.
TIE COURT uoon.
The eeDt}De} at hts closed door parsed our Ger
ted " ha te coa Vice
twenty-five wide II fsrty feet In length The
eeiling is ten feet from the }oor which ia covered
ssw hpon h1tPS %h a hs p:sa IT,
walls Of all these roou1s, halla and sfarwaya hayB
been bnt Eeeen'ly white washed and the woodwork
There sre t.so windows Of medium Size opening
upon the east and two epna}y large looking ont 10
the north. Across these windows On the outside
penoicufsr1y and horizontally, leaving openings
hetweca 'hen about eight inches square. On the
south ride OF this room there arc two doors, elch
shd st1sd up N s@af eamscier '7 to those pta BE-.
low, hnt having in addition in each a neal bed.
stead and bedding and wash-,ta
m fne "tst END Of the court room, near the
southwest corner, Is heavy prison door ieadinr
o 10 M Senna Se n tSf. hs aaseePt portion Of The oo
zion. ZION. o. tas str. VET ead of 81 room, co@neae
ene the "eGs5f joe ,.at u. a.m,a east side
Teo%sn r,t.,aE aeest senE &c. h,eh ind extend.
OF h,srail,De about nye feet from The West Fa,i 1
stsnes platform about cls.4een ,nchea htxh and
about three feet wide. oa fnis platform, agxiast
for the prisoners aud their gn7rle. Against tho
south ws1l and between the Two doors on Ii It eide
is witpets plsifofm about one foot ttcb, and
:nd coDarut ton that 10 front Of the prlsouers'
platform Immediately in front Of and against
ihe railing last named. are paeed three tables for
goes across the ceiling from the middle Of the
west wall to the middle Of the east wall. This
feam ls supported BY three round wooden pillars
painted While and standing, one in the .mlddle Of
The heam and the others each at a dlstanceyof
eight feet from the centsr pillar. A table twelve
Commt.eion. Al the foot Of this = t4o1e
eT for the Judge Advocate General and his two
associates: a table Of the same dlmeusion and
nnfth os that at whfeh the court sits - placed ia
tie soaS Wis nera s ths
ir ned,ately adjoining The door BY which re en-.
Which he special P1ovost asrshal deneral % lis.
All the tnrnlture appear. 10 be naw, and now first
In pse.
TIE oouRr.
Entering the Court from the dnor last mentioned
you are fr:t met ~ Gen. aartsuf. Upon step
NJ few feet TO the left, an1 facing west the eye
/ tlret attracted T. tbs. Court assembled iu bril-
o. he Hight, II lhe ta.s ed Of Ills tasls, sits
right At The north side Of b table, tits Gen Lew
President il R:avet Msj. Gen, Aug ust Kautz md
ron. Upon either side the other members Of The
Con- mission u ne order. Of thelr rink
end Of bis table. and At ths right are hl assist
snts. Col. n. L. Burnett and Judge Bingham.
Fe9ing re nil pssz aen
othef COUNCIL Tor the p11spseft.
THE FR1suSEns.
Tie stranger Vitftor Is naturally curious to see
and contemplate the counte enanees Of The prison.
II search o e aseased TRete ssts S1a;f Oh
H. Rsss' R;ssn rsisS Sssi5d :, u 5ssas Whss
rapidly sfks htmtelf and he mentally sn.we1e
rapid and ensclJ Paine cannot be there. ! saw
70 one thsFe s aat 1ss.ss: IT. dessripto9 That
don't zee my such man Is tho would be assassin
Of Mr Seward is represented % be. Tou begin
With tbe man on .he extreme lelt and next to ths
tnuy about torty one yesls old, say fee: @s'''
enes In height tlenoer, red Of pr ..,--
'h,n ssnf growth pslIs oval ssean' ay 6,t i
nose, thir i: ii blue eyes,
IT, .ps md ! I'd ,:Ss Il hid, ~ el4:A' Wv as:
..oes not &c GIN to be aIa.ssxed saaa;
r. tee t3ial he - dressed eenteely in aIsst and
db5 nhe q bus limb. arc
ss thsn Is aeou, h's snkes and connc. his T iees
sSaast sbo@ hs tesa1, Ea5 CO.. Spa
fsrseem. M s fearful, "s;nt'n.. ''
uAH.. CID.
You look further to the ri!,h., paestn2 over the
afttrDa,c man who ts an officer: ann :o9 9o.erTe
IN fadtd blue suit whom you would scarce cali
/ naa. ue seems int nineteen OF twenty years
na 9ey dsR Pshss sse II te e
.w: 1' t' stnty 00e sui1eundsns 1s san iRe s5e
Iui lips; @ ind ndestppc Hs pt9 bat
ierosif5; I'D Ill: Is the P poo1 % eseature 's who 10
so s is Il, bs nes shs4n
h'4e'd. IL ', r.n, s @'''''S' 1''' Wy -
tetnste guard, E7= come to Of the most r<maTk-
able tsces Of the gronpt-a face which, once seen,
may nsysr ne forke!ten oDs Hhoee moral .tature
ss ss:etd tRss11s' .or :.ss in m4sa a5i
,'es seS,en ss's,; hi g'naIoeas m da.k 6lee
- fully SIX feet: high: slender body; angular
form; squsre' md narow acru.s tee ehonldcrs;
hollow nreast 1hstr black, stsaieht and irreRuarly
which IL s.her low and narrow; Blue eyes, large,
staring, md 1t times wild, return,ng yoar look
[ssy 5tssy ans q ss ssqass ns aw
1uptly at the nosr1le; thin lips. and SLIGHTLY
twisted; mouth CURED unsymnet'caliy a llttle to
the most perfect type Of the ingrained hardened
criminal. The reader, who has read newspaper
The very opposite ol ny picture is that whicn hss
betn given 70 the public, and YET mine is truth
iul. open likeneas, and just estimate Of Lewis |
al almost The reverse OF what nave haru stated.
1ho> who look upon the criminal will agree with
NE. He Is almost Hoastruns hosrtndum. i
> sFANaLE3,
lrr, The carpenter D Ford's The,ter, who Is be-.
1teysd to have been The Asssesin's accomplice In
prepsrtng It means OF escape from the. .Theater.
worthy Of special description. The poor man |
teeme tdiottc and apparently has LEFT only enough |
sensib1]ty TO understand that he has got into |
very uncomfortable situation some ho@ or other l.
He II Of Short thick staturs fu}face, bearing iu'
dicaiona Of excessive drink ; du, gray eye uu-
8, muet1ical bead, md light hair, closely cut.
- o1AudH11y.
The next Of the accused TO the right is O. Lauh.
lin, against whom, az ret, the proofs have not de-
vslope1 L. sn. .lhing: As Is . snall nan, weighing
h1el1 hnehy black hatr, Of iu1nriant growth;
pale face; black eyes; Hlght black whiskers del
icate silky mousische and thin Roasee. His coun-
With 10 special indications Of any KIND.
Again to The right or tbis man Ia one who. It
would appear from tho testimony thus far ad-
duccd. was 10 have perfurmed very important
he .peTson 10 whom vas intrusted tae a5sassina-
Rs3wosd 2a s1ash' hsass: rss SSans'e eimtna u
: m4n Of small stature; aal!o~ complexion; dull,
ard neglected. He looks rather nncoacernedly
On Qnd at no time eV1nceB kIng1e nsibility Of |
bis almost inevitable doom:
fhe extreme end OF the platform. at a window |
looking out to the north. This Is Arnold. against
whom also, az yet no testimony has been intro
uuced: He is young man or very decent, re-
old fve ieet eight inches high; dark h11r and
eye; light beard clear, light comnlexou; intel
hpcnt courtenancc, and one in which VIC would |
look in va1c for The evidence Of capacity for guilt
MRS sunnarr. ~
On t4e other seat and most prominent Of the
accused was Mrs. Surratt, who sits apart from the
other prisoners, at the west ind Of the repor ers'
table, snd near her -; Sounssl thus wretched
In