The sun., 1865-05-20


Court TIL. morning, tho following testimony wss
taken
1rsrrNoSr oy cot. "a rAItoR.
Q sta, whethn Won are connected With the Pro
vo-t MAr,hsls oiice at wWhinstonr A. No, sir
doins duty ct the Head quarters OF the Depnrm
Of Washington q. iooi At that paper m.litd bum.
Der s,Nen. and sale whether you ever ueiore had 10
paper heie referred 70 -a one taken from tho tiunt
Of " Mhkes booth. and IN Iosa1d TO which The Wit
,6s I cpbet of N c6Sssrn,s ei.s s" s,.e R.rs e
had y in my hand. received II from Lieut. IirielL
an Nicer on duty in the Provost Marha's oi'ce on
on the itth received il ron Lieut. firreil a one
OF the papers found in the trunk u y. wku' Booth
TEsrNoSr oF onARtEs Roscu.
@ No you recognize ne prisoner, Edward srine-
lerf pid you SO 10 his house after bic afrrstf \.
les, sir. q. What did you mud 'hetet 4. 4 CARPET
se vards, and found be eEhty one feet IN length.
The twist sppoared 10 BE- taken out Of 1t. Thcrc va
nothing else In the cHpei-bss ctupi rome blauk IA
pct-bag With the rope leitt \ tthe house vhete
rplneler took ms me AS on tie noithNest cofnef ~
Cros,-. N.mned ~ sr, Ewing 9 who gave the
thai i lelonged to spsuslcr. =. Who vac there :
man who was CON mon.y called Jake" who worked
told NE tiat sas sps,Siet', carpct-las and that Wa
ali Spaugler had At the house. There we're sso
i' .ss. G room ',HS' I'D you S' Ind &s c"'rc ai
A. In a bedroom ur Stair as near {" |
can luult u was on ift touifr df OI lIe Uouf'
II VAS rieht near vhere lake" tcpt, HE trunks.
O. LOOK at that coil Of rope and state whether or not
bag 4. Looking At the rop.l believe aud am ,A-
tisied that u is Y What did YOU do with tho mon,
key wrnehf 4 found no monkey urcnch woud
h, 20 beg the ColTt a. much Of my tcsti
npnv ~ refer 70 the locality which stated ron 70
collect sm cor, need that ihc hou,e ws' on me
northeast corner OF ,th aud II streets the foo'n ~A
ou the second floor
1r.u4oSY ~ WN. r,roN tcosrrsrrpl.
Q. state TO thc Court whether you srrc. 81 tho
pri'onet Ed.arl -pnngler. \. arrested hun On the
week after the assA 'uaton IN hou,o en- tue south
east corner Of 'h -Iec; and II steet; think 1t ~as
his boarding house.
TEsfSnNy ~ w WALLACE.
@ state whether NJ not some time alter the Assa'
sin.tiou Of the fic'iecnt you Aue'ied the prisoner
O'LAufhliu. \. did, on tie 'ith oi Aptil ht The
tiIuoIc. Q VIZ that biz Loani ne h9ute' 4. think
not thiAk his boarding hous' or the hourc where
he .tcru d, wa thet Of he ,roh't.m lav, ., t1c'eI
HE losldiug huuro' \. did. said that ~hen he
arrived ~ iogn on Saturday De- "a o'l tha ne on .
Gers had been looking ior Inn, rnd that hr ven,
,War 10 the house Of siTioud Of hsNh here he stop"d
oil satuldal or sunday n,sht II" s"tmrd 70 nudc r.
ttunu What h- Wa aT.c.sed t"t q. INA ne sgchk oi
ths ssshsenAtion Of NE fiC i.'ut ~ nlf A lie tte
| OF It 's teiug s'oy Ind atsitt
! t!oi. kGunincd hg III to,.Q INA the hroihct-
iu-laN of IA, prisoner sCud Tor the pirouc 60 tn
! you 10 arIe,t hin.r a. lhr pnson"i'. hroiher-ln-
r,cornmcndod 10 uic on Moidn, c,ouin. as bong =
! rood mon man. ~ ono IN hon ,vuid nec cnnh'
! Gcr,c. H. koce Ivgs lootIne fnt ~. 10 L'rgh!n
sad he sad that anything he could 60 to uf.s' e h'
vou tO that " hc cuId get a.r ini 'riuntiou c3h
cctning the psi-ouc ne wou ulplrt IL to ne, tia;
Nns on suaaay morniI- hc c1rc Co nc aud told me
that nc thought II went wul him We could hnd
| O'I.euvhlln, then went Will h'u and Wf"stcd lat
pri.cuu.. lhe pi soncr said tnnt Wien he rot g" Pic
housc uu saturday afternoon he heard Nht tue dtte'
uyes had heel tc.,, aud AT the same time he sa p,
cou,d account for Ais whereabouts the tiIlr thss he
wSs IN Ndsh4us,on, throu Ia pA.tes % ho "cie thcie
rrsrlNosN or JA,u' ouroup.
state vhc'her you have been Connected with
S,g'G SaS at,,s % hs Scpt Ss.! tHa oS 0S o ~ ima m
and l:il o. Aprl lNti A. 10, III. a." not In =,
Which VIZ "A the ri,s,d, nts lJ2 on the day OF III,
loH. | DO not think II has hen there beole duriul
this season. | faw It last season. y. lo you know
whether the stage sotnea ielhHn nov ~ they NeH
| on he morning Of tue nsrHt-luHtlun The ritncsH
repy somewhat inaudihle NJ the tcpoutcrs' desk
tut he vv undeft,ood to ray hat ~ith g., '1cepoI
OF fli,hI disafrantemeni which hal been inhd'
by order OF the secretary OF Wa, In order y
secure view OF thc 'tafc, the fcen's we're In th
tame Ios!tiou non the ntimne OF the ~"e,lnnton
q. Have YOU examined N" cut IN thc wall IA Ia
ffef Gcurs holt a; l,, sir. a. Nhcn did yo
examine It titstl \. thiik Il was on Noudn, morn
la OF tie WsIrinGiion whom mt ssw II. .. llH
Il the appearance oi having teen very recently made
a. II looh,d to me- ,houid think 1t Vas mad, b.
nknile q. Would IL not require good Nhie
make It with a knife 1t is quite large mortcc, A
| IL would icluirc Iuan me fifteen minute. shoul
iudge. y. IL the three doofs OF the Place were NJ
cluted, II vould he euticv DARK thcr, sonl IL no
| A. Yes cir q DO you not think that one or nor
uioitice sns made 4. At might have been so -ofn
light would have heon Ieluned should think. I
Would not -uch operation MADE with ore
door be Likely attract the attention OF persons Goa
n,etcd With the theatre A. A. kLife wrs r'rd
would IL u hammer VAS urcd, that would c,ea'
sounds. q What Scre ITO uuiics Of Tie pilsOut
paugIert A. We worked Oh the staco. IA lie eceL
, ely, hNed up tie stage, Sc. q Was the dccoralio
o. tbs boX Wlthln the hnc Of he dutIos, a. No cir
there gentleman there ly the name oi r.cvbolC
NAo vas "a uphulttoIor y hoe dnt itwus to dccoh'
the lon hrt lie ndd st.ii neck, so he tJ4 aitc
. wuld Rhcu | ntEci him II did not see him in III
? hoH; he said yes but | did not dec rate IL
Where we're you a. tht moment 9i the s't~sinHtio
| o the PIstiucntY A. Sns standing uD0ut ten ie,
uom the Centrc OF the ble lamp, 'urt nj the eile
the plstioim IN mont Of the hour uu''icc an
out Ion behind he -ceIes 10 the trout oi the hCu
a,Iel hgyiuE been IN about ihiet or four nihutt'
While in the tLegle did you rec tho prison'r span
| leIt A. lcs, ~ lie wis on hc let hu.d side /
uNwatng to tram tct h.e business hi'h was sce.
shifting. q Was IL not usual Tor the passaso-N
which ieaG. TO the buck door 10 be- bcpt "uunh tl'
4 Of oustl uctous until piece vas boing plsyedy
: | Tho out,Ce pnsiA.c n ~ alwAye Kew tIre d
l. | entrances were muru ot le-H hlod with ChalIs 81
| ishlrr, thou;h that depended on what Na, beii
. played rotttilnes, ur ~ pieces where Iurbe uuu
. Der OF reats NeIo used, ne partaseH hecAme JGi
u med up.
puilurtUd TO he plan oi tho interior o. the tLett
Sas shown 10 tie witness With tlc rclurst that
a witness pointed out that H. Wa 1oectve In sever
" phrticulAIs Y. state where The pasrige-Nay aglt
% The rlAe 10 tue outer door OidineTly utsuuct
A during Me play. A. On.y by peopi', SLen here y
q larf. company on tie stAl', gneie ats never Al
>" CnAits tables or scenery an the Ma. II was Hect
10 sr to Keep the paseage-WRy octI, 10 orlv 10 Ala
r., gctoTr 10 pas .hout otstlLutiUa. y. state VII
- be pJ-laOn dr. spaniItr o,cupti uutluf I
'e pero mshoe! A., liis hwnese Ha' On 1hc i's
| tho Presidents box. Y. htatr whether OF LO' 8
as tHw tho pnsoneI sPansl"r, a. any rpie during I
10 plAv in front ui the iheatTct A. | aid not; 90 D
NJ ihuk he could have been in front oI the theat
" vithodl my knoSlns IT. lecanrc The tte
10 vo4id have eoue ~rons 4 he had ielt te 'tA
,e Y. nld ou ever zee Spinrler wear moust,prhe
80 cir Y. -psngluI's pee nee II tie thrauc WV