New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-06

|
q Did they or not all aeqniesce after reading it, in
the correctness with which Sanders had read II openly
10 the moeiingf \. There IVES no remark made as to
/ any ILissilement Of tie letter by Sanders.
@ As Ear as yon wonld judge. did 1t seem to be the
sense Of that meeting hat proper to- have ths OBJ
Ject accomplished A. did not hear any objection
1 T aiscf.
! q Yon srid That was in III month Of February can
yen say what time II the month that meeting was
heat A. shonld link 1t vas somewhere ABOUT Tue
middle OF Tebi AIRY.
q Ky whom were Won invited to attend tie meeting
y. Capt. Scott invited me 10 attend the meeting.
g. Was Ii on that account on some other that san
icis named the persons VII, were wiling 10 ac-
! comrlish this assGssnations 4. At that time.
q WIZ sou state whether among the perf0ns named
John Wilkes Booth was mentioaod y. Booths name
vas mentioned; 90 Dot remember That the name
John wilkes dlcG 70 H.
/ o. DID you Booth yonrsc" in Canada \. Not
them saw Booth ~ October. 1864.
q. Can yen recall some other names that we're men
toned beside Boofhs A. Yes. sir; George Harper
one, Charles Cmhg II one Baudel and liarrkon.
q. Did you holr that person tllarrson) spoken oil by
sn' Other name; ddycu hear the name surrhtt men
tored A. I heard surIa,ts name mentioned.
2 DO you Know whether il was the same person or
not A.. do NOT lipk II
q. His rane s John Harrison s;rrratt' \. Surrhtts
nnrc Was montiOnao.
o. IVA You sec ID, prisoner Hnrrol; in Canada NJ
+ thai timer 4. Is1y ] SAW Harroldi raw tho one
who was ol.e. Ilr.riAoniu Toronto.
q. World YOU rec -a1, hi n TOOK az these prisoners
and sec IL you rcco uize him a. AMER looking 81 the
prlsorsrs should think thai the third one on tue
/ bench there was ihe man Goirtins TO HaH2d)
. ne vas spcl"a ofss one who was really y" ac'
cpnpi.h the assn s.uaiioni :. 7 Understood Mr san
ders % sac be VS. .cfdy % accomplish il assist "a
H. lil meme was mentioned IN connection VIII tne
others. d. went there by ne name Of ilprrlscn.
q Look he rrtaind'r - t,r prisoners, and see y
you 1gnile any ~ them; DO you remcmer TO lave
seen TIE prisoner Payne IN Canada \ 30 r"' -,
nny other -t should recognize as ever having
mot IN C1nada EXCEPT Harold.
. ID understand you 20 say that in the conyersa'
ton ITTing be,Geen these Rebels md their neBos
there vis 30 resec No a IN discussing the question Of
the sssasnation ~ fac Pre- dcrt ard his Cabinet A.
do rot think you understood me correctly. n yon nm
dersiood that iisTc reserve there "as rot
. It IVES dscu sd r. .ly among Themselves. then
4 Yes. .r
.. hisong n, n.rson. named VS. there 9ot one who
bore r. 1AHal. probably ~ WIS. 81 Ping I0'acno
4. never taw ban that know a. but LegId tue
o. Was he ~ ih'siip hat Sanders spoke Of 4
~ not positive ether Sanders used his nalne " not
bit ] think b. 5i.
{ 10 yon r,aenbsr that sondcrs in speaking Of
Booth a one who wa Hing 10 osoassiaac ne FFesi'
deaf ,Gl Cabinet reni med among tue rcasOM iof
i that hc $40 lc ted ~ B.all who bal been recently
rnrel DO New.Y0rk !. lie SAID Booth vas heart
llG 800, 81 tie natter and ft a. mach ~ any person
could f,r tho thai he was cnsin 20 benh VITO
was hanged il Ncr orAi whether Dc was COUSIN OF
nOf 10 uet know.
& What Jid Be- say r. anything in regari 10 Tho
assassila'0L Il te Vice President nos PTssiaeat OF
tie sized Sta', A. He said that If they could Dis
pose ~ Mr. Iu.om wolld he an easy matter 10 DIS
pos ~ III J0hn'cn. n he va sn'h drnhheh tpi
would De- ~ eety matter 20 dispose Of MIN IN some 81
o D.I lie sey snytiing in regnrl to Mr. seward. the
s.'reiirg II STATE, A. When be- rcld thc letter nc
spoke If NJ. sc~ard ana nierred that tla! was
artly the Ian Il th. letter think 4 w,s YET y
,forf na7-l,f President. the Vice President SID
gfN.u.l ell. Mr. 80" H.f cord b. tl-ffN Ni y No-ld
,fy ,ho re1'e a. tn Moth that tLey ('outhrrl.
eTl ad ,.snG, 10 The North. ana Aet pence could be
obtained letter serns thla Il coI'd Otherwise be
obtalaeis that they Che Robe.) hai cndca'orea to
bring about between the United States and Eng
land. aud that Mr. Seward. thf0ugh bis energy and
s,su,ity. lad ihwsfted AL their eftoits.
q That agggestcd as Que Of the reasons FOR get
tins rid of Linz g. Yes. sT. for removing" him.
q AZ liter period. gay early in Ap.l did you meet
sny Of tt,se par.iesi A. Yes, sir. ....,.
cnrrcd between you and thom' A. I was IN Toronto
wednesday ard Thursday the oh ana Oh OF Apr.l
lat and on ne evening of Wednesday was on my
wav going 10 the ,hcaicr whom me, Harper and FORD
ihey nskod ne % 90 With ih,in and spend the evening
and oclmsd a. was gong Ia tbe theater TIE neu
uorninr wac around hy the Queens UOtel and saw /,
Uaryer Caldwell Randall Furd and Charles Holt /
q Did yon see . nan called Teaesf 4. Yes Sir.
q State the conversation which occurred there
between you, 4. Harper said they were gong 70 the
Staies ana ties were going 10 kick ny the damndest
that Laa o'cf been heard Of ycl There Was some
other coiyersat1I occurred among w.. don now re-
member what e nothing a any Importance III ~
the course OF az hour met Harper and be said
II f not hear ofle death ~ Abe ana The Ni'etIe'l
dent aud Gen. Dix IN less than ten days might sci
him down ~ Id FOOL
Slfisit a. being FL Warrington A. | think that
Booths uime mentioned as being al ishinst0n,
bvi do not remember hearing Surrats of tbat time
y Wa anything shd III regard 10 their having
friends 10 " lshingou A They said they tad plenty
If friends h.rs ana that there wetc some hiicen or
twenty roiar 20 Wellington
o. Dbl ven or did yOu not c8l! siierVLrd and aseer
tain that Harper had Ia faeJ lc.t On The ia ol Alh'
A. GA the SATURDAY iiterwsld was AZ Gait; HRr
per mother living some four or ATe miles uOm Can,
between that snd Pans; a-cer'oinc' then that he had
been To the place he had been stopping, and Caldwell
too and had started for the States.
o. After you had asccrrnued Tins Information That
the, had left for Washington probably Tor ths puipG'
OF nhsass mating tie President what steps dd You iaA
Ia the natter A. went 10 "a justice Oh thr Trac"
there for the purpose of giving Information 10 nave
them stopped. bis name was Dawson. ,,-.,.
o state What occurred on your hpplcat."hf y.
Wien ! cave hin the Information he said TIE thing
wa. too rdioulousy absurd supremacy absurd 10 taAe
any notice Of would onls make me sp~ar very iooh.
20 give such information and cause arrests 10 DE mace
ON such grounds a. II inconsistent that mo per
son would believe II. .
O Therefore did he or not decline issuing any pro
cr..t A. n. declined To Issue process.
o. Do ,ou or not know at what time this man Har.
n.r returned from the states 10 Canada, A have M
Ier,onal knowledge that he returned ut slL
o. What kaoSledge have you on the subject 4. !
wa. in Gal, on Frday again. and lound there roul
Mr. Ford that he had been home OIL Thursday, ana had
started To ~ back to the States sgan tna was The
Thursday after he ASA ssination.
o. Did You know while there on, Col Ashley,
Rebel onlccr' A.. did not know than he Rebel
officer; knew that be was Rebel syDpathi1er lie
wa . broker al Windsor, opposite Detroit
O. Did Won eve see a letter from Jacob Jhompson.
formerly Secretary of the Interior to him A. So1e
time lns Tall. cannot tell exactly what time Col.
Ashley haied m, letter which be had received from
Jacob Thompson ssAing him FOR funds for the benefit
Of the Rebels 10 carry o thor objects ~ Canada, nnd
he asked me II could not contribute, he read me the
letter.
o. What did yol understand from him and from that
letter to be those cbiecis' A. Ny understanding was