Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-17
THE RY7EATEsH.
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secret trial. ~ ssoE 81
1t is said that the prisoners are warned
by their counsel to abandon all hope.
They appear to be utterly broken down
Reverdy Johnston takes but little part
in the trial He Is preparing an elab-
crate Argument challenging the juriss
| diction of the court ab -
1t is now proposed to have q street
parade OF the returning armies before
the grand review BY the President - !.
Judge Love, Of baltimore, yesterday
charged the grand jury that all persons
in Maryland, not connected with the
army or navy, are liable toiindictnehtI
It is believed in efieiaI circles that
JEFF. Davis Eillbe first tried andeEcharge
of high treason. ID III az h Il
The following is q summary of the
conclusion of the testimony taken on
Monday: tf
The further examination of the wit
ness, J. p Early, elected no new facts
concerning the itimacy Of 0'Laughlin
with Booth.
Lieut.. HENDERSON testified that be
saw 0'Laughlin in Washington On April
l4th, and be told him that be had an en-
gagement to see Booth that day.
samuel r. J. Streeg testified that
OLaughlin was intimate with Booth;
he saw them conversing about the LIST of
April There was a third party, and
when | approached o Laughlnn took me
aside and said that Booth was busy with
his friend, talking privately.
In his cross Examination hid said he
might have asked O'LaughIia to take d
drink, to which be answered in the way
stated.
David Stanton said he saw O'Laugh.
lin on the night before the assassination,
at the house of the Secretary Of War,
standing on the stoop, and asked me
where the Secretary OF War was. lii r.
told him he was standing on the stoop
0Laughlin remained there until L res,
quested him to 60 off, r ~ -
When pointed the Secretary out he
| did not go to him. -
DC. Reed testified that be saw John
Fl. Surrattin Washington on the day OF
the assassination--howed 10 him and
received bow in return. He. noticed
that be wore spurs at the time. :. ne
PeteE .Slatterwell- testified that Booth
came to bis restaurant, next to the thea
tire, on the night of the assassination,
and took drink Of whisky. He then
went out In or 10 minutes afterwards
he heard of the assassination of the
President l saw Harold the same
night, or the night before. He enquired
for Booth. 1t was between 8 and 7
O'clock. w. 49, 49,
in fronteof Ford's Theater about 90 clock
p, NJ. on the l4th Of April and saw an
elegantly dressed man come out of the
theatre and talk to two rough looking
persons Heard the we'll dressed one
say, IL think he will come out now" re-
ferring TO the President. He,then went
into the saloon and stayed long enough
to take drink came up as if be was
becoming intoxicated and whispered to
the toughest looking man, aud went into
the passage that leads from the stage to-
the street Then the smallest one step
ped up Just as the welldressed one APP
peared again and called out the time
he started up the street, remained q
time, and come down and again called
the time, and he then called the time
again louder than before. / think it
ed on a fast waltz upsthes Atreess The
best dressed 'mans4hen went inside the
theatre rs -
This one the witness recognized as
Booth from his photograph. He also
said ifthe prisoner, Spangler, had d MUS
tache hewould take him for the rough
man. ~ a - Nas
4 Rufus, stable keeper of the ivefy sta
able, testified to the intimacy Between
Booth, Surratt and Atzarrott'
Atzarrott told him that Surrltt, early
in April had been to- Riehmohd,e and
coming back got into difficulty, and that
| detectives we're after him. sze
b James a. Humphrey, livery Stable
keeper, also testified to the intimacy
between Booth and SurratA ~
b The testimony taken before the doors
opened to the reporters. of the press in
cludes that of a man who was IN the
rebel service, and which went to show
that as early as 1868 Booth and others
Contemplated the assassination Of the
President, also the burning Of the N ORTIZ
ern cities. Secret meetings were held,
consisting of rebel 0ficeFs, at which
Booth was President, and the sssassina-
ton was freely spoken Of in the streets
of Richmond. Others testified that
they had seen Booth IN company with
Clay, HaIcomb, Thompson, and others in
Canada. H. ~ e E W
Captain Headon McGowan described
the assassination. he thought be knew
Booth, but did not recognize him as he
went into the Presidents box and alter
wards jumped on the stage. 10
x Major Henry Rathburn was in the
| Presidents box He read the statement
he made and which was published i'm
mediately after the assassination. He
did not know Booth, nor could be recog-
nize the assassin in his photograph
J. VIM. Withers, JE, musician in Ford 8
Theatre, met the assassin under the
stage, and was forced aside By his stick
ing at him with knife He recognized
the assassin as J. Wilkes, Booth, who
rushed out Of the door of the theatre.
He did not see Spangler that night
Spangler ought to have bean there to
change the scenes. g. w
The route Booth took to GET out of the
theatre was entirely unobstructed Some
times there was so many people that one
could not pass, but that night every
thing seemed clear which was unusual
Did not ever recollect seeing. Spangler
wear a moustache. m
John Simenens (col0redl. employed
| ct Ford's Theatre, saw Booth On the
back part of the stage between 5 and
6 o'clock on the l4th. He saw him
next when he jumped from the box to
the stage When he went out in the
afternoon hesinvited Spangler out to
) take drink. Booth and Spangler we're
quite intimate. SpangieFused to attend
to Booths horses-when~h e-was a~sy.
tSpangler's position on the stage wasson
9 the right hand side as you face the an-
ditoriam, opposite. khe Presidents box.
Spangler was on the stage attending to
his business "a usual that night. Do