The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-05-16

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oners at the bar? A. No.
o. Did these prisoners seem to have any
business transactions with Booth, and If SO OF
what characterP A. They said they were in
the oil trade. ia
Q. Did they seem to have an extensive cor
respondence? Did many letters come to
them? A. Not great many.
Q. Where did they generally come from
A. never noticed; they were brought in and
laid down.
Q. They were addressed to the names o.
Laughlin and Arnold, were they? A. Yes;
sometimes to one and sometimes to the other.
z Doyou say Booth came Sometimes by
day and sometimes at night2 A. Not fire.
quently at night l do not know as l ever
saw him at night. He might have come there
without my seeing Lin. / slept in the back
part OF the house, and persons might come IN
to the front part Of the house without my
seeing them.
Q. Did you ever see Booth ride out in the
evening with these men? A.. NO, DO not
think ever did. could not say positively
whether he did or not. He frequently came
to my house in carriage and inquired for
them. never saw them that recollect ride
out together.
TESTIMONY OF HENRY WILLIAMS, (cotored.)
O. State to the Court whether you are ac-
ouainted with the prisoners O'Laughlin and
Arnold. Look and see If you remember to
have seen them before? A. know Mr.. o.
LaughIin but not Mr.. Arnold.
@. Did yeu ever meet Mr.. o Laughlin, and
IL So where? A. In Baltimore. sd $50
@. When was that? A. In March last.
carried letter to him.
@. From whom did you carry the letter 10
him? A. From John Wilkes Booth, the &C.
tor. a
Q. Did you carry the letter to him alone, or
to him and Arnold? A. / carried one to Ar
mold and gave it to lady and she said she
would give 1t to him.
Mr.. Cox remarked that unless this question
was to be followed up he would object to it.
The objection Of the counsel was overruled
and the examination proceeded.
@ So you delivered it at the lodging house
of O'Laughlin. Did he tell you where o.
Laughlin lived? A. He said on Exeter
street.
O. But did you carry the letter to Arnold?
A. No, sir. / carried one up there to the
house. did not know who it was for myself
Q. Who from? A. Mr.. Booth gave it to
me. He just called me and asked me If
would take letter down there. / did not
know for whom it was. He just told me to
carry it up to the number that was on the
letter. a8 hE ~ WS
@. You carried more than one? A. Two.
@. To whom did you deliver the secondP
A. To Mr.. O'Laughlin.
@. Did you know for whom 1t was? A. He
told me il was for Mr.. O'Laughlin. / knew
Mr.. O'Laughlin and was glad when / saw
him in the theatre, because it saved me right
smart walking.
@. Booth told you then his letter was for
OLaughlin?
Mr.. Coke here remarked again-I must OBJ
iect to this evidence as it is not followed up as
to what he did after the receipt OF the letter.
The Judge Advocate General remarked that
the object simply was to show the intimacy of
Of these men by their correspondence.
Mr.. Coke said he objected to any evidence
If Booths sending letter to any individual
It was simply an act of Booths own, to which
he defendant was not privy.
The Judge Advocate General then said that
they did not offer the letter in evidence at all,
but chiefly their correspondence with each
other. as ssA I'D T@s
Inc objection was finally entered upon the
record, but was overruled by the Court.
Q. When did / understand you to say this
letter was carried? A. 1t was In March.
O. Late or early in March? A. About the
middle OF the month.
@, When Booth gave you the other letter
thai was not for O'Laughlin. A. No, sir, that
was for house in Fayetre street. He just
gave me the number of the house.
@. He did net tell you who it was address
ed TO. A. No, sir.
M TESTIMONY OF J. p. EARLY.
@. Do you know the prisoners O'Laughlin
and Arnold. A. know O'Laughlin.
@. Have you been on the cars with them
coming from Baltimore to this city. A. Yes.
sir, with O'Laughlin on the Thursday previ.
GUS to the assassination. M
@. Was Arnold on the cars. A. No, sir,
not to my knowledge, at least.
@. That was the day previous to the assas-
sination. A. Yes, Thursday the night OF the
illumination.
O. Do you know where he went to, say af-
ter you arrived. A. There were Jour of us
when we stopped to get shaved between Sd
and A IL streets; there he asked me to walk
down as far as the National Hotel with them
O. Did he take room there. A. No, sir,
he did not.
@ Did you see him associate with Booth.
A. No, sir, / never saw Booth but once, and
that was upon the stage.
@. Did he make any inquiry for Booth. A.
l did not hear him. aaeA
@ Did you see O'Laughlin during that day.
A. was with him the greater part of the day.
@. Where9 A. We slept at the Metropoli-
tan that night. and went to Welche's and had
breakfast for four. As we were passing Met
ropolitan / stopped to go to the water closet.
When came out met Anderson, who said
he was waiting for O'Laughlin, who had gone
up stairs to see Booth. We waited three
quarters of an hour, and he not coming down
we went out. a
@. What was the latest hour at which you
saw him on Friday? A. don't recollect ex-
actly. had been drinking considerably, but
/ distinctly recollect saw him come out of
restaurant pretty late. can't say whether it
was after the assassination or not 1as
O. Where did he 90 to in Baltimore? A.
Well, after we arrived we went down Balti-
more street as far as High, down to Fayette,
and then we came down and went to o Laugh
Inns. Going down we met his brother on the
way. who told O'Laughlln there had been par
ties looking for him.
@. Did he show much excitement about the
assassination? A. can't say he did, but his
brother said they would be after him on &C.
count of his intimacy with Booth.
TESTIMONY OF LIEUT.. HENDERSON.
@. State whether you are acquainted wi tn
the prisoner, O'Laughlin? A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you see him in this city on Friday,
April 18th. A. Yes, sir, on Thursday and
Friday. ~ 1tIEs& 43fl-
@. Do you know whether on either of those
days he visited Booth? A. He told me on
Friday. he was to see him in the morning.
TESTIMONY OF s.. j. sPRA9UE.
@. You have been clerk of the Kirkwood
House? A. Yes, sir. 'N 1891
@. Were you present when the room was
broken open after the assassination? A.
Yes, sir.
Q. State what was found there? A. All /
saw was a revolver.
@. DO you recollect that in the course OF the
day some men called to see Alzerott.. A. No,
sir, did not. ~ bA
TESTIMONY OF DAVID STANTON.
@. Lock upon the prisoner, O Laughlin, and
state to the Court whether you ever saw him
before; and If SO, when and where? A. l have
seen him. Tfs57yF n g77sHrF1
@. Which is he? A. That is he sits there
between the soldiers.
O.. State when and where you saw him p