Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-17

~ te..-, eae tnln Noctn e4E1d the squo1-
that could b bopfkf cheap Ia that t6-lIoa.
ana he menuoned The names u setur1I IIhIl
e.. IN desirable tiork n the ne'rhhorhood.
is@ ~ shss - neg saI ssst =. sA1s No.
sald he could hsked hin n ne had seen Boolh
~ Any time amer the intrcdusoan ~ Notehhsr,
ard ptsI . NJ arrival thsrscn saturday mora !,
any suspicion 81 the character o. Booth or elihsf
| o. these pernouA He said he had not hut that
amer breakfast he thought there was somethinE
hat n. yc1nssr msa I ssms s Sssu q ne ~
nsked for raror and said his friend wanted 70
shave hlr,sslL ard that shortly Hftsrvard he no 4
tieed tkAi N. per.on ansvering % the name q
Booth had shaved % HIS mopntache. aakef
him u the man hada beard, when he said that
he had, and that u WAS longer than my own, but
he could not dsiefmins whether Il Mas naiufai
AID ssemsd 70 daslrs % eonceai ne lower psrt ~
his dee. asked him At this time n he had
hard q ne murder % the President. He w
piled that he had not. think. however ne 70.
heard q the assassination for the frSt time on
Sunday mornihg, or late In the evening Of Sat.
urday. NJ Impression IL that he aid not hear
Tss sT s s.I . .s.ss had 5 S sSq.
Herold inquired for the most direct route 10 Mr.
Wilmer's house, and that the prisoner gave him
the desired iniormatiou. Tho priAoner also com
eerning the discovery Of the boot in the house
Toss-sssnissa by Mr.. Ewins.-oL Az IN.
tine Mud save you thi. informatica aid yous,e
enything In his manner thar yas extrAordinaryf
4 A. He did not seen willing 10 answer direct
| question, and saw that unless asked direct
questions all impsriaht facts were omitted by
a va. !. .i.rnsar A. Ne va. much az
.. Ana .larnsdr A, No, ., n. -ar., nor ..s.
| q what timo an Fglda ' ala van h.w. w..x
arst intervisw with him. A. Not far from mid
day. II might have been before or afternoon.
O. Hev long amer was u that Loyet, was gone
/ for DR., Muddf A. I am not eertAin. I don't
think sent Loveit for Mudd. aHI
Q. II was on the Friday Aftert the assasainaiioni
A. think Il vaa, air, On the 1lst.
g Al the arsl int.ryisw did you have any
talking with hin, aud Afler thought had the
facts had Il taken down In writing we had
had dozen interyisws 'f
g When was the last interviswi A. on suu.
q. Did you have more than one on Friday, A.
Yes, air; he was in my presence for almost ave
hoer.i We ysr. talking there from time 70 time.
/ Q. You said that At the last interview he was
much alarmed from some statement you madei
A. said to him that h. was ooneealing the facts,
aud that didn't know whether he Understood
STodss.d q his Sali Il ,Sai Ss, ana night I sS
danger his safety.
"a When wasit you went OF with Dr.. Mudd,
and he took yOu along the rOuts which those two
nsn .eokf =. On Sunday morning, am quite
q. lie spohe Of thslr hfing the dire. road 10
Pinsy chSpsli A. Yes, sir; 70 Dr. wllbur's or
q. You SPEAK Of tracks in the dir.o. road to
Piney Chapel, until tAsy turned OF A, No;
they took the direction pointed out ~ HE Doctor
al they came TO ihs WALL with thls exception,
remember thinking they got lost IS they went
from right tslsft, AID kept changing IN that way
until theT lost the general direction, y
Y Did you say that the Doctor said 10 you that
he had heard Of the ansasaination VI The President
on Saturday evening or on Sunday A. Ny In
sunday morning. 49,
q. Did he mention how and whsa he heard ~
A. No, sir; I ean't say that he did; bat have
an indissinet idea that he heard u at the town,
but am not snre-ovor to Bryantown. ~
q Did he say when u vas that Thompson IN.
trodueed aim % Boothf A. He said u wAA,ln the
Pail, ! think he said II was about November
D a.. :. :ss p =. S.e' s'yS
was before daybreak--about 4 o'clock. ~ "A Il
q Did you ash him vhs.her they paid him
snythlng for setting broken leg a. think
was made 70 one Of the men who was with ma,
but not 70 mo directly. fr
Q. Didnt samuel hadd cay 70 you that he had
.sla D.. oss.ss ss Il. ,A.. ,As,s 4.s sssn
1 = r
sa.ss, :; nj % ss :S,s rs sa e
q was !. en- saturday sysains, A. i thlnkii
q pa hs not ssy % you Ia seine oas Of yeur
lnterviews that he told that On Tuesday, A. Ny
impression IL that he said he told Dr.. hadd on
Q. Do yoa reeollsel his having said that 10
told Dr.. Muddf A. Yes IN this connection said
one 81 the strongest eircu instances against you 10
- La.
tion % this mAitar. then % was no said he told
q. Did Be examine tho likeness Of Booth In
your prossnoei A. Yes, sir.
q. bld he rseogniIs IL as the man he had been
introduced TOT A. Ny impression IL that he said
he could not from tho photograph recognise the
man. -... M
q. Did he not say he could not recognise 4 a.
the man whose leg was breksni A. he aaid |
should not have known Mr.. Booth from ths pho \
t0graph. He said also he didnt recognize the
man when he aTst saw him, bat on recollection,
he knew u wa. NJ Booth, the person 10 whom
q. DID he MOI sly that that was llhe liksasss |
that he had already seen Of Booth, with his name
marked upon ~ A. I don . rsInem ber that
O. Was there not intense excitement In the /
town amongst the soldiers and The peoplof A. /
not among the soldiers they were calm enough /
but among the people there was; they were go-
ing aud coming all the time.
Q. In . stats Of angry and excited feelihgi "A.
There was no angry feeling exhibited but there
was an excited state Of feeling evident
BIZ rnE JrDaE ADVOCATE Q. Can you state AT /
what time DR.. Mudd professed TO have reeog.
nllod Booth ~ the man he had been introduced
tot a. Daring their stay At his house,
Q. 30 You understood HIN to admit that he
recognized him before he lefti A. His express
sion was that he did notknow him at hrst but
on reflection he reeolleeled him.
Br Ma. EwISai q. Please state, aa near as
you can, Mudd's exact words, when spoken on
reflection, Of neeollecting that Il was Booth who |
was at his housed A. He said, on showing him
the picture, that he should not have rceoiIected
the man from the Photograph, and tina, he did
not remember him when he nrst Jaw him, bat |
on reflection, he remembered he was the man he
won Z say those are the exact words, but that IL
the substance Of his Words As nearly As 4 can
reeollset them. ISIS. f.F
O. There was nothing bat that upon his con.
Vernation upon that polnu A. That was the \
substance Of II, and Il was SAld over and over
again.
Q. .Didht he say whether this reflection, In
which he would recognize the man with tho
broken leg ~ the man 10 whom he had boon In
man had left his housed A. He len the Ina
precision clearly upon my mind that Il was befofs
the man left the house, He gave t a. q reason
why he dldnt remember him a the drst that the
man was much worn aud debllitated that he
seemed 10 make an effort 70 keep the lower part
Of his face disguised but when he came TO re-
neet be remembersd 10 was the man he had been
introduced to.
q. DID he speak Of the dlsEuiss as having been
thrown Of or discontinued during the man = stay
In his housed A. No; bat the light Of the day,
limos slspf, and that a. others he was awake,
anya him OpDortuuftkas 70 roeoanira tha man