The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-05-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
The Washington TriaIs--RepOrts
of Testimony.
TO THE DAILY PRESS.

1 "a NIL 1lOJQ lu3y 10 PO~-F
until Monday, as his testimony affects mrs;
Surratt, and is of great importance, ana ieei
DESTROYS that his examination may take place
when her Senior Counsel, Mr.. keverdy Jonn-
son, is present.
The Court refused the application to defer
the examination of Mr.. Lloyd on the ground
that it could not wait on the wnims or con-
veniences of COUNSEL and that MIR. johnson
might have remained In Court had he SO
chosen.
Reside at Surrattsville; Have been acousin-
ted with John Fl. Surratt since the first Of De
cember, not much previous to that; know the
prisoner Harold know the prisoner Atzerott;
some five or six weeks before the assassina.
ton OF the President all Of these men came TO
| my house; Atzerott came first and went in to
| 1T b. was gone about half an hour, then
the three returned, Surratt, Harold and
Atzerott; noticed nothing with them until
all OF them came, when John Surratt called
me into the front parlor; then on the sofa
saw Two carbines and some ammunition: also
arope; sixteen or twenty feet; Surratt asked
me to take care of the articles, and told him
did not like to have them in the house. He
then carried them in room had never been
into before, and showed me where could
place them under joist; they were concealed
there; put them there myself; there was
Il
examine the carbines; they had covers on
them; l met Mrs. Surratt on the Monday
previous to the assassination, when she first
| preached the subject to me; did not under
stand her; she asked me about the sho oting
irons, or something OF that kind, to draw my
attention TO these things; had almost for
gotten they were there, and told her they
we're hidden away; she said they would be
wanted soon; / do not recOllect the first
question she put to me; she only referred to
it in manner, but finally came out and said
they would be wanted soon.
On the day on which the President was as
sassinated, Mrs. Surratt came to my house; /
was ont, attending trial, and found her there
when came back; judge it was about five
o'clock; met her at the wood-pile, and she
told me to have those shooting irons ready
that night, and said that there would be some
parties call for them that night; she gave me
something in piece of paper to keep for her,
and found it was a field-glass; she also asked
me to have two bottles of whiskey ready, say
ing they would be called for that night; Booth
and Harold both came for them that night:
they took their whiskey out of the bottles
Booth did not come in, but Harold did; 1t
was not over quarter after II o'clock Booth
was stranger to me; Harold came in and
took the whiskey, but don't think he asked
for the whiskey; he said to me, "Get me those
things" he did not say what those things
we're, but he was apprised that already knew
they were coming for them; made no reply.
but went aud got them, and gave him all the
articles, with the field-glass and a monkey
wrench; she told me to give them the whis-
key, the carbines and the feld-glass; they re-
manned at my house not over five minutes;
they took only one of the carbines; Booth
said he could not take his because his leg was
broken Booth drank while sitting on the
| porch; Harold carried the bottle out to him:
as they were about leaving, Booth said, II will
| tell you some news. am pretty certain we
have assassinated the President and Secretary
| Seward" L am not certain that was said in
Harrold's presence, l was so excited; the
news OF the Presidents assassination was af-
forwards received by me about o'clock; as
| the news spread, it was spoken OF that Booth
was the assassin think it was on several
occasions; / never saw DIR. Mudd before; am
not acquainted with him at all; when Har-
| rold asked for those things, he exclaimed,
| "For Gods sake make haste and get those
things"
The cross examination of the witness did
not vary his testimony. At the close of 1t,
the Court adjourned to 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
WASHINGTON, May Is.
| All the forenoon and up to 100 P. M. was
occupied with reading of the evidence taken
Saturday. The testimony is read over in the
| presence of the witnesses who gave it.
On Saturday it was rumOred that If the
record created no objections on the part of
the Judge Advocates, n the counsel for any
or all OF the accused, the presence of several
witnesses need not be considered Of material
| necessity.
Mr.. Aiken, Assistant Counsel for Mrs. Sur
RAFT, expressed his willingness to accede to
| such an arrangement, except In the case of
| Weichman, whom he desired to be present,
| not however that the witness might hear the
| record read, but that he might re-examine
him on new grounds, which he alleged had
| been brought forward on the examination of
| subsequent witnesses.
It was decided by the Court that the reason
| so stated, did not justify the delay that the
finding and recalling of Weichman would oc-
casion, and the reading of the record was pro-
ceeded with. ~ zs
After time Mr.. Weichman entered and
heard the reading of the portion of his cross
examination by Mr.. Ewing, and several cor
rections were made.
The reading of the record was resumed, and
being finished by halfpast one the Court took
| recess. tnf
After recess John M. Lloyd was recall ed
and asked if he could identify the carbine.-
! TCarbines shown him as the ones referred to
IN his previous testimony. Witness-The
cover do not recognize. l do not think the
cover looks the same. It was q kind OF grey
cloth; the other looks the most like one
saw. / recognize the fixture for breach load
ing which attracted my attention, and which
examined.
TESTIMONY OF MARY vANTINE.
O.. Do you reside in the City OF Washing
ton2 A. / do, at 240 G street.
@. Do you keep rooms for rent? A. do.
@. Will you look at the prisoners at the bar
and state whether in the month of February
last, you saw any of them, and ii so, which p
A. Two Of these gentlemen had rooms in my
house. Arnold and O'Laughlin. slsg
| @ What time in February did they take
rooms in your house? A. As near as can
recolIect, it was on the 10Th. 1 cannot state
positively the date.
i @ Did you know j. Wilkes Booth in,Lis
; life time? A. l knew him by his coming to
my house to see gentlemen who had rooms
there. tT
| @. Did he not come very often TO see the
prisoners, O'Laughlin and Arnold? A. Yes,
frequently,
/ O. Would he remain for good while? A
As a general thing he would go into their
room, and could see nothing further OF him
@. Did these prisoners leave the city and
return several timesp A. They left on Satur
day to go to their homes, as understood, In
Baltimore.
@, Do you know whether Booth accompan-
led them or not? A. think not.
@. Were these interviews between Booth
ana tnem alone, or was Booth accompanied
by others? A. l never saw any one witt
them.
@. They told you his name was ]. Wilkes
Booth, did theyl A. Yes, Arnold did. / in
quired who he was, he said j. Wilkes Booth.
@. Did be call for them frequently, and moi
find them in? A. Yes sometimes.
@. Did he manifest much anxiety to ses
them on these occasions? A. frequently
when they were away, he would call three OF
four times before they returned. He woult
seem very anxious so see them.
@. Would he leave messages for them? A
Sometimes he would request if they came be-
fore he called again, 10 say they would find hin
at the stable. Sometimes he would 90 into