Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-15

! then asked him If I had his per-
mission to burst the door. He said he
ana went into the room. There was black
coat hanging up on the wall on the left hand
side as You goin the door. Right opposite
| was the bedsead. went towards the
| bed, and underneath the pillow or boil
sfer found pistol all loaded and capped:
! l then went down stairs and tried to find
| Marshal OF the Board OF Enrolment; saw
him and came mp stairs again with him, but it
was dark, and we came down again, and he
went OF, leaving me to investigate the matter.
| tnen went to the proprietor, who gave me
the mum Der OF the room, and we went up to.
gether. then took the coat down. l found
are numbered No. and g. The numbers on
| these articles were affixed by me. One book
SHOWS an account with the Ontario Bank for
S455. the put my hand in the pocket again
and took out white handkerchief with
"Mary r. E. Booth" on it. IL is numbered 7.
then pulled out the white handkerchief
| marked No. 0, and had gopd deal OF diff
bnt think it is F. M. or F. A. Nelson.
| There was also a white handkerchief with the
letter H in the corner There Fas in the bank
book an en- velope, with the flank of the Hon.
John Conness, and pair of new gauntlets,
marked No. 20. There was also colored
handkerchief numbered TO- three boxes of
Colts cartridges, numbered II, II, and 13.
piece of liquorice and a tooth brush On the
cover of the bank book was written, 81. w.
Booth 53,' and on the inside OF the book was
Mr. ]. Wilkes Booth in account with the
Ontario Bank, Canada.
Oct. 27. BY Dep, sl55
then also got this spur, No. 5, a pair of
socks, No. II, and two collars, Nos. 16 and
II. The number of the room was l26-the
Johnson was at the time. 1 then examined
under the carpet, wasnstand. and in the
stove; and l made thorough search OF
everything in the room. ! then went to the
"a.
tween the sheets and the mattress, l got the
bowie knife, marked No. 3. did not see the
day before, and the clerk employed in the
house says he would recognize the man who
was there If he saw him.
Cross examined by Mr.. Doster:-I am chief
of the detective force of the Board OF Enrol
ment Of the District of Columbia. Major
O'Beirne is the provost marshal of the board.
| had conversation with an employee at the
kirkw ood House, who said that a very suspi-
ciOus, villainous- looking fellow took q room in
the house, and that had better look after him.
/ do not think could describe the man as he
described him to me. l think, though, that he
said he had gray coat on. l do not know that
ever saw Atzerodt to know him by name. l
do not say that l have not or that 1 have.
When was first brought to the Kirkwood
House was home eating my supper, and one
of my men, Mr.. Cunningham, came over to me.
He % said, you are , wanted Immediately sI down
and found that the men were detailed there to
protect the person of the Vice President In
coming down from room No. 1876 to reach the
office OF the hotel a person would pass the
room occupied by Vice President johnson.
When came down there was soldier at the
door, at the time this search was made. A man
of any courage coming right down the stairs
could throw handful OF snuff in the soldiers
eyes and get right in to MIR. Johnson's room.
LOUIS j. WEICHMANN, witness for the
prosecution, testified as follows - By the
Judge Advocate-My acquaintance with John
H. Surratt commenced in the fall of 1859, at
St. Charles College, Maryland. We left col
10 in thn5 nf in IryIyy t0na haN
1 renewed my acquaintance with him in 1863,
in j an uary, in this city. l began to board at
the house of his mother. Mrs Surratt, pris-
oner here, the 1st OF November, 1861. The
house is on H street, No. SAL. Witness first
made the acquaintance of the prisoner, Dr.
Samuel A. Mudd, about the 18th of January,
1865. was passing down 7th street. in COM
pany with Mr.. Surratt, and when opposite Odd
Fellows Hall. some one called s'Surratt, Sur.
ratt," and turning round, Mr.. Surratt recog-
nized an old acqsaintance OF his, DIR. Samuel
A. Mudd, Of Charles county, Maryland; that
is the gentleman there, (pointlng TO Samuel A.
MUDDY MI: Surratt introduced DIR. Mudd to
me, and DR.. Mudd introduced Mr.. Booth, who
was in company with him, to both of us. He
and Booth were walking together in the street
They were coming mp 7th street and we were
going down. Booth then invited us to his room,
at the National Hotel. Booth told us to be
seated, and he ordered cigars and wines to the
room for four. DR.. Mudd then went out into
the passage, and called Booth out, and had a
private conversation with him. Booth and
DR.. Mudd came in, and then they called Sur
raft out Booth went out with SurIatf, and
then they came In, and all three went out
together and had private conversation in the
passage, leaving me alone. l do not know the
nature OF the conversation. was seated on a
lounge at the time near the window. On
returning to the room the last time, DR..
Mudd came to me and he seated himself
by my side on the settee, and he apologized
for his private conversation, stating that
Booth and he had some private business;
that Booth wished to purchase his farm
Booth at one time took out the back of an en-
velope and made marks on 1t with pencil. l
acrId not consider it writing, but more ia the
| dIrection of roads or lines. Surratt and Booth
| and DR.. Mudd were at that time seated round
| the table, centre table in the centre OF the
| room. Did not see the marks. l just saw the
| motion of the pencil. Booth also came to me
| and stated that he wished to purchase DIR.
| Mudds farm. DR.. Mudd had previously stated
| to nae that he did not care about selling his
| farm to Booth, because Booth was not going to
| give him enough. boarded at Mrs. Surratt's
house up to the time Of the assassination. Booth
called frequently at MRS. Surratt's. He gen.
| orally called for Mr. Surratt-John H. Sur
| ratt-and in the absence Of John H. Surratt,
| he would call for Mrs. Surratt. Their inter-
| views were always apart l have been in the
| company Of Booth in the parlor, but Booth has
| taken Surratt out of the room and taken him
| up stairs, and engaged in private conversation
| in rooms up stairs. Booth would sometimes
| when there engage in general sort of conver.
| sation, and would then say, "John, can you
| 60 up stairs and spare me Word!" They
would 60 up stairs and engage in private con-
versation, which would sometimes last two or
| three hours. The same has occurred with Mrs.
| Surratt. l have seen the prisoner, Atzerodt, at
| Mrs. Surratts. He came to Mrs. Surratt's
| house, as near as can remember, about three
| weeks after l formed the acq cquaintance of
| Booth. He inquired for John H. Surratt or
| Mrs. Surratt, as he said. I have never seen
| him in the house with Booth. He must have
been at the house ten or fifteen times. The
| young ladies Of the house could not compre-
| hend the name that he gave. They under
| stood that he came from Port Tobacco, the
inst nf
| calling him by his proper name, they gave him
| the nickname OF "Port Tobacco" met him
at the corner of 7th street and Pennsylvania
| avenue about the time that Booth played the
had given Surratt two complimentary tickets
| on that occasion, and We went dowa, and we
| met Atze- odt at the corner of 9TH street and
Pennsylvania avenue, and told him that we
were going. He said he was going along, too
and at the theater we met David E. Her.
old. There he is (pointing out David E.