Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-22
Trial Of the ConspiratOrS
Full Particular Of Ts-Dsr'. RDasdInn.

nrhs court me, thia morning At 10 O'Clock,
when the prisoners were brought IN.
that he had an
important witness 70 examine, the testimony Of
whom II would not be proper TO make public at
this time. The court room was then cleared Of
all persons except their counsel, the Judge Advo-
Gates and the oaieial reporters Of the court. The
court remained In secret session until ten minutes
before 10 O'Clock, when the doors were thrown
open and the reporters and eorrespondsnts admit
ted, together with the visitors.
In ave minutes after the doors were thrown
open the room was dsnssly crowded, very
large portion Of the visitors being ladies.
THn PRIsoHHRs
At ten O'Clock were brought Into cOnrt 10 the fol.
lowing order; Arst was Arnold, accompanied BY
. guard, and seated on the north cad Of the
bench, next to the open window next came Or.
Mudd, also accompanied by a guard, who was
seated next to Arnold next came spangler, Ae-
'eompaniod by guard, and seated next 70 Mudd |;
seated next 70 spangier; next came AtIsrodt,
accompanied BY guard, and was seated next 70
.o'Laughlin; next came Payne, with the guard,
ana seated next to Atssrodt; next came Herold,
bench next 70 the door; nsst CANE, Mrs surratt,
who was seated In this aOelAeant corner Of the
room, aud Al the aud ef the prlnoherus dock, Mt
Jno. :. Roberts, one Of Colonel Baker's men, oo-
FHE APPEARANCE or fns PRIsoEBRs.
In appearance the prisoners were about the
same a. described by ua last week. Mrs. SuTratt
had her veil drawn over her face and sat with
her bead leaning against the wall large palm
back against the end OF the bench, and his eyes
nxed on the reader. Payne, who sat next to
HerOld, was clad In dark pants and the dark
blue flannel shirt his tall form towering above
the other prisoners. AiEerodt sat with his back
against the wall aud his head iurlined TO the
ffOnt, with his arms resting on his knees.
o 0'Laughlin sal with his head against the wall
and his eyes hxed on the reader most o. the time
epanglor, who was next, aat with hts eyes
hxed on the floor most Of the time, and present
utterly hopeless. Dr. Mudd was clad Ia new
brown linsn coat, with . white handkerchief
forlorn appearance Last week he was In court
without his coat-ln his ahirt -sleeves. Arnold,
who sat next TO the window, occupied most Of his
time IN gazing through The OPen yiadow, with
hair. Between eleh pdsoner was seated guard,
CHANGES IN THE ooUnr ROOM
A neat railing has been erected around the
table, at which are seated the memberu ef the
Commission. This was rendered necessary by
week occupied every standing place In the court
room and enerOached, upon the court. AZ the
eod Of the reporters table are arranged num-
SSmsr SsI row q ~
along the south wall OF the room are also ooeu-
pied by la
The reading Of the testimony taken on satur.
day was commenced a few minutes before ~
O'Clock by Mr. d. y. Murphy. who road until
20 minutes to O'Clock, whom he was relieved
by Mr.. J. y. Murphy, who finished at 10 minutes
rHE oTTIcEns or ran PRISON
arc Brevet Major General ). v. HArtranft, late
commander third division ninth army corps, spe-
clal provost marshal; Col, Dodd, 2llth Pa. vols.
Lieut. Col. Mccall, 2o0th Pa. Vols Lieut.. Col,
Frederick, 2O9th Pa. vols. Capt, RAth, A. D. 2. F;
Capt. Watts, A, ID, O. Lieut.. Oeiainger, A. ID.
@. One or more Of the onlcsrs are constantly on
duty in the part Of tho prison occupied BY the
AnonT the visitors ii the court this morning
woro Brig 0ep.r slough, Of Alexandria; MT.
Bridge, of the Navy, Chief Of Bureau Of Provis-
AZ the sonsIasion Of tho reading o. the tsstl.
mony, Mss HonorA Fitzpatrick, witness for the
Government, was called, and sWorn. she teafi-
ned thai she resided In Mrs. suFTalt'B house In
March last saw John II. Srrfait, JOhn wilkes
Booth, Wood (AliAs Payne) and AtIerOdt a. the
house. Payne passed under the name of Wood.
Payne was here told TO stand up. Witness iden-
tined him a. the man whom'sho had seen AZ the
house and who gave his name ~ Wood. Witness
there went 10 Rord's theatre with sarrati and
Wood occupied an upper box At The theatre.
John wilkes Booth came In the box while We were
there Miss DoAu accompanied a. 10 tho thol1ra.
Left Mrs surratt'u the morning aiior they visited
tha theatre, And Was ahsent abnuta = week,
By the Court Wliness AID not remember
whsthsg he weai 70 ne right Or 70 The les On an
A one o'clock lAs Prssiasa. Of The sour,. esn-