Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-06-28
NEW SERIES-VOL. V.-NO. 80.

the Crolon Dam, DR.. Black burn proposed
/ 10 poison the reservoirs, and made a cal
/ cuIatlon oil the amount Of poisonous mai.
toi IL would require to impregna,e the
water, so as to make an ordinary draucbt
poisonous and deadly; he had the cap9c;-
! iy OF the reservoirs, and the amount of
water generally kept in them; strychnine.
arsenic, prussic acid, and number Of
/ other things do not remember wera
named; Mr. Thompson feared it wonld
/ be impossible to collect so large a ouanti-
iy OF poisonous matter without susnicion
and leading 10 detection; Thompson an.
! proved the enterprise, and aiscussed it
freely; Mr.. Cleary did the same; il was
also spoken Of by Mr. Montrose A. Pal
len, OF Missippi, and Of person who had
been medical puryeyor in the rebel ar
my; John Cameron, who lived in Montrp.
al, told me that he was offered larca con,-
pen'aton | think Mr.. Thompson NOR.
eyed agent for all the agents; | think
they all drew on him for all The money
they repaired know some ofthem d;j.
when thompson said it would be dilieult
to collect so much poison without dotect-
ION, ia!Ien and others thought it could
Ge done IN Europe; Pallen is physician;
'hlnk l ave heard harris also mention
10 connection with the peslileuce im2or-
L'ilon; ; think he lived in Toronto; there
were other parties in Montreal that Black
nurh employed, or endeavored to employ,
bUt DO not remember their names [
saw DR.. Stewart Robinson, a doctor of Di-
vlnlly, residing in Toronto; he edited a
PAPER IN Kentucky; have seen him with
Thompson and Black burn, and he was
present when some of the schemes were
discussed; he approved them he said a.
ny thing that could be done under Ueay
, en- would justify them under the crcum-
stances he appeared upon very intimate
terms with Blackburn and Thomson.
three or four days after the assassination
Of the President, saw John II. Surralt in
Canada, with Porterfeld, southern reb
el now declared British subject by the Ca
madam Parliament; learned immediate.
~ alter that Surratt was suspected. was
pursued, and had decamped. Gen. Car
ron vas present when Surratt brought
'he dispatches from Richmond, and when
they were read by Thompson, and believe
one or Two hers; General Carroll
.ot tennessee, then said he was more anx-
iou5 that Mr. johnson should be killed
than any one else he said, "If the damn
Ell - was not killed by somebody, he
would kin him hinself" " he referred to
Vice President johnson; his expression
was word nf contempt for a tailor: il
means tai!or's louse ; Booth was known
Ia Canada, ty the nickname of Pet; |
think have heard Thompson SO name
him, certainly CIeary Kennedy, who fir
ed the city OF New Eork and was execu.
tel, was spoken Of as having performed
that deed 10y authority of the rebel gov
, ernmeut under the direction of Mr.
Thompson this was communicated TO me
. 10y Thompson himself, or ia conversation
in hls presence; Thompson said Kennedy
deterved TO be hanged, and he was devil
Ish glad he was hanged, for he was a stu
, p'd fellow and had managed things very
badly,
The above testimony was mainly cor
roOOra'ed 10y two other witnesses, named
Merritt and Montgomery, each Of whom
Is said to have been examined separately.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE !.
r Considerable time was lost to day in the
trial of the assassination conspirators by
the dIltoriness Of witnesses in making
their appearance. Add tioua witnesses
, were produced 10y the defence for the
purpose of impairinc the testimony a.
: gainst DR.. Mudd, and to show the prison
; or Arnold was employ ed at Fortress Mon
roe from the 2nd to the 18th of April
; Dr. Mudd's counsel announced that sub.
pWaas for thirteen additional Witnesses
: on his behalf had Oeen issued. The pros.
eCuUOn produced persons who testified to
) the good character Of Louis a. Weichman,
- an important witness against some of the
| accused, whose evidence has already been
/ published. The prosecution also produc-
S ed additional. testimony regarding the
e. visits to Mrs. Surratts house Of Booth,
. Payne and AtEerott. Payne was known
; there by different names, Wood being one
e of them. The intimacy of Booth, Payne,
, and John II. Surratt, was likewise further
5 testified TO.
; THURSDAY, JUNE 3.
The trial was continued to day, aud
some very important evidence was pro-
ducod hy the prosecution relative to the
burning by Confederate agents of nation
al amy haspitals and steamboats, on the
5 Western and Southwestern waters engaC.
l cd in carrying troops and army supplies
D Edward Frazer, resident OF St. Louis,
- testified in regard TO these matters, giving
the names OF the incendiarics, who had
= authorizations for their work from Rich
I. mond, and who were also members Of tie
/ Order Of American Knights. Frazer also
+ gave the names Of the steamers that had
, been burned by these men. For burn.
$ ing the army hospital at Nashville, Tenn,
in the year 1861, one Of these commis-
i stoned Confederate incendiares, Il man
F. named Dillingham;, presented his claim
10 to the Confederate government in Rich
6 mond. Frazer stated that he was in
} Richmond in August, 1851 in company
e with some of these Confederate agents,
;. and had conferences with jeff Davis,
+ Ben Beniqmin. bis Seer e,ary Of state and sod.
J. don, his Secretary of War, in regard 10
e these ncendary operations. One Of the
/ claims for steam 2oat burning was settled
; by Benjamin for fifty thousand dollars.
r Davis wanted the burners to take thirty
I thousand dollars for their job but they
L would not. Witnesses wero produced by
. the defense for the purpose Of showing