Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-17
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Trial Of the ConspiratOrs
TAs Captafs u ne Assassins.


Pall PaftlsulaH d TODay'S Rrotssdlngs'
Tho Court me, ihis nsrnlng At zen o'elesk. al
NE members PRESENT, with the JaAss Advocates
and The reporters "a ~
A ten oislock the prikoners were broughi IL
and placed in the aams order a. yesterday. Flint
cuns Arnold and III guard, hudd and gaard,
spaaslsr asd gaard. o'Laaghlin and gard,
Payae and guard, Herold and guard. all Of whom
wore seated In the prisoners dock, Oeeupying the
rams seats ~ Indicated in onr columns yesterday.
Next came Mrs. surratt. who was seated At the
end Of the prisonsr's dock inside the railing.
TAs prisoners siI presented the same appearances
a. yesterday.
Herold vss eouverslng with his counsel, Mr..
Stone, for some time during the reading of the
pFoceedings Of yesterday. Payne sat A. yeHteI.
day, with his head thrown back against the wall
And gA1ins At the rs,dsr AiIsrcdi sai essisng sg
knees. O'LAnghlin sat erect, with his head
thfogn back against the wall BAA Eazing on ths
reporter who was reading 9pangisr aat with
y. eye assd on ne eSct the .,ss .a yss'sss, e.
knees, and gAsihg about ne room. Arnold sai
IN the cornor and seemed very restless. The
grssisr portion Of the iir.shs was gasing through
ner II the end of tha phaonsrs' dock aud next %
Herold, had her veil over her face, vas leaning
her head agAlns, the wall, and fanning hsfs.li
with her hand ndkerchief Occasionally she would
re.t her head on ne railing IN front % her, and
remain in that position for some time
Among the spectator. present this morning
were senators foote and Wade, MAJ. Gen. Han-
sOss Jadss Hove and Col ingr,s.I. :,
commenced At ten o'clock, by Mr.. D. n. Murphy,
who continued 70 read until twelve o'clock,
when he was relieved By Mr.. bon. Pitmnn, who
finished The reAding, vhieh ended a. haif-paas
0e.. Harris then arose and said he held In his
hAnd the letter Of Hon, Revcrdy Johnson on
which the objection 20 him was founded. and
which he deemed well founded. lie thought u
due 10 himself aud 70 ths court to have the letter
made a part OF tho record Of the Court.
The President directed thAtths letter should be
The letter was then hy 81 os, Mr. Ben. PltmAn,
one Of tho reporters, aES .oud by him. Tho
President, Gen. Hnntei ...ah announced that the
commlsnion had decided that tho letter snouli
eonstilute = part Of The record Of the court.
The hrst witness called WAS
n wM. WILLIAMS,
who testified that with others he has engaged In
the pursuit Of the Asaassins. Witness proceeded
to surratsyiils and went TO the residence Of the
prisoner, Mr.. hudd; went there on Tuesday DO
was not At home; Mrs. Mudd sent for him, He
the Doetorl said no strangers had been TO his
house. One Of the other oheers made n remark
about a man with = broken leg. He made re-
ply, but witneas did not know what u was.
Mudd told witness he heard % the assassination
in church on sunday morning.. lie did
mot seem willing 10 give MS information.
On Friday went 70 his house for the purpose Of
Arrssting him. He then Haid the two men, one
Knew Booth, sed vas istrod assd 70 him last faII.
After looking At BoVth's picture he said y looked
something like the man who had his leg broken.
Mr. Mudd said the inau with abroken leg had
~ wilkes on u aud the msker's name. He
said the msn lsft botwuen three and four on the
afterneon Of Saturday. They arrived before day
break on horseback. Dr.. Mudd said the broken
leg man wsnt away on erutehea which he had had
made for him by one Of his men. a7s
Cross-sxsnined. Lieut.. bovstt was presant Al
the conversation. Both timea MrA AVii was
standing In the door when she made the dselara-
@ sSld say,Sisr ssoS, the boot. she wsnsap sssirs
aud brought the boot down. u was on Friday
that he told ne he Learned Of the AsAaaaina,on ol
the Prssid tht on suhdAy at church. We were all
al "a him II any strangers had been a bis hoase
he made the same reply TO mo that he did %
The question that asked him on Friday wasi
Hs saId they had, Hs said they helped the mar
with the broken leg on the hofse and took him
IN the parior aud nNed his Leg He satd one mar
had mouStache, and the other had lengs thiH
Whlakers. think he said the broken leg mau
had shawl aronnd his shoulders. lie said the
younger man waa about ~ or Is yeaTa of age
10 said on leaving there they aaked him th'
road TO ParsOn wulmer'A, and be showed thqu
the road through the swamp. We examined ths
aWamp all through--found horses TRACKS In the
direction he poinied out 10 ua, but there wer'
teams which travelled that way.
After leaving Dr.. Mudd al DryAntown We ven
hack and wen. throngh the swamp We looked
all through the swamp BY different roads. Iva
one Of the party which went 60 Mr.. WILMER
houaa. ihlnk 10 was In tho evening TO th'
beat of ny knowledgs, Think II was wednesday
evening; did not hear anything Of them on thi
road, This was before DR.. hudd was taken I.
Bryantown. We were acting Under the order
present Mr.. Lloyd was with me. I was no
10 court this morning when M. Lioyd's testi
AT AZ one o'siOek the oonmlssIon took recess
until two o'clock. n AtH- a a.#I q