The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-19

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lire slAiasso, M is,
slaA Risvs. lslsUnpA 1perator, residiu
tn Brooklyn, 17sg isIaud; idsutiAsd
Dispatch handed hin ~ Booth q IL 8
Nicholas Hotd aud sent 10 Levi ]
Wieckmsn on tie xS1 Of March. 1t sju
| ply rasds, "tell 1obs 70 telegraph anubs
oaA lBtrsst q bssb.r The sif.ess xhe,
delivered the message to John Surr.t
Who, IN seaposs - Wisstmsn's . questlol
What II was about said. "don's Be !,
I'D isqaiSitiSs. = Witness boarded l
Mrs. Sorrstt's Assssin Washisssoo afle
4th q Assoh; aSsid aot.lx shss tine-
He laid 3ooih, John Eusratt. Payas 10
Atssresb, With ssvsnl Others, Who had
al bses riding oas. rstlrosd very much
exclted. He noticed that sDms of them
ssrs asmsd. 6urratt said his pronee,a
we're blghted ssd was In an extremely III
eeanps 1hautNeea abe eAiisd that on
the morning sfter the assassination he
thought it his duty 10 sarsssdsr hias,ll
70 the Govesnmeat and forth With assisted
10 tho discovery sad ssfest of the RsiItv
parties. Hesnsnsiossd, . ,soman coming
70 Mrs. Sursatt's, whom the latter said
~ss Ars. Sister. Fsesoh vomsn ssd /.
blockade runner. and was not afraid Of
consequences, because che could invoke
the protection Of the French Minister Or
CoOsul.
Tho Coart hsrs tssk recess.
Lewis Wieckman recalled and testified
be delivered ~ nssngs, -. On cross
EXAMINATION qusssieas were a.ksd witness
- to biz sequsissaass sith : - named
81. Mares IN 1868, With tho apparent
81 ct Of showing that witness 80 aware
et sc. Mares isssstica efestsine Sou.b,
and 1t there vas no other way BY eslssipg
in federal rsgissss ssd dsserhng. and
that vitness Vas . sympathiser with re-
1els aed assisted the man 10 get 2ou b -
The prose scution objected 10 The testimony
ss immaterisI: but allowed lsv ones
none. 70 which vifsess assvsssd sha, s.
nsires enlisted 10 DeIaware reaimep,,
was captured as6 lodged 10 Cassb Thun-
der. WitnesA desied hAvi.-
4 thu ~ a * while clerk
:. Departmsns agreed to com.
manieate 70 any prisossss ss the bar any
information be might obtain from TIA.
department.
Being asked Of bis sc4usin,ance With I
nan samed Augustss Howell he said he
had seen him bos never had conversation
With bin; on the contrsry had said TO
Cspt. 0teasoa Of ,hs War Dsparsueot,
"there is blockade runner at our house
shali give hia spis I-seisated the
question three days but thought il nigh,
Be tho only time the man nigh, be there
! let him 80. ! told hin 1 would like to
90 South; that l bad been studen. OF
eisisify sud would like 10 bs 10 Kiehmo
for the purpose Of contisaing my studies.
When 10 the War Department vas
taught cypher which be said, however,
vas for 10 particular purpose. No ar
rangements were made for corresponding
With Richmond. The cypher vas no
doubt foasd 10 my (.he witness') boz. D.
once wrote poem Of LongfeiIow's ia this
cipher sid shas b The Only use ever
msde Of it. Howell was acquainted With
Mrs. Surratt. Howell never told me it
Was the cypher used il Rshmood.
In ssswer TO the other questions wit.
ness said he would have been!ths last man
IN tho world TO have suspected John Sar
fatt, my school companion, OF murder of
The President bIy .u.piciou. we're
sroused by frequent private conversations;
By seeing Payne and Sursaet With bowie
knives aud b. 6nding in my room false
moustsche. My suspicious we're not OF
very definite chassetes. made q conf
dant Of Capt. Gleasou- him they we're
secret sy sy~pathisefs; talked over With him
cesss'n soatches Of conversation had
heard and whether the parties could be
bearers OF dhpslehss q kIockads run
oes. Wieckman also said be told Capt.
Gleason q the var department Of suspi-
csous characters Ia connection With the
movements Of Mrs. Surrau and asked him
shas they ssuh mean. whether they we're
blockade runners or not. He also spoke
to Gleason of the talk d nj about con
capture of the President BY
tho rebels aud Capt. Gleason secuted the
ides = impoesibls. He had read 10 the
papsis ahss saeh an attempt xss likely to
10 made,
wisoess said With reference 10 the fact
o. his having knowledge Of the presence
OF the bioctade runner as the house Of
Mrs. Surratt and not giving In
formation 20 the 6Jvernaent,
that be had debated the point With
himself for soms time and thought 6nally
= he te.A slisgsssaly 2o4 tik6l IL would
say nothing shout il. A.seroth came there
on the l5,h of April about Q o'clock 10
~ a0misgl is1 .b5 sti2 hga
Mr.. Clsodeniog identified . koife as
the one picked up on the morning Of the
assassination - ! colored woman.
R.v. Mr.. RIDER, Of Chicago, testified !
I sisiisd RI hmoa1 "a aho aoolh 81 April L
remaining from the lSth 70 the 2lst, and
picked up in or near the State House Il
letter signed w. j. Oldham, Feb. lib,
1866. d Presideat Dasie, ID ~hieh H.
cslis the stteDtion u ths PfeSidsat % the
n u that certain AilRnaltsna - : niaa rea