Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-22
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AssaSsi alton Trial.

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The AssaSsi atf6n-RFIai.
d'he egjtieneesRigeh Iaa ID rtsay fH Fhe
ffihlof Booth sconfedermx waS Eiahr
held Ir0m the pubic Tor time, but has
si1ce been ppblisbed, and isrefF hei ffst
importance. The testimony is too
tsdgfhy TO enable US 70 publish i in full,
at this iimeSI sds-tise following sTnqpsis
vii eive tiief leading points ~
Geury Van Gleinac ckeP,F a Liehte nant
in he engineer corps eftbe rebel army,
legti6ed 9bats SOON afier Legs srmy re.
treated into Virginia, subsequent to the
battle of Ggtlys9nrg, aBd swhils he wys
riding alone between SiAhnton and Har.
risburg, he was. .osettageh ~ three citia
.zees who informed him that ihey belong.
ed to Maryland, aud he sstalasqt tbat one
OF the three waS ,. WiIteT Both He
was in their company some tWen4y bouts,
and in e6BVeesatioh Bootr asked hinf'
What be thought.0f the probable success
OF the Coplederaey. 7H5s- enswer1and
The resulting eohVsrsasfoA, We give-fn
the language of the witness:
Ia | told hiln. thai after such aEehase as
We had tfep Got Trom .Gep ysburg, 4 Be.
lieted it i6Gksd very gloomy; and 'theui
Bopih toldgs A''thqt is flpHssBss; if ne
only act our part Fight the Ceniederacy
VA gain tthelr independenie; Old Abe
Lacoln must go up the spout, and The
Cohfsderacy will gam their independ-
.en9e any lll0s." Inhat waslihes expres-
: 3. What did yo6 buders,and BY fBe
sxeressi0ol heg "IpsHlseeGpntha sp0a, q
from all tbal R9oih sald9 aoffgi l9asd
A. IL was a common expression,
nae hnipg be. rnust Heskiiled. That Dun.
derstood always. urA
@ Did. be state under what eircums
sta ahees that would become necessary?
A. He said SO soon as the Confeder-
Taey was near giving oufI soon as they
were nearly Whipped, thatmnst beTdqpe;.
that would BE- the. ,6haf resource to gain
the indepeadehee Of the C6Afedefaey.
q, Didatbe citizens wbo were with
him engage in conversatloRfd
A. Yes, elE.s n sasI +. .,al5 al.s sfs rqs 80
q aiD,d they seem to asse MT 10 his
sentimeHis2 Hti~'s1efi - ~ -it.l. {. -
"a. Certainly. sss ~ E s-sa5 -, baa
20. Did not Booth know that5eewere
aJbufafefate sodfet2 aai4 li., ,.s ~ ~ si'g'
A YesSsir. They asked when they
overlook me on the read, where ! was
goiHg to. | told them belonged TO
GerteraI n i@ard j ohnstasA s4sta.if and iwa4
goi4g to the array, coasiRg itro ms SapBs
tom ..,..........,.
After the arrival oy.the witness, Booth
and his companions atthe camp OF the
rebel army, a secret meeting pf nlm-
Der of officers Of the army was held, yat
which Booth and bis compauions were
PRESENT The witness was not Invited,
but gives the follbwiug esstetnenticf the
objects spa basipess Iet As sensssiHgg ms
detailed TO him BY an otActr who was
fpresent:-Tr aT GErssa.,vm ygT b 81
The purpose of the meeting was, as I
was informed afterward, 10 Send certain
officers on detached service 10 Canada
and the bordurs, aad TO deliver pfisohs
prs, to lay Northern cities in ashes, and.
hnally,to get after the yulerahers Of the
Cabinet and Kin the 2Pfesfdeht That
was the main purpose 1 heard that more
than aith0usand tunes but Iiohever so
much as at the time wfich i was inform
ed it wac the purpose o(ahs, meeting. 81 j
always considered 1t commQR braggado-
cio before.
Q, What was ths name of the officer
who gave Jon the aeconht Of che -pE5
ceedings of the meeGnp2 HaM ssfatldl
IA, Lieutenant Cockerill
@. To whst -poFtsors- ct the service did
he belong, do yoqkuQy1E1 Il xHU
A! To the ID Virginia regiment, be-
lieSe, aud the same company that Capt.
Beal belonged to--the Captain who was
execO,ed at Governors Island
O. Was anything said as to what part
EFp9 Bsall-the one aftergard executed
--was to play in these movements at the
.Nertb2
A.. Coekerilitold me Besll was on de-
i.eshsd service, and We ~euld hear d
I Q Cookerill was member of that
NEE ang understand you to say?
ie8 Did id yoa, yts1 willie lhere. nee Booth
and Cockerill associated together7 -@
5lA. l did not see them particularly. l
saw them in a crowd together.
y Q Booth was associating with all the
ISSIfxi' SIi'f IL j gsaassseatibs With @ great
.pIo Did you know Of any other secret
ASSOCIATION or meeting, having similar
.Cblecss, az any time, in the service with
which you havesbesus sceanseted2 ant eF
VA. i heard of the existence of secret
orders for certain purposes, 20 assist the
Confsderacy. | heard one name very
frequently called, the name of one order,
the "Goldea Circle and several times
,I,.5s4 ! ss@fd es aArP sldt ehs rsons of ~ y
Q How many years DO you state you
were ia the Confederate service?
4 Not quite three yearslA
20 State whether, during the last year
or two-since the reyerses of the Con-
federacy commenced-it has not been
fsesly and frequently spoken of in the
rshf4l servieesas ~ oIlsct finas sy 60 he
;accorp Rlisheds ,heS Sass DarieH of~tbe
iiAPreshent OF the United States2
Y 8 A Yes, sir; l heard that very often.
Q Have you not heard ibspoken Of
! freelyin the streets of Richmond among
thoge Connected wis hrthe re bsn Cover g.
ment .428I FC1 vol BLOB
a. k1rsSs Slr.aaasusa-.saas a.sasu.z...-zaasz
/ q. About what time--when ris-rth
latestyou can now recall, havine Heard
| declafatons Of that sort in RiehmsnS ?
! l. AT the time af,er' the battle of
4 ChanSelIeEsyille, when LIDO not know
what General t was, but believe it was
Gei1 Fitzpatrick, was on aaEaid9ns&F
gt.s..r a. saw AL r.