The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-18
rae Csesplrecy Tr.al.

building, the courtroom and the prison,
We commence with the correspond dents
description of
TH1 COURT.
Entering the Court from the door last
mentioned you are frst met by General
Hartsua. Upon stepping . lev feet to
the left. and facing west, the eye ID first
attracted to the Court assembled in bril-
liant full dress uniforms, ranged around
the table. On the right, at the sast end |
Of this table, sits Maj. Gen. David Hun
ter, presiding officer; on the right, at the |
north side Of the table, sits General Lew
Wallace: on the opposite side aud to the
left of the President, is Brevet Maj. Gen. |
August Kautx and son. Upon either
side the other members of the Commits.
sion in the order of their rank. Judge
Advocate, Genearl Holt, sits at the north
end Of his table, aud at the right are his
assistants, Col. H. L. Buraett and Judge
Bingham. Facing the Commission, near
these, is Hon. Rsverdy johnson, and
ranged round him are the other counsel
Tor the prisoners.
THE PRISONERS.
The stranger visitor is naturally curious
to see and contemplate the countenancss
of the prisoners, and his eyes rapidly pass
from all other objects in search of the
accused. There sits row Of thirteen men
against the west wall on the platform be-
hindthe railing. Which il Paine, which
is Harold, ETC., he rapidly asks himself,
and he mentally answers rapidly and
surely Paine cannot be there. / saw no
one there that answers his description
That man may be Harold, that other Dr.
Mudd, but / don't see any such man as
the would-be assassin of Mr.. Seward is
represented to be. You begin with the
man on the extreme left and next to the
door leading to the cells. Hete is man
apparently about forty-one years old, say
feet D inches in height, slender, red or
sandy hair Of thin growth. pale, oval face
and somewhat Intelligent, medium sized,
blue eyes, high forehead. rather promi-
nent nose, thin lips and red tuft of hair
on the chin. He does not seem to be
stressed, but interested in the trial. He
is dressed gsnteely in black and wears
slippers The movements Of his limbs
are somewhat restricted, for small chain
surrounds zach wrist aud extends from
arm to arm, and like chain is abou. his
ankles and confines his legs. This man
Is DR. Mudd. against whom it was at frs,
supposed but little, if anything of guilt,
oouli be shown, but against whom the
testimony thus far seems fearfully point.
ing.
You look further to the right, passing
over the alternate man who is an officer,
and you observe sitting beside the latter,
little fellow dressed 10 faded blue suit,
whom you would scarce cali man. lie
seems but nineteen or twenty years of age,
about five feet four inches in hight; black
neglected hair; lively dark hazel eye;
slight tufts beard along the chin and jaws
and family surrounding the mouth; rath-
er rounded face; full but not prominent
nose; full lips countenance, indicating but
little intelligence and not the faintest trace
of .fefocity; and this is the poor creature
who seemed to live but in the smile
of The Assassin, who dcvotedly fol
lowed him in his flight, sharing his pri
vations, perils and capture. This boy i.
Harold.
Looking again TO the right, and omit.
ting the alternate guard, We come to one
OF the most remarkable faces of the grouK
"a face which once seen may never be
forgotten; one whose moral stature j,
readily determined by his face. This mar
is clothed sparingly. He is in his shir1
Sleeves sort OF steel mixed wooden shirt
his pantalcons dark blue cloth; neck bare
and shirt collar unbuttoned. He is fully
six feet high; slender body; angular form
square and narrow across the shoulders
hollow breast; hair black, straight and If
regularly cut and hanging indifferen.ly
about his forehead which is rather low
and narrow. Blue eyes, large, staring
and at times wild, returning your looL
steadily ard unflinchingly. Square face
jaw Irregular; nose turned It the top bu
expanding abruptly at the nostril; thir
lips and slightly twisted; mouth curved
unsymetrically little to the left of th,
middle line o: the face, q Wild, savag,
looking man, bearing no culture or re
fined-the most perfect type iograinst
hardened criminal. The reader, who ha
read newspaper descriptions of the man
will not guess his name. The very op
posite Of my picture is that which ha
been given to the public; and yet mine j,
truthful, open likeness, and just esti
mate OF Lewis Paine, who has been re
presented in appearance a. almost the re
verse Of what have here stated. Thoe'
who look npon the criminal will agre,
With me. He is almost monstrum horren
dun.
ArZERoTH.
Again to the right of this man is on,
who, it would appear from the tcslimon,
thus Tar adduced, was to have performed
very important act in the terrible plot
Alzeroth is pointed out Is the person Il
whom was intrusted the assassi 9 ation 81
President johnson, in the Kirkvood
House. This criminal is Q man Of anal
stature; sallow complexion; dull. darh
blue eyes; rather light colored hair. bushy
and ueo iecfad IA lncL. --An.s'-s- =