The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-26
Cobb IN his speech aid something about

Cobb IN his speech said something about
a plan to burn and plunder the North. |
cannot tell what we're the words used. The
treatment of the sick prisoners was very
poor. They got no regular medicine. Not
cent Of the prisoners money wss re-
turned to them For nine months The wit,
ness had nothing TO wear but pair OF
drawers and shirt mis- clothes he'd been
taken from him. He laid on the damp
ground all that time without shelter. Thou
sands we're in the same fix. A corpse of Q
man that had died in the morning could
not be approached by night within twenty
fset, and forks had TO be used TO carry the
b Jdy off TO the trenches. The clothiDg {
sent there by our Government WAS taken
~ this rebel Captain in chsrgs. Over halt
the des,hs Wers by starvation. The food
vas the cause of their sickness aud sftsr
they were sick the foed wss no better. be
would net think OF eating such food now,
but man in danger Of starvation might.
Q. W. Ross clerk in Libby prison, in
March, 1864, testified that the prison was
mined st the time of Fitzpatrick raid had
seen the fuse in MsjJr Turner's Ofi'e; It
was an eight inch fuse Turner told him it
was to set powder Of, 10 case the raiders
got into the city to blow up the prisoners
the powder wss taken swsy in My secret
ly; CurDer was a subordinate OF The rebel
War Department.
John L4tinche testified that Turner told
him that General Wihder had bean to see
the secretary of Wa, and they were going
to put ogder into the building 1t was LII
twenty five pound packages, about one
hnn5 pounds IN all q h0le wss dug ia
the center of the middle cell and the
powder Wss put down there; the ground
was then covered vita gravel; / took one
# the sentries from the Ouside Of the build
ing and placed him ever the powder that
no accident might occur the next day
Turner SHOWED US the fuse in bis ofice
Powder remained there until May.
Wnen the prisoners were al removed
General Winder sent word to remove the
powder as secretly as possible. | heard
MIN ssy that it was TO bow Up the place
in case the raiders succeeded in getting in
70 Richmond
Lavinia Washington was swOrn, and
testified that she was DR.. Muods slave,
and that she left his homo nesr y two
gears ago. She had heard Mudd say sum-
mer before last, that Llocolh would not
keep his seat long Two or three men
were preseut at the time. They were
dressed partly 10 black and partly in gray,
and they slept in the pin s. Sometimes
DR.. Afudd carried victuAls to them.
Msry Miey, also save of DR.. Muddi
was sworn and testified that she left his
house the month before last Christmss;
she saw two or three men sometimes in the
house and sometimes out 10 the WOODS,
where they had their bad last summers
one of these men was John Surrstt; wit
ness heard Garner say to Mudd that sod
Abe Lincoln, the id old son of 3 b-h,
ought to have been dead long sgo," when
Audd replied he was much of The same
mind; this was in tobacco planting time
isst year; CiarDer ssid to Audd that
Slonewall was going to cross Point Rocks
and take Washington and burn Cd Lin
coin in his hOuse; Mudd said he would Lot
be surprised 1LH-E
Tie defense then opened
The Rev. Father Wsgott testified that
be had been acquainted with Mrs. SurIstt
eight years, and hsd always heard her
spoken we'll Of, and had never heard any
tning that would detrsct from her ChrlE-
Tisn character. -a'-
Rev. Fathers Boyle and Stonestreet tes-
titled TO the same effect. They had never
heard Mrs. SurrAtt utter disloyal SEN
timent.
Mrs John Hsllahan, who boarded with
Sutrstt, testified that she saw Payne there
when he called b mselI Wood. Mrs. Sur
rstt said he ives Baptist minister. Wit
nees saw Aizsrott in the houss once or
twice. Mrs. SurrAtt said she would Lot
board him.
Witnesses from Baltimore we're produced
who gave accounts of where O'Laughlin
was 10 that city on the 18Th ard l4Eh o
April, the object being to prove an abb.
Miss Howard Fitzpatrick testified that
she boarded st Mrs. Surrstt's iron the 9th
of October until Sfter the assassination;
only saw Paine there three times, the last
time in MARCH, AtzsrOtt only stayed
there short time; believed Mrs. Surratt
sent him away; be was treated like son
there. Saw B 10Th there for the lsst time
on Monday before ths assassination. Saw
,John Surras. the last time IS he left home
two weeks btfJre the assassination.
B. LrGWYn, residing near 5urrattsYIlIe,
testiaed-Was st Mrs. SurrAtts house the
dsy of the assassination; she gave him a
letter for Mrs. North saw John NJ. Lloyd
that day at Marlboro; be had been drink
iug rig at smartIyi did not see him st Mrs.
Surratl's. ..s-5..--
Captain George Coltins hAm testified:
Was = SPECIAL tfieer OF Msjlr y OBrien.
WIS engaged in Masking arrests sttsr the
sssassinsti he saw Lloyd sf.er his ar
rest. he was pus in my Care st Snrrstts-
villa He sbii ne did not know anything
about il, and for two days continued to
-deny il. I nnally told him / was saEisfied
he knew about it that he had it on his
mind and the sooner he got rid of 1t the
better. BE said, 'NOh my God, if / should
make confession they would murder me"
said / who would murder your He said
the parties in the conspiracy. told him
if he wanted tofree himself BY letting these
parties get out If it; that was his bust
nsse. not mine; l then put him in the
gisr1i house = he seemed excited the Lieu
tenant went 70 Washington for reinforce
ments; Lloyd then stated TO me thst NJ RS.
SurrAtt had come down to his place Friday
between four and fVeo'clOcs; that she told
him 70 have the lre-HTms ready that two
men would call for them At IL o'clock that
two men did cali; that Harold dismounted
and went into Mrs. SurTAtts, or Lloyd's
tavern. and said, have something 10 tel
vou: tha, he (Ll0yd) said that he did moi
want 70 besr IL /; thai Harold then told bin
70 20 Up and get those firearms; they were
| breuRht down and Harold tOoK one; ths'
Rooth's carpine was carried to him, but
Iifbv Harold or Lloyd, don't remember
hut Booth said he would not carry car
bjne. that it was as much IS he could do Il
carry himself; that his leg was broke; tina
Bsoth said: I" We have murdered the Pres
ident'' and that Harold said: "W We hsv'
picked of Seward ] was in the hous
qhen he came in from BIysntown, snt
I commenced crying out, ~oh, Mrs. Surratt.
4 Thnt vie woman threatened me. sal,
10 him, HYou stated there were swo cal
hines and Booth could not carry his
wbere Is the other one Y He told nae
va no stains; that Mrs. Surratt had som
b.Vs oveI il. told him would cut u
The house before 1 would 60 away with
ont If. With that he told the hired ma
70 GET sn axe. did not go into the rooI
. when he went; sf.er l heard three knocl
went in, and afGer the seventh blow
saw the csrbine, it hsd been suspended
! q string above Inc plsstering.
O-You did not find the carbine Whel
g be told you it was
A-No 1 hunted for it but could n,