, 1865-05-26


cA,sis ylrlnais to Them.
xAu1 x11BT's TESTIMONY. '-.
Mary Ni1ey, alto sla,e Of Dr; Mudd. wss
ewotp. ard settiaed that she Jeff his house The
Eoxe c,cr sometimes in tho houss and sometimes
cut In the Roode. Nherc they had the1r bed last
Wln.css htard Garner say to Mndd thst Cd Abe
Lincoln NRe 4 damned Eunat f1f putltcattouJ aud
ous ht to have been dead long ago, when Muda re-
piled that he W4s much OF the s4u3e m1na. This
was In tobacco planning time last year.
Several other colored Witnesses testified 81 to
Mudd and others conyertlnR In pEalte q tha Feb.
e1s. Ben. Gamer s,id to Mudd, that Stonswa!l
was gong to cross It the Point Of Ro<ks, take
NafAtIe ION, lnd tuFu Did Lpcols in his house.
Muda said lie would not be surprised.
TESTIMONY FOR TIE DEFENSE.
The defeuse ,heu opened.
NEs. suREATT's CHARACTER.
The Rev: Father Wieett testified he had been
acquainted with Mr.. Surratt eight or n,n- years,
sud bsd slwsJs hesrd her spoken we'll of, and had
never hesrd anything that would detract from her
GAsistian cha1aeser: nes. Fahsss Boy'e and
nesez heard her utter dleloyul sentence.
MRS. sulsRA7T q VISITORS.
Mrs. Johu Easlahsu, who to1rded With Mss.
Surratt, testified thst she Eaw Payne there when
s,ns'nr ss, NJ snfa s3ld BE-
house once Or twice. Ms. SAtzatt said shs would
net board the lattcr.
1RT1Sa 20 rhorE An AIlH1.
WItDeest& from baltimore wefe produced who
gaFe c1reumstaniial accounte OF where O'Laush.ia
WIS iu tL1t city 1t various times on thu 13.h aud
l4t1 OF Apfll, the Object being to pruye Aibi.
Amer Mrs. uol1ahans' testimony, Aifa Howard
Fig n4uick tgtn6sd s tlist H. BOARDED st Mts-
sltcr the assstsln,uon. Only sa,s Payne there
tltec tlncs-ths 1sst rue in March. Atzerodt
ehlJ sisscd there short time. Believed airs.
like eon tlele. Saw Booth there The Aonaay
before 1hs assas:tas'ton f,r the lat tune. Thu
1hu weeks before the ass1sasnauon.
D. Gw1h's rEs11AuAI.
D. F. Gwyn, 1esiJlns near Sn1rattsritle, tcst!~
fed tlat he WAS Ut Mrs. 6urratts houee the day Of
e. s ss. sl9 i% ls5: Si Mr.
Didns ice him Afterwards. He bad ocfa drinktp:
right enrrtl,. Dica'l eee him al ME-. srr1a!.'a.
GAIT. co171s14AH's TEsr1sox1.
.raciai of1ser, ii nay. Q: o'Bes11es Bo:.a or 20
.ho a.k-ss,naupn. Saw Lloyd sfter his a1zett.
med knowing anything abon. It, md far a fcw days
continued IT, deny 1t. I 6ua!ly told him Eas
tai1.net thai he knew about II that he hndlt on
he M BELIEF. : lie tsid, chi ny CD II should
mako confession they would murder me-" Said
!, Who wou't murder xyou:' &c said. "Tnetc
sst eo;ne 10 free h,n.tf BY letting these parties
get oct Of II, II was ht5 business. not mine. linen
put him in tie Passn house. He scsn,ed much
re,nfo1cements Lloyd then ttastd to me that
Mr.. surr1tt hnd come down TO h,t place on Fr,-
dsy, te,ween And oc'oek; that she toll, him 10
esse s n s IT. men 1a1
cid call; that Harold dt.mopnted and weat
into Ms1- Surrast's OF 1ather Loyd'e tavern
ihat be foyd) sud lie sldist want 70 hssr IL ;h.t
Harold then told him 10 xo up and ret Ihe.= fire.
alms; they we're brought down and Harold took
whether h3 Ha.Eold or Lloyd don. fe1,emps.,-
but Booth rad be would not carry carblne, II
VI. az mpth rs be rould Go 10 carry htEIselE thst
aafes,sd The f1es.aeas,' I'D tass Harold sad ia
'.Ho have picked of seward" l waa IN the
house when be came from prJartorn and CON-
s3so III s. 3. Sa ruosa ms ' :aIa q ba Ho
.fcn ttxet TINT there were two carotn-s. and thss
Booth Gould not carry his. Whore Is that cir
surtatt hsd ssne esss ortE Il .o!a him
ws r. hGns ess 'os wGHa H sT
won't cnal heard three knocks on the wait. i
ther went r., End after about :he seventh blow
taE The esretne i bad sssn su,pendea By .
have hloEen md Il rad fa1cp down. -
@. lGu did not ind the caroine where be told
4. No; hunted for 1t but could no. nnd It.
@. During the two days while he was tesJing
al knowledee Of these parties, did he mention
the nArac cl NH. Snft3tt!
a. Sot ght'c " II Vas deosincit Afser he con-
q. Dld he fe,l yon Ar'. surratt brought the nro.
4. 10; / think he t,,d Johnny snsratt brought
Il. j. Con'eJ, = former vttne.s for the psoIccu.
ton, now summoned for defense, terrified 10
Thuredsy 4t.erHoon. They went to L,nch,n'a or
Rnllman's Hotel. O'LauGhI1n asxed me TO 70 10
the National Hotel. When ne got lhcrs h. went
detain me en,J few niIute1; be len ne stand.
jng Al the door and returned IN three or Orc min
atrs; nc vtIt baek to L5nchan's, and then up
to Wass1 annr asoon .oef
supper there, laettrE three quarters Of ar hour;
.eii ih.1e aou' half past stsen OF eight o'clock;
retsfEed 70 Ra!lmsns q noss,: aaa psSesea ~ ia1
Murphy left ne md Henderson aaJing they were
going to rec Mr.. Hoffman, sick msn. and would
rec d On the eofn:r sgsin; they retnroed ACTON
started up the Arc1ue 10 rec the Illumination:
lo4k. an wanted ls u go as far II the Ttt2surJ
snd Tie public reservation, above "a sreet, when
reservation. .hen Murphy snd Henderson sa'd
e oeiosT % wene to ,ie aasae hs i'll
uaint d there Till nhout 10 o',lock, then vent to
the metropolitan Hotel, reaching thzss atsa- 10
Q. Was O'Lauehl1n with you el1 tbat time! -.
:. a. IL ~ wn1: IT,. r1r: we Tcmninea there aooat n
si ths tinc tns s,cppf md :pske T. o'Lasshlta:
aJ .. s,s.. @e nn .aI hc 0 =. ie as
strcet- br,ieyc. fITourhItn was srnu ,infed st
suIocn on The corner uf and SECOND .tIret, Whcrt
there wes Danes or something going on, and
took rs oytr tAErc. ;OGe Of his purity bought
tickets and We went into the ball EIsytd shout 10
bour, esme out, went UP the avenue 10 the Metro
poIItan Hotel and renamed there all the alter
uodn. We teen went out for fifteen minutes;
pu nteht' o'' ao0 y A.usn I'LL WEE "''a I' al 'H''
W ane eso:sIsman..oaSoa nG sa,a ne AT M n9IeI
ae .a .a " NJ, t, w a. ~. .n aa1
rttGE naI Asvwtt ~ na1A 1oat s~A'0 a net=e ~"