New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-15


MOI Booth time cut the back Of an envelope and
made marks on il with pencil.
Q. Was he writing on IN A. ! shoud not consider
1T writing. but marks alone. They were seated al
table IN the center Of The room.
O. Did yon the marksi A. No, sir jnst saw
the motion Of the rrrcil Booth also came TO me and
apolocized, and said he wished 10 purchase Mudd's
farm; MndG bad previously stated 20 me that he dd
not to sell his farm to Booth as he was not willing
10 give him enough for it.
| q You did not hear word spoken between them in
regard 10 the iarmi \. No. sir; did not know the
nature Of their conversation at all.
q. Did understand you u say you did not hefr any
Of their conversation at all, but only saS the motion of
the pencil A. Yes, sir
O. Yon continued to board a, ,ir. sursatts' A.
boarded there up the tire of the assassination.
q. After this Interview at the National Hotel siate
whether Booth called frequently nj AT. Snrratts' n.
Yes, sir.
o. Whom did he call TO seei A. He generally called
10 John H. Surratt and in lis absence, called Tor
Mrs. Sulratt
o. Were these interviews held apart or in the pres
ence Of other perBorsf A. Always apart; have been
in company with Booth in tho palor with sGrrati but
Booth has taken SusTah &c his room up StnIs and en-
gagged in private conversation up there be womb say
!. John can you spare nc q wOrdf up stairs :"
they would 20 and engage in private Conversation
which wonld last two or three hours.
q. Did The same thing occur with Mrs Snrraut
A. Yes. sir.
q. Have you ever seen the prisoner Azerotti A. ]
have, sir.
O Do you recognize him here, A. Yes sir; that is
he.
Q. Have Won ever seen him Of Mrs Surratrs, A. lie
there three weeks after formed the acquaintance
OF Booth.
Q. Who did you inquire for, A. For Mr. suFrntt-
John H. -.
q. Did you ever see him with Booth or only viii
Slrrait. A. have never seen Lin in the house win
Booth.
o How often did he call, A. Some ten or fifteen
times
Q. What was the name by which he was known by
the young ladies 81 tie housc' A. They understood he
came from Port Tobacco and nsead Of calling hin by
his own name they gave him the nickname OF Fort
Tobacco"
lave met him on the corner Of Scyenth-st ard Penn,
sylyaniaaye 1t was ah0ut the tine that Booth PLAYED
Iescara, IN the Aposiate. Booth bad given oarIal'
two rssSn ;i t SGf" sin where eu We
were going and he said he was going along too ard ut
the tlclior We met David G. Harold.
Q. Do yon know Harroldt A. Yes cir (iiere mar
rold leaned forward and laughing inclined toward IN,
witness) We also met another gentleman there haed
lo ohrn who STOPPED IN Tie house, We met HIN III tls
thcaier. rnd We remained nnt me pay was o'rI, 'y
the five Of went together as lar rs the corner VI
Tenth md E-sis: bnt on turning around Surihlt no
toed thlt tzetott and Harold were not oo"ing anu
vfo and f1nud them IN tire restaurant adjoining the
tLcaer talking coHldensiaiy with Booihi on ny ap-
uroaelur they separated. and then we TOOK drink,
and there gentleman there whose ince remen,,
Der; We efi and joined Tho other Two gentlemen aId
went a. another restaurant 10 have some oysters.
o. Do YOU know where ourTatt kept his horses IN the
Icit, g. He stated 90 me that he had two horses ana
that he kept them IT Towards stable ou g. sixth and
Seventh SITS.
O. Did you ever see Atzeroit therei A. Yes. air; on
the day OF the assassination.
| O. VIA, time was ~ a. About .. o'clock
! O. VIVA, was be doiugi A. lie seemed 10 be hirlng
a horse; had been cent by Mrs. suuatt to hire
buggy. when got thore saw Anerott aud asked MN
vbat he wanted: be- said Ito hire hoTsei" he asked
Icoth # he cogd have a horse. and be told him he
cont not. then left. aad both weHt ~ TAR as inc
post Oilce Mad letter 20 draw aud tfter that he
went on toward Icuth-st .,
roSth's A. will state that Ca tho tuesday previous
iothe assassination was also sen TO tie National h9,e
and Ia get hi, buggy fOr Yrs. Surrnit She wished me
90 drivs her into TIC country Booth said be bad sold
his buggy but lie would give me s9 and that should
hire buggy for Mrs. suua't anu sToke oil horses he
ktpt nj Brooks stable. then saii they we're m!ne
|, o. Dla Booth give YOU ten dollars A. Yes. cir.
q. DID you drive him outi A. Yes sir.
q To what point' A. TO suffAts'iie. We i sr AZ
10 O'Clock and reached there NJ ~ iha' WIZ "h iu''
q Did ven return that dnyt A. Yea sir, We only
remained half hour; MIS-. sarra!t said she went Tor
tie purpose oil seeing MI Noih"!' VINO owen he'
O State whether on the following Friday, that is the
day of the assassination, you drove MIS- ouFra INTO
the country A Yes. cir nv
O. Where did you drive to- A. To Surrattsvile. We
arrived there about " o'clock.
! q DID she stop ~ the house oil MI Ldoyd' a icS
sir-she went into the paror.
O. Wha. time lid you leave to return' a. About
% can Won 20 down ,lcrc In two hours A. When
the roads good you could ca lily 60 down there in
two bouTs. .
I
month of March a man calling at Mr.. Surratts and
giving himself the naIc Of Wood. and inquiitDg oi
John II. surra,t A. fes opened the door ior MIN
he asked II Mr.. Surrstt was In told him no. but
Introduced lin to the family he bad then expressed
wish 90 see MIR. Surrait.
, o. Do YOU rocoea!ze him hcrei A. Yes, sir-thats
he, that's the msD-payne; he called himself Wood
, O how long did lie remain with Mrs Surrntt, A.
He stopped IN tho house all night and had supper serve
in my room. They brought him super from the
Kitchen.
q when was that A. As near a, can reeoieet
have no e,act knowledge OF the date.
y. Did lie bring package A. No. sir.
d How was ne dressedt A. lie had q black over
coat o. aud bsek frock coat with grey pants at that
tine
o. He remained til tho next morning' A. lie len
, In The eGres, train for Baltimore
| Q. Do you remember whether some weeks after. the
ssme mai called again. A. Yes should think IL
about weeks and again went TO the door; then
showed him into the psrlor aud again asked his name
that time he gave tho name of Payne
O. Did he then have interview with Mrs Sur
rrsif A. Miss Fitzpatrick. myself. and Mrs Surrati
were present he remained about three days and repre-
scented himself to bo Baptist preachers he said he lad
been in baltimore about week. had taken the oath 0
allegiance. and was going TO become a good. loya
citizen.
q Did you hear any explanation why he said he wa.
baptist minister, A NO. Mrs. Surratt said no was
. meek looking baptist preacher.
: q Did they seem to recognize him Us the Wood OF
former days A Yes sir: In conversation ono Of the
ladies called him Wood aud then rccolected that
his previous Wait he had given the narnc Of Wood.
U. How was he dressed thent A. In q com plete
. suit Of gray.
o. DID he have any bsggagef A. Yes sir; he had
a linen coat and linen shirts.
o. Did you observe any traces " Disguise or
preparations for disguise' A Ono day found false
monstache on the table my room; threw 1t into
little toilet box and Payne searched for 1t and inquired
for his nioustache; was sitting on the chair and
did ne say anything retained 1t ever since It was
found IN my baggage among box Of paints had in
nv trunk