The Portland daily press., 1865-05-20
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the washington Trials-- report
of Testimony.

missed until Monday. About twenty have
thus far been summoned. The United States
have probably thirty more witnesses to ex-
anime, when an effort will be made to conclude
the testimony for the prosecution. The trial
will probably be closed next week. This MORN
ing up to the recess, g. III. R9sch was examined
as to his having obtained possession of Edward
Spauglers carpet bag on the 18th, and found
| therein piece of rope eighty-one feet long,
the twist having been carefully taken out.
Rosch was cross examined by the Judge
Advocate and testified that he went to Spang-
ler's house after his arrest and found carpet
bag there with rope in it eighty-one feet
long. The.twist appeared to be taken out of
it. There was nothing else in the bag except
some blank paper and dirty shirt collar.
se denomination of Dol. p. Taylor. =
The Court then proceeded to the examine
! ton of Col. p. j. Taylor, on duty at head
| quarters of the department at Washington,
who testified that they received from Lieut..
| Tirrel the papers taken from Booths trunk on
the night of the l4th, written in confederate
CIPHER. easg
Testimony of Rn. Eaton. "a.
VIM. Eaton testified that he arrested Spang-
Ter in Washington.
Testimony of Vim. Palace.
VIM. Wallace testified that he arrested o.
Laughlin on the II III of April in Baltimore; on
the way TO the Office OIoughlin spoke of the
assassination as a bad affair, and denied he had
anything to do with it. & n t9aos
Testimony of james clifford. .,ts
James Clifford, carpenter at Ford's Theatre,
gave information about the fitting up Of the
box President Lincoln occupied. He stated
that the decoration of the Presidents box was
not within the line of Spangler's duties; there
was gentleman there named Reybold, an up
holsterer, whose duty itwes to decorate the box,
but he had stiff neck, SO he told me after
wards when asked him if j did not see him
in the box he said he was in the box but did
not decorate it. The last time witness saw
Spapgier in the evening was about half past
Q O'Clock on the stage; Booth had access to
the theatre by the back entrance at all times,
and was on friendly terms with everybody
there. {
Mrs. Martha Murray, wife Of the keeper Of
the Hamden House, recognized Payne as re-
sembiing the man who boarded there, and who
left her house at P. M. April IA. ei9FW
Testimosay of Wstrians III. Wells, OoIored.
William III. Wells, colored, testified that he
was servant in the house of Hon. William
FL. Seward, on the 14th of April; he identi-
fed Payne, and said when Payne came to the
house, he rang the bell; went to the door;
this man came in; he had little package in
his hand, and said it was from DR.. Verdi; he
said he was sent by DR.. Verdi with particular
directions how Mr.. Seward must take it, and
he must go up; told him he could not go
up; then he repeated the words over good
while, Must go up, must SEES him." | told
him he could not, it was against my orders:
that II he would give me the medicine, / would
tell him how to take it, if he would leave the
directions that would not do; he started to
go up; slipped past him and went up the
Infor o,.A ].
thought perhaps he would say ] refused to
let him come up; l thought he might be sent
by DR.. Verdi, and would tell Mr.. Seward; /
tried to stop him; he said, call right;'' /
noticed his step was very heavy and asked
him not to walk so heavy, as he would dis
turb Mr.. Stewards he met Mr.. Frederick Sew
ard on the steps outside of the door, and had
some conversation with him in the hall; he
told Mr. Frederick he wanted to see Mr. Sew
ard; Mr.. Frederick told him he could not see
him as he was asleep at that time, to give
him the medicine, he would take it up to his
father; he said that would not do, he mustsee
him; Mr.. Frederick said you cannot see him;
he Kept on saying he must see him; Mr. Fred
erick said, II am the proprietor here, l am
Mr.. Stewards son, If you cannot leaveit with
me, you cannot leave it at all y he had little
more to say, still holding his little package in
his hand; Mr.. Frederick would not let him see
HUI any Wdy3 NC ctdftc LOWdIQo bu6 Steps dB
If to go down; I started to go down; had
gone about three steps, and turned round say
ing, "Do not walk so heavy by the time I
had turned round, he jumped back and struck
Mr.. Frederick, who fell and threw up his
hands; then ran down stairs and hallowed
murder; / went to the front door and cried
murder; I ran to Gen. Augur's headquar-
tiers, saw no guard and came back; by that
time three soldiers had come out of the build
FIJI r Anl..~ I..1f
way to the house, when / saw this man run
out and get on his horse; he had on light
overcoat, and no hat; he had on hat when he
came into the house; had not seen the horse
at all before; l hallowed to the soldiers,
'sThere he is getting on to his horse; !" be got
on his horse and started off; / followed him as
far as the corner of | and Fifteenth and-a-h halt
street; he turned up Vermont Avenue and l
lost sight of him; be struck Mr.. Frederick
with something round aud mounted with sill
YER; | took it to be a knife; afterwards /
saw him raise his hand twice; he hit him
twice and then ran down fairs; witness also
testified to having subsequently recognized
Payne at Gen. Augur's headquarters.
VIM. ii. Wells, colored, was re-examined.-
Here the Judge Advocate asked that the fet-
ters might be removed from Payne, that he
might put on both the coats already spoken
of When Payne was unfettered he arose.
Livery eye was ulr6cl6u lOWdIu5 ululs Ills
face was slightly flushed, and his lips curled
into an involuntary smile and revealed the
dimples in his cheek to which the colored
boy had alluded in his previous testimony
He first put on the coat of Confederate gray,
and over it drew the larger sized same
colored one. The hat was then handed him !;
he put it on and turning towards the young
negro, and bent his dark blue eyes searching
! ly upon him.
i - Z Ia Az q. Al.
recognize him now?" Ans. sYes, sir F! but
he had a white comforter on and looked quite
well, and he had the corner of that hat over
one eye, turned down like. l tell you his
eyes looked pretty fierce" Here the boy
shook his head and added, 20, he knows me
very well enough" Inspite Of the solemn inn
portanee of the words, the homely positive
ness of the boy evoked laugh, to which
Payne himself replied by a renewal of his odd
smile. Aia s4fs@t - ~
Testimony of Ses'gt. Robinson.
Sergeant George F. Robinson testified to
having been in attendance as nurse to Mr..
seward; be recognized Payne as resembling
the person he saw there; he first heard scuf-
fling in the hall and opened the door to see
what the trouble was; he stood close up to it
as soon as it was opened wide enough be
struck me and knocked me down and then
rushed up to Mr.. Stewards bed and struck
him and manned him; as soon as could get
my feet / endeavored to haul him off the bed
and he turned upon me; there was man
came in the room, who clutched him, and be-
/ tween the two of US we got him to the door or
by 1t, when he clinched his hand around my
neck, knocked me down, broke away from the
other man and rushed down stairs; he struck
me the first time with a knife, and the last time
with his fist; he stabbed me in the forehead
| saw him cut Mr.. Seward twice; he struck
behind his neck the first time, then he struck
him on the neck witness described Mr.. Sew
ards wounds and said Payne went down stairs
immediately after striking him, (Robinson.)
Testimony of Maj. Seseard.
Maj. Seward, son of Secretary Seward, was
sworn and identified Payne as. the man who
was at his fathers house on the night of the
14th of April. He had retired at about IL
o'clock and a short time after WAS aroused nv