The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-26

there and into his room; the latter called fol
cigars and wine for four. In few moments
he went into the hall and called for Surratt to
follow him. They (The Assassin and Surratt,
remained in the Hall some minutes in earnest
conversation. They returned, and invited r.
Judd to join, and these three Joined in SPIT ~
tied conversation in the hall tor ten minutes
or so. Surratt and Mudd apologized for their their
seeming rudeness, but Mudd said The AssaIs a,,
wanted to buy farm of him. The latier 't tSa
said he wanted to buy Mudd's farm; w. ~
latter asked too much for it, witness lseen
ed Harold as one that Surratt haG in'iO nSSeJ
to him. Hereupon Harold smi i.,,ass Wit.
bis head in RECOGNITION Oh t.e as the one who
came to Snrratt's house in the aosehce u our
| ratt introduced himself as Mr. WOOD. ne was
received by the Surratt's cordlaiiy' ano ioosoo
there that night: =. ~ ,vo.kS ofter Pavne
On the second visit, some "J haa,,,od ,,hot ho
asiind himself PAYNE, and said he was Bap-
| . .naober Here Payne seemed highly
, uIs I'd and with apparent difficulty sup
pp ,ead laugh. Payne, on his second visit,
rramained some days; and on one occasion wit
,,ass found the accused and John 81. Surratt
This Was short time before the assassination.
Surratt went to Canada. and on the 14th of last
APRIL Mrs. Surratt received letter from him
dated at Montreal, at the st. Lawrence House.
Witness went to Canada to seek Surratt, but
did not see him. Surratt, prior to going to
Montreal, visited Richmond. He arrived here
Just after the news arrived of the evacuation of
H. Surratt of the fall of Richmond, but the lat
ter would Lot believe it, for he said he had
been with Davis and Benjamin ct Richmond,
and they told him Richmond would not be
evacuated. Witness accompanied Mrs. Sur
raft on visit to Surrattsville to the tavern of
Mr.. Lloyd, on Friday the 18th inst, and heard
Mrs. Surratt give some admonitions to Lloyd
they would be called for. H..
Witness also says that Atzeroth called at Sur
rats house, and the Surratt girls complained
afterward to their brother for Introducing such
a stick as that into the family. They said At
zeroth was not fit company for them.
T H. Lloyd, being duly sworn, says he re-
sides at Surrattsville. Recognizes Harold and
times. Surratt, Harold and Atzeroth have been
there together. A short time before the assas-
sination the two latter called and LETT two car
bines and some ammunition, and said they
would come for them in few days. and had
them concealed between the joists. On the
Monday before the assassination, he met Mrs.
Surratt near his house. At first l could not
understand what she meant, but she said some
thing about shooting irons, and said that they
would be wanted soon. On the evening of the
14th, the day of the assassination, Mr.. Surratt
came to his house. about five o'clock, and told
him to have those shooting irons ready; that
the parties would call for them he left a field
piece, wrapped in paper, to be given to the
same parties, and told him to give them bot
tie of whisky. About II o'clock that night I
was called up, and found two persons at the
door on horseback. One was Harold, whom
witness recognized. Harold introduced -,
who remained on his horse, light grey or
white animal about sixteen and half hands
high. Harold was on a bay horse. He got off
and went into the barn and got bottle of
whisky; took some out to -; drank some
himself. and returned the bottle to the counter
meanwhile remaining in the house. Har-
old said, "Lloyd, for Gods sake make haste
and get me those things" as though | already
knew what he meant. Witness got them, and
gave such things as Mrs. Surratt told him.
They remained only five minutes. They only
took one carbine. The Assassin said he could
MT take his, because his leg was broken. As
they were about leaving, The Assassin said,
" will tell you some news. am pretty GER
tain that we killed the President, and probably
Mr.. Seward too" Harold mounted his horse,
and they rode on. Witness heard of the Presi.
dents assassination the next morning at about
o'clock. He never saw DR.. Mudd. Never
saw Arnold; don't know him.
At halt-past O'Clock P. NJ. the Commission
adjourned to meet again Monday morning at 10
o'clock.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1865
1t ten o'clock this morning the Military
Commission resumed its consideration of the
augmented by the addition of about dozen
representatives of the press and about an equal
number of distinguished gentlemen, among
whom were present several members of Con-
gress.
CHANGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
The only change made in the arrangements
SiLCe Saturday, was the removal of the witness
stand into the centre of the room, to afford an
opportunity for all to hear the testimony dis
| tinctly, and some changes in the position of
the prisoners. Ample provision is made for
the most accurate reports of the entire pro-
! ceedings. The United States Senate repor-
toIia corps under the direction of Mr.. r. Sut.
ton, assisted BY his aids. Messrs. d. F. Muir.
| ply, o. c. Murphy, and E. V. Murphy, are
control OF the special record tor the jude AID
vocates, assisted by Robert Bonyuse OF New
York.
The prisoners at the opening hour of the
session appeared generally composed, and no
perceptible change was observable in their de
meanOr until the afternoon, when the first wit
ness was called to the stand.
| REVISING THE JOURNAL.
To-day, as on Saturday, some three hours
were consumed in reading and revising the
journal of the previous days proceedings. Al
the conclusion of the reading an half hours
recess for luncheon was taken.
THE TESTIMONY.
At2 o'clock the testimony began. Four OF
five witnesses had been examined before any
material facts were elected. The testimony
thus far is fimsy and seemingly pointless, an6
was offered apparently pell nell, there seem
ing to be failure to get out of some of the
witnesses as much as was expected. shad
owy discovery of Arnold and O'Laughlin in
the plot was all that resulted out of abou
three hours close examination. Arnold wa
again lost sight of, and it appeared as though
OLaughlin had gone with him until David
Stanton, an inmate of Secretary Stantoni
household, appeared upon the stand, and stated
that on the night of the illumination, the 13tf
of April, whilst Gen. Grant and Secretary
Stanton were being serenaded at the residence
of The latter, he found o solitary man stand
ing in the hall seemingly surveying the prem
Uses, and pretending to be or being really In