Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-15

and CLEARY say that they favored his
scheme for introducing yellowfever into
New-York and other large cities. About
the time when it was proposed to cut off
the Croton Dam, BLACKBURN proposed to
poison the reservoirs and calculated the
amount of poison necessary. THOMPSON,
however, thought it impossible to collect
SO large quantity of poison without sus-
picion.
JAMES B. MERRITT, physician in Canada,
corroborated CONovER's testimony. He
had heard SANDERS and others say that LIN
colin would not live out his second term -
SANDERS named number of persons ready
and willing to remove the President, Vice
President, and Cabinet, and some of the
leading United States Generals. He heard
SANDERS read letter from President DAVIS
justifying him making any possible ar.
rangement for the accomplishment Of that
end. MERRITT also bore witness to Booths
intimacy with SANDERS.
RICHARD MONTGOMERY testified that he
heard THOMPSON say that he had friends of
the Confederacy all over the Northern
States, and that he could at any time have
LINCOLN and his advisers put out of the
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times in Canada. Once he had seen him
talking with CLEMENT c. CLAY. A few days
after the assassination Tucker said to MoNT-
GoMERY that Mr.. LINCOLN ought to have died
long ago, and that it was "a pity the boys
had not been allowed to go when they
wanted to. CLEARY also talked with him
on the subject, and said it was too bad
that the whole work had not been done.
A number of witnesses were examined
Friday by the court martial trying the ass
assination conspirators, and a considerable
additional amount Of testimony was taken
The only facts of particular Importance ell
icited, however, were contained in the evil
dence of Mr.. CHARLES A. DANA, late Assist
ant Secretary of War, who was recalled by
the prosecution. He identified the letters,
picked up i'll Third avenue car in New
York, last fall, by a lady These letters, it
will be remembered, related to the move
ments and plans Of the assassination CON
spirators, and alluded to the lot to murder
the President having fallen to Booth
These letters were given by the lady find
ing them to Gen. DIX and by him sent to
the War Department Mr.. DANA stated
that he took these letters to President LIN
any particular remark, owing to the fact
that numerous similar communications had
previously come to the notice of the gov
ernment 1t was evident, however, that
Mr.. LINCOLN attached more Importance to
these letters than to previous ones, as Mr.
Dana subsequently found them in an envel
op on which was written, in the hand writ
ing of the President, the word "Assassin-
alton"
The counsel for the accused again pro
duced witnesses with the design of inva-
lidating the testimony of those giving evi-
dence for the prosecution Among them
was sister Of DR.. MUD. One witness
stated that on learning of the assassination
DIR. MUD suggested that the people of his
neighborhood ought to raise a home guard
to assist in preventing the escape of the
assassins.
4 number of persons suspected Of COM
plicity in the conspiracy and several wit
nesses in the case were released from con-
fnement in the Old Capitol Prison.