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BY Mr Ewipg:-Q. Where do yop livef a.
In Charles county, near Bryantown, Mary.
land. Q. In what occupation were you en.
have been for Sc verai years. O. State whetnsr
mere was any arrangement made between DR..
trs tuaa and Yourself Is 70 carry Ing some articles
ber ans Sa'y SSwn hone for a% lssi nsssm
stove ,or msfxet s,l and asked me 70 take home
. s,oss ier ~ nim he came to me several times
a'o"' TssTIxop RI SrS promised to do it'll could.
u ,.erriMoNY OF JOHN @. THOMPSON,
faris "a a. At eI pr, 6s.Wner Where did you reside lass
slight acquaintance with a man bearine thst
name. O. State how the acquaintance eom.
mencedl A. was introduced TO a man stviine
name was Wines Booth or no By Tessesa hs .ns
my father In law; ] think that was in October
or rNovemeer last. The introduction was given
to me by DR. Queen at Or Queens house, Z
think on Saturday night. DIR. Queens son,
Joseph q ueen, brought him there from Blryan-
town DIR. Queen Is at his place in Charles
county. He is very old man, being seventy.
Booth brought letter from somebody in Mon
utai. II ! am not mistaken, 1t was from g
msn by the name OF Martin. hurriedly
glanced over the letter, and paid very little
attention to 1t. As well as l remember, it was
Simply letter of introduction to DIR. q neen,
statlng mat this man Booth wanted TO see the
Or. Queen and myself went TO the church &C
Bry antoWn, and / introduced Booth to Or.
Mudd Booths ostensibIe object In visiting
land. That am confident OF, as he 40 stated tn
me. He asked me the price of land In that Sec
tion, and told him, as well as remem ber that
the land varied in price from five to fifty dol.
lars per acre, according to the quality and sit
nation, and the Improvements upon the land.
think / told him / did not know who had
land for sale, but that Mr.. Henry MIdd, the
father Of accused, was q large property
holder, and he (Bosth) might purchase land
from him. As well as remember he made
inquiry OF me about the roads in Charles coun-
ty, but was not informed In regard to the
roads there. The only road OF which had
any knowledge was the road from Washing
ton, known as the stage road, leading down to
roads leading to the Potomac river. told him
was not cenversant with those roads; that
knew them as far as Aliens Fresh and New
port. but no farther. He also made inquiry as
to the purchase Of horses In the neig borhood
think he asked me IL there were any horses
in that neighborhood for sale. told him did
not know; that the Government had been pur.
chasing horses, and that many OF the neigh.
bors around had taken horses to Washington
and sold them. q. State whether the meeting
of Booth, DR.. Queen, and yourself with DIR.
Mudd. at church, was casual A. It was sim.
ply accidental. q. Where did You meet Boothr
a. In the churchyard, in front of the church
tion are in the habit Of assembling lust pre-.
vious to divine service. I happened to see Or.
ID udd there with several other gentlemen, and
l introduced Booth to him. / think also in.
treduced him to the others present. 1 had NO
idea as to what the mans business there was,
further than that he was purchaser OF land.
think he told me, the night before, he had
made some speculation, or was shareholder
in an enterprise in Western Pennsylvania.
somewhere, and, as far as I remember, he told
me he had made good deal Of money ont OF
these operations. Booth stayed at Dr. Queens
house during that night and next day. think
saw him again about the middle OF Decem-
bsr following. He came to DIR. q Queen's sec
ond time; he stayed all night, and left very
early next morning. I did not see him after
that.
nett "a. How near do you live TO DR.. Mudd's
A. think the distance about seven or eight
miles. Q. Is yonr acquaintan ce with Or. SAM
ual A. Mudd and his affairs Of q very intimate
character A. am not intimately acq uainted
with him; know him personally. @. You
say that Booth spoke Of purchasing lands A.
Yes, sir; told him that Mr.. Henry Mudd, the
father of the accused, was an extensive land
chase lands from him. @. He did not in that
convers alton say nything to you about pur-
chasing lands from DR.. Samuel MuddI a.
No, sir. q. Do you know whether DIR. Samuel
M udd owns any land there A. am not pos
By Mr.. Stone "a. Who lives nearest TO this
city-Dr. Queen or DR.. Mudd! A. Think DR..
M udd lives the nearer.
tached to the letter OF which you have spoken
A. Yes, sir think the name was Martin. T
do not know the Christian name. Q. You
never heard Of the man whose name was signed
to your knowledge, ever buy any lands in
Mary land on the strength of that letter OF In.
troductiou : A. Not to my knowledge.
The Court ADJOURNED till this morning.