The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-22

Saw profile and full fses Of person - B,
passed round.
By Jsdg, Holt recognised Boott
~hsn saw him on the stage. After re-
tarniag look my family home, and i'm
media1ely ran 70 Stsnton's residence, bu,
6nding psrsons there vent to the police
station and gave Superintendent Rish-
ards my name aod whstinfumation had
I said l thoughl'I knew who it vac
Every psrsou except the one have men
dossd seemed psfectly bewldered on the
stage. l felt much vexed at Booths GET
ting away. l could not possibly be eatis-
fed that the door was not slammed By
some other person than the ore Who weLt
out. The person / saw inside the doc
vas 10 . position, had he been 90 dis.
posed, to have stopped the exit Of Booth.
He ahowsd no agitation like other peo-
pie.
BY Mr.. Esing-No other person could
have obslructed Booths motion except
me. The m near the door could have
opened it snd gone out before did. IL
sas Immediately within his control.
By Mr.. E~iog-CAonos say whether
sny person on the stage or 10 the passage
as went ont knsw the assassination bad
been committed. Tney acted as if as
founded.
R,bert A. Campbell-Reside 10 Mon
treal; am 6rst teller 10 Ontario Bink of
81 ,ntreai. Iden.i6ed bank account of
jacob Thompson. 1t ,mmenced May
3)th. 1864 Prior to that he had left
Sterling exchange drawn on rebel agents
~ Liverpool or L,nd1n for coiiectIon.-
A, soon as sgents advised as Of bills be-
ing paid, the proceeds were placed To his
credit. The hrss ajvices ws had we're
May 30th, and el00 vas the smoun,.--
Account closed April II. 1865 Aggre-
gate amount of credit vas 90 873. Tnere
- now balance due him Ut $4,000 -
lie has drawn $500. 900, nearly. since
the 6rs. He at one time had $1,000 o
10 S erling exchange. The frst entry ia
April last was on the 4sh-a check of
500. Thers 10 = deposit receipt under
Iate Of the Ch OF April Of 500, 900
which vas to be paid when presented -
H. purchased April OH, f4, 400 *
change; also. $4,000 on lhe 50 ne date
Oi the 24h ef March be purchased
SlO0.0OO Steting. Knew Thompson
personally. lie has left Montreal. He
has not been seen 10 the bank lately.
One of his last TRANSACTIONS was q check
given TO his hotel keeper tie said he
vas going overland to H.lifsx en- route
for Earope. This vas about two weeks
before navigation opessd. | though, il
strange be should 70 overland wnen b.
waiting two weeks he could 4, By steam
er. lie was the recogniz d agent of the
Confederate States HIS account was
simply si'h Jic,b Taompson. lie re-
eided rs,t Of the time in upper Canada,
and part Of the tlms 10 MJutresl. Had
other money TRANSACTIONS with other
bsaks 10 Canada. One ,raus,,tion Vas
OF e5O 900 sith Nagyra D.stfics B,ok,
A. St. Cishafines. drawn to order Of T.
Clay. Tnas bank sent it 70 Us and We
placed il to their credit on August 30th.
1854. Knew j. Wilkes B 10Th. HID
one or two transactions With him; may
have seen him ia Clnada dozsn times.
H. has still to bis credit in our bank 400
sad odd dollars. This creii. arose from
deposit, the memorsadun of whic.
runs check drawn on Msrehan,s bank,
Davis, Sa5 aud ten dliiar bills. Davis
vas = bruker in Montreal.
Booth purchased ii ! of exchange for
Gl pouuds. Said be ~ss ing to run The
bl5ekale. Il, asked whether 10 case OF
o.ptute il hi. csp.ors could make
use ot bis exchange. said 10, not un
less endorsed on The bill He then said
be wanted $500 worth. ~hich be paid for
in American gold. These are the cnl,
tso transactions be had with us. Wiz
uess idsnuted tie bill. taken from B 10Th
IS Ontario Bank bl but could NJ. tell
whether drafts we're intended for use IL
the states or for general disbursement.
Witness stated Thompson had purchased
U. s. currency and greenbacks q. well as
steriug.
On the s5h Of Aug. Thompson bought
$.4 0JO in gsecobAcks and July l4th
. 5000. That vas the amouot in gold
On The l4th If March last he bought
81 900 At AZ Tor which he paid Eve hun
dred and ffs1 -three dollars 10 gold. He
bought several drsits ia Nsw York.
Toe Judge Advocate stated there was
only Que other witness tie desired to ex-
anime to day, bu, fur some reasons, az 10
other instances, it Was not desirable his
ex.mioatlon should be made public.
The court was then cleared. The re-
mainder Of The deliberations we're ia se.
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