Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-07-15


daut Of I6p olbeA Her homo was tSeif
reDiezv6dr, and she rssrbtir ec,ive cbuns
sellbr aud assistant. J ohp Saffatt claims
that he could prove his nothefs- -innoccnce,
but failed 10 come forward and do so,
hence be uither kuew her to be guilty, or
sacrificed hes TO bis own cowardice. ,-
Mrs. Shrtatt was about 45 years old. -
She occupied good position in society,
owned alfppr story brick house In Wash
fbgt6b, " hieh she occupied ASA bbaedih6
-hesser resd -alse--ihs.-- .--tsSsrn-- and-fsrm---at
Surrausyills, ,ibiylesp ,JmiFs ,rSwy Wash
ington, occupied by Lloyd, and forming an
important locality 10 the trial The lead
ing points Of the evidence, sgaipst Mrs.
SURE ait, given on tbs trial, are well sum.
med up In the Ciucihnatt Csmmereiab from
which VIC eondeascs the following; ifssN
9di Wiechtmsuu, ~ boardenIUin the house.
ttcs,ifed1 ,het, about the '20,hq Of March,
iw bile in Mrs Surratt's parlor, she tnsbiI
Tested great excitement, aud wept bitterly
that betson John had left the city. never
toreturu. THAT afternoon Ohm ii Sur
ra, returned to the house, in state of tx-
treine exciternsuSGp pacing the room, more
tlske5 sonmsuiac than a9lsaBe sitnan: be
aSurishcd ba 9pistob shd swore ctbat his
prospectsa ere blsstedf bis hopes gone, and
that ahe would shoot any qone who came
into the broom sss Shortly after Payne
entered the room; be alsol was armed, and
pwas boring under great excitement; Tbc
was immediately followed by Booth, ho
also WIS so much exciledistbat be Gid not
for some time, notice tho prnseucey Of
WiechimauU. cd Observing him, however,
al % suggestion from Booth, hese conspira-
lstors eirhdrews tog abIsuppera room, ~ here
they held aslengtheBed interview. eu Itiis
tevldents that thdse bpartiesy left Mrs. 'Sor.
rats house that day, intent on some foul
plo,t OF D assassination; obut, dfromo icnnses
which have usver been folly explsined. the
fscbt me o, tbai time failed o andstb guilty
epaiiidipa,ors returned, 1fviled, reckless and
lgenf aged.W ,19l9s1Hd9 5lT.g-f nsdi III
The principal Witnesses against Mrs.
Surratt we're John Lloyd, ,gtbeI keeper Of
he Surrattsviile tarverp, and Louis WEIGHT
mann. ss "A bout sixweeks before The sssss.
tsinaiiouy Eloydqu testified -sthat Hsrrold,
A zerott aud John Ii. ,Snnra.t bcsme 10
oFtoyd's starvenIiet Surrattsyille. 3 bringing
si b them wo Spencer car hines, for midable
seven shooting rifles, also ammunition sad
a rope.di fSufrS tt wished. she wifuess 40
conceal gtheses weapoDs aud bhe himself
show ed Lloyd. where ot0- conceal aticmi be,
tween the jnisis andltbe secoudo fsons1is
s.1 On the Al onday preceding The Friday ol
sthe murder, w iech, nunnswss sent, by Ms
Surrattdo Bouthito obtain frtdn Ihimudbe
use Of his borse and buggyas Booth pbsd
sold the yHuggy, but gave ANiechumeuoe$lO
with whcharo hire one for Mrs Surratt.- -
He did so. aud drove her to iSumatI ssille
s,o hloyd's stdverH sWbat7 10 k place
,herc is noo filly known s0nlhe af er moor
-Hf The Ia b, ,7theI dsydof ztbe assassination
PMeeh imam agaih dr,ye Mrs S Sagatistt
LloJds tavern, Booth having bhsd a seon
sferehGeuwilh her "a ofewa miutes beforeI sht
Eleft. uWiech tmaDn testifi es thai |. on ;lhs
[IOccasiouS she otk Si ith her ts o pareels.--
fLtoyd test stl6essthat ithese psreelsGcont ained
"a FIELD glass and rwoboitlesuot wbisky;suc
ltbat, ,iurhercohfeteacc swi,b him,d sbe de
siredIhim TO have hose bshooIiDg ir ons
ready iforo lpattieyswbo mould sccslIllbs
might ;ssw shs yistsis bda liai v1ev.--
kiIdIt wi as Bft terssfds known in Wasbir gi on
that other facts had comeli.o ligb as 'con.
kclusis ebas any which came out upon The
bStandyl implicstiBg, MrsadS utrasl ID these
deeds ofndeatb. Ddring,t heiritle TO Sur
lraitsyiileq onethe ELECTROMAGNETIC 4sb, she
inquired OF person, who lived ON uthat
road, if the pickets rcmainedAou NIL night,
and, on being told that dhsy were called ID
at o'clock, replied1 thallshe o twasB glad I'd
now its Ion the Ieveaing 9of sthe la Ii oi
} April - she was ipscing her sitting z oom
bcoontiDg her bead, tin o. ista te of highly
nervous excitement. Al Atorchlght upr oces
sion wasVpsruding the city ia celebration
OftheJnationa1 victoriesjushe,g inquired of
WiechtmaDat thesdiEection the pr ocessou
gasl taking remarking that she hud d
grea tsinterest in that procession ,Sbe de-
sired hiechfmannsand her dnBgbter, Miss.
Surrat, ioslso1 Miss Fitzpatrick; tod pray
for her Intentions These yoadg people
were making some enoise with their talking
and Taught e5a aud she excitedly bsde. all Of
Pthemto ieaye the rOom. Before bis, some
one came o. the house and rang the bell;
MRS. Surratt answered at The door. q II wns
ar erward nknow n thats Iahei person gwho
ecalled swasJ sJ.gWilkes Booth ~ hop sdoubs-
dess came toinquire the, result of ber visit
TO o'Lloyd'staryen, aud 10 dascert ain ii The
Eauangements made idwere such that be
might rely upon ibema YgSos giili aid /
qIhefact ,liatSdL lloyd had THE, shooting
ironsiresdy Simobe dieIcelo Mrs lSufra,ts
ins rnciionsr and, thai Bootbl aud Harold
in otheirs aighIy after their guilty deed did
cali o. Eleyd's tavetu,n aud uobtsined one Of
the twogacarbiues. ,BoothV confessiDgs bis
Gina biltyt foem x hiso wound to carry the
Ioiter, leaves no question. as -tOs Mrs.sl Sur.
rsrl,s guilty knowledge of and Ipar ,icipsiior
-ihahe conspiracy oil bolsy jSdW .ris
Another proof Rof ihei sailt oofs tlisiwo .
lsman is eirdurastantialif y furnished In thete'
turn OF Payne TO her house as q place d o.
irduge, cafler sihree days mud nights o.
lssk liking before the effieers of 1jusiice.Y Al,
was disgnised0as a labofipg maop baI IVA,
detained by the military infu possession D
| .he house, and his Disguise discovered
Mrs. Sufratt was asked II she knew BIN
and shestokmDly appealed 10 her Ged aha
bsbe had never seen him befote5 10 This maj
VAS LewisBayue, 1he8ss ssssin Of 1Secte sry
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