The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-05-20

.4v.s tniuel now ttCOihct dNtfnctiys Dut tnlhk u
O. You ar, sure that q va Il .au bun inst YOU
.sne tunde. y, Did / und,fs;aad yoa 70 iay
at yo1 SeIe IL ilnor at M time bad this con
ys,,s.ion W. NJ, ,o fsrta A.
that sccopnt 4 that GU are at fault In yof tcsti.
NOM and wish 70 Hshe espisnaiion;i 4. vac 10,
or not The question Vas unexpected II hal "a;
more distinctly ia my former ex animation
TESTIMONY ~ NARY v,~ ry~E
. Y. DO You reside 10 the city ofws.hins'or \
! DO a, 2s9 q st,cet. q. 10 y9u keep rooms for
ls., YOU saw any. OF them, and n -
ic.ms at ny hou.e, Arnold and S'Lsushlia. Q
What time in : ebruary did they take rooms In yo1r
l.th ! cannot state positively the date 2 pid You
know j. WILKES Booth In hi lifetime = \. ] fnew
bad rooms there. Y Did he not come very often TO
,eo the prisoners, O'lAughn and Arnold; a. Yea
their room, and could are nothing further Of hun
Did thcse pri-oncra leave ~ city and return sev-
ttai ime' Icy ieit on st,q9ruay !" 90 ~ nam o
tnor vhoiher lno'h accompanied then OF NOT;
think not, O. Weru bese interviews uetwecn iio.th
a. never saw anv one With him Y They told you hi.
name vas WikCs Booth' did they A. Yea Arnold
did inquired who he AMI be SAL j, Nikes
booth q Md he csl Tor them itcqn'ntly and not
hnd them In fes, sometime y nii lie insnii''t
much .uIiety N zee them on the. tccaous Y Pre-
uucutly VII, they weic a4Av he would call three OF
foui time, before 'hcv returned he would ve-y
anxious 10 ece theu q Would he leave messages ior
them n. sometimes Ac would H. quest II the Come
toip'e he called Hruin. u say the, would ind him
Al the stable sometimes he would 20 into heir room
-hoyn AMI say 4 YOU recosni,c Il ne man you
call Booth A ! should not cal q srood hkone'I
q DO you r,nerlber the lat time Booth played IN
,hi. city, about the 18Th or 2oth NJ aerhr Zee.
Q nd these prlsoueis present YOU With compliment
"a. tcati- ior ihe pa, that niyhtf \ lts; tN'
p ,-scd a wish TO zee him, and O'lIurhn gave me
tickets. Q Di1 there sco'r 10 be any difference In
the ntin sey Of his association Sith tl,e two men
II 20, with which vue hc the most Intimate : y.
some'iints iof thc o,tc. ihoush ihins ne more
frequently inquired ior O'Lauflln o. Di sou ever
see eny erins H. their room A. saw psto' once,
ana hut ohcc., u po YOU fememicr at any iimr see
nf man Gala very rough. lookinr petsoI- labor.
Inc msn or mechanics a. Not iat'-ins man
There wa u'an Who used 10 come sometimes.
'N'nt 20 p1,'ci orc nirhi vith them. -. 10 you
know h.s namc' \ 40 would know him 1t ! saw
him lie W. what YOU would call . .poctalie-
looking rochauic not what you would call
a eonileman. Q Could you dc'ctile IN
ed AIT it bad been exposed TO tie weather. Y, DO
recOguizo Inn AuChg the Itscutfs ~ the laf'
A. No o. Yousay Booth came ouetimcs hy day and
sonetmes ~ niFht. A not ne ucuty az uirht, do
not knos ~ ! ever ,aW HIM II nighf lie might
have come thefc without ny seeing him; slept M
The hack p't Of the house and persons might c0iDc
into the igat paFt Of the teuse Without ny lce.lG
Cfo,, Examined o. Did these prisoners say they
were, ~ had been IN the oil business: A. That Aoy
we're IN u; q 10 "a IA the 2.th 81 Mach ~ the
a
tooth play can tell You. II Wa "a. SJa!r ole
low ms O. Was retelra the playl \. I,s q. We
Hootht .it- m,st frequent IN February he ..,,r
prtvi the time they Heic thee ~ hauh. \. /
'l.rf 'hr- v,Io liC,tF much ne sGWC al thruu II
the time they were there. lie was pict;y constant
visitor.
rf.rNoSY or ursay wILLIAgs, crproKfpl
.. STATE TO the court ~hutheT you are acquainted
With the pr1onef, u'I s1- lila aud Arnold. Look ard
know MI. O'Ltu1hiIn, but not NJ. Arnold Y. Did
lou eve meet N ., l,!u.hiin. and 4 80 wher'i
IN Baltimore. Y. When Was thatf \. In March
last. ClIrieda letter to hnl. q. From whom did
gu carry the letter to hing A. From Mr. Booth.
q john wilkes BoOih, the HctoEf A. o., cir q
hid YOU carry the letters to him alone, OF 10 HIM ard
AfnOIdl \. carried one to Arno d. Eud gave n o. u
you dervced 1t At the hoarding house OF O'laughin.
did he tell where o. taug HIN iiycdy 4. a. said
r. .ter -tTvn. q But did you carry the letter to
Arnold A. 20, ar. ! carried one ny there 10 tie
house. I did not know vho II was Tor ~ seif.
Y who from, A. Nj, Booth eavc 1t 10 me, lie
Just called and asked n,e II Won tlke letter dov
there. did Lot know iOr nom At ras lar Jutt told
10 chry II up 20 the number that on The let
Ter. q. lou Garrett moe than oncY a. Two. q.
10 whom did YOU deliver the secondl A. 10 Nj.
O'Lsushin q 10 YOU know iOr = hotn It wasf A.
lie told ne II Wa Tor NJ ULaurblin know Mr..
O'laugh hin. and va. glad when saw him IN The the.
atie, btCau u ssyod me tlght smart wulkiu'. q.
For whom did O'IAurhlin say the letter vas (.
We'll, | said, here Ia q letter Nj bOotd gave me
Tor you. and that va. all q When did | UNDER
s1nnd on TO- sly ms it1ieL "As cafreIE A 1t was
TESTIMONY ~ ). ?. EArtY.
Q no you know the prisoners O'Laugh'in and
Arnody \. Know O'lAughiin. Y. Have you leon
cityf A Res. with OLAnshlin on the lhursday
previou. TO The ussAs'inauon. Y Was Arnold on the
carr 4 Not 10 my knowledge. q DO you knov
where Olauehlln went to stay after you arrived
A. There were four Of us. We stopped to get shaved
between 81 and ith ,teets IheIe he atked me 70
was with him the greater part OF the day We slept
at the Metropolitan that night, and went 10 Nech's
aud had h'e ikiast for four. "a passing the
Metropolitan about noon, stopped To 20 TO the water
closet. when came out | met NJ Anderson, Who
said he waiting Tor OLlughlin, who had gone up
stair to zee Booth. We waited three quarters OF
hour, and, he not coming down, We vent out.
Y. Nhstwas the lAtest hour at which you saw him
on Friday2 A. don't recol iect exactly; had been
drink ing considerably, but distinctly recollect saw
him come out oil restaurant pretty late can't say
whether 1t was after the assassination or not he
prer.nt name Of the restaurant IL, holieNe, "Lee
shore" q did O'Lsushlin 10 to Baltimore the next
Where did he 90 TO in Baltimore A We went 10
O'Laughliu'S Going down,we met his brother on the
,ooiing for him o I'D be show much e4citemunt
about the assassination a, can't say he did hut
HE brother sad they would be after him on account
VI trs.s.aI animation by Mr. Coae-Q Who was with
O'LAughlin lesldes youtseiF 4, There was Anccr-
purpole In coming dowl A We came to have a
GOOD time and see the illumination. q. Did you hear
him rate Wha; he rOlng o see booth Tor, that
be was going to zee Booth At all No; sir, not at
that time. Y. You don't know whether he actually
saw Booth or mott do not How Ions dutns
that day was OLsughlin IN your company A. We
took stroll around the city ia different parts OF II,
and had dinner agGin NJ Wech's, between IL and 2,
. where did YOU 80 aitel dinner \, Around the
town AZ ain and between and O'Clock, O'lAurhlin
went on visit with me TO inendr house q That
was on Fridsyy A Yes air. We eft there ahou, 8
o'coci and then returned to the Lee shore House
there were joined by the other two We stay ed
around there until between aud O'Clock and then
went back to Melch's and had supper; were there
at the time the procession passOd up TIE avenue tho
Navy Ynrd between \ and O'clock. We then re-
turned TO the Lee shore llouse whore staid until
went 10 bed. Y. DO | understand you 10 sAy YOU
were thcre after the a,sAssihationl 4, Wee sir.