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

ssSs thst ks frequently becsms faint aud
fell a t,hc ground To hin connection
with Mosbly :, band be a,,tiba,ss his ID.
trodoeiion to Booth aud The evils conse
quent ibete,o. He desired the clei eymsni
TO let Mr.. Seward know that he bod no
malice ogaius, him, as between msn and
man, TO use bis own words, but he had
agreed 10 do his duty, aud could po', as he
ibeu mistakenly thought, back ont. He
said be WAS to- have no, reward for ii-no
eompenshtiont had besu promised him
The only -benefit. he. expecled 10 detige-yas
the approval Of bis so called government.-
He expected promotion Il be Was sGccessIul, ,
aud be had, always been led to .belisve iha,
the Confederacyi would triumph either by
thef force Of arms or the recognition, of for
eien bowers. lew SIT ID .Li3lnsiiI 10 pal
lie says the first Idea wss to capture the
President, Nj Seward, and ether ,promi
uent characters. With, that understanding,
he was persuaded 10 lend his assistance. =
The iplun OF assassination was btoachcd at
The very last moment He, requested Dr..
Gillette TO write TO bis relatives and that
he tepented and had his hope in heaven. -
He Impressed the clergyman as D person OF
moro fkpn ordinary intellect, and'possessed
Of COT irest religions ideas. He hsdla few
.mall articles, a knife aud q billie, he de-
sir ed the clergy man to send to bis people
He has six sisters In the, bible were
some flowers be had pressed-wlite con
vovulus and blue lslkspur that had grown
in his prison yard He was entirely re
signed 10 his fate, aud said be could pever
again enjoy life, even ifhe we're. ,pardoned
He slept ,inbout ihtee hours during the
night, aud ate some toast aud drank a cup
of ctffee for breakfast, Payne declared
positively that he, did not know The pames
Of he principal men cvncerued with Booth
in arranging the 'preliminaries for the sssas
sioa,ion. He saw afnumber Of men in
Richmond who appeared TO be deeply in
ierestcd 10 the J-schsme to abduct the
President, and they we're saDguine Of the
Coufederscy, But Booth himself he cou.
sitered The leading spitits 10 the whole
Transaction dose tra -sypiC oJuI
Payne said he had regretted more than
sny thing else the part be had taken iu
bringing Mrs Suttett into ttonbie, and
declared that be had no conversation with
her ut her house the night he was arres; ed
there. His o'ject 10 going to ber house
vas 10 obtain u snit Of cio.bes that. won d
epable shin 10 make bis escape into V,r.
giuia. Hes censurss her SpsaiJobn Ii
Surrutr, In the sevef est terms for ,ieSertii q
his IN Other in The, hour of ler diItst ex
trcm'y. Payne was simple 10 his manner.
and appeared TO- be perfectly since.e. Ii,
said. ,batafters be escaped from qMoHSsw
ards house, on the night Of the attempted
asssSsiualiop,l lie, rode some three mile
aci oss tire Eastern5fBraneh. wh n,uhe in
jared his horse ami was compelled 10. dis
mouut For three days aud three nights
be wandered through the woods, stwitbou
any su.tenance. every moment expecting Il
be srresttd lie felt That he, had, com
mitled gIieyons sin, and that be wou!t
be pursued and 'oyertakenam On one occa
zion party scouting for him drew yer!
near TO Where be. was Secre,ed. Ill
climbed a, Tree end found o. secure. sbel,e
in The 5topmoss branches. yaThemnii wa
tfbaf-the -psngsof hunger determined himi'
makeahie escape il rpossible' In disguis
be anickly walked 10 the house oi, Mrs
SurThtt where he was arrested. - %
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