The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-29
The Judge sais it r ferred to Atzsrott

The Judge ssid It T ferred to Atzsnott-
Mr. Doster SAID he had not ope ,ed the defsD Sc f
Atzer Tt, and therefore would no object to the r'
osPtion Of the testimony.
TIE wtnes vas teen called.
Colonel Wni. HeVthI, Of New York. testihe
! That he was in Washington or the l2th of APn
/ and stopped ct tn KirkWoOd Hou.e r ..
LooE at the prison, rs and see Whether yOu reeog
nizs either as person whOm you met in that h'us
on that cav.
Colonel Neyius-Th,t one. there, (p iating t
Atzerott) : thipk h is the man
| State under what circumstances you met him, an
Colonel Sevins-H> Rad on a coat darker thsl
] that. As he va com ng out. b. asked me Wher
I ths Vice Pre- i'd nt's Tooh WHI. Told him he Vic
I tresident a. IN n out. There was no one iheT
ex eh, him and ms He again asked me where hi
room was did not know the number Of the room
aud told him he va8 st dinnet. passed on; h
looked IN III dining room Do not kEoW VII -ther
hs wentin or not. poinei ont the room 10 him
Il waE ia view it WAS in the passage going 10 th
dining m, b-tween that snd the Stairs as you g
dOWH to he di ing ON. where the man mtt m ,
CFuss-examinstiO0 OF MIR. ID ster: g.t
IhiLk this was bstween and O'clOsk. 1her
was other person at dinner but the Vice Prezi
cent. 1 Was goivg away, aDd was in a harry. Thu
co versatiOn took place iu the pass ,ge to the d;
ning-r'Om. "a
Q Did the pri on look into the din'ng-rOon
A From the ps cage you cannot look into it
but BY log Wn few sIeis ca See IN
Q. under TODD you to say he looked into th'
dini-g & roc NJ
A. I pointed to the Vics President Mr. johnson,
Who was sit ing at the far end, With y II "
looking D an bshini him mt ed pose ov thee
miautss were ooct oied n the cohFersstion; hs
ut s=ea ths prisOre- since un Il now; waN in q
hurry wheu met him, aud am It able. there
fore. % give miuute description OF bis dress. Be
had on loV-orowned has, ills his cJu- ten Auct
b, which k ew him .1f..
By Judgs HOlt;
Tr cogniE-d Atz.r1t this m1rBing % olmfngl
to his presence without his being pointed out.
6sttie WOTthlngtOn, co Ored
live at DR.. samuel Mudd's; have l'red share
sinc- Monday after u Tis m a slave before
the Presd nts proclam stiOn Was i'sued have n I
beea absent fr m Mudd's luse since w.nt tn re
uatIi came h"e- Daring that tim prisoner bas
been ah .ent ON the house three dIdere times
LIST at Mr.. Heury 3 party, where he staiI late 2i
at Gri sborO, where he WeoG to buy hors, {, st
Washington, fr m W ere he returned the day after.
G. Did YOU see R,r.old and boo'h?
I saw only one, the small one, standing at
the window 81 just W HIM 6 hUg in the direc
ton OF The swamp did rot see huid: aaw the
Doctor three or I. .ur minutes after at the front
door
A photograph of Poo'h WAS sh wn the witness,
but she did not rrcOguize i. ON cross exsmina-
tiJn she stiff thas All interval II a Wesk two
took place between the prisoners' departure from
r. examination of J. E. Mudd by Mr.. Ewing
Am acquainted with the writing Of Sam Mudd /;
recognized his writing o. page of the gister T
the Pennsylvania Hotel in Washington, Friday
Decemrer z, 1854 Knew Daniel G thomas a, t6e
with SIS for the prosecution; his reputation for
truth is poor; do not think could belisye him uu-
der o tn.
Cross examined by Judge Ri ghsm-Base his Iep-
utation on per.oual knowledge of myself and 9th
ers /; thought he cOu name a dozen Others who
knew his bad reputation. Be Damed DR.. Mudd
who had said the general character Of Thomas for
truth was I'd as late as two cars ago The cir
cumstances which brought forth this was the arrest
of a man nsmet PA'ne, being arrested at the in
NJ -sars aFufn T,aV III
Dr. George Mudd was not TIE only man he had
heard assaiI tile character Of ThOhi As. Don't know
as I can name any more.
II Won can't me two men who sss liled It, how
do YOU conclude his reputation is b d
A Well heard nu nber 30 state
By the Court-My father and The prisoners faith
er ave first cousins are in innate friends, and met
freauentiy they lived in the same neighbOI hood
Nv Mr. Aikea-HaVe frequently rVed Oh iuries
in the county whe live; do nos rtcollset of them
as having been witnesses in court.
b. Judge Bingham Never heard any one assert
that Thomas ever supported the Go 'ernmsut or
an offcet of the Government Pince the rebsllio
broke out; an aware that several yOuh men from
the s,,tio1 of Charles county have gone into the
good deal of clamor against ths Go ernmsnt and
in favor of the rebels. Net to any gre textent,
o. That i, the general report is It not?
Well yes slE, really not know that mon who
have spoken against Thomas are Of that class who
bear a &c eraf reputation of being sglin.t tn
government Have kn~w edge Of rebels being
sbetted there by residents. Have seen ueu ia
BryantoV n, passing who ! was told were reb~'s by
MT Ewing regsrd D.. G Mudd as having be n
throughout the war as strong I'm on man as any
in the United States. Never heard him pre- the
slightest sympathy with the rebe llion. Think
there would be very little trouble IN estab i,hing
By Judge Biugham-l h We Often heard h In say
something sgsiast the rebellion.
By Mr stoue-Mr. Thon id he was a de.eo-
tvs, tn nix be cl imed TO act under the order Of
n, olf Provost MaHal al
BENJAMIN T. Gwyn ynn. examined by Mr.. Ewing
Never saw Captain White, Of Tennessee, captain
Perry or Lieutenant Perr'. have not been in Or
Mudd's house since about ths Jst % November,
lsOi a. this tin0 ~aa with my brother A G..
GwVnn And J rry Der. About this time General
Sickies came to Maryland arrS ting everybody.
was n reatsned with st left for st. Charles
Couaty. stayiug with my friends there, as every
body else wss doing. There IVES good deal Of run
ming about that time
J5dgs bingham objected to the witness being al
lowed TO state anything fdrthet this point as it
wss not at issue.
MIR Ewing said the prosecution had shown that
parties of whom tho witoess WAS one, had been
co ceal IN the pine woods in the nei hbor-
hood Dr. Mudd a~d his servants brought their
meal 20 them aud hs also attempted TO show tn &c
they were in the rebel rTice aud that Mudd was
guilty. Of treason in attempting to tccrete them
rh-y wished To- show tina; the party was s4na Ter
thaa stated and was not in tho rebel service, and
that the concealm-nt w-s off-red at smother ace.
DepyinR the accused this would bs wi hho' ding a
inst ins Of def nse, and to refuse TO allow oim to
refute this who IN IS Of this 10 SO tes'imony Of ig-
nora n servants, wsu be most unjust
Judge bingham cOntsnded that there s no
-us4 for the attempt TO introduce the testimony
IL WIS propBr swear is witness ss to his whtrs
abouts so as 20 count -raet he stimOny of May
simnL who had sworn to having seen him last
summer To 60 farther was not just. If this
c5urse wss pr listed 10 aud every witness all ed
in regard 70 1861 to swear fss-, there wOu be
no power iu the Court to punish them pc jury,
f,F the simplo reason that i-Bus was before The
Court either in evidence, or 10 charges specif-
cations which Wou support any invuiry AbOat it.
The Ohjec ious were sustained
Tho Court then tOos recess.
On rssumiug the examination b. T. Gwynne con-
timed.
By mr. Eving.-The party slept in a barn on
beddiag furni shed frs m Dr. Mudd's use sRd the
meals we're fu nished by DR.. Mudd. We remained
four or Eve days stopped part OF she time at
Mudd's house and elsewhere. We were in his
house nes y every day. our horses were at his
stable but don't know vhD allowed IL. l think
Jno -urratt was at Coilegs at that time and
came to Wa -hingtou sbout the let Of November.
gave myss up, hAVing get tired Of staying away,
Iook the oath Of allegiance, and then went home
think the said there we're no charles agains'
me. The party went TO the Pines % avoid being
arrested; almost everybody was being arrested ia
our nsiehtorhoOd and went down there; have not
.een surratt since in ct. Oh ,rts county. Fitness
here stated that it was in August not November ne
went to the pn.s.l Andrew J. Gwynns IS my
brother; he has bel South since thst tims; hea1d
he was 10 Prince George county, duTing last win
ter bpt 1 thtnk he vert sou h in Aux 1851.
Cro.s examination by Judge Ho t-UnfeTstooc
that the arrests in 1861 Of persons susI ested
of disloyslsy. EeveTsl Of the volunteer companies
whose members were arrested were cOmmissiouec 90
by Governor aic s. 1 was Uapt-in Of company
cf home guards TO prOte the neighborhood Al
that time there go d de l Of disahecnOn
The com panies were organized to stand by he Stat
.I.,ru 18Th nan tTrgar