Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-06-09
VOL. x1 -: 4 NO. 2l

Booth said or did has been pitt in evi:
dence. His trunks at the National Hotel
were full Of papers,-yct the letter from
Arnold and the rebel cipher are all Of
the import Of which the public has any
hint. The strange letter from his broth
or, referring to the oil business, for sup
posed ambiguity in which Junius Brutus
Booth still lodges within prison walls,
has not seen the light. The paper, ITO
Whom it May Con-''cern'" lett in charge
Of John S. Clarke, seems forgotten. The
Surratts; at whose house he stayed day
or two, convcrsins freely about the assas-
sination, have not appeared on the stand.
Conolcl Conger, Captain Dougherty and
Sergeant Corbett have all told their stor-
les as to the capture at CARROTS barn,
but Lieutenant Baker, who he'd Booths
bleeding head in bis lap all that night,
and to whom the assassin gasped his dy.
ing words, has not appeared in court.
v diary found in Booths pocket is not
opened for our information. stranger
than all the rest is the long article ex.
planning his motives, written by Booth
before the murder, and only mentioned
once in court by Judge Holt. II, as
stated at the tiue, this paper was written
on the night of Thursday, April IL,
new clement of mystery IS added to the
tragcdy,-for no man On earth knew that
night that Abraham Lincoln would spend
his next evening at Foru's Theatre.
Judge Hol,'s tactics have been employ.
.tos ~, IN, Dkk kkor
The confessions of Atacrodt, O'Laughlin
and Payne have not seen the light III
court. An elaborate statement written
by Arnold is also suppressed, and his
verbal admissions when arrested; giving
the most important evidence brought on
the trial, were ouly admitted on the cross
examination in consequence Of an inad-
vertence at the Judge Advocates table.
One most remarkable unexplained in
cidcnt is that testified to BY Sergeant
Dye, as having occurred III front Of the
theatre en- the fatal evening. At half
past nine that nj ght he saw three men
standing on the steps,-one Booth, ono
rough fellow with large rnoustache, aud
another small man elegeutly dressed, aud
trim in appearance. Neither OF the lat
ter were identified with any Of the prison.
ers at the bar. For half an hour tho
aforementioned mrn every few minutes
stepped into the lobby OF the theatre,
and announced from the clock there the
time to his friends outside. At ten
minutes past ten o'clock, thus hsralded,
Booth went up stairs into the auditorium.
Sergeant Dye abandoned his suspicious
aud wen. away,-to hear ten minutes
moro that The President had been shot.
Surely it requires some ingenuity to az.
count for such proceeding as this.
Nothing has been brought out as to the
reported intention to shut off all the gas
in the theatre at the sound of the shot, or
as to the alleged cutting Of the telegraph
wires Immediately alter the MURDER
Nothing has tended TO fix upon any per.
son amy completely in the arrangement Of
! the b1r and mortice which fastened the
door OF the passage to the Estate box" or
of the eye-holc Through one of the doors
of the boz itself Two Witnesses swore
in such manner as to make it beyond
doubt that Booth, when Spangler answer.
ed his call at the stage-door carly in tho
evening" said, Tell Maddox to come
here" and that Maddox came according
ly, aud had at that time and place Gf.
teen minutes conference with the actor.
This Maddox, the property man of the
theatre, has since been cn the witness
stand. but neither prosecution nor defence
th h 10 xhok
strange interview, which unless explain.
ed, it would seem, ought to place him by
Spangcr's side or in Spangier's place In
the prisoners dock. tt
|, is worth nothing that all who saw
Booth at ford's Theatre that evening
testify that he was we'll and even elegant
ly dressed, but not one, either ia the
dress circle before the murder. or in his
rush across the stage otter it, observed
the fact that he wore pair Of huge
riding boots, considerably above the knee.
SO unusual on equipment for q visit TO
the theatre, it would seem, ought to have
been noticed; yet no mention is made Of
the boots until Booths arrival at DR..
Muld's. Were it not lor his broken leg.
which would make such thing impOssi-
BILE, one would be led 10 imagine that
Booth stopped someM here on the route,
to exchange his elegant evening array for
Il dress suited to the Journey before him !;
bat tac boet which Dr.. Mudd cat off was
never pulled on over u broken ankle. and
the assassin must have wora it when he
leapcd from the box.
The large amount Of evidence intro,
duced at long intervals, aud in rather 9
confused mannen about the different
horses ned and ridden by the con.
spirators, is worth paragraph of eiuei-
dation. Booth. during the Water. owned
MANY horses, which be kept in differcnt
stables in the city, so us not to attract
attention. One particular dark bay or
brown horse, blind of one eye. if IL could
swear to all it has seen with the other,
would have a strange and important story
to tell. Purchased in Charles County BY
Booth last November, by DR.. Mudd's 70.
commendation and advice, it was kept
during the winter at stable here as the
property Of JOHN Surratt. and taken away
from there March 81 by Atzerodt, bear,
ing written order from Surratt. Four
days after, Atzcrodt tried unsucccessfnlly
10 sell the horse, and be kept it AZ apGtR.
or stn hla tilf tha 10Th nf A nrii ON TIA