Litchfield enquirer., 1865-07-20

LaughEn and Arnold. With Dr. Mudd sh' planned the means and Assistance for the es cape of the assassins She visited Surratt vile at five o'cloek on the day of the assas sination to see that the carbines, &c., should be in readiness, and informed Lloyd, the tav ern keeper, that they would be called for tha night. Booth frequently called at her house and held long and confidential talks with her He was in her company few minutes op ths afternoon of the l4th When confronted witl Payne on the night of his arrest, when he wen to her house in disguise, she protested tha she had never seen him, and added, did no hire him; I don't know him. It was proved that she knew Payne well, aLd that he had lodged at her house. She is described as g large woman of the Amazonian style, aged about fifty years. Her form is square built her hands masculine. her face full. her eyes darl gray and iifeless. her hair not decidedly dark and her complexion swarthy. During the tria she bore. up strongly against fhe weight o crushing testimony against her. only onct seeming to be at all disturbed . -. s
 MICHAEL. o'LAUGHIIN.
 To this prisoner appears to have been as signed the murder of Gen. Grant. but whether he failed to make the attempt from lack o courage, from disinclination or from missing the opportunity, does not appear. Gen. Grant was announced to visit the theatre, but sud denly and unexpectedly took the cars to Phila day, when it was reported that General Gram had been shot, that probably it is fact, if he was followed by the man who was to do it.'- OLau2 hIin was clearly shown to have been ir conspiracy with Booth He was found Turk ing in the hall of Secretary Stanton's house or the night of the 18th April, evidently watching the movements of General Grant. who wal Secretary Stanton's guest, that he might bt able with certainty to identify him. During the day and night before, he had been visiting Booth, and on the night and at the very hou of the assassination, was in position at a con venient distance to aid and protect Booth ir his flight, as we'll as to execute his own par of the conspiracy by inaicting death upol General Grant, who, happily, was not at th theater nor in the city, having left the city that day. Mclaughlin is an ordinary lookin, individual, about five feet five inches in height bushy black hair, of luxuriant growth, pal face, black eyes, slight black whiskers, delicat goatree; weign about 13O pounds.
 EDWARD sPANGLER.
 The prisoner does not appear to have beel in the conspiracy at an earlier period than few hours before the commission of the crime He was recognized as being one of the thre' men in company with Booth in front of tn, theatre, and was heard that day to promis Booth assistance. His participation appears to have been in preparing the means of escap by keeping the passage-wa. clear on the stage and by closing the door afer Booth had passe, through, so as to retard th movements of tn pursuers. Standing at tie door after Bootl had passed out, he exclaimed, Hush, don say anything about it ! Ie appears to hav been Booths drudge, somtimes taking care o and feeding his horse. Dring the progress o the trial, his bearing was smewhat stolid. H
 is of short, thick stature, all face, showing in. dications of excessive dirk, dull gray eyes, un symmetrical head, and lidt hair, closely cut.
 SAMUEL ANoLD.
 Arnold was proven at ne time to have beel in full communion with te conspirators. Hi
 counsel claimed that atthls time the plot wa
 simply to abduct the Prsident, and that Ar
 mold and Booth quar1ed, and the forme I withdrew from the co1piracy. The prisoner afterward went to Foress Monroe, and tooi
 a situation as clerk in sutlers store, where h. remained till his rest, ,wo days after the as sassination. Arnold las at one time in tn, rebel service. He is Jout thirty years of age five feet eight irche in height dark hair ant
 eyes, clear light fomfxion, and an inteligen : prepossessing colnteance.
 i, s.MUH A. MUDD.
 rI Dr. Mudd was shFn to have been in tho , full confidence of both as long ago as las
 November. He had suspicious meeting witt Surratt and Booth t the National Hotel 1T January. He iltrotc iced Booth to Surratt.- , Booth visited him a his room in tEe Pennsyl 2 vania House. Boo and Harold fed to his house directly afte committing the murder
 He dressed Booth eg, and assisted the escap into Lower Marylf, of the latter and Her ro]d. Three daysterward, when called upor by the officers, heIenied that he knew eithe !, of the criminals. hen arrested on the Fri - day following, he ;evaricated, lied outright and finally admittl that he knew boeth' H 4 said that he first ard of the assassination o'
 Sunday. at churcand it was shown by abun ,' dant proof that fFas at Bryantown on oa' urday, at an houIhen al was e1ei'emen'' 'n' t, town guarded bJoldiers. and everybody ha' lt not onlv hoard Ithe murder, but knew th' V, name of tbe assin. There can be no doub {, that Dr.. Mudd an accomplice in the as ut sass;nat;on. Hs described as being five fee ps ten inches in hht, slender, red or sandy hai t- of thin prowthile intelligent face, blue eyes ne hipb forehead her prominent nose, thin lips 5* Lis ohsn