Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-19

General Aunur'a headquarters, halloalhf muf-
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called and sworn testified that be Hns At secre-
iary Bsward's on The night Of the 1fih Of April,
N attendance upon NJ. Seward Witpess wHa
hers tod @ look upon nc prisoners and sse u ne
~. Seward on that night. Witness here iden-
tinad Payne a. the man. The first saw OF him
heAfd a disturbanee In the hall; when opened
the door he struck me; when he came in the
room IelInehed him he put hia arm around my
neck; struck me with knife and cut me then
hs went 10 the bedside Of Mr. Seward aud struck
him with the same weapon he struck Mr.. Sew
witness here described the manner In which
he struck Mr.. Seward, and said he seemed to be
endeavoring 10 cut him In the neck. Witness
waa here shown q knife, and said II was a knife
about that length with which he cut Mr. seward
in the face and in the neck Mr. Seward was
sitting partly up In the bed. He received three
wounds In all. Mr.. seward was in tho bed At
the time, having been thrown from his carriage
and had one of his arms broken. During the
struggle Ms. seward rolled f,om the bed When
went 70 The bed, Mr.. Seward was on the floor.
During the whole time the man said nothing.
Tho man also struck me with bis hst and had
the stairway, aftsr which be left A revolver
was picked up His hat was also picked np
Iwitness here recognized the hat and revolver
rs rsdSss. sf dspsrs l' wsIs.. The
put on Payns's head by the guard sitting next
TO him The guard announced the hat Al him
tight; he thought II was rather small
n|Maior seward called and sworn : who testified
tiial ks was a son OF the Hon. WIN. n. seward !,
was At his homo on the night of the 1lth OF
April. Witness identified Payne As the man who
entered the sseretary's = house. He retired about
II O'Clock, and short time aftsr was aroused By
screams Of his sister; rushed down stairs; saw
two men a father . bod thought father dellrious.
Saw was not him Then thought u was the
nurse; rushed 10 the man and neiEed him he
struck witness with . decantef from the table,
and made use Of the words. III am mad, am
mad - when near the door, a. I was pushing
him, saw by the light In the hall that he was
tall, large, had dark hair, aud NO beard got a
pistol and rushed down to the front door; the
servant told me the man had gone OF on horse.
After my own wounds were dressed I went In
70 my father, aud saw he had large cash on hia
cheek, one on his throat aud one under his ear
was insensible the next day II was four or
ave days before saw my father r'swouBds. The
servants seemed 10 think II was the handle Of a
pistol that inflicted the wounds on my brother
lwitnsss hero Recognized tbs hat found in the
room
witness was satisfied that the prisoner at the
bar was the same man saw him on board the
monitor the day amer he was taken, and reoog-
nised him then; Ihlss reeogniaed the voice whom
! saw him on the monitor.
70 COL. MORGAN
testified that on the l7th Of April was In tho SER
vice Of the War Department. had possession Of
the house Of Mrs surratt ON II street; twenty
minutes past eleven on the evening Of the I7tk
went 10 superintend the seizure Of the papers and
arrest the inmates Of the house found some Of
heers there who had made the arrest; heard
knock; Capt. wonskir and myself oPened'the
door. t.r
Payne came Ia with piek-Axe on his shout
der. He came In aud said, ~ guess I am mis-
taken. asked him who he wanted TO see, lie
said, Mrs surrAh. - told him no was right
to come In the pArlor. He said Mrs. surrati had
engaged him to dig q gutter said he was twenty