Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-22

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lIssi,r, aussdri,i ~ a. 80, toula ,.,.s
fcesaa dnifl i've . '1lockl 4IIII ITT-t
tbb a. viuifors, s1psclaliy ne iadiss, rushsi
. ihe ran % haze nood view of NE prisoner
ArrnnHoon aBas1oE
A few. ninaiss hefard two clock ne pris.,.
~ vsSl sgsis eEegght inle court And ssalsd u
!hs eeeti was called 70 order ~ NE Pfesidsss,
IA fSs sssrs.rscp, sAi. .n.uoea va. .rora..,
,ssss,'. ..s,h room ~ nss . b found asyvAs
stood opon ths haeli, q benches and chair sss
u ne Windows Every available place IN NJ
sgaft-fgen wa qeeupied. Tho rcporters, ana
thqse hAfing l.sitimsis baslPen 4 the sgutf
war. -. s.svs.v insonssnisssss, 70, having iysa
70 perform fhsif dun--. hAny :, s1e sportfi
A iabis as large again as ne one ocsupisd by,.,
ntwspaper would not more than aeeummodafs
the fep6rlers Al the s6hrt We hope this evI
vii Be rsmsdisd BY those having charge q NJ
Ths frss wilasss called wns
=. cAPT. poUoMnRTT.
Was engaged n the parsni, u the assassins Al
the barn, when We made the capture, there VA
considerable cDnvernatlou between Booth and ny.
,s eli Ssess = a.., SssisS sny one We via hls
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70 nurrendsr'' I then told him 70 hand out hIs
arma then directed him 70 put his hands oui of
tho barn, took hold Of him and pulled him Sut,
n.,.s s .slS d, ss bad s99 y wsspS1s Sui tn ,h and
then Sired. Heroid said, let me 20 around hars,
will not 90 away, He said, Who is thai
who wss shonn Witness replied, "Yoa know
ms his name S"s Boyd Soal y iSoa NOV Ss ShS sSls
y" witness told Harold he know II was Booth,
Herold aflsrwArds told me that he met Boon
seven miles from Washington on the night Of tbs
murder. He said he thought the man was named
/ cros,-examinsai Booth s.ia that he va. u.
|pnly eailtf rdsn-. Herold MADE NO resistance;
bnly sald his 81 Ife sels ard could pot ' alk
ny Ciampitt, Di¬ Booth rsmark thai al,
~ia a vS WORDS . sssl eject; I s.uho. ssnsns.r
the exact words.
WE. II. cLEEvHR
Called and sworn; who testified that he kept
livery stable on sixth street, in washlbgtsa
city. J. wilkes Booth kept horse In wilnsss'
stable In January. He kept . ons-eyed bay
horse thore about one month About the .oOth n
January be sold the horse 10 samuel Arnold
Witness did mot know anything about the terms
Of sale.
Cross-sxamined.--The horse was taken away
on the sth q February By samuel Arnold, the
prisoner. Witness has seen John II. Barratf ana
10 let surrett have his horse at any lime: never
saw Arnold at the stable with any one; he cane
alone never saw Arnold al the stable after IN,
sth Of February; never saw him At the stable
MARSHAL n'rnArt.
The prisoner % U'Laughlln wAs in the rebel ser.
vice aBOut one year He came In our lines II N,
battle Or Ad,istain. He told witnsaA he had takes
the oath of allegiance % Martinsburg. wAa
o'Langhlin was nrst brought 10 witness ones
he stated be had not reported.
Witness here produced the oath taken by
Wines VIII T road the oath taken By o'LaugAlln;
witness identified the handwriting Of o Laugh.
I'm his fAnily has resided in Baltimore for
| - DR rs. vKnDI
having been called and sworn, testified that o.
the night Of the attempted hsaasslnation OF See
described The wounds received by the Secretary,
| hiA s0n, and attendants. Had LEFT Mr.. Seward
about nine O'Clock that night when next seet
was covered with blood, and bloOd all around
Cfoss-sxsminsd--saw Mr.. Frederick Seward /,
be was conscious, but could not speak he va,
sensible for half an hour Afterwards; examined
not mortal; that was twenty minutss before Dr.
Barnes came In Mr.. Seward was not In . critical
condition when the attack was made he had In.
proved from the previous accident
JOHN BoRAN
having been called and sworn, testified that hs
knew the stable in the rear Of the theatre oeeu.
pied by Booth for his horaaa !; opAnglor, the
prisoner At the bar, hted up the stables prepared
carriage room aud pot stalls In iti Booth vas
| spanglsr sold horss and buggy for Booth Tie
i Wednesday before the PrnsidenI was murdered
Booth and clifford told spanser on -nsa'
day 70 take " % abs bslsAr for sals
wss Employed !. is.i fesf.s fSssli. n. ,,D,.S a.
stable from Mrs. Davis fer- Mr. Be~th, the renl
was paid monthly By witness; Boo,A gave wit.
whom 1t was being deeosaled; saw 80 sImml
have the rocking chair on his head tAkiar ID 10
ths theatre once In isos the chair was h iGs
box, but had not been there for two years. WI.
ness was property man Al the theatre; his duiis,
are on the stage duflng tho performance; daiis
are 10 see the furniture i put on correctly. Wit.
ness room is not on the stage knows the passaS,
way BY wAioh Booth escaped.
During the performance II b claiomAry bl
have thai passageway clear. Duringih play III
the I" American Cousin" that passage would hl
clear. spangler'a position wa. on theAeii Of he
stAge-the same side aa the Presldenib boz
Saw spangler on the stage auring the perform.
ance don't know Of him being onthe Stage. M
ho had been away, some one would have had tol
ran his Fat oa; then, persons Eould ha'e b..l|
in9Glrias f0r ai,s hin; iS S the third 2 act ,s'|
spAnglsr's absence would have been noticed
had he been absent ave minutG
During the second act witness was In the bor|
oslse spseglsr was not there asv.r say ",
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trance, lsfl HAND, wfsn the Prssidsnt was assai
slnatedj pw epangler In his place while "
seconh scchs Of the third act was on that W
three or four minutes before the President va
Assassinated. Witness run tha stage; they er''
for water, and witness went for u aon't reman
Der Of SEEING sPaaglsr after the mardeEj Ma
have seen him, hut don't remember. wila'si
srst heard thai the President was coming ASO'
twelve o'clock that day. ~
TAT this point, three o'oloek, General Hnnis1
announced that tho Commiasion would tAks
recess for twenty minutea
AZ twenty minutes past three o'elock TIE Con I
mission was called 10 order
LIEUT.. y. DARrLkTf
testified that he was In the signal corps Of D
army since August, lee3; was prlsoher In LIB
prison September, 1855, 70 10th December, 1854
while there observed thai the prison was mias
with tho intention TO blow Il mp; was taken 70
dnngeon saw place with frnsh dirt leafbs
from the ofaeer who was In charge Of us thai
large torpedo was buried there. This place "
directly under the centre Of the prison. Dinersi
ones told uA ID had bees mined In case our n
Col. Dahlgren'9 should saoossd In getting
I0ov. Andrew, accompanied BY Colonel ws'l
erell, here entered the court room, and was eei
daily received by each member Of the CouTt
| col. n. .. TRRAr
testified he was Chief commissary Of the Ohs
recently MAS on dnty In North CArolina eap
tured a number Of boxes said 10 contain the
ehiyes OF the ao-cnliaA Confederate 0Oyefnmenl
An oheeT yas scat sseslysd them snd is Ds0s issI
Raleigh 10 this city, and delivered them 70 v
War Department
MAJOR EcKERf
testified that he received certain boxes from 70
Treat. The contents have undergone sone"
animation. fnf