Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-16

walking hin 70 aud fro. Imw ths dobr
open. The mau came cut u Tie door With
aametbinR IN he hand rhinine. A. soon ~ ~
w ?. him, he hen.. went lIke lightnlnS
ne crowd rulhsd ON q lks theatre and said he
President bad been shot said 70 Mf. epaue-
~ : =. Hr sP.sgi,f. .f.i n.e eaiied you. :
Crsss-sEamined By Mr. BwIng. Knows NJ.
KIsddox. He a % or % years old; see him very
chen used 10 work for him. He did not hold
the horse all the time; he held him little time,
held the horse when be went n ths theatre.
when spangler came 10 tho door Hooth aid 70
him; "fsli MADDOX 10 como here saw the
man Eho hsld the horse whan- Beoth- oans out.
inS % SO~s ils slss IN The MAJ %ss y.ry %S:h
like M. MADDOX. could not SAY whether Il
was a ihauWith light coat on spanglcr cane
out, Apa thea MADDOX came out. 4 know there
were three men All together.
gi-g COLONEL BRoWsiEe,
n Privs.e Secretary Of the President, sworn Re
tween Inc hours Of 4aad witness len the Wee
Presidcnt's room aud went into the Rirkwosd
hense, snw card In my box. Ny box wta
q, TIE rre.ident's Waa o. Wituess here reeog.
si.sd The sssd found In his boz, bearing the fol-
aDon Z wish TO dis,urb you. Are you at home,
-" r4IIL - WILKns BO3rm.n
Knew Booth when Ne was playing In Mash
willie, Tennessee ~ the time attached no iIn-
portsses 90 the elFeumstanest lhoaEht re had
called upon me; Afterwards. when bound oat he
posed the card was Intended for the President. a
! was eommon thing to put cards for the Presi-
dent IN my boz.
cross-exAminsd--Don't know at what hour
the President was In his room.
q ~ r MAJOn KNOX. So.
sworn; On the l9th of April witness wa At
the residence Of the Secretary Of War Saw
o'Laughlin lwitnes. here identihed o'Laughlin
as the man =, ssess.ary Stanton, : house was a.
the steps were 0eu. Grant and wife, the sscre-
tary. Miss Stanton, and others. I was on the
Lover sssp; This nan came to me and said; "Is
think he said he was lawyer and know the
Secretary I thought he was IN liquor; A went
over TO NJ. David Stanton tnephew ofthe seere-
tAry) and asked him n he knew that man he
said he did not, and I advised him 10 put him
out the house, which he did We thought he was
under the influence Of liquor; he stood opposite
the parlor door and could see who was In the
parlor.
Cros..oyamined By Mr.. Cor. There was
crowd there sereaading the Secretary. The seere-
tary was standing ON the upper step. o'Laugh-
lin walked By him. Never saw the man before.
Il was about half past ten when saw him A II.
secretary'H that night. Saw him therO: think
II was q moonlight night.
witness, whose name We could not learn,
was then sworn and testified that he knew the
prisoner o o'Laughlin. Iwitness here rscognized
the prisoner. saw him on the 1S,h of April, on
the night Of tho Illumination, At Secretary stan
man approached me and asked me Rthe Secretary
was in. He leit tho steps after spoke 10 him,
and walked towards the tree-box Tho house
was illuminated II was very light.
Cross.examined. WAS on duty At Secretary
Stanton . that night; came down here with
Major Eckert and Major Knox last Sunday week
and saw the man the hrHt time I saw him Il WIS
very light and ! took notiee Of him; he was
H. L. H. .NaNN
steps and Gen. Grant was In the parlor.
IN. STONE.
Was the physician Of the late President; was
called tosec the President Immediately afler the
assassinA,ioui found a number Of gentlemen
around him proceeded to examine him; found
the President had received q gun shot wound in
the back part ofhis head saw the wound was
mortal; ] remained with the President
TSs TS s. he va. dss cn.a fsuTs "a pSs Sss, s,6"5 ss
the skall The ball Is still In the custody Of the
Secretary of War. did not see the pistol. CThe
Judge Advocate announced that tho ball would
be broughtin 30 that the Doctor mightidentifyH ~
SERGEANT coBB
Called and sworn. On the night Of the aasaasi-
nation Of the President was on duty at the Navy
Yard bridge. Saw three men between l0ls and
II o'clock they rode at rapid rate. The mon
we're not iOgs,herj hrst one came. I stopped
them.
(The witness did not recognize any Of the pris.
onsrS a. one Of those who passed over the bridget
Witness reeooghiHed the photograph OF Booth
as one Of the men who passed over the bridge.
He gave his name ~ Booth said he was from
the city and was going home. Second man who
come said his nAmo was Sweeny. He was q
small-siEed man ] had a full view Of his face.
twitneas here looked At Herold, and said the
man who passed ovor was . man about his size. ]
The third man inquired for horse he was the
man who turned back. lie was riding at half
raeking rate. The horse Booth had was a small
sired horse.
Mr. Gardner WAS en- the road between Wash.
ington and BryantOwn on the night Of the lAth
of April, about eleven 0 clock. met two men
they were both riding rapidly. The hrrt Que
asked me the road 10 Marlboro, and n 4 had met q
horsemAn. The other man said nothing 10 me.
lie was about half mile behind the first man.
H0 was on roam horse. ID was on 0oodhOpe
Hill that met the hrst horseman.
Tho last one was ave or ton minutes behind
tho hrst one; Il was about halfway up the hill
when met the other man the nrst man asked
tho direction to Marlboro.
The above eomPriiss all thu testimony up to
the hour that our report elosed-half-past four