Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-30
Trial Of the ConSpiratOrS
THE PROCEEDlNGs OF THIS MORNING.

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he 'Yun me- 'pN h'o'hihs @ W eoes'
All the menbers present, the eshnsel tOr thepriss
| oners aud the oaicial reporters. The prisoners,
war. broavh, I'm and sealed I'm IN. same order a.
yes,crdsy' tho guard oecmpyipg a seat BY the
| side of each prisoner A. usual The Court haV-
ing been called TO order the reading Of the iesti
man, ..h., y..ic,d.v = ,vas commenced nv Mr.
rS ,se.- s.ts,,". A.. H., :,
James j. murphy, who finished the re"dlng Al
| Eve inmates before twelve O'Clock. The Court
r., crowded As usual by twelve 'elock. Every
10 :, .,..at-,, -, =. ,.., Dtod . ,,o.,.,
a s ~ 'Oo", - ~ V,s,l. Sr.s 80,
paH OF tno An"ienee pelnH huI"S' ihe 'our'
twenty Ave wide, the ceiling about twelve feet
| f,on, me aooy wtn two vtnaov,s on The ossl
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front and two on The norm inoa'' ron we lafEe
crowd In the room Is very warm and SuHoeail1g'
Ths window being small. and having nat iron
| =. - ,...o.aI,,i.r sna hori,ontsI ad,oit
oaI. po'h Pf!!Pcnu''' N"~ "'"''
bnt ht'le arr .r..,.. ....
Tho prisoners in arprarnnee were tho same Rs
Yesterday Arnold stood up, leaning against the
-, .,. -, ,t,,o of ,Lo ,no,nin,, .os.lor
rA'' uu''"s y" ''"e "'"y ,pig.% ,A.s
Mrs. surrau still sits WIN Nor head against inc
wall her veil down and her face hidden behind
tho large fan. The other prisoners occupy the
sam" seats and appear aout the al me a. dcssribod
NV us Yesterday
" "' T'Ixw,s . N.rys #....H
. v,tnes. for tho. Government, having been
s.II.S .nd sroy1 iesttned thai he yc,ided IN
Chs,Iotis' N q. IIad been living there 4 ysars1
W.. Snn.rIntendent Of tbe gouthern Exprcss
| Comn.nS On the 10Th, 0f April last Jefisrson
| D,yis slammed Al the house Of witness He adj.
| d,es.ed ths pSople from the staps of the boase
| while addressing the crowd a Telegram was re-
oeived By hin from BreckinridEe announcing the
aSsassination OF President Lincoln
Witness here idehtined the telegram II Is
dated Greensboro', Apr 10, 1885, aud addressed
10 his Exesfleney President Davis. II ID In The
Following words:
President Lincoln was shot In the theatre, Mt
Washington, on the night of the l4th instant.
seward's house was entered on the same night,
aud he was repeatedly stabbed, and Is probably
mortaIIy wOundod. 100
(Signcd) "JoHS G, BRgCEISRIpGE,"
Davis, In concluding his speech, made the re-
marx "lf II were to be done, 1t were better that
u were well done day or Two afterwards,
BIsekinridRe and DAVIS were IN conNersAtlOn nj
the house Of Witness on the subject OF the asSas-
tion, he regretted very much that u had been
done II was unfortunate Tor We people Of Tue
South at this time. DAVIS replied WelI' zen
eral, ! don Know Were ~ pe aone A A. ~,
were better thGt " were wen d0ne' ana "
would nave Deeh pet'ei nag u hetu"yg .nA' I
beast, Andy Johnson, ana stanton. Mhnr,s
Is natiy" Of Massachusetts,. The regret Of Breek-
inridgo seemed to be because Of his sympathy
for the South, aud not the erlminality OF the As
sassination.
}. g. COURTNEY
testified thRt he resided ip Charlotte y. G., and
had been engaged in tho telegraph business.
Witness Identified the dispatch As having passed
over the wires from Breckenridge to Davis on the
day Of the date Of the telegram
| H. l.. MAHTIS
| tcstIHed that Mudd and Ilryellyn Gardner came
| IA hi. Lnurr ON tho 2gd Of March aud took dinner
| Witness kent n hotel n short distance from the
nAyy.ynrd bridge; parsons gaing to Bryantown
| nTe1 stou there Witness had never seen Mudd
| going 10 or returning from Washington except
| an Tho two occasions mentioned wituess
| was not alWays al home Witness did not
| remember Of Mudd stopping there on the 9Th
| AZ Dereuber ON tho Nth day Of ADril two gen.
| tI.Inen Joshua Naylor and Iemucl Long stouped
| Al witne.s' bouse and manfred for Dr. Mudd
| Witness said II was Jerry Mudd who was al his
| house on the Ith day " April
| uIucYIIus a ,unSER
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asN,. a,.I,,.,nS s.. ,han ,,.II Lno,Yn ri
In ,"IuaI ~. ,hs narno a. tha S..a,sIn va. n",
khowh WINS % sAm W s,ata '"e'' '',,, L.I ~
| Nh ~ .,IIas - L',, h. sso,,arJaJ tb. 81
| ~ lie s.ssa.sinatInn
| Objected 10 nv the Judge Advocate.
The ConmIssIon Sustained tho objection Of the
| Judge Advocate
JOSHUA NAYLOR.
having been called aud nurofn-trsfIarJ that bs
49,. s,-e, -ytsbfh ficriion nistJri PrInSs
-. a,,n,v tnsS, ranicI Tbo,nos vcty
,,.ii MI ,sSn,atInn for truth and Vcr.rity and
Sis sensr,J Character was bad. WItness. from
M. aNrn knowIedyc of The Inan. wouId not balie,,
H., w. ~ LII Ia In"~n Tbnmas sI"rr h,
80 h,v. nsyer' beard him sncken ycry wei