The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-26

The cross examination Of this witness which was con;
oy In nr Ew ad mot 30. elicit any points OF
'That President Lincoln would have been killed II
caught the witness testified that the remark was made
four years ago The man Walter Bowie was the only
one OF the VISITORS who slept in the house, the others
s1rrat among the numberslept In the woods on beds
made upon bed clothes procured at DR.. Mudds house;
Surratt frequently dinner al the house. not
seen by more than one other servant; he commenced
coming last winter
Testimony OF Elzer Eglin.
By Judge Advocate HoLr-Q. Do you recognize the
prisoner Or. Samuel A. Muddf A. l do.
g. W'Is ,ss you bis saves A. Yes, SIR; left him In
O. State whether he said anything 10 you about send
ing you TO Richmond
Mr.. Ewing objected to the question, on the ground
Judge Advocate HoIr said that the object of the ques
ton was to show dsoyaty the part Of the accused
peated A. He told me that when got SO that could
travel I1 he would have place for me in Richmond.
when was thas A. In June, 1858
Q. State II you any about Dr. Mudd's house
when You were there and II so where they stayedf
A. saw some men there, some OF them stayed in tho
Q. Where did they get their victualsf A. do not
know.
Q. Did you any victuas being taken to them' A.
saw victuals going that way often enough; my
sister, Mary sinms, taking them.
Q. How were these men dressedf A. Some in gray
and some In black clothes.
O Who was present besides yourself when Dr. Mudd
said he was going TO send you to Richmondf A. No
person.
Testimony or Sylvester Eglin.
BY Judge Advocate HoLr-Q. Did you live with DR.
Samuel A. Mudds A. lived with his father, about a
quarter OF q mile or
@ State whether You heard him say that he going
to send anybody to Rchmond2 A. heard him say that
be was going to send Ezer and and several others to
Q. To whom he talking at tho timer A. To Jerry
Dyer and Walter Bowie.
by my old masters gate in the oat field, where the
horses were kept
Testimony OF l.. Washington, Colored.
Samuel A. Mudd9 A. do
O. We're you his slaveS A. Yes.
@ When did you leave his house' A. In October COM
O. State if while you lived with DR.. Mudd you heard
him say anything about President LincolnS A. heard
him say he would not keep his seat long; heard him
say that some time summer before last.
O. Was anybody talking with him at that timer A.
There was heap OF gents in the house; do not know
O. How they dressed and where did they secp'
A. Some had on gray clothes some little short Jackets
with peak behind sometimes they slept down in tho
pines and sometimes In the house
@ State how they got their vctnalsf A. Sometimes
DR.. Mudd would carry and sometimes the girl, Mary
Simms; did not stay about the house, but happened
to be there day they sitting down TO dinner
DR.. Mudd set the children 10 watch while they at
men jumped up from the table and out Of the side
door.
Q Did you hear DR.. Mudd say anything about sending
any one TO Richmond A. Yes; he said TO Of the
men one day that he would send him to Richmond.
CROss-ExANrNBD by Mr.. EWING.
O. How many times did you notice those men In the
woods' A. They were there for week or more, and
saw them seven or eight times; they all went away to-
gether in the night
O. DO you know their namcs' A. think one was
Andrew Gwyn; do not know the of the others.
O. We're they over there at amy other tme than that
weekS A. did not see them at any other time.
O. What other persons saw them there? A. The woman
Mary smms who was In here just now; saw her and
another woman out in the room; do not know any
white person who saw them, except DR. Mudd and his
wife.
Q Did Mr.. Burt see them, A. 40 not know
@ Did any Of the field hands any Of the neighborf
see thcms A. do not know Of any.
Q Where were the borses Of those men kepf A. They
kept their horses In the sabe sometimes Milo tool
them and sometimes Henry Ham.
O. What time In the summer II You then
there? A. think II was about August.
Testimony or Milo simnas. Colored.
EXAMINED ny JUDGE BIN0HAN.
q State whether you lived with the prisoner DR.
Samuel A. Muddy A; Yes, sir; I was his slave; I Ief
his house the Friday before last Christmas.
@ State at any time while you stayed mt DR. Mudd'
house you saw any men thcreS A. saw two thre,
there last summer
house. and then down by the spring, in the bushes they
slept down among the bushes.
Y Did you see the bed down thercs A. Yes IL was
nxed under pine tree with blanket and rails at the
head
Q Where did they get their victuals, A. From Dr.
Nudds; sometimes my sister carried It To them;
times they carried IL themselves.
Q When your sister carried II, where IT putt A.
Down by the spring.
Q Who took II away A. Sometimes John Surratt
sometimes one OF the others
Q How did you know John surratH A. heard them
call him so mt the me.
q What kind Of looking was he9 A. He had
light hair and whskers, and was n elm man.
Y When these men were in the house anything
said by Dr. Mudd about watchng2 A. Ho set some
eli Idren to watch who coming they tell
him.
Q 10 you know whether anything was said about
any one coming while these men were In the house, A.
| do not.
O. How were they dresscdS A. They had on gray
Q State IL you heard any talk between BENJAMIN Gar.
diner and Dr. Mudd about President Lincoln. A. Yes;
Of BITCH and ought 10 have been killed long ago -
DR. Mudd sad 'Yes, that much after his mind -
that was some time last fall.
Ross-ExAmiSED ny MIR. STONE.
q Did You work in the house in the field? A. In
took the horses.
o. How old youf A. I reckon about fourteen
Q Would you know John IL surra,t Il you we're to sec
himy A. don't know a. would now.
q Who pointed him out TO your A. Dr Nudd would
stable and feed him."
O. How often did you see hirnY A. Two or three times
Q How many came with hims A. Two or three.
Where was IL that you heard this talk between DIR.
Mndd and sir Gardiner A. AT Bryantown.
o How far Is that from yoUr housci A. About three
miles; went up with him after some liquor this was
last summer
Was there anybody else there besides Dr. Mudd and
MT Gardiner A. There were some more In there, but
didn't know them.
Y was not Andrew Gwyn there with SuIraftP A. Not
a. know OF saw him at Dr. Mudds fathers house;
never saw Andrew Gwyn at DIR Mudd's house
q Who was with Andrew Gwyn? a. jerry Dyer.
When was the last time you John suIratt at DR..
MuddsY A. Last winter
q Did he stay all nighu A. Yes
Testimony OF VIM. MarshaII, CoJored.
EXAMINED ny JUDGE BINGHAM
State whether you the slave Of and lived with
DIR. Samuel A. Muddr A. lived him.
u DO you know BENT Gardiner, one of his neghborsf
A. BENZ Gardiner was my wfe's master
Q state whether you heard any conversation between
Gardiner and DR.. hudd about the battles the Kappa
'sam, gave them hell down the Rappahannock -
the doctor said, Eyes, We did" Gardner said, "Old
Stonewall was the best Of the generals DR. hudd said
'fcs, ne was quite smart man., Gardiner said that
Lee had gone round up into Maryland that he going
10 cross the river at the Point OF Rocks sonewhere that
he would not be surprised they there soon ho
said that in short time he would take the Capitol and
Washington, and have old Lincoln burned up In his
house Or Mudd said he would not be surprised.
Q state whether Dr. Mudd made any observation A.
lie did not.