The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14
4igllter 4 9tuotratt.
saint Paul, Friday, Juiy ~, ises.


Ena OF the Conspirators. ~
The last act of the great Nationa
Tragedy was performed in Washington o.
Friday. In accordance with the sentence,
of the military commission, approved y
President JOHNSON, DAVID E. H1''lp :.
LEWIS PAYNE, Mrs MARY E. SuRR .nN
GsoRax E. A1zKnor, the chief 1on'ps
tors against the lite Of Preside !" L.'es. :. >
we're hung. Whatever yeigS is given %
theoejeotion. raised ss Carefully My scanned
the evidence will the Least . dooO'
Of their guilt, ammo one VIII
I,. . Pan was the p.t confederate fed rat Of
- I'D @ilty Of an assault with IN
~. - lpWu11An B. sswARD and DIS
ems, Ts proof Of his confederat'ng WIN
RooTpand bis aocomplices was established
:. D ne trial, as certainly as human test',
INV ~ could establish any fact, and ADDED
3 this, the crime was admitted ~ Jus
counsel, and defence Of insanity set Up up
vhioh could not be sustained. q,.e ilae
Equally as certain was the evidence that ma
H.,o,n was BoorHs accomplish before
and after the fact. BE is first found IN
confidential relations with the assassin,
and was several times discovered in secret
meetings with BOOTH, ArzzRoDr and 9th
ers of the conspiracy. He acknowledged
to Confederate soldiers that he and BOOTH
we're the sssassins Of the President, and ne
was captured in the barr, with BooTH'
There is no doubt whatever OF bis guilt
Arzxaopr was proved to have been a
copspirator. He was frequently in COM
munication with BOOTH and bis confeder-
ates. To him was assigned the murder OF
President JOHNSON at the Kirkwood House,
but he proved faithless to bis associates in
crime. He was in active cooperation
with them, however, for some time previ-
Gus to the night of the assassination, and a
frequent visitor at Mrs. SURRATTs. .a
Mrs. SuRRArr appears to have been cog
infant of the intended crime, almost from
its inception, and became an active par
ticipant IN overt acts. She was agent and
manager. She received and entertained
at her house all the criminals. She
planned the means and assistance for the
escape of the assassin. BOOTH frequently
called at her house and held long cent?
Dental talks with her. He was with her
on the day of the murder. As an &C
complete of BOOTH and participant in
his crime, there is no question Of the JUS
tice of her fate. odlH 2 80 4.5dH
In regard to DR.. MUD, SpANeIER, AR
MOLD and O'LAueH1M, who have been sem
fenced to imprisonment, the proof Of com
plicity in the assassination was not estab'
lished beyond doubt. 40, a6v
Il was proved that DR.. MuDD was &C.
quainted with BoorH, and had suspicious
meetings with him and JOHN II. SuRRArr,
q son of Mrs. SURRATT, who effected his
escape, and is now supposed to be con-
cealed in Canadian monastery. He
dressed Boorn's wound and assisted him
in his escape 7aia. 80 .mHls;5
SpAke1ER does not appear to have been
in the conspiracy, according to the proofs,
at an earlier period than q, few hours be.
fore the commission of the crime. If he
be guilty, his participation would appear
to have been in preparing the means Of
escape by keeping the passage-way closed
on the stage and by closing the door after
BOOTH had passed = through, evidently
Watching the movements of BOOTH.
Whether he backed out of the conspiracy
on the day Of the murder, or not, is not
clear. 20, -gr,.sN +,
ARNOLD was at one time in full commu
nication with the conspirators; but it is
claimed that the plot was formerly to abb
duct the President, and that ARNOLD and
BOorH quarrelled, and the former with.
drew from the conspiracy and went tc
Fortress Monroe, where he was prior tc
and on the night of the assassination.
OLAUGHLIH is shown to have had init.
mate acquaintance with BoorH, and some
testimony was given to show that he hai
been assigned to the murder of Genera
GRANT, but whether he failed to make The
attempt from lack of courage, from disin
clination, or from failure of opportunity
does not appear. That he knew the pur
pose of BoorH was shown by circumstan
tial evidence only.
A MINNESOTA REGIMENT, the nth, en- rout
Tor home, was detained In the city some hour
to-day, and bivouacked at the Soldiers Home
II numbered some nine hundred men, an,
about every man had o contraband, dog,
several box cara.
We take the above from an Indianapoli