The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-06-05
TIKI srPrRE>sEu TESTIMONY.
shocking Revelation. - @,r,,. r,,a.,.,
Assinsf Davis and Other ilrbc 4 .aLcrs>


Against Davis and other Webc7 Leaders.
Tie following is from the Cincinnitu Cnuxraot.,
Of Friday.
Authority has Just been rivcn for the punrc.uon os
sldltons instalment Of hat Io lon of The tssti-
~ WShingion IN ,ryins the sccompces o, Iooth
W.. we %, e,in, whleh wa ~ hrst Iese.yeJ. II Hl
NerN rfeai intete.t Gud Importance. SANFORD Ton
over testihrd ~ tolows; IN snative Of New York
nay, nsd.d in Csnsia sluce October last
.e.,ice IN the War Department Of The Confed.
rc Of Wa wSc IN Csmsd, mad A. va, seSGn, iSiim, sss
arluaintcd With q. n Saunders, Jaocb 1homp-
Captain CMlsmsn, Mr. Cameron, Potterfcld' 't' Can
H'9 M%,uS1eI, nnS and Glhen | also knew Clement
M surrn also and j. W h'and'sfe and S.i,cd ss.s
Gentlemen IN Can.d, s,w surrat, there several
| also In company with Georre ~ ssundors and other
rebels IN Cansda Surrsu is about dyo foet nine or
hair nv him about tho oh OF IN Of Anil sl,b
Ihoup-on Saunders and booth at that time hs de-.
kichmond 10 Thompson, trom Bcnjainin, and from
JsncIson i'G,is Che latter either eipherdI,pstch
Conicdoracy previous to this. Thompson conver,ed
g ppIm pincon V ana ,aIs.t d plot to sa.inae
notice, oei9tv the assassination, In the New Yori
| IMhrNr, On, pnl.t for which corresponded; Ihad
sntefpri-o shen surrAtt delivered these dispatches
from lnvi,, Ihomp.oa laid h. hand upon the payers,
.ep, Of ,ee rsGs sn!horto. "lhi. makes the thIps
| eectcIary Of war, the soar.,s,v a' s,si. ~
SG. , Css cnG Or ON S .d
,hat .he sss,'nsnon a, ~ prVposed would leave the
So.efpmsnt ,, OF tue nlte1 states entirely without
ton OF the United States by which they could eicet
another lrr.dont,, Mr.. Welle. Vas alec
worth while 20 Nh hun; he was Of no conso,
subject OF sJsas,uation In the cary nrt of l.at
| February IN Ihoupron's room In 81 Lawrence Hal,
Montreal; lie then spoke OF a laid on osden.bufs,
| hat Wu l,u
tho United sta'os CO. srunent received inio nv sllon
added, "wo'r csch them asleep vi" and /" m. G,
said, There isA better oppouGn , TO imtaortara
icdcrScy told them vas ready 10 80 a',ihnS ~.
save the country and sstcd them what wa. TO DO
grand ioto on Abe and Andy gi,cI he sai1 va 70
aaia W mem ~" rpiIs wete, , teno'e them irsm
not murder that he had sslons ior thIs sors
nom ihe rebel suihorltios aud eoniofIod on
i1oth, or would eonier one that syep body engaged
In this enterprise would 10 oUnnrsloned aud n tiey
s'caped 10 I-"TdH a., ,9ey eoali nos be ,pces..iuy
Thompaon and tho Others held the,e cotnmission, In
blank. They eomml.aonsd hs9ns.i noans, the "
up AMI conferred by Mr.. Clay. A. IL hne 10
them from kehmond. 1t va. only signed. @Jsmcs
sou called me TO ,Iamine these hlaD EA. 80 that
mis- ht ustiiy to The senulnehess Oh sddon. sigma
tue IA the case Vi bennett oung before Judge
smith tile signature "" genaino In asubsequsnt
A't me sh ga 70 10 lsDuary'
ana oSeIy who would en- Ihle in II would be
Al q CONVERSATION WAN W &. lleary, The day
before or the day OF the. assa.sinanon, at r. Law
renee Hall seie t.eakins OF tue rejoicing In the
RssoS ts. s .sd ,hS 81 oS have he sas or
the othos side oSthe mouth in ady OF t~oi think
Ihs va thh dN. bcIoio the assassination hr sheH
In the secret OF the oontptacy u vas 70 that ho
referred lhe asraurinatCn was spoken o. among u,
IA compony ~ tue wtathei Drioie % ,lAt Va nailei,
asked me u l knew Boolh very Nt', ahu oppressed
some apprehension that booth -ouid made nzzIe Of
a1-t he IA as lt'a.Ss ,,sn., Si'a "onld be mInts
communicated TO tho 1EmuH ~ .ne in'eadod raid %
| PI.sidrnL but ,hay rstu..I publish the lester
dId hs in AaIcn last, W the lIesdente asa.sina-
ton also In February, think certainly before
the i,h OF March suIIatt dsAycred the dispatches
. Ia lOuyson', room iuur ol h'o days beior /.
show cd at hura,I one OF tha eonspltator, to
taAe Tio,i. onfs lhu. lhhl Wa "a .upntAh % VI
tho conversation. IL ~Hs also undeTsiood thht there
wa p.tny oi money, when theie Was ahyth.p W ba
dlnu The isaton Inuicaed thai sutn u had.
rom Richmond" While wa in Can lda. was Z
oorrespondons the amt N, aud rec sNod com
cuN ed cent iIun our own 'oN nnent, nor tho
p.om.so. They never .upposed se. CO. s.pond"n'
SUPPOSED q Touel, aud 4 sas ~ their oonndsno
I hu proposed OgdenubI al raid WAS printed Ia III.
, lmnuhE. did not Communicate this mat or direct
y y 10 he "oNefnmet TOT lne IrAron that suppose.
y tie cOInmunicd .ou Ia the Imnuhk would be seen b,
ne HoyeihineA uiuciHs ANA dd not choose 70 hay'
the into. n1i,u gO 10 Ihe GOveruucnt directly iron
T. mo | requested Mi uay, OF the IRIBusE to Civ,
did su rutt Ia Canada three or iour day. il
4 ,4oces-ion Ia Ap.u last, | hal conyersation .ltl
|
\, u hun ~ S-ndus | ras expected W paiteip-te
" | with these Iebeis IN tho raid on Ogdehabuigh.
;. never IeccNed any pay iIom them Tor any sarN
YES | heard the cAp.uie OF the President tax Ell o
i IA February. hen mr. hon, p.Ou hisI AuSt q
lne nation to uo, asked n'iu h At would u
). VITA tue appreciation Oi tie GOyOrnuGut al elch
uIVud he aid he thought II would, buI ne woulc
p kHOs IL = lew days. lhls uls cAll{ IA february
1hOtupson did In April " cn ih'-t CItpAtcho
wee GeivaIed that this wEs ~" bst SPitoyA thVJ
hAd received ol tLs llOI nom ttimohu, Tat knos
OF no others | oll iuiollod tha' thst vas the hTa
spprpval lhuInpsOn sad, IN rs conversation with
oi me, thAt killing a ttHut IN turh csc no
dor aud asked me IL Ad read iett called XIII
"a | lug no Autdel." .d1ltrfed by lltus to Oiivsl
W CtomW oil lhswN, .u tDIuIil, MT. HAmlin IA
o alru named in uue OF the victims vi TIM
10 ,cholue Iu Am, tLv peTsous beiOie named wuT,
10 mentioned Uut' 81 liuLuu was omitted, and Vice
P4dsident johnson put "A hls pace ran the bloekar
ifouI Icumund. IAVso cOh' Il HsIOns, wee all blJ
y, but The tiyuAuIe thry acre 10 te gwen 0UyeI
~ 40 that in Cecon, the parties emp poyed coul
ed clam tLAI tuyy wee louei r0lu1T ana rOuid, Ihe
f.fe rIAu " he treated pilfgneru VI
~ OOd thai tneY voua be- projected az sucl
TLou pom eAil Il tue mon LO we've aged Au th
l' ante. . ise Nete detected anu e1ecu ed tie Coz
indeist. UOVe, nnlSnt sould retA. late that Il wa
u 10 uiul der OuIJ hliing. l mink Booth sspeei
suy cumuila,ioncd tor his pa pose. ! cav boot
LAn.dA ia the latter pat oi October with Sander,
be stuttiug about dits pat.ng and playing bL
ct lrds nea these mon TAX a "a. Lu InS oi NJ
DO York and other enteIplifos vbicn they have
u consideration now, Ihei1 was proposition LelOr
10, G,ent VI thess Tebeis ia Canada w destroy Ia
40 Croon Dam, By ShiCh the C ~ N0w York Ia sup
~ pied with vstsr llwn supposed It would not oaII
l(antiuued lha