, 1865-05-20

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| ST. LOUIS, Oct Il. 1884.
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e At what tine IN November did yoq pick Up
| Zen. But!er left New York; caanot tell the pre-
cse cate, but Gen. Scott told me he had LEFT that
q. Was that after the Preeiaenual election In
| NGseEberf A. Yes, air. ,....
@ What did you do with these letters after you
ex mised them and found their characlerf 4. l
.oca them first to Gen. Scott, who asked me to
,ean them to him; b. said he thought It was Of
1
Dig; did so, and gave it 10 Gen: DI1.
! Q. You 81, tbs men exchanged letters. Which
Wos giving 1etsrs to the other. the larger or the
smaller mani l. They exchanged twice; the
larger one gave them 10 the one next to him. and
| ne banded them back, and they were exchanged
| Q. The smaller one or educated one said he
would leave for Washington The second day after
| a: Yes, The day alter tomorrow"
G: ". Bunker, clerk Of the National Hotel, New
| York, testified that Booth wx, stopping at that
hotel from Nov. 9th to 11tb. 1854; retnrEed Noy.
and eft Dec. l7;h; arrived aean Dec. 2sd and LEFT
10th, 1866; arrived again jan. 18th md ieft Jan.
arfiyed Msreh ssth md isft Aprii 1T; arrived
| again Apri! ssh: During some 9i his vsits he w4s
h 99 an ana
him.
| ..TEs1no.:T OF WuLlN z. WlIEELER.
Wm; 3. Wheeler, Of Chicapee Mass. next testi-
| there. lie recognized him because he had seen
hl1n play at Springfield, Mass. HI saw him In
Montreal tslk1ng E1Ih man. who vas pointed out
When , he canc scross % md ssked him L he % WI
gong to open tile theater there; he SAID no., he
way lot, aud left me directly, and entered into
rome time alter that. as vas walking along With
aetnt'smsn, he polnted him out to me as George
| Q: Iou sd.o Senders and Booth In eonp<rsatson
a. You dla NOT SOS Clement 6. Clay or Jacob
No crosB-t1smination.
| TEsT1NoHI OF JOHN DEyXHy,
| Jobn DeTeny, Of Washington. testified that be
iavieIee note aonIea snd nv then tas ase
I ennk together At powley's as'oou. He had seen
Cjay. uclcomh ard Thompson In Montreal, and
! thonght he had aeen Bopth IN conversation with
/ T1Ft
e.sr. that he bad teen him talking with SanderB.
He himae1f spoke to Booth, aud a:kcd him II he
be was On pleasure trip. He next saw Booth in
| Washington on the 1ith Of April. abo1t bp. m.,
rear the Kltknood Aou.e. BE agked Booth Il be
e 70 s .x Il tA asnss %
sbc1ly after rode down The atreet on by horse.
Witness vas At Ford's Theater that night,
and saW the assassin leap from on. The s Pfes!'
The drst time ss's him In Canada, saw him
:t.paing t1 TIE 81. LAWRENCE HOTEL Montreal
They seemed to b. talking very condaentially.
| @. Were they drinking togo,her3 H.. Yes;
cav them 60 INTO Dow.eJ's and have drink to-
q. You mesn Georec N sande.sf A. Yes
oeotge n. Sanders, who used to be Navy Agent al
q. You ssy you saw Booth talking. to Gay, San
feft, Ho'eomb snd Thompsonf a. believe
dd; I'm MT very post1ye ths. ssw AZ hl@ talking
/ )
that can ewear 10, because | was etlndins .uun
AGAINST pllas in tie hotel, and It Was right IN the
hotel; sanuera was leaI ips against pillar, and
booth standing in front Of him.
q. You eaJ you are certaln you saw him and
Sanders drinking together, IS well as talkinsf Al
Yer, s,r, dd; L.. an M au5e of II s1pdeEs eays he
| tid see him. Hxw him talking TO him.
TESTIMONY OF aEsERAL GRANT.
By the Juags Adyocate-Q. Will you state
whether Won are art1uainted With Jacob 1homp'
1fs.,atnt Dnchznan's administration; aa 4. mel
HIM once; that was when the army was lying op'
potita yieksburg, at what il called Mil1,ken>s
Bend and Yunng's Point. a little boat Was dis.
psrcnty surreptito.ly, trying to avoid detect!on,
and little tug Wis cent ont from tha nary to
out 10 Of Il the . s ete2n Iaol II d. s
bost and Jacob thompson in Il; they brought
lin TO Admiral Porterta n.gahtp, and
s,eoest now M s tss nj o.en;,1ls busip:,s 1Ss Ss
hxd; there seemed to be nothing important
At all In the viat, but he pretended to be under
| I'd to 20 back. Tho General was eros. .e1amined
~ the coucecl for the defense, as to the Limits OF
he Military Department Of Washingtoa: and as to
joseph Il. S1monds, Booths business agent, tes-
tiued IN regard to Booths oil specnlattenf. that
lease Of three and half acres on The Allegheny
River, near Franklin. The lard interest eo:t
| 35.Hu. 0a "nicn NJ pHo sx,AV. nc also pouRas
for $1,O00 an Interest in association, owning an
| undivided thtFtt~th Of tract lie never realized
dollar from these invcstments-theJ were In fact
tota! lots He conveyed ali bis interest ID tAafs
rnrchnace. on the 2ssh Of 9eptemPeG He Mftne Is,
pominailJ With, but in reality, without compensa.
| non.
TESTIMONY OF sArrEL r. JONES {111HD.)
| BY Ehe JHdgs ddrocdte-Q. Hive you re-tded
in kichmond ut any time during the war! A.
q. state any conversations you may have heard
.nese' - sna ~ r.rsr " ~ - thn scn1temnIs.
mS1o s5 .,9 ps5n9; t.o1, ~ ~ th. p,.afd+ns ~ fhe
I'll Upit.d sis;at sstes. 4. L. 1he nesreat l kno %
,a5tc IL ibcis comTuoo rn1yerss,ioa in cau,p. "a
nnfd - .hont ar,nrn thsr, ,na thetr ronveT,,
tons wouid BE- Of Isl: nature: that ali suspicion
a-tin .sn.s ~ 1hssr n,oz ~ fhlnLine w,niS
Sn.h m ~ soon MA A. fbsy catne nesr ihen. bni
aizr @ II found out oat whu. could learn In reference
h.s sny sncS ,hiny ~ ios ahond X aocom.
| n'iIhea
%. Vim vou statc ,uy particular oc,asloas A,
In oernr1f sxsv h,Tr tearf} s7Tns nfr.rri In ha
| nstd win a Confederate sum. for nv ner.on OF
reranns to % North and a.s3s;inatc the Prtstdent
t 70. ID yan remembcr auY o-cas,on when ANN
sach Of. r. were made, o. any a1sount namad, and
by What kind OF oficersr 4. At this monent
! straps, &c.
.clf you ih11: hctrd citizen fcmsrk onre thsi
be would cire from bis private purse $lO,OCO II
| odEition to tie Con}td<rdfe amount to hGse III
Prssldsnt assa.s;aated-:o bring him to Rich.
nond, dad or alive, for proof,
| o. Wbat waR meant n thai phrase, "in adai
tion to the Confederate zmo1nt," know moth
| eTnre.s il r sho;i,d ita1nT Tr0yn drGmfo5 an IN,
ffrtnct. that t1srs uas an d,nouaf odsrid 6v III
gos.rnnxnt, IN ,hat trashy paper, to as:sssinsts
t1. evfn Lave Asa'o II oo"n q 10" as ps''.se Ok
| V. HH0e1etpod 5u1 W say AAAL IL was sMDJet'