Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-16

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his back toward the door. he heard the dlns1asEe
~ pistei eshlpa 1lh, and iookina arSand. saw
The Psssidssl A az s.ins sIsss sop s nes-S
him shout tome word which deponent thinks
was "FreedomL =, This deponen1 inainntly apranr
toward him and isirsd him. he wrsneksd hInl
the breast OF dcponent with large kuifs depo.
nent parted the blow By striking u up, and re-
eelved wound several inches deep IN his leu
oriaes sfsSs wcsnd & nscat an Inch ana ! half
In length, and extends upwards towards the
shoaldsr several inchcs the nan rushed 70 the
front q the sox, and teponsns underworld %
seino him again. but only caught his clothes -
he was leaping over the railing Of the boz, the
clothes, a. deponent belieTeA. were torn n this
atsempi 70 seine him; ~ he went over upon The
ssscp tSas iaaa;'' dsPOnsat ihsa TURNED % the
President; hla position was not changed; his
head was slightly bent forward and his eyes
49, s'o.ss ssgSssss ~ ~, mn ,ao,,.,,.
rushed 70 the door Tor The purpose Of calling
medical AID. On .rcashing The ouies door q tho
sssd Il ~ Ssrr.s ~ S's "hssy ps.s. 81 ' SIAN
onA END Of which wus secured IN tho
wall and the other rested against tho door. II
had been 90 securely fastened that 70 Required
bar was about four feet FROM the hoor. Persons
upon the outside were bearing against the door
Tor the purpose q entering DePonent removed
sons who represented lhsmseivss 70 be sarEeoas
were allowed 20 enter Depoaeat saw thero Col.
Crawford, and requested him 70 prevent other
persons from entering the bsx. Deponent then
amining the Presldeht'e person. They had not
yet discovered the wound, A. Soon A. Was
discovered II was determined toremovehl him from
ponent thea proceeded 10 assist Mrs. Lincoln,
! who was Intensely excited, 70 leave the theatre.
On reaching the head Of the stairs dsponent re-
quested Major Potter 70 aid him In assisting Mrs..
the President was being conveyed. The wound
which deponent had received had been bleeding
very Ptefe.ely, sad o. reaching ,he house, feel;
himselfin the hall, aud sooa aftsr tainted away
and was laid upon the noor upon the return of
eonseloasness deponeut ives taken In carriage
tioa, u ts the eonadsnt bslief Of this deponsnt
that the time which elapsed between the dis.
charge Of the pistol and the time when the Assas.
sin lsaped hon the box did not exceed thiry
, seconds, Neither Mo- Lnsolh nor Miss Harris
had Leu their seats.
~ You ala not know Booth yourselit A. No
! q could you recognise hin from this photo
4. / shonid b. unable to recognise him as the
mar In the box. !. myself, have seen him on the
Z stage some time since.
ssssin from the President whea you. nrss saw
"A a. The distance from where the rre.idspt was
,TIs or m n,s s Ss
/, By Judge Holt: Q. Look at that weapon and
sec u It Y about such = one n appeared to be
A. Ithlnf Il night have made wound similar
/ to the one received. I could not reecgaire ths
) knife J. simply saw the CLEAN
. blade vas held ia he hand o. tse ss,as.Ini
A. Yea The blade WAS held Eat and horiaou.
| tai The entry Of the wound would indicate H..
/. Il sams with sweeping blow down from above
. THsrnoxr or w. wIrHHRs. IN.
Witness belonged 10 the orchestra Of Ford Z
4 Theatre On the niaht Of the assassination had
some business On the Stag. with the stage mana
ser, In r.g.rd y q nsiioaal TIM bad eonpo.sd
!. 70 sins e. iiearnsd nom thsinaneser thai the,
would sing ID In the costume they wors al III
o close Of the piece. Aftsr that, I was Felurnlnl
under ths stage p The o,ss:s.r., rssn sser.
v plstoi ahould b Arsd while playing (" The Amer
!. iean Cousin" I never heard oDs before. jus
4 then met man raining toward me- stood
v completely pArAiiIsd. did not know what wa
the matter. He hit me- on the leg, turned m'
round, and made two cuts At mo, one on the neek
e aud ono on the side. A he wen. past me said
/. rush for the door, and out he went Jnsi then
Z heard tho cry that the President waa KILLED, end
- { saw him in the box, apparently dad.
Q. which way did he 80 out Of the thsaire'
1 cioss-sSsminslIon By M. Ewing, Q. Arc you
acquainted with the prisoner hpanglerf
K. IhAvs known him ever since have been Ia
e q Did You SEQ him that nlght'
A. No, sirI 4 do not reeollect seeing him tina
% night; TOpiy happened 70 20 on the stage to se'
II q When side Of the stage AID you 20 OPT
q A. The righi-hAnd side, facing the audience
farthest from the Preaident's boz,
!. q What was the position Of this manf
y A. Mis- position ought to have been there wheu
the scene was 10 be changed, right In the eentr'
q Of the stage. His business was 10 change III,
z scenes, aud he ought 70 have been sight behind
n q. On which slider
y A. do not know on which side his position
) was.
is which Booth passed out Of the door Is generally
q A. Sometimes there are . great many person.
y there 20 that you cannot pass, but that nigh
l. ayerythinR seemed 20 be clear met nobody thu
10 nlRhi until met wilkes Booth.
d .. Were they playing Piees requiring man!
ahiftings Of the Hceneaf
: A. think at that polnt Of the play Il could no
N be many minutes before the scene would requir
II 10 be changed.
e o. was Z tIms whsa the passage. way, in tn,
ie ordlnhry course Of things, would have beel
A, some Of tho sectors might have been Their
n | waiting 20 20 on the next scene.
70 Witness here described II length the varlou
% localities in connection with the stAgo.l
Q. DID yOu ever see spAnEier wear nous
taehef
/. a. No. Ihsvs always seen him as be appear
now. do not think ever saw him with
IN Laoustaehe.
NJ q. How long have you Known bimi
A. Ever since Pord's Theatre has bssn going
al By Jsdse Holt: q. Is there not a slde-wAy b,
I, which the theatre DO entered without passinI
IN from the 'FRONT.'
" A. No, not IS Know on; thsrsis ons little pas
! sage where the actors sad Actresses get In, bu
NJ that l. the front way.
= q That is used exclusively By tia Aet0rsf
A. Yes, cir; Il was used whoa the theatre wa
A. arst opened, By actors when they wanted 70 Il
out and take drink without being observed.
% By the Court; q. When you met Booth on tn
stage a. he was pasahg cat could you soc tn
a door A. he went QUIT
= q was there any doorkesper standing thar