, 1865-05-06
lie Harris Court Iart1al-Eytdcnce
In the Case.
Especial Disp atch to the Chicago Tribune.l

WAsHIs11oS, May 4.
Upon consentng Of the general court martial
tbis morning for the trial Of Hon. B. G. Harris, 1t
~ss found that material witness for The prosecu-
ton had not arrived, sud thereupon the court ad-
;ou1ned pntl 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The subjo1ned are the material portions Of the ev
;dence Of thus ta1, rs copied from the ofHclal
rerbdtim report:
Richard Chapman, tst surgeon Co. Z, 3sd v1r-
einta regiment Of Infantry, Confederate army, be-
Ing sworn, says he was tn Ma1ylan1 on the 26th Of
Rpd se Of the
The la.te1ts residen-e aecnt enc and = half miles
iron ko-a1detown. The urst Interview was on
lhe lawn, IN the morning; witness vent 70 Lson-
rtee e''; miles ts jssu to @ xSen St aSe1t xss
ihere, feeling tired, chopped ut Harrs' house and
h.s1tated some momefts. &c said fe w.s mem.
her OF Congress; that the Yankees had taken
n eao s.a "a be la nG rxe 10 M no
and could 70 to The hotel II l. wishea to. ne
gaze me dollar, and he gave Mr. Reid one. I
i y
lance. hly home is IN the city Of Baltimore He
told nc I could 20 home On parole. ] tsld
: o,ng home without hiking the oath. Lie ta:ti it
paE not 20. l told hun VIE confident OF 1t; ths.
had eeen It in the paper. Then be went on anu
%
homc, he vas ~ d-d rasc:i' IL t,lktng With
NE, LIT. Read fpOEe about the death Of the Pfesi.
row it WIS too late. ! remarked that %' wished
Jcd. Davis wss alongside President Ltncol.1." Ha
ea,d '' no; that JEFF Davis vas man md gen
uelnan In every respect." Be said that ''ha
ana that :he came Of the Southern ConIederacy
wns just" He said great deal that c4anos r.
I'D TT ~ss rot 1stsg ts mich attsa
rlanee. but be exchanged and 20 back and fight
thcn,' y meaning the Federal Government. AGAIN
he spoke Of several Confederate officers IN
take the oaih," and he mentloned one n. Wi'son.
This he sad N connection with ad.
;inc me net %s,., 70 tass ths osth Of
end reported it. met him, the sergeant when l
sSne sE Out u tbe gate he Ee22rtea it TO MAJOR
me what conversation had passed b:twecn Us, apd
Just told him the platu truth Us nesr u* could.
J. tid not know the sergeant was listening while
The oath Of allegiance Ii was voluntary act On
the part Of the accused to eive me money. told
him I bad been iosr yeass IN tss Confederate
M. Head, private Of Co. K. 2sd Virginia .rcst-
mcnt, lntant1y, Confederate army, lad an inter
view with The accused at tho time named, and IN
presence Of the first witness. Witness applicl to
Inc accused fur permission 10 lodge there, D..
fcpoBnr sad they had hold on hln, and he didn't
iar csch to Say at tns hotel. he sid We
could 60 back to the ho'e],. OF 20 in If
we wtnted to. We told him ne belonged to the
The oath Of allegiance. He said they could rot
curarei Us to take u, and told Us to 70 homo on
ou. parole, ret exchanged, 60 back and :lght
1hcu araiu. lie said he bad been In fhyor Of the
southern ConfederacF, and he be isEed the cause
Tns iuet. In the morning he said be Was ulem-
H.t II Congress, and II Grant dl1'ut let rs 60
home he WIS a I'D Iascal. told him had .een
in papar that those Who had lettn loyal State
coulc not 20 bnck there again. No one was pres-
ent except Sergeant Chapman. We st.ysd thst
Light mile and half from Harris, and paid for
our lodging and br> akfast with the money he gave
rs.
Especial Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tz.bune.}
WASHINGTON, May s.
.oI The Harris court martial met this morning at
AZ o0o* = and 1t being ascertat1ed that
y ee3Ece Q! subpoena had been IN lde on the
witness next to be called the conrt adionrned fn
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning. The w1tnes1 ia
tae sergeant who y IL alleged oye1h eatd the con.
variation lFtWten HuExls Hud the fw0 rnhc1 SOL
dfets whoa the accused ADVISED To % hsrr - rah
| dom ana &ake up arms against the Fedcrai Gov
efpMeut wv
Il will be recolleet:d that Harris, In h1s ,o,,on
/ to exclude the testimony OF the febe1 so1dtees
| made the point. Ea@ed on dictum OF Judd. Halt
| that The unsupported evidence of frbels .hnni1
! not be token to convict loyal citizen, Now II
| Ibis Sargent OF the Federal army corroborst-s
lhs testimony Of the tEo rebel eodlers tho pYoae
caticn makes good their syidcnce eVen ,honEh
the cictrm before mentioned fhould be 1ceosniz d
| Ms th- lnW.