The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-27

asked him II he Was going to open the the.
ater there. He said no. he was not, and LEFT
me directly and entered into conversation
With third man, who WAS there, and some
time after tina. gs was walking along with
gentleman De pointed him on. to ,0e as
George Sanders.
John Devensy lives in Washington. and
was at Montreal last fall. lie .es.;i. ed:
g. Were You. OF not, acquainted with J.
Wilkes Booth?
A. Very well.
q Die: voa Llt>at him the.s?
A. ! did.
q. An company win whom did YOU SET
him there?
A. The first time ] saw hin j, Canaos.
| saw bin standing in the is:. Lawrence
Hotel, Montreal, talking win George n.
Sanders.
@. Can you tell about what time that
was?
A. / can not tell you the month, but
from what have seen in the papers am
constrained TO believe it was in October;
hut am not willing to swear il was that
month.
Q. Did they or not, seem to be intimate?
A. They seemed TO 10 talking very con-
fidentially.
@. We're they drinking together?
A.. Yes; l saw them K0 into DOwley' 3
and have u drink together?
Z. You mean George N. Sandsrs7
A. Yes; George y. Sanders, who used
to be navy agent at New York.
@. Did you see in Canada at tho same
time, Jacob Thompson, Of Mississippi. who
was Secretary Of the Interior under the ad-
ministration Of President Buchanan
A. saw Mr.. Thompson, Mr.. Clay, Mr..
Tucker, and severa, others. They were
pointed out TO me, but was not acquaint-
ed with these gentleman.
q. You mean Clement c. Clay, Of Ala,
formerly United States SenatOr7
A. That was the man. / msan him.
presume he was the man. He was pointed
out to me as that person.
Q. Did you have any conversation with
Booth7
A. Yes, I spoke to him. l, asked him
what he was doing there. ! asked him,
'.Are you going to play here7" knowing
| that hs was All actor. He said no, he was
| not. Said ], '.What are You goipx 20 DOR
Said he, II just came hero On vista
pleasure trip" saw in tho papers after
ward that he had been trying to make an
engagement with Buckland, of the TheaIer
Royal there; Dut do not believe it.
| @. You say you saw him talking 10 San
ders, Clay, Holcomb and rhompson1
A. believe did. am no, very posi-
ties, but did see him talk to Sanders
That can swear TO, because WAS stand-
ing up against pillar i'll the hotel, and i,
wan right in the hotel. Sanders was lean.
ing against pillar and Booth standing in
front of him.
@. You say you havo seen the others
with Sanders?
them there standing talking to Sanders
that day, but have seen those 0ther men
with Sanders ut diffeEen, times talking 10
him.
@. And with Boothf
| A. l will not say that, / saw Booth
talking to Sanders, though. Of that I am
| positive, because those two We're standing
together when came up. just came
| from the Post Office, which IL opposite the
hotel. Icame over and saw them talking
there. was surprised to see him, and that
is what made me take particular notice OF
it. thought, as a matter of course, he
came there to play.
q. When was the next time you saw
Booth?
| A. The next time saw l;ooth was or
the steps of the Kirkwood House, in this
city, the nigh. OF the lAth of April, . few
minutes beluse 5, OK between 5 and
o'clock.
Q. What occurred theE2
A. He Was going into the hotel. was
standing talking To y young man named
Cal.an. think, who works in one OF tbt
departments. he was formerly sergeant
Of cavalry, ,hink. / said 10 Callan, 81
see ii We can $40 Gen. Grant, had new.
or seen him. Said I. "Will YOU como and
20 2long2' He said. "No;, have got ~
lengagementt 70 be here a, SO o'clock, to zneel
some person. So I did not 10, but wen
! into she hotel. saying, II wonder what tim.
i it. is now; it must be time for Your friepd
TO come, if he is coming I went in, and
E tovs V,VpYo fSf AVN
said III guess you can so now; that er.
gagement is up" He said, mo; Will
wait little longer" Just then Booti
passed me, going into the hote., and turn
ed around and spoke to ME. ! asked him
when he Cage from Canada, for did moi
know he had left there. He said he had
been back some time. and WAS gcing t.
again. asked, "Are you going to play
here again. Said ne, INC, 1 am not 60
ing to play again; am in the oil bust
ness." laughed and joked ut that, 1t be
ling common joke to talk about tine oi
business: A few minutes attar ward saw
him coming down street on horseback, oI
q bay horse. took particular notice wba
i kind Of y looking rig he had ON the horse
| did not know what made lno do II. Tht
mex, / saw Of MIN / heard the speech ant
! saw hin jump out Of the box at the thea
ter, and when he fell, hs iell on one hant
and one knee, and recognized him. Ii,
fell with his face to the audience. said
s.He is John Wilkes Booth, ,ana he ba
shot the President" made that renlar.
righ, there. That il ths last lever saw o
him, when he Was running across tn
ssage.
e. Yon ssy you are certain you saw hin
|, ard Sanders drinking together, as well ~
tslking7
A. Yes, sir. l did; anu sure of it. San
ders says he never saw him; but Sander
tells lie; because he did see him. saw
him talking to him,
Cross examined 10y Mr.. Aiken:
i q. How long have you resided in thi
city.
i K. have been off and on hsre for
year or two. was formerly an officer II
1.-The army, 4th Maryland Regiment, a
4 Lieutenant in company Il. I was in th,
employ Of the Adams Express Company .
great many years, and worked with then
In Washington fox some time.
Il Lieut.. General Grant was called, ant
spoke Of meeting Jacob Thompson, whom
be had once met. The Lieutenant Genera
said:
A. met him once: that was whom th,
army was lying opposite Vioksburg, D
what is called Milken's BEND and Young,
/ Point. A little boat was discovered com
u n