New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-07
TIE ASSASSINATION TRIAL,
More of the Suppressed Testimony
CONCLUSION OF MONDAYS PR0CbEDlSGS'
Mr.. Coucv-r,s Testimony Continued

did you CON unicato your previous AAo"io"s'' -
O. Did Won 20 in Calada by The name Of Sanford
ConOyerf 4. NO, SIR. ,,. r,-r.s W..
FIX the precise date i you when yor met
MT Surrst AT Mr.. Tnompson'' rooms a. oGalI no.
aay within tv) thTce dsysi tJlnk IL mighI nave
been the eth or eth o. gin Of ApiL .
o. On or about that timer A. Yes, siri it vas near
that time. a.,
st,emut to FIRE the citl OF l,ew-Aork \. Yer, sF,
heard the matter discussed
q. Did Won Communicate that intelligence 10 any
one a. knew nothing Of Il until after tAe attempt
bad been made
ing good Rebel q. bei1f in couhiynco, were yon
charged With the execron OF any plot or pFoeci
OF theirs 4. No, sir.
q. OF any description \. Yes, I was expected 10.
O. You never received any pay from oar Coz eminent
OF the s0csled Confederate Government since you
ave been m Canada A. No, sir; from no ore except
rHB NEW YORK fRiDCNE.
O. Did YOU sign y0nr rSne 10 vour ariicles 10 IbE
TRIBUNE that were pubishedr 4. No. SIT.
O. Gave 10 sign1tMel !. No sir, none al al;
was aoi desirable to ,he publishers.
Crossela7siaed By III Co1-Q. Did you hear dls'
cussed among those individuals the project OF the cap
toro Of the President and the carrying him 10 iich
Tond A. Yes, think heard that talked Of IN Feb
ruary.
O. DID yon ever attend meeting Of ~ these per
soSe Thompson. Clay and ot1ersi :. have been
W, MIR. Thompson, Sande ), Iucte., CIeaIy ala
general Carroll, at the sane une.
q Have YOU ever attended u ueetng For the purpose
any aly ccs from Echmold \. Not for Tie purpose
of considering any plans.
G. were y0l present At any meeting in which letter
from Nr Davis was rcadi 4. No. no. WHOM i vas
1snd tho.e letters were all = Cypher, and l me ely
bo,rd the Substance Of mem repeated.
o. Yol spoke OF Alr. Ih0MpsoDs = go, as band
upon some letters AID saying that q. o. 81 igAt
A That referred 20 he dispatches rom RICHMOND
brought by Snrratt
0 Thai was IN April was il noti a. Yes sir. II
was in April Ihad previously asked air. Isompson
wi he .rst suggested HAT should participate IN te
II 4 Wouii meet the apprGnat'Vn 81 ing 19Ntfn'
] Il, al Pichnond ne sid he thought il would bui he
would know Ia a few days; that was early IN Febru-
q Thought understood you 20 state that he sa'l
fhe authority was given in Fctrua!i a. No, sir u
April, IL Snrr1its presence
O. And he then referred to q, papers having
furnished The essentl a. Yes. sir.
@. The first statement in February vas that he was
expecting DISPATCHES iron Eiohmond, and expected
them IN a few Days "A. Yes, 70 know Whether VIC
Offer would receive DE appreciation OF the Government
not
@ Did you understand that that commune ton in
AIgil the first official approval that they had re-
oeved from Ri hnond Of this Plan to assassinate the
PIcsidentf \. understood that l. not said that
il was the first, bat knew Of others.
q You understood that was the first \. Yes, sr;
inferred tnst
b. N AiFoQ In al your conferences and familiar
hear tie name Of Mary T. SuIIatt eHtOnei as friend
Of thciTsf \ never did.
RI Assistan,.Jtdg. Allocate Birel am-Q Did YOU
state N answer 20 % the questions PM 10 You
the exam nation anything a.ata remark Of sir Jacob
Thou.pscn's. that il OF murder to xiii tysant ,
A. Ies, sir; he said that killing a tyrint in
suc. a case murder and he asked ut
the same time # had ever read lie work entitled
killing Mlr1er IA letter adore sed by Col Titus
70 Ohver Cromwell.
@. In what conversation il that Jacob Thomp-
Son made o, ilsi express on A That was in the
conversation Ia February.
O. Was II in 1hst conversation be named the Cabinet
officers and others that were u he re victims " this
Ba,nn was also 70 have been bonded Lad the scheme
been carried out before the I'll oi -iarch
q Was lie named especially y Ies, sir, with the
g. Were tae other parties that you have enumerated
BlTued also iu February \. res, sir.
q What members u the G,oiretl \. Tho Seore-
fary # Wa the Secretary n ~ .iA Gen G. Judge
Chase. The Nice.l,csi1eai, and Fscsieer. III q.
O. In April who else were uamedi A. J.. 16we
pefsc s, Win the exception thai Mr. hamln Tas
omitted ana Nloe-Pse,i.chI johnson pIs IA Ills iace
BIZ tis Cczrt-Q. on we stated that yOl q con
scrri IN tire Rebel servi ii what State you
scfpfeG 4. South (erohna.
~ As.,sair Ja94sAdrooots FtpYlq,g-Q o. what
St arc You astiye A. New.lork
q. Where were Vol siding when yen rcre con.
scrIttf 4. Near Coiunba. : Z.
By ne Cotyt--Q. How did You come from picNmondi
"A. ran lhe blockade walked Il most OF the way;
walked.
Q By way of he Po'omecs 4. came up through
Snickcrsy lie 10 ChaslostOsn. a., and Fl 0 there 20
Harpers Ferry. ard so
O. As j u6dors ara YOU Won aid YOU saw tiooo
blank commissions nat were s'ed BE- Sc1ion, Secre-
fary OF War; 20 gwen 10 the persons n q were 10 en-
gage the assassination Of the President aud Cabinet
A. / saw commissions aftcr they ha1 been filed.
O. In Canadai :. Yes sly.
o. DID Won see row mich of them blank when
the came back f m lie monde A. The were all
blank but the signatures.
O. Was there no grade Of rank them No. s.ri
thu was pat in by the gents themselves; they IN
feTred these commissions al pleasure.
Q Did you understand that these conn ssions were
10 DO given upon TIER engarug IN th.s fftair aS a
soit c. IN this case q were - he given upon
the.r engaging in this affair q sOr, If cover
tl were taken, as the we're 20 20 in he army follow
ing itf A. 10 cover 50 that in case they ere
detected they conld claim at hey Rebel sol lers
wOld Therefore ella II to nc treated ~ prisoners of
war; and il unden .cod Lat they would be pro-
fected such.
=. These COMMISSIONS 80 say were 70 be given TO
them they engaged IN this enterprises
that engagement to be given by oath by the o0li.
gatioH OF a eon,TGcti Did yor understand thstf a.
That do know, but they the oat. Of Office
suppose, Whatever il nigh be called.
BY Mr.. St0n6-Q V ere these commissions TO be
assassination project for any Of those enterprises
that prosecuted on the borort A. IL was 10 sna
Die the parties upoa whom they conferred { act
officially and act ~ Rebel solder and BE- proteO as
such in ease they we're detected.
q Coad that apply 10 anything but raics on the Dor.
seri they could not expect an assassin to be protect
II commission. supposet A. H. was no " Ter.
Mr. Thompson said, ar killing.
=. Did lnc giving OF these comm ssons have sfer
eee To The assassidion project o. 'nbraoe enter.
r-,ses on tie border, s IT embraced the whole of
them. but th:-k BoCth especially commissioned
for this purpose.
Q. How early was it that yo. saw these oonmis-
tonsf \. saw some commits ons as early rs De-
q nber.
} Tlcy, Of couise did not indie e What they
Il y were al blank y. No sir they did nct; they
we're all IN blank; the commission of H. H. Ycurg was
commission Oi the same SOFT, and VAS nled up AID
conferred by III. Clay; he never was IL Richmond at
all
BY A,ristGrt Jadee.Adrocae Binghe~--Q: forgot to
ssk You ,ise IL that you saw JohD Wilkes
a i