The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-17

was very common mistake at the hote
for his cards to be put in the PresideDtI
box, and vice versa. Coul1 not say how
much of the time the President was in his
room on that day.
Msjor K Knox testified 10 Oeing st the
house of the Secretary of War on the
evening Of the I3t of April, about half
past ten o'clOck. secretary Stanton, Cen
ersi Grant Mrs. Graz t, General Barnes
and others we're present; band was play
ing In front of the house. While the party
wers looking At some fire works, q mau
asked Major Knox, ais Stanton in ?"
Knox replied, "Fhe Secretary, I sup
pose" The man said ne did snd said he
was q lawyer in town and knew Stanton
well, but he was teld he could not see him.
The man stood on the steps several min
utes and repeated his question, walking up
the steps into the hall, and stood there .
a short time; witness thought the man
was intoxicated and told David Stanton to
have him taken of. Mr.. Stanton talked
with him a few moments and he went sff
| Witoess was peri ely certain 0'Laughlin
was the man. When the man passed into
the hall, tho Secretary stood on the steps
close to where the prisoner passed he had
saw of him be was prisoner.
John q. Hattie, the next witness called,
knew OLsughlin; saw him st Secretary
tsnton's on the night of the 18Th of
April, during the illumination; ULaugh-
I IL @-t.a-A---.hlld Witnass as thu laitar was
standing on the steps, and asked if General
Grant was in, and said he wished 10 see
him; witness told him the best place to see
4 h.,
walked off toward the tree box; was all the
witness saw OF hin; had never seen him
before saw him next as prisoner.
Er. stone testified that he was the fsmi-
ly physician of President Lincoln. and that
the President died from the effect of q
wound received on the night of the l4Lh of
April.
Sergeant Cobb statsi that he was on
duty st the Navy Yard bridge on the
night of the l4.h of April; believed it was
half past 10 OF IL o'clock when three men
approached rapidly; recognized Booth as
one of them by his photograph, and said
the man gave his name ss Booth, saying
he lived in Charles county; the men were
not together; Booth and one other we're
allowed to pass, and third was turned
back; could not identify either of them
among the prisoners.
Polk Gardner testified that he was on the
road between Brysnttown and Washing
ton on the night of the I4th of April, and
was going to Washington about IL o'clock
met two persons riding very fast; they
stopped and asked the direction to Marl-
boro; one of the men was mounted on q
bay and the other on roam horse; he
c uld not identify either of the men.
w. +. Kent testified to picking up pis-
tol in the Presidents box on the night of
the assassination, and identified the pistol
shown him IS the one picked up.
Lit G. a. Lowell testified that he was en-
gsged in the pursuit of the murderers sfser
the assassination, and visited the house of
DR.. Mudd. Witness said DR.. Mudd told
him, in answer to question, that two
strangers had called there Sturday morn
ing, one OF whom had broken his leg, and
that be set the leg; he did not know
who the men werej both OF them were
strsu gers to him; he said they remained
only short time; evidently designing to
convey the impression that they had left; in
course of the morning one of the men
called for q razor and water to shave off
his moustache; when they went off the in
jured man went on erutches and the other
one led his horse; they went off across the
swamp.
The witness was entirely satisfied that
these parties were Booth and Harold.
Several days sfterwsrd, witness went there
for the purpose Of arresting DR.. Mudd.
He then brought down the boot which
NR1fKes"fWsg wRf2bbhiG; lfs utbe -Rapav"I.
in court; at the time the boot was found
Mudd still insisted that the parties were
strangers to him subsequently he was sat-
isfied that it WAS Booth, and afterwsrd he
scknow edged having been introduced to
Booth last autumn by man named John
son; said he had Tids with him in the
country locking Up some land. Ga Cross
examination witEess said Mudd told him at
the time of the arrest that Booth was found
in The room since he wss there first time;
DIR. Mudd told the witness that the two
men stsid only q short time; while his
wife said they remained till three or four
o'clock in the afternoon. Mudd afterwards
told the same story as his wife. At the
time OF the first visit Mudd seemed excited
aud very pale. He stated that he did not
learn OF the assassination until the follow
ing Sunday, when ne heard it st chm ch.
The ecross-examinstion of this witness did
not develop anything important.
Joshua Lloyd testified that he was en-
gseed in the pursuit of the murderers, and
went to Mudd's house on the 18Th Of April.
Mudd said at that time, that he knew
nothing about two men, but on a subse-
ouent interview scknowledged that they
! had stsyed there from daylight till 4 in the
afternoon. Doctor and Mrs. Mudd aP-
pesred to be very much excited and told
contradictory stories.
Colonel Wells, Provost Marshal of the
defenses of Washington, t. stihed ne had
an interview with DR.. Mudd on the 2lst OF
April; Mudd acknowledge that two
| strangers came to his house on Saturday
morning, and he had psir OF cru ehes
made Tor one of them whose leg was brok-
en-; they stayed at his house until about
four in the P. NJ; he did not suspect thai
one of them was Booth, though he was al
forwards CONVINCED he was; he had no
heard of the Presidents MURDER st tlmei
he was much excited, and at other timeI
he seemed quite unwilling to answer dir
ect questions =,
Colonel Wells was examined ct consld
ersble length His testimony was mainly
A repetition of that given by the last tW'
witnesses, though mora in detail. In
Court then adjourned till tomorrow at tel