The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-05-31


| no, zee HIN shutit
THE DEFENCE AGAIN TAKEN UP.
iety pyeri Titner. FOR .he defence toIns called.
TO Niirni he ,n ended 10 say he had not crossed
Nifpina, Al thrt time Nth tho party who had been
| iy k,r,t,ni judrc Advocate Blnshsm Q. who
-c ihe phh's whom you accompanied " Richmond
at the tine of ~h,sh you ,pyak' A. BenjAmin
Gwyn apd And,er jrin.i iScnt there 20 avoid
mony,i \. 70 Tie pIe5 about Nudd's house 1
set in the pines al nighi. O. Who led you A. DR..
~ NJ ,Lsine q stat. whether you ino- the
| pti'ore ID. samuel \. Muid A. DO. Y weic
you at church IN the ucishbOrhoOd the sunday al
! le. the assassiuatouf A. Yes sir, aud saw Dr.
Muld. Y state whether you heard Dr Mudd say
AnNthius ~ To hoH hC IUEn. dVd the UrqssnAtiOn
Assistant judge Advocate Bingham objected to the
Nj Tvinr said he wanted to prove ,ha, Dr. Mudd
spoke OF the ssssssinaton NJ Az auocous and revolt
| inf crime and a tcrrb e calamity to the country
tho chutch Ia that way. The prisoner Wa charged
Nth concc amcn, Of the fact OF these two men be-
ing ~ his houte, which uNs concealment extending
over sunday ami HE declsta ons showing his feel
ine' gih reference TO the crime curing the time he
admissible. The Oh cction Of the Judge Advocate
VA sustained aud the question ~as not put
| TESTIMONY ~ JOSHUA 7. SAlLou.
| Bv Mr.. sionc-Q where do you r,sde' A. re-
eide In the tirhth Election District Of Prince Gcorse
COUNTY state She'hsr you Know the senoral
would not believe him on his oath
Cioe,-ek.nlned b y9dge Adyocs,e il1ltlQ. Did
under osthY A NO q. lid YOU ever hcv II charged
uIon him that hcs~ofe i.lsclyi A. don't knos that
In lcpi to some further questioning, vitncs ,cati;
man, universal In that ncishhofhooi
IrHtiNuSN OF WILLIAM A. MUDp.
~ NJ stone Y In you know H.. sanuel A.
an person STAYING out In the woods about Dr. Mudd's
during iubt year A. l did not.
| TrsrtNuSN W TUNNcIs a. WALSH.
rs Mr Stone Q Whore DO you Icsldri A. fhsye
been residing In tAis ct' since 1887 am druggist
! q. 10 you know the prisoner Ilaroldf 4. Yes
have Known him ever since he was loy he r.'in
nv employ for nine nonths Us CLERK he lived In my
he a; iisht sni tiiainr in some thinSs but IN 6is
moral character ,a~ nothing 10 find iiut with he
man he wss easily influenced OF s..uaded BY any
one around him his axe i' about ~ years
TEsuNoNr orJANsp SoKKs.
Tv Mr stone-Q whei. do YOU reside A.
have vci at the Navy Yard, ia this ci,' since ls1
q no you know TIA. prisoner linoldt A; ! have
| IN h family Tor ahou, eighteen nineteen Year,.
| have ulwu,a looked upon him a i.ht utning
tuy oi vc.y little reliability, and easily tnhuUuced by
any one around him.
TItrtNoSN ny WILLIAM II. ut,LArz
, Bv Mr. Stone ~ where do .uu rcsdc' A. have
. h,ed Ia tris ciD ior fifteen years. v stat" Sho'ho
! you Enow the prisoner liaroldl | hav" know Il
= hiiu ior nearly thirteen think him more ot
Loy than msn, he mover associated with acn NJ all
I rl,IiMoSI ~ EMyA HAROLD.
q IIv Nr stone O. : ate shothor you are the sister
Of ho PRISONER David y. ilaroli A. an. Y. state
vh,,u,I he at toue on the 10th .. FeDruaD la'u
The ueat date ,ou tt and n Shich he vas nj
hutu,r 4. lho lPth. | remember thai date b. tlio
met tue ia the hall and N,niod 'hould rive II "a
. lila would 40, iyo 4 to han, and hs tliod 70 tsAy
' l a.. That VIZ tho 5uudHy morning aiior 81 Naen'
: tincs DAY. . AID on DO not remember he being Al
=, home letWe u those uincsf ho Sas at home, lul
(. ! eai,uut IN tho daJ.
a REnrL GFsEa,L oArrsp TO rHE srlSp.
9 Tho rebel MAJOR Goncral Edw ard Johnson hore
q called to the stand.
- General Hove -Before this witness 10 sworn wish
: 10 suluiIt n motion 10 The Court. / viii state III,
6.rf. mo. which hue the motion. II IL vril know
20 n.c o. il 10 10 great many officers Of the army
that TIE pspOu nov oa the stand k>Iward johnson
sas educated ut tile National Military Academy a
" ! Government expense, and that since that time
e U'my Of the United States, IL is vel
y tnosn In the army, that It ba condition prooeden
10 rsceiving d commission that oihcer shall tax,
an oath of ALLEGIANCE and fidelity 10 the Government
y In 1861 1t bocauo my duly officer, " fro upon
sS T ps3 p1.3 SIon S .traSs s DOWN " and fSd loyal
Il Who setu 10 the foiyico VI tne Government; rinc
A thut time Il |, notorious ali officers Of tho ann
q that tn man introduced here as avine.h hn
e opculy hoiue ail- against the nited saos ei.op
- shcn he h1 tcou prisoner Ia the hands OF the GOV
/. eminent; / unlcntAnd that II is pIoposei that III
I .hG testify before This court ho comes here mA vii
- n,ss with hi. n,nds red with the blood OF hs loya
A. countr mc, shot b. him OF his asstant- In vola oi
Il of III. solemn ua'h as a m.n ana ~ an oihe',
~ tutnt tn, r,ioIe, TO tins Court whether no doe
r not .tand In tie eye Of the Law as All iucotn
- recent witness, / teeArd the Offering a.
il 1t,usss OF standing In open violation Of th'
N oliya!on Of al oath adnnsteo od 10 him 70 an oih
M Ger, a. insult a. the Court and al outrage upO
III tie administration Of Justice move mat tins niHn
EdwAtd JUhuHOu 10 tlUtLtd from INC COuIt "a All IN
iV ConCral LEin VA, rlad tho motion had been msde
IA Tie int iuction VI such mau as the witnoss Wa
10 | the height ot Importance.
D AT. Aiseu-lt rul 10 Tecoloctod that at least on
j. witness who hV lorny anus against tle hoVernm en-
WIS intro.uced Lere by the Judge Adyocato wiIhou
objection OF any mCmuer Ui tlo Court.
r uen. kaut1 Docs Ihis poison appear hero "a
- volunteer ~Itnessi
a. MI Aiken" lie does not"
Z. The Judge AdSucate Gencral-"f feel bound
say. tnat 1 Iue OF law, beio witness can b" ren
'd dried infamous 10 become absolutely incDupt
cut 10 tcrtly, he must be convicted by Judicial pl,
.o ceoding and the record OF the proceeding must b
~ produced a. the bas!s Oi h.s iucoupotehcy"
. General Lev Mai1se-" hope, tor the sake Of th
" character oi this Iuvt1tigAtOn aud Tor the aux"
c public justice, not Ol that ol the poron Introduce
witnoFs, Tut that OF the pTisOueIs tho bal
NJ NJ now Un trlaL the CiAcer MAKING thls motion wi
III | withdraw A."
Al tienera Howe " pom the statement Of the Judg
ny Advocate bcuCnli, that the prsOn IL not technical
hs all incompetent situess, rithdraS the moton''
Examination By M, Aiken Y. StAtu your presel
status as a prisoner oi VAR a, an a lhiiel slstt
~ ! At foit WauUu, Boston harboI Nn an officer
nj the rank OF BrigIdIer General In the ConieieTat
az states Army from tue year l7Oj up 10 the date OF IN
A | capture Y. AIc you AcluR4utcd with Henry NO
re | SIriulcker A. uin acquainted with nan WI
10 Wont Ly tA.t ual.e. u " as he q memb,r VI you
W. / st.N A lie not ne v ga private, he belougo
~ | 10 tho stoueaau Dru'uie n Virginia infantry,
10 thIuk. the % NIrgiu.A uian.ry Sas part Of III
s BoueEal brigade, aud that SA' one Of the Drigades
aJ ! NY GylsOu; In the mOnth Of May, 1908, man ~
"a COL ed IN Richmond ~ ny name and tue rank
~ Lore In the United States Army, Gs MAJOR JohnSo
AZ he tod me hr AbI scr, Vd under mo,
AZ JulIo Bin. ham What LaA that W do with II
sn There has been no enquiry made AZ 10 his servi
nnd Winery We'll, no me. me In Richmond and a
,,1 Pile or q position IN the Engineer Corps. statiI
ho lAss he had ae[ "a undeT ne p.eyouay tnat he "