The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-21

o. .esPresie 20. Who went on sop,s n tns sssy
q Yos ~-ss on that h''S' A'A
o. sy you saw only The p ode Of this person e
~ Judge Ho.r,e Did y recognize. Bosth when
oa "a. saw him On ns siasy OBJ yes. afser vent
lately ran down the ,sreet to~aris tie house o.
ecrery stanton, but snding persons had been there
Cand Captain ay pssp 70 as pes pse
s.e MN In{ naD and what Information I bad and
ad 70 h MN ~ usht knew who /. WAS; had known
rva co " lin evening at the Metropolitan Hotel
nsu any seen him on he stage; but noticed hin
yeie ing the past win.sr a. me ho'ss; Ias d sw0
ma noticed this gentleman walking leisurely about
AZ parlor; every person except TIE one have nen.
felt very much vexed st'Booth getting away.
BY the CouRT.-Q How long after You heerd the door
slam II until yon saw ths man balancing himself N
the saddle9 A. Not more than while was making two
q Are you satisfied that the door was closed by
A. could possibly be satisfied OF that; there was
nothing preclude the possibility that tho door was
closed by Booth himself.
O. Arc you satisfied that the person you saw inside
the door position had he been disposed, 70
have interrupted the ext Of Dooth9 A. beyond doubt
Q From his manner he ccol enough TO have done
iY "A. He showed agitation like the other people did
BY Mr. EwsS-G Were not me other persons you you
exit OF Boothf A. Oh, yea; at least at the moment
saw them every person 1 met could have Qss'rnc,ea
Booths motion except person, who was thee or e
feet to the right that the person described "ho
seemed TO be passing of.
O. Then the person you speak Of nearest the door
In no better position to have obstucted the passage OF
Booth than any OF tho others SO iT Is you know A.
None whatever asa ftpc.a
have opened and gone out before you went outY A.
Yes the door was Immediately within tho control OF The
BY Mr.. Ewma-Q. Do you know whether any person
the stage In the ssage as you wen. out knew That
the assassination had been committed A. cannot say
that; they acted very much like people asounded at
something that bad just occurred.
Testimony Of Robert A. Campbell.
EXAMINED BY JUDGE HOLT.
Q. State where you resideS A. Montreal, Canada
9 Are you or are you not connected Win the IN
tario Bank Of that citys A. I am, as FIRST teller
Q Look upon that account and state whether or not
II Is correct abstract from the books OF that bank A.
II Is; examined II before came away
@ What is its A 1t IL the account Of Jacob Thomp-
son with the Ontario Bank, Montreal:
The account commences May 80, 1864; prior 10 that
however he left sterling exchange drawn the rebel
the agents advised of the bills being paid the proceeds
were placed bis credit; the FIRST advces had were
Nay 80, aud two thousand pounds sterling was tho
@ State when The account elosed' A. The account
eregate amount drawnY A. The aggregate amount Of
credit was Sss 49, there ia now balance due him
O. Has he drawn Lately to any considerable extcnts
A. He hos drawn S. 100000 very nearly, since March
1; he bought 100000 In sterling exchange.
10th Of April, A. The first entry in April e on tho Ath
q very small check Of ono hundred dollars; there
rss, u nsS as.s q 9Th Of April q
April he purchased xl4o sterling exchange, and also
N 600 sterling same date on the Gath Of March no
You Know Jacob THOMPSON psssoaaliys A. Yes,
State whether or not since the i4sa Of April last
ho1. A lie haR. heard fi,f
self he was going away and know he has not been
III the bank atey one Of the iasts .ciois was
check given hotel keeper for az Supposed board
no said he going overland 70 Halifax en- ross 70
Europe.
then he has disappeared from Montreal.
o How long was this before navigation opsnedY A.. 1
think about weeks know thought II strange ne
was going overland when by waiting two weeks he could
O. He was known and recognized as the agent Of the
Confederate States; HIS account was s,apy WIN ia
newspaper reports he the financial agent Of the
rebels know that no brough. Southern sterling ex
change their agents In tho Old Country part OF the
time he resided in Upper Canada and part OF tho time IN
Montreal fee
money trAnsaotions with other banks in Canadas A.
Oh yes; know OF one Transaction Of fifty thousand
with tho Nagars District Bank at 81 csthcrnes that
deposited b. him In the NIAGARA District Bank; that
bank sent IL to and we put il to their credit ths date
Of that August 10, 1864.
O Did you know j. wiikcs Booth, the actors A.
did; had one or two transactions with him.
@ How often did you sec him in Csnadai A. could
not gay; may have seen him dozen times; remem-
Der dis.inctly seeing him there.
O Did he hnvc q small account at your banky A.
Yes; he has still TO his credit four hundred and odd
o Have you any knowledge how tbe, credit arose !
A. II was from deposit that did not 80 through my
hands but through the hands OF the other receiving
teller; the memorandum Gays "Check drawn On Mer-
chants Bank by Davis S255 and ten $40 hilis"
q. Who was Davis she person referred TO IS drawing
. he ha A Ha vcas a hro, Montreal and
not whether lac introduced by Davis or by g
Martini from the States somewherefrom Richmond or
purchased a bill Of exchange for sixty pounds
and odd shillings; he said he was going
TO the bockadc ne asked whether IN case he Should
be captured his cap.crs would make use Of the exchange
said unless he endorsed the bill; he then said
he would take three hundred dollars WORTH for which
think he paid American gold. Those are the only two
transactions he had with us.
@ Look al these bills OF exchange, taken from tho
body Booth and say whether they nrc the encs you
refer to- A. They Ontario Bank bills there Is no
doubt about that.
O. State whether or these drafts were Intended for
use IN the States for general disbursement A. We
cannot tell that we never ask orr customers any ques
tons Checks generally dawn payable 10 bearer,
but certain instances the bearer is scored out and
"ord r" put over It. Mr.. Thompson. besides these
sterling exchange transactions has bought from seve
raj times United Stats currcDfy rreentacks.
O H. large surnss A. He bought, August -, hfieen
tnossand doars and July IL, nineteen thousand one
hundred aad twenty -four dollars that the amount
IN god could not say what the amount IN green.
backs at that time think exchange was about lity-
1--WE.
Did any Of these tran factions during the pas,
spring. A. On the is;h OF March be bought one thou
sand dollars At forty aud for which
he paid nvo hundred and rlythree dollars Ia gold be
bought several drafts on New York.
An Important witness.
The Judge Advocate General stated that there only
other witness he desired TO examine day. He was
very important witness; but Tor the ~
had been stated Ia another instance u not desirable
that his examination eboud he public.
Tho Court tbereupon cleared ard the remainder oil
its deliberations for the day In secrc. session
Evidence Accommodating Against JcG
Davis.
wAsmSoToy, May 20, 1865
Tho government has recently Obtained possession OF I
large amount of private correspondence Of Jef Davis
clearly duplicating Mm in the conspiracy to sssassirat
Mr. Lincoln