Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-29
THIRD EDITION
EXTRA
The Conspiracy Trial,
LsfOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS,
The Fellow Fever Plot In Washington.
The Proceedings This Afternoon.

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oner' were brought in' htyo o'clock inc Com
| mission was called TO order. large number q
yiaitora arrived during the recess of tho Comms.
sion Al two o'cioek, when tho Court rsssseIn.
blsd, the room was densely crowded
| ~ DR.. GEORGE MrDD, .... .
having been called aud sw.rll, testified that he
| resided in Bryan own, Nd, aud was physician
Knew the prisoner HIS iather .nd witness
| father were hrat cousins Accused had been q
| student Of witness. His reputation for peace,
| order. and good ei .izqnship was very good. His
| reputation as master was good-'hat Of a hu.
| name aud kind m ster. Nitns saw DR.. Mu d
| on the sunday after the assassination rode with
| nm from church Wupass saw him at church
| Quenlion BY Mr. Ewing State whether he said
| any ythInR TO you about any ersons having been
| 10 his housef
| ObJnNed 10 BY Judge Advocats.
| Mr. HwInE said he wished to show that the
| prisoner stated TO Dr.. Geo. Mudd, q truly loyal
man, that two suspicious men bsd been to his
| Samuel Mudd'aJ house, aud he wanted Or. Geo.
| Mudd TO inform the military Of tho fact, aud not
tell It about the street for fear tho people would
do him harm. Mr.. Ewing read from Russell on
| Crimes and said tho conversation would account
for the silence Of Dr. Mudd He said he proposed
| to iutrodu the evidence TO show that Mudd com.
| muRicated the fact TO the military Huthorities.
| Judge Holt said the Government had not in
quired ~ to the declarations which tho prisoner
| made on that Sunday. Where the declarations
| Of u prisoner were introduced by the Govern
| rnsnt, the defence then had n right to all the
destinations made, but the Government had not
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| The Government had inquired as to his harbor.
Ing and entertaining these men on Saturday, and
the defence had right to introduce his declara-
tions made "a hours afterw ards, aud after those
| men had gone. ~ ''-.-
| Tho COpnission decided TO sustain the obJec-
| ti0n of tho Judge Advocate. J-~....
Witness resumed Did eommunifte to L'cut.
house OF Dr. Mudd on Saturday; made the com.
municatIon on Monday, Witness stated 10 the
Lieutenant that Dr.. Madd Informed him that two
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| them had A broken leg, they were iaboring nm.
der exeitement, more 90 than from having re.
ceiycd broken leg that the pa rites stated 10 DR.
Mudd that they were from Bryantown that W hile
at DR. MuddIs : house one of the raTtIes called for
a razor and shaved himsoif, thereby altering hir
| appearanee. thnt he had a erutch made f1I tLe
Parron wilmer's. This is the statement given
to the IIoutenant
Question by kwing From whom did you get
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! Objected 10 BY the Judge Advocate, and obIec.
uon wtthdrnWn
| witness sts,ed he rot the Information from DR.
Mudd, the prisoner Witness madn the coamu.
nicaton on Monday morning. When witness
| len DR. Mudd he told him no wonld mention the
matter 10 the mIIitaty authoTi,,Ss. Dr. Mudd
told witness ho would b glad II be would and be
| ulould nke 10 he sent for and he would glsp nil
tho Information he could hut n It became a mat.
ter Of publicity he was afraid Of his life on ac.
count of gnefrilias in the neighborhood.' Pour
| detertiyc, came 10 see Witness lie Raye them
! tue Nuu NhNy AAheN WhuoAA Ao hhoN
the way 20 Dr.. Mudd' house .I
Witness went to Dr. hudd'A house with the
ieteetises Dr.. Mudd was not at home saw
DR.. Mudi told him the Detectives had como to the
house Tor the purpose OF gettlnE that Information.
witness did not say IN the room darnB the IN
torVieW hetweea the detective. and Dr. hudd.
ons oi the omeers was named Llo} d, another.
hained SAhaghor, another Lleqt. Loyttt, and
Alolher NC Millhms. Iney asked witness to
snow thsm the way 70 rarsoh wilmer VII
nss '9Lu 'hsn Ies, mhno'S ,neA ssAea pr.
"uSI 'np w,t,! ~! W tHIs9u W,in's' y Ghu qc
to'u lhrm Eosh'pg ss ir sha ~ lnoss genu"ncn
.n r'tIS NJ h W ~, hupu ' e'"'HB 'hA' 'ho Two
"vn hHu o'cn ~ "is uVu-e.
Suuse AlNos~'e bingham 0nJoe'ed 10 any iuT-
'n,b ~, S's'nnl1lN' ,,' 49,. .-, --,,
'hs fueHHoh' het some alAeusAIohi WAS VIM
urnMh H, 4, n.,
, % %"Nuess va va IN nsry"h,SSh nheh ths news OF
he DISSEMINATION SAino. Lieu'; DahA tbld HHne-s
VhAs uhe PaI'y VINO HfmPea me A,,aN,lAAt'Vn
/ 81 seefrtAr{ seward was named bOyie, and
olhmeS olh 70 20 we shmo parry VINO n1u hHhaAsI'
nnea SsP.Th uMAhs, w Ahpe IN9"eL county
~, auu sao pI'B ~ ~ Ast-n'sAen n, tne II'sl-
Ls1 .n,,an ~ soaU,rS ~ ia ~, Iuon ,n s ~
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~ = dssnsrabo >" 'N ""' N''O"
| witnsSs vas Al shprrh an a,na.x y,onssr
neseJ Ilat Booth had eTo.s.d ths rver a. mi
ume Witnes, bsJ No ronyers,,iaa, lii NJ
Madd AT the abureb a. "a tbs a..n.SIna,inn wi,
nssS tsId ths IrtsstIvss that pr NnJI vent IA
yeI a eaTriavc to InLe thsm .,Tay frnn, tbe hn,sa
but failed 10 yet one ana Ibcy ief, bIs bo".s ~
hsrs,AEck fold them ons hspc of the n,an =. I,.,
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