The New York herald., 1865-05-17
cocker..l was member o, sh.. meeting, I usdss

stand you 70 Eayf A. Yes, cir
caied togstheri A. did not zee them particularly
saw them oil 10 crowd together.
Booth was assocating with all tne omcen A. no
@ Did you know OF any other secret association or
meeting having similar obecs at any time in the ser
Of the existence OF secret orders for certain purposes TO
assist the conederacy heard one name very frequently
called the name OF one order tSc n ~
O. How many years do you state you were In the Con-
federate servicef A. Not quite three years
the revorses the confederacy have commenced- has
been freely and frequently spoken OF n the rebel
IL an Of aSs Presdsus OF the United
A. Yes, SIR heard that very often.
Q. Have you not heard II spoken OF freely IN the
streets Of Richmond among those connected wtn sne
Q. About what time-when is the'latest You can now
A. Al the time after the battle Of Chanoeorsvte when
do not know y1at general II was, but believe was
General Kilpattck was on raid near a. that
time heard ii was IN Richmond on furlougn n the
same time
Q whenever aud wherever spoken Of, do understand
dton efMs President Of As Ustted States wos generally
assented 70 in ne svvieeS A. Yes SIR.
vhc e !. ssn ~ou related
Canada and the destruction Of the Northern cities along
the Canada frontier A. Il outside Of the Confsder
Q Did you understand Ithat the "detached service"
performed
frontier and in our Northern citiess A. This detached
service was nickname In the Confederate army for
Q. Il meant that sort Of warfares A. Yes SIR
O. You spoke Of laying the Northern cities IN ashes
did you understand that that was the mode in which
A. Yes sir by firing the cities down and getting the
people dissatisfied with the war; and BY that means to
bring forward revolution amongst the people in the
North; that was the purpose.
No cross. examination.
TESTIMONY OF Ms. MARY HUDsPETH.
BY the JuDas ApvooArE-Q Where do you resdef A.
Q win you state whether or not In the month Of No.
yember last you were riding In tho railroad cars Of New
served that there two In the that attracted
your attention, one Of whom, on leaving the cars,
dropped a letter which you picked upi A. was going
down to the city; there two gentlemen in the
whether they wero In or not when got In, am not
confident; overheard their conversation; they were
talking earnesy one Of them said he would leave
for Washington the day after tomorrow and the other
was going to Newburg Newbern that night; they left
the car the man that was sitting near pushed his
hat forward and with that pushed his whskers at the
same time they false whisker the front face
much darker than II was under the whskers.
Q Was he young manf A. He was young.
A. Do you think you would recognize his features
again, iv.A,,h A. thin. 81 should S a.,
Booth Look at that and whether II recalls him TO
your A. The face s the same; he had scar on the
O. Was II on the cheek or necki A. II was something
like bite, near the jawbone.
@ Did you judge from his conversation that he was
man Of education and cutufe9 A. He man Of edu-
cation, and the other was not; the others name
Did you observe his hands, Did he seem to have
been man who had led life Of ease or notf A. The
hand that was Tnsoved was very beautiful the other
%So ns the
in his pocket and saw.a pistol In his belt
Did any Of the conversation fall your ears-were
you able TO hear iH A. overheard him say he would
leave for Washington the day after to morrow.
q. That is the one who had the ungloved hand and
because had not fallen on him to 90 to washington;
he had been sent for to some place by messenger.
You Il: s s had Sbs
street Post onaoe one Of them left about twenty
said that had dropped one Of my st.sis she picked
the brokers' whers was going With some gold, went
70 take out my pockebook, and saw envelope with
two letters IN IT. thought Of importance because Of
O. Are you certain Che envelope with the letters
dropped BY one Of these mehs A. II must have been
because saw them exchange letters, and there
one else at that seat
O. Was 4 picked up at the point where they we're Sit
q. Would you recognize the onvelop II you were to
see ~ Yee, SIR
@ (E1hbi,ing envelope with two letter) Look at
Were both letters in ths. envelope .s you now have
The letters then presented and read to the COM
mission foows:-
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sss a @ :; -s.' e. & ss % y % ..
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i: bullet e'2T:s sSS' ssp sss .:
S ~ d:%oe . 81: Ss
:s : 81" "a s's e s:
:: a' sas s q <. Sojs y; ss
:S ws all ,s %.y v y
70 - . " r''; 70
na.s "Sss So sf . s
S,Ss & but t0s S
:'s 6m ;s.9 b: stories: no. w
sinySS'f ySe ESeo:s %ss s: %
note together with one Of poor Leenea win give the
but duty me 70 he Ws You win 'p proSSSS SsS
hear from me in Washington Saunders doing good
Believe me, your brother in love. CHARLES sELBY
ST. LOUIS Oct ~, 1864
me 70, ten days only and you now have been from home
cold %heS
Ss not M ps %s ssy e for H
heart aches We lonely without you have Written
S"s sS%s y ! am g q .sis lsass
says must no, write any more, too weak Louis
darling do NOT stay away any longer from your
Q. AZ what time in November did you pick up this en-
veope and these leorY A. The day General Butler left
New York cannot tell the precise date but General
Scott told me he had left that morning
q Was that after the Presidential election In Novem.
ber9 A. Yes, sir
O What did you do with these letters after yen ex-
amned them and found their character2 A. took them
brst 10 General Scott who asked 10 read them 20 him
he said he thought was OF great porance and asked
me 70 take Ito General DIX; did so, and gave II 10
General Dix
q You say the men exchanged letters. which was
giving letters 90 the other tho largo small manY A.
They exchanged twice. tho larger gavo them TO The
one next to him, and no handed them back and they
weres ,xchanged AGA n.
2 Did you sec more than onef A. yee, sir
The smaller ono OF educated ead no would leave
Tor washington The second day ater2 A Yes 'the day
after to morrow
No cross examination
DooTH's MOVEMENTS PROM OCTOBER, 1864, 70
APRIL H. 1865.
Ihe Jvp0E ADVOCATE offered In evidence, without oh.
lection, the following portions OF memorandum spoken
o. Dy witness named O. w. Bunker, clerk VI tho
National Hotel
Wllhcs Booth was not at tho National Hotel during
the month OF October, 1894
Ho arrived there Ngyemher O.. ono, yoo, Iort