The New York herald., 1865-06-04

not; there had been asyssdy with him could easily
have the person
BY assistant Judge Advocate RrSGnAx-Q This was on
Q Dr. Mudd was coming .ppassniy from Byan.own'
BY 1r EwsG-Q Did you SEQ which way he was
| coming whether from Bryantown no0 A. No, sir.
Testtmony OF Prtmas Johnston, Colored.
l z DO You know the prisoner, DR.. budd? A. Yes SIR
State when You him AFTER the Presidents asas
snaton saw him ON the Saturday afternoon After
wards, about threo or half past three o'clock
Did you see him as he was going to Bryantown sna'
nin, as be was going BryantownS A. No, SIR Master
Sam Madd was by himself; q man went along
Q Did you see anything of that man who followed
| Master Sam hudd coming eackf A. Yes SIR; sne
same man that went "a to~ds BIyanown came PACK
oy himself about an hour and hall, reckon, o@ore
Q Where il MT Boose's nousef A. suppose !. Is a
couple OF miles this side Of Bryan0wn, the road Do
| tween Bry ryaniown and Dr. Samuel Mudds
Testimony or Charles BIoyee.
: BY Hr EwISS-q DO yon know the prisoner Dr.
Were yon about his house last year. and il so, how
oftenf A went there on the twelfth day after the
Saturday and Sunday except between the 10th Of April
and the aoth Of May, whom was hauling seine.
q Arc you the husband OF one OF bis servants, who
has been here as a witness7 A. Yes cir.
Q Have you Benjamin Gwyn Andrew
Gwynf A. Yes FIR; about four years ago when the war
| hrsi commenced they passed along by MI. Dyor's
Q Did you other Of them about Dr. Audd's house
O Did you see or hear anything Of Watt Bowie, John
r. sunatt Captain White, Of Tennessee; Lientsnant
Perry, or j. Wilkes Booth A. No. sir.
O. Neither saw nor heard of any Of them about DR..
AudG's house last Year, A. No.
q Did You know Of any Confederate officers soldiers
or any men in uniform being about there last Year, A.
No, cir
Q DO Won know Mary Simrnsi A. Yes cir
Q Do you know what the coorad folks about there
think OF her truth teler2 A. Tho folks about there
sad she was not much OF truth tsller that che told
! such lies they could not believe her
| q What did they think about Mylo Simms, A. They
thought the about him. used 10 think myself that
he was great liar because he used TO tell hes
umcs
Q. What Or Mudd's character a. o master to his
servantsf A. would call him first rate man; never
heard Of his whipping saying anything thom; they
| did pretty much as they pleased
Did yon ever hear him threaten TO send any OF mis-
| servants to Richmond? A. No, indeed; never heard
one OF them say word about IL.
| BY Assistant Judge Advocate BNGHAM-Q Did you
ever hear anything about his shooting any of his ser
| vantsY A. did hear that
Q You thought that nret rate funf 4. don't
know about that Haughter)
Testimony or Marcus p. Norton.
Colonel BURNETT stated that IN tho discretion Of the
bearing more or less directly upon the prisoners Dr.
Mudd, Atzerott and OIaughD. II the practice In
on both sides for the Court to call and examine further
witnesses, M In their Judgment necessary IT, however
the counsel for the defence wish to nerpose objection
nov was the proper time for them to do
Mr. Cox stated that he should object for the
that 1t had once been distinctly announced that all EVIL
dence on the part OF the except that strict
ly rebutting in its nature, ciosed only far
should relate 70 the subject ofsthe conspiracy
and not affecting directly the Of any Of the prs
0ncrs.
Mr. EWING said that far he was concerned no was
willing that any further evidence should be introduced
provided time given for the defence to It,
Colonel BURNETT replied that for that very pur
pose he had called the witness
The Court decided receive the proposed evidence
BY Colonel BURNrrr-Q Where do you resider A. In |
O. State where you during latter part Of the
winter snd the s sprng Of this year was At the Ma
until the 10th middle March
While there did you become acquainted with J. |
Wilkes Booths A. Not personally acquainted; knew
him by sight had him act several times in the
theatre
@ While At the hotel, state whether Won saw anv ono
OF the prisoners at the bar with him. A. There three
that recognize having during that time in com
pany with J. Wilkes Booth rather should say saw
those In company with him--Atzerott and O'Laugblin
G. At what timer A. lido not remember the exact
dates; WAS to the inauguration Of President Lin
coin; Aeroit .saw twice, aud tho other ono suppose
fc0r Or 1--WE timea
STATE wbetbef al any time you accidentally over |
heara any conversation between Booth either Of these
parties and IL 30 what 1t A. did with Atzerott
cannot give the precise angage the substance Of
1t was that Il the matter succeeded we'll with johnson
az It did with Buchanan they would get terribly sold
Q Did you hear any other conversations A. There !
was something said that the company Of witnesses would
them Booths statements heard in tho same convorsa.
oD the evening ofether the ID 3d Of March last
did not know what was referred TO.
@ State which Of the other prisoners you have
seen before, and under what crcumstancesp A. saw
that (Dr Mudd3 once while I was at the National
HOTEL he came my the morning Of the I'd OF |
March, entered hastily and appeared 10 be somewhat OK
cited he said he had made a mistake: that he wanted
70 see Booth told him Booths room was perhaps on
the floor above; did not know the number from the
apparently excited manner Of the person entering my
room LETT my writing and went out into the hall and
followed him; he went down stairs, and nc reached
the story below he turned and looked at me-
q Did or did you when you first entered the room
this morning recognize tho prisoner Mudd the person
you met that occasion' A. pointed him out TO Ho
one or was person exactly like him; l satsncd
be the
to-day.
Q sste what circumstances enable you to tx the
date. A. TX from the fact OF its proximity to the
inauguration think was about ten or eleven O'Clock
01 ''s Mss' %s.91s Ss sas. been m prsvlou. month
February A. ] think the day ] have named vas the
@ Are you as certain abos. that as you are Of the
identity OF the pcrsopf A. j am.
cRoss-RxAMINEp.
By Mr. CoI-Q. Can you 6x the date OF the ccnverss
tious o'Iaughn had with Booth? A. cannot.
Q Was any person in company with 'hem'wh'le they |
coDversng? A. No, sir.
Did you overhear anything said In any Of those
versasionsy A. No; was not near enough.
BY Mr. EwrNt--Q How do you hx the I'd 0f March ~
the day Dr Nudd entered your roomY A. Only from the
fact OF the insuguratjon did not make any mcmoran-
dun OF charge my mind particularly with tho date
recnllcct morning Dr. Mudd entered my room had
motion pending In the Supreme Court OF tbe United
q. when did yo, argue the motions A. On tha. day.
q What was the rnoonY A. II was 70 dismiss Ger |
case osgina,ins IN the Northern district OF New Ycrs
O How he dressed2 A. That could not say; his !
garments black, and he had hat in his hand do
not know ms can give any name to the hat; IL had
high
Q Can you describe any other article Of dress. A.
No; IL hakty coming in and going out
q DO you recognize the prisoner lMudd with |
much certainty in your own mind as
you do the o,hers' A. In my mind have doubt
10 either of the three.
DO yon recognize any Of the other prisoners The
barr do not know that ever saw any Of the others
before.
By Nv. Do~rKpQ State IL you can name the precise
dates of the conversations between Axerott and Booth
csanot; the place in the Office Of the hotel, and
the time early in the evening
O. How did You happen 70 hear them' A. !
sittng IN scat near them IN . hotel sometimes
overbear parties even when talking with Others.
q Weve they talking in a loud low tone Of voice