New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-19

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friendship Write to baltimore, a. expect IN sD'os
"Wednesday or Thursday, or II you can possibly come Oh
viii Tuesday meet you in Baltimore a. b. Ever sensiioe
TESTIMONY OF VIM. M'pHAIL
O. Are you acquainted with the handwriting OF tle
prisoner Samuel ArnOdi A. L am: ~.
O. Win you look at this letter and say II II Is Ii MS
handwriting. A. Yes, SIR; ,,,.,
his handwriting State that first. A. He once placed
In my hands written statement. ,,
O. What instrument did no place In your handsf a.
o. When did he write itf A. Onthe leth OF April
O. Wherei A. In the back room OF Marshal MO
Paiis office. -
and by me to the Marshall of Its arrival in Washing
ton don't know anything only was Informed OF ]"
having been handed to the Secretary Of Wa.
Q. And that p0per pgrpofting TO be state
ment Of all he knew of this affair YES, SIR
I TESTIMONY OF MARSHAL MrHAII.
! O. State whether ION ate acquainted with TIE name.
writing of the prisoner Samuel Arnold \. Only by
receiving a letter from him which was handed me oy
his father. and dated the .-th at Fortress Monroe ,
1.-THE letter being then shown the witness nc sal"J'
" Yes, this looks like IL this is the letter.
! o. Whose handwriting is that Endorsement on ,'e
backf 4 ] should think il was Mr.. ArnOld's.
Q. Have ycu looked e, The body Of tic letter a
No sir.
q. You locked at TIE haaawritlng' A. No. sir.
| q. Do you think ii II his 4. DO sir.
/ EXAMINATION or LITTLEToN NEWMAN.
O. Are yoa acquainted with the handwriting OF iAe
prisoner, Arnold \. No sir.
! e. Do you know him A. Yes sir.
/ e. VIII you state whether time lasi fail you
present when he received the letter in which The
and what the character Of this letter \. On the
s;h or 2th OF September there was letter brought TO
him; there was IN tie same twenty Or MY dollars,
DOM recollect which; remarked lie fusb or had
money! and having read the letter be haLdcd it over ~
me- read some hafado,en ilneS hut didn't understand
III It was yegy ambiguous IN It's language and aske
him what IL meant I've said 10 was something big ana
would soon see il in the papers or something to that
effect.
TESTIMONY or EIEAS j. HOMER.
O. Win You state whether not some days after the
ASSASSINATION of the Won arrested the prisoner
Samuel Arnoldi A. On the morning of the Eth Of
April last MrAlen and myself arrested him at Fortress
Monroe.
Q. Did you find any arms in his pcssessioni 4.
Yes sir; we took lin into q room q, the back Of the
store in which he slept and We searched his person and
carpet bag, ana got pistol lie Said he had another
pistol and knife also at his iatles place neaf Hooks
town road.
Q. What kind of pistol was that you iound' A. y
O. Was it like that Showing the witness pistol
A. No. sir. no; Ike that; but he said lie LEFT pistol
like that at LIS fathers.
b. Nr. Eping-Q Didn't he ssy he LEFT knife end
pistol at Hcoks0wn. aud what else did he say you
A. lie made verbal statement TO rs ~ Fortress Mon
roe; there letter given US by his father 10 give 10
him when we arrested him. and after We handed him
the letter and lie had read it, asked him If he was
going 10 give the statement, and he gave rs one To-
gether with the Of certain men connected with
the abduction rather with the kidnapping Of
Abraham Lincoln.
Air. Coke here and objected to any confession
made by the prisoner that would might tend 20 be
cYidCnCe against other OF the accused MI EVl1g
and Mr.. Coke had a lengthy argument which finally
the Of TIE witness Of the whole conversation
that took place 1T the time referred to- The witness
then continued and said The prisoner had stated 10
him that about two three weeks previous TO his ,on
held at the IycGan House, / asked him
who attended the meeting. and lie gave me
the names. Here the witness took ont paper and
read thereforrn.l j. w. Booth, ". OLaughln' q. w.
Atzerodt. John Surratt. and a man with alias OF
MosbE AMI small man, whose name could not recol-
lect
O. Did he say whether be present at tie meeting
himself, 4. Yes sir / asked lin if he correspondent
mentioned to him letter published in Tie Sunday
Alsrcan, where there Mes given a statement Of
a letter found IN j. WILKES Booths trunk ~hnd
1 mentioned to hin that the letter was
mailed at Hookstown. and signed SAM" when said
that Ae hid written that letter, and that evening
brought him 10 Baltimore asked him if Wilkes Booth
was acquainted any in -. Marys Charles Counties
and be said BE hadettcrs Of introduction 70 Dr. Muad
and Dr.. Queen; | asked who lie got them from; he
said lie did not know. proceeded to Baltimore and
left Linn in the office OF the Proyos,.Marsha
q. Did ne not state 10 you any description Of what
! took place AZ the meetings 4. Yes. sir.
q. What did he say about that' A. recOllect his
saying that Booth got angry him because lac said if
the thing not done that week he would withdraw
and that Booth then said he ought 10 be shot and he
replied IT tooktwo to play AT that game.
| q. Did he not say 10 you that he then withdrew
from TIE arrangement, and accepted position with
/ John W. Walton at Fortress Monroe A. Yes sir
q. Did he state the exact date when that meeting
was held at Washington A. He may have done so
O. State whether he told YOU that he had seen Booth
since that night. A. Mt recollect whether he nid
he had Booth since that evening but lie said he
would nOt have any connection with things if it was
not done during that week, and thar Booth said be
would be justified in shooting him ii be should with.
draw.
s,.s1o,rincon By NJ. Eriag.-Q. Did be not state
to you that DC dad amer that withdraw a. lie may
have SAID so. but DO MT recOcct
O. IL said 20 you, then, that after that time he had
had nothing further to DO with the conspiracy a.
@ Did he say where he went then, A. lie went 10
Fortress Monroe and accepted tho position under
Q. Did lie say what time he accepted II, A. Tho
first day Of April OF tie last day Of March, not
certain which
Q. DID he not say Ills interview was at Gauiie,'s in.
stead o! The LychaA House 4. may De mistaken.
but think he said the Iychan House know be SAID
wac on Louisiana'ave, between Si1thst andfoul aad
ahalfst.
q. Dad he say anything TO what had been The pur.
pose OF tho parties atscf tie tine he withdrew A lie
sld the purpose Ol TIE party when Ae member Of
H. was 10 aDd1ut the heads O,tAe Government. IS Ia
force the NO.'hto have exchange Of prisoners on some
thing ihat amount asked him also what bis part va
10 De IN tie conspiracy and ! think lie said that Ne
was 10 catch the Plesiicn, when lie was thrown from
tie box Of ae thcaeI. With the exception NJ o Laugh
In and Mfs. Surrpt. all tie prisoners joined in the
laugh which The idea Of Arnold catching Mr.. Lincoln
IN hIs aTals naturally Induced
q. Ola hf say anything as 10 lis writing letter 20
Booth, az 4 Booths impoftuD!ng him 10 cofaue in ia.
plO, A. There was sgoi deal Of talking AMI don't
Iccocct al that said.
O. Don you recol.ect lis SAYING that Booth wert 10
Liz fathers house twice after that IA orde? % get him