The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-12-14


aud said This makes the thing all right
referring to the assept Of the rebel author.
Eities, to tire assassination Of Lincoln. 1Sr.
| Linoom, Mt. 5UhnsonF tho Secretary of
War, Judge ChHee, and Gsheral Grant were
to be victims OF this plot Mr. Thompson
said, on ono of these occasions, that IL
would leave the Government entirely witl,i
hout head" "From the whole OF his
| (Suuatt's) conversation, / inferred that he
was 10 tale6 his part in the conspiracy on
the President aud his Cabinet"
- On tho 2lih Of April" David 9, Reed
testified, about o'clock, as Il was standing
! Just below the National Thoater, saw John
| Il, Surratt, and we bowed to each other as
he passed. F,4t
Louis J. Weiohmaun, clerk in the officd
of General Hoffman, Cummissary General OF
Prisoners, testified that he boarded with
| Mis-. Surratt, in Washington, from the lst
Of November, 1864, until the assassination
took place that ], Wilkes Booth was a
| frequent visitor at tho house, having priA
! vate interviews with Mrs. Surratt and with
John IL Surratt, for hours at q time; that
the latter engaged boarding at the Herndoh
House for Lewis Payne, who attempted the
assassination of Secretary Seward that
Surralt returned from Richmond on the 3d
OF April left immediately for Montreal,
where no arrived on tho 6thj and returned
on the 18th. This witness also stated that
Atzerodt, who was to have taken Vice
fresidont Johnson's life at the Kirkwood
House, first called to see 'Surratt soon after
Booth began visiting at Mrs, Surratts and
! that he must have called ten or fifteen times;
thut Surratt, when he returned IRON Richa
mond, had nine or 'eevcn $40 gold pieces,
1 but had no gold when he started to Rich.
mond that ON the l4th Of April, the day of
the assassination, at Mrs. Surratt's request,
he drove out with her to Surrattsville,
1 whcro she had private interview with j.
NJ. Floyd her tenant of the hotol.
This Mr. Floyd testified that Eve OF sig
weeks before the assassination, John II.
Surratt David Il, Harold and G. A. Atzerodt
came to his house, and that Surratt asked
him to couceallor him until called for two
carbines, some ammunition. q rope and d
monkey wrench that Mrs. Surratt, on Tues.
day before the assassination, told him TO
get them out ready, that they would be
wanted soon; that on the ldth of April hd
found Mrs Surratt at his house, who told
him to have those shooting.irons ready that
night as thcro would be some parties who
would call for them; tha; about midnight
Harold camo to his house and said Har-
OH, fo' God s sake make haste and get those
IthlnyS; tnat he gave nm the carDlne5
' whisky aud field giass that the man who
WAS with Harold said " Twill tell you some
news, if you want to hear it. am
. apretty certain that wo have assassinated
: the President and Secretary Seward y that
he supposed the man to be Booth, &c.
Another witness, Il. H. Smoot, who liveC
: about milo from Surattsville, on being
II asked il he knew whore Surratt was (afte
n he had been charged with beifE one OF th,
couspirators) smiled and said be reckonet
John was in New York by that time. o.
;, being asked why. lie answered: My God
y Johnsknows ahabout the murder. DO yoV
= suppose he is going to stay in Washington
), aud let them catch hiu? = coulC
y lave told you that this thing was coming
! to pass six mouths ago" lie added; "Keel
!, that in your own skin, my boy. Doa't men
:, ton that; if you do, twill ruin me forever.
y Such is about the substance of the test
= mony that viii probably be produce,
= against the prisoner. 1t is such as eor
= tvicted his mother and sent her toyiier fua
:, account. His case will, OF course, be trie'
j in a civil court and it is possible that, dr
,, ring the time that has elapsed since the fol
: mer trials, additional evidence may hav
y been discovered and if 50, it is not in
! probable that such evidence may have
!. bearing on the case of the distinguishe
) prisoner at Fortress Monroe,