New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-28


note 20 Davis in which be saws be has received dispatch
from Gen Hardee requesting thai be may be furnished win
funds 9r secret service AZ the same time as appear D tne
reply OF Benlmn OF the dato he incoses letter om
kiSo GEORGE CouSrY Va. Jan. TO- 1865
2 a 'A oar ass Sl,c me from Warrington for fuud Let me-
her re- give statement end ash i9 an order received from TIE
winch yielded me 1000 90 Norlea funds This has borne
peuei o u iof Iu months ne4ali t~o nos.e aysns r1
ed u have been much more bad We not used our private
would be 5utei The Hon secrstary pleasure
, which cen nave @ 10 continue our bor. Commanding T.
to attention respectfully your o0eaisns ,s',sni
P sUpoa hearing hO you shall lesve for Washington
This communication was referred by Seldom to the Secretary
Of State.
In reply this reference and the Enclosures Benjamin says
ris Is ol, one way N Thi'n NEE ans ~, CON STn
with the money and the must be stated so h o can
draw requisition.
1t thus becomes satisfactorily established that money
himself
Tie that Surratt in the secret service Of the State
Department that he in Richmond the 25th Of March;
that he then bad interview with both Davis and Benamin
that be returned 70 Washington the 81 Of April aud there
had in bis possession considerable Of money gOld
that be left for Canada and returned again 20 Washington
the 18Th Of April and that his connection and completely
and presents Of connected testimony duplicating
Davis directly the assassination of the President which
ordinary trial for murder would go very far toward the
conviction Of the person accused II Is also significant fact
that Booth at the time of the assassination his
sion the ge cipher which was used by Benjamin appears
the testimony given Aessr Dana Eckert npon the
conspiracy trials page 49, 1t 10 be possible that Booth
might have obtained agent OF the Rebel State De-
partmen But connected he by the testimony with Davis
and Indirectly by his visits TO Richmond and IN
directly through Surra circumstances that he In
session OF the cipher used by in the office OF the Sec
rotary STATE lesves doubt that he obtained
from Benjamin Davis and that II the means by which
the secret correspondence between the parties carried on
not unimporan IN this connection quote the words
used by Davis when the dispatch TO John c. breckenridge
announcing tae assassination OF President Lincoln was 49,
Lewis Bates testified that Davis remarked. well Cen
ea don't know II were 10 be done at al IL were better
that were well done and the same had been done 70 Amy
johnson the beast and Secretary stanton the oo Woad tnen
be complete These are not the words 81 man VINO was
declaration Of one who realizes that crime WAcn nc mas
anticipated has been committed but IN part only anl az
moment too late % save cause already rendered desperate ny
the conflicts and psateTs OF war ,,,
that Mr. Lincoln bad been esassnaed is 10 harmony
with the conversation OF his agents thompson tucker ana
Montgomery Ia the ysar 1864 and the early part OF e6o
confidence Of Thompson and others and was
frequently employed n the secret service Of the heD uo'erh
ment.
Government the United States aud far the Committee
integrity In oil particulars He SAYS bis testmony In
had with Jacob Thompson the sumner Of
Northern states who were ready willing 60 any lengths
the Of the South and he added that be could At
any time have the yrent Lincoln and any other OF bis adj
yisers that he chase pui out OF the way.
lie would have put TO point out the man that ne e9nsdered
of it, and not let him know anything abon It necessary
and that they would not consider 1t crime when done or
he about do repeated the conversation to MI
and ready any ngthsdo anything under the sun
spang of events that occurred after the assassination
Montgomery says have been Canada since the assass
nation after met Beverley Tucker at Montreal
said great wrongs that the South had
ceved hands OF Mr Lincoln and that he deserved his
and pity he hadn't met with II long ago
lie said too bad that the boys had not Oeeh aoWeu 70
"A when they wanted TO-.
His boys" was an expression applied the Confederate
soldiers and Others their employ had been engaged 10
raids and who assass1ae the President related
conversation had with Mr.. Thompson 10 Mr. W G. Cleary
why q sort OF confidential secretary 70 Mr. Thompson
and lie told that BootA Of the parties to
whom Thompson had reference, and he said. IN refer
ence 10 the assassination thar bad the whole work
had not done which understood him 10 that they
Intended 70 assanae greater number than they succeeded
The who work hot beag doae they had better look out;
done yet and he added that they would be
conquered and would give up Ceay said that Booth
had been there visiting Thompson twice the Winter; he
thought the last time in December he had also been there
IN the Sumner
In his testimony before the Committee, Montgomery says:
In almost every part of Canada ranging from Montreal
there heard thompson Tucker and Clay certainly
general against officers Of the Government
The lad bsf look ont f5r 6enseves IS our people are
getting exasperaed They will get themselves into trouble
Thus that there substantial harmony between
evidence furnished by Official documents found in the
hands Of the rebel authorities and me testimony OF Mont
gOmerv the participation OF Davis Thompson Clay
When the Committee entered upon this investigation in
pr last the evidence the War Department accepted
conclusive IS to the guilt OF Jefferson DAVIS The
Judge hal taken the adayits Of several
Government and who had been present at an
interview between surratt Davis and Benja
General good faith and in the full belief thar the a
dayits stating only which was true The statements
tcular with facts derived fom documents and ohor trust
worthy sources The Committee however thought wise TO
b sea apen 3, odso H seve of the wn
when brought before the Committed retraeted entirely the
which they had made in their afidsvs and de-
every partic1Ir They failed however the Com
mee consideration which seemed 20 the
Committee reasonable explanation for the they had
pursued the Committee not at this time able to say
5 nave e the
But the reraoon made by Of them deprive them OF all
claim TO credit and their statements far mpeaon throwed
we've taken bv Judge Holt that the Committee IN
the they made and this report
dregaded entirely the testimony OF al aose PERSONS whose
standing has been Unprotected.
On the other hand the Committee have relied very largely
upon documents found in the Rebel archives and have nitro
duced only testimony OF those persons whose reputation Tor
truth and yeracy not been mpaehed by any OF the IN
that have been made Nor has II been tue pa
pose OF the Committee Draw unnatural forced neences
from Trustworthy testimony which they have examined
bat rather present to the House truthful statement OF the
facts -. -, So. A.,
Executive Department of the Government Tor reasonable
time and by the proper means, 10 pursue tne INVESTIGATIONS
the OF asceftalulnR Al
innocent OF the great crmo OF which they we're
charged 10 the Presidents II Is due 60 them tna
thorough investigation should DO made that theT may DE
relieved from the suspicion that nov TesIs upon them
on the 9tocg band they are guilty II Que to justice TO
the Country and to the memory OF MIN who was victim OF
foul conspiracy that The og4eors should suffer the Just
penalty Of law The Committee OF the opinion that
the work cation should be further prosecuted and
therefore conclusion they recommend the adoption o. the
following resolutions:
Rred That there definite inslcencY In the present
interfere with the trial Of Jefferson
Davis the treason any other crime for which there
probable ground arsnng hm before the tribunals Of the
country.
Red Jur,e That is the dutp Of tho Executive Deparin en
with the Investigate Of the hs CON
with 4 the late President Abraham Lincoln