The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-18
The Statement of Marie, on which
Surratt was Arrested.

! gwen yesterday, stated that the man
who gave the information which led
to the arrest of Surratt is q French
Canadian named ST. Marie. He was
formerly Union soldier, and after
wards served in the Papal Zouaves
Both he and Surratt, it is alleged,
were in love with the same lady in
Washington, and St NfArie betrayed
Surratt through jealousy. The fol-
lowing is said to be the affidavit of
st. Marie, on which Surratt was first
arrested while serving as a Papal
Zouave. 1t will be seen the traitor
to his friend swenrs not only to all he
pretcnds to know. but to what he be-
lieves and imagincs. He also argues
little
81 was living in Maryland, at
small village called Ellangowan, or
Little Texas, about twenty-five or
thirty miles from Baltimore, where L
was engaged as teacher for period
of about five months. [ then and
there got acquainted with Lewis j.
Weichman and John II. Surratt, who
came to that locality to pay n visit to
the parish priest. At that first inter
view q great deal was said about the
war and slavery, the sentiments ex-
pressed by these two individuals be-
course Of the conversation, / remem-
Der Surratt to have said that Prcsi-
dent Lincoln would certainly pay for
all the men that were slain during
the war About month after re-
moved to Washington, at the instiSa-
ton of Weichman, and got q situa-
ton as tutor -, where he was
himself engaged. Surratt visited us
weekly, and he once offered to send
me South, but declined [ did not
remain more than month at Wash
ington, not being able to agree with
Weichman, and enlisted in the army
of the North, as stated in my first
statement in writing to General King.
l have met Surratt In Italy, at small
town called Velletri. He is now
known under the name of John Wat
son. | recognized him before he
made himself known to me, and told
him privately, You are John Surratt,
the person / have known in Mary
land He acknowledged he was, and
begged of me to keep the thing Sc
cret. After some conversation we
spoke Of the unfortunate affair of the
assassination Of President Lincoln:
and these were his words: Damn the
Yankees, they have killed my mother.
But / have done them as much harm
as I could. We have killed Lincoln,
the niggers' friend He then said,
speaking Of his mother: Had it not
been for me and that coward, WEIGH
man, my mother would be living now.
1t was fear made him speak; had he
kept his tongue, there was no danger
for him. But If I ever return to
America and meet him elsewhere, l
shall kill him He then said lie was
in the secret service of the South, and
Wcichman, who was in some depart
ment there used to steal copies OF the
dispatches and forward them to him
and thence to Richmond. Speaking
of the murder, he said they had acted
under the orders of men who are not
yet known, some Of whom are still in
New York and ,thers in London. [
I am aware that money is sent to him
yet from London. When left Can
ada, he said, had but little money,
but l had a letter for a party in Lon
don I was in disguise, with dyed
hair and false beard. that party sent
me to hotel, where he told me to
remain till would hear from him;
after few weeks he came and pro-
posed to me to go to Spain, but de-
clined, and asked to go to Paris.
He gave him seventy pounds, with o
letter Of introduction to . party there,
who sent him here to Rome, where
he joined the Zouaves. He says he
can get money in Rome at any time.
[ believe he is protected by the clergy,
and that the murder was the result of
a deep laid plot, not only against the
life of President Lincoln, but against
the existence of the republic, as we
are aware that priesthood and royalty
are, and always have been, opposed to
liberty. That such men rs Snrratt,
Booth, Weichman and others, should,
of their own accord, plan and execute
the internal plot which resulted in the
death of President Lincoln, is impos-
sible. There are others behind the
curtain who have to make these
scoundrels act. / have also asked
| him if he knew Jefferson Davis. He