Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-06

man, and we viii show you his viIlainous
man. We will show you The man who went
out and locke d In the coach. We Will take q
step further, gentlemen, and produ the man
who called the time We Will produce you tn g
record of his Indictment Tor passing counter
feit money. We Will produce witnesses from
his own native town who would not believe
him on has oath. We will show You that he
did rot pass Mrs. Surrat's house, and no such
conversation as he states took place did take
place We Will show you that ii dark
on that night that you could not tell forty feet
from you whether q man was white or black
Who else do they produce! David @. Reed,
notorious gambler for twenty years. If
allowed, we VIII contradict him out of his own
mouth. We will show 10 You, by respectable
witnesses, that he is unworthy of belief on
oath. We will produce to you the record of
bis own indictment in this court for peniten-
tiary offense. vet TO be answered Who is the
next man! John Lee. We will contradict
Mr.. John Lee out OF his own mouth. We will
show TO you that he said he did not kaow
Surratt, but did know Atzerodt, and that
he made similar statement the very day he
the reputation of John Lee is so bad thai he is
not entitled TO belief Who next! VIM L.
Cleaver, fresh from the Jail, indicted for
murder: such a crime as manhood would
trial, was convicted OF manslaughter, and
new trial granted. We will show ysu that
Mr. VIM: E. Cleaver has stated he never
would be brought to trial again, because there
is strong arm stretched over him for b is pro.
lection. Who is the next' BENJAMIN w VAN
derpoel. A member OF the New York bar
comes here. q voluntary witness, to testify
against Surratt: swears he saw HIM at a GER
tam concert saloon, which was the Metropoli-
tan Hail We will prove 10 you that Mr..
Vanderpoel stated, in the city Of WASHINGTON
and elsewhere that he never saw Sur
ratt, and that he did no. know him
He says ne never was summoned. We will
gentleman, (pointing to Mr.. CarrinRton,)
and he did not contradict him when he said he
had never been summoned. We will show
you that he is not partner of Chauncey
Schaffer, but only allowed a desk in his Office,
and w as drlTen out or it after giving his testi-
mony; for MT Schaffer knew OF this telegram
and addressed duplicate communications to
the counsel for the prosecution and the defense.
Yet the gentlemen on the other side would not
make this fact known. They bring in Charles
H. NJ. Wood, q barber. We will show to you
you that John Wilkes Booth and his party
were not at Booker dC Stewards at the time
mentioned. Next we have Theodore Ben iamin
Rhodes. He says he visited the theatre on that
day. We win snow yon that the front door of
the theatre was kept locked and no one allowed
in. We VIII show you that from II toe o'clock
on that day there was rehearsal at tina,
In April, 1865. John Surratt was IN Canada,
from there he went 70 Europe, and after two
years he is found in the Papal service.
man who had received so much money from
the Confederate States, was driven TO enter the
service as q soldier. Hei followed To Egypt
and brought to this country in irons, allowed
to see no one but his counsel and his sorro wfui
sister. We will take him in March, 1865, to
Richmond, and frem there TO this city, arriving
here on the Sd April. He then went to Mon
treai, and registered hamself, settled his bill,
and on the 18th OF April, we will show you
that he was hundreds of miles from Washing.
ton, until brought here on the Swatara. We
will show to you that he was 400 miles from
this city on the 14th and Is OF April and had %
communication with any of the par,ie. charge d
with this offPnse. We will show you that te
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john Harrison and fulfilled a commission
with which he was entrusted. The register
on which he signed has most mysterlously
disappeared. and cannot be found
We viii show you that he went from
there 10 place on one of the great
arteries OF travel, where his name was regis
tered. and we have it. We win show you thar
while he was concealed in Canada he was al
lowed no newspapers. and knew nothing of
the danger OF his mother until upon the eve
of her execution, and 1t was then that he W;
restrained by force only from returning TO this
country AMI giving himself mp. Flight, they
say is evidence of guilt Who would net fiy
at such times had they been associated and
frequently seen with Booth. He was not AFRAID
OF justice: bnt, gentlemen. You know well
as that justice dropped her scales when she
entered that building at the lower end of Four
tlernen. that that handkerchief was dropped
by an officer of the Government in pursuit OF
Surratt. The Government knew that fact, but
would not di ivulge II.
After we have satisfied you OF all these
things. we shall confidently expect a verdict
of ssnot guilty. In conclu sion allow me to
say that we VIII bring testimony showing the
contents OF the articles Of agreement signed
by the conspirators, in which they pledged
themselves to commit the assassin alton. Mrs
Surratt's name was not there. John H. Sur
rats name was not there. These facts we
will show you by declarations from the mouth
of the chief conspirator, made before the act
was committed
Mr. Merrick suggested that the court now
take a recess until Monday morning.
Mr.. Darlington said he had no objection to
this.
MT Bradley said he desired to know If the
witnesses, Susan Ann Jackson and Rhodes.
would be recalled for cross-examination on
Monday morning!
MI. Darlington said they would be recalled.
At l2H o'clock the court took recess until
Monday morning at 10 O'Clock.
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EQUAL RIGHTS MRRTING-Female .Safrage
A meeting was held last evening at room No
IL, Washington RuiidinR, for the purpose of
forming an Eqnal Rights Association, which
was attended by ladies and gentlemen OF both
colors. Mr. John H. Crane presided, and Mrs
7. A. Archibald acted as secretary. The OBJ.