New-York tribune., 1867-08-02
THE SURRATTY TRIAL
.nauXENr FOR THE DEEENCE-MR. MRRRICKs
SPEECH CONCLUDED.

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=, snrratt was resumed this morning IN the Criminal
eorrt Judge Fisher presiding
~, Merrok resumed the consideration OF Sergeant
testimony and contended that Mr. Keizcher contra
s,.ed him Mrs Lambert testles to holding with sol
ecVbS indencal conversation which Sergeant Dye al
eel lad with Mrs Surratt An the features, time,
Eg circumstances correspond. If Dye had such con
yeiSS;s,r'" conversation with Mrs. Lambert it
as certainly Iemarsape coincidence. He
di n9 nmonr ilS @ as Sa} Of Sergeant Dye The other Viz
mes who he saw surrat at the eaer on the day of
teted Ny curiosity and entered the theater, aud ne
tere saw whom he now Identities as the prisoner.
Ar Meuick reviewed I,nodes Ssul,,0u, ana tls Wiz
- he confer Ccd wits cOntrddcted, because 10 was IN
rc.f az sworn oy RaYbold that man could not have
box there There was no place where the man could
Rhodes entered. Rhodes says all was quiet. Lam.
bert and others cOntradcted him, and say that
Sy Rhodes Again, Ishodes that the curtain
Down while LAMBERT who was the painter all day says
was not the custom to keep the curtain up during the
DAY H is also sl9wn that the doors of the theaer We're
licked and that there WAS no admission during the day
Thee two witnesses, Dye and Rhodes, are the only two
.o1sde @ that neither Is reliable TO meet Va6deTpoos
testimony IT is shown that there was no music,
20 3 de Rq rsS SS no E90S hat 'e he saw M
snfrat in IL is beneath the dignity OF contempt to
SG5 c5 tbd e ored baTSer %So ss ne shaved srratt % is
anotherOf their reanccs Here place ofrendezvOus
a6 Of two Years saratt is Identified as the man Who
was shaved but the conclusive answer to Woods test-
nOny is in the position IN which the prosecution have
placed sarat They show that Snrr9tt LETT 5d IrS S Tor
arrived here at 1850 IN the morning, and was physical
mpOsibty for him to have been in the barber shop at
dean shave all around HE face, and he says
Iurratt had goatee. Every witness in the ease
Sad P no b so0 Nov IS however s tS slight paaOSi @
that may be ordinarily, it becomes material
Tsferred TO the bad reputation of the witnesses
Cleaver and Reed in the most unspaTing terms, and
lout testimony
"nOt only TO dsbelieve, but spurn" II from them
Another witness is susan Ann Jackson. Her testimony
when She said she John surat that night, made
al impression on the jury hut she went TOO Iar ana
before Capt Olcott when she previously examined
The Government had Der testimony IN the Bureau OF
testimony given here She lied upon this stand, and the
prosecution knew IT, and did not check her He
believe more about this prosecution THAI
before This Tomas was con eo1fadiGte1 f aTss X RaShe %
band Susan says she didnot know Eliza, and her hus-
band Saws did Raohe says that at the time OF the
ASSASSINATION Susan said she had not seen surratt for two
weeks; but Rachel is not tine only one for Mr. CiaryOe
weeks and there is not man upon the jury who will not
believe Mr: Caryoe. miss Eitzpettck also settles tins
Of April she got him some supper and It was % there 1o
that Mrs surratt SAID TO Sus3n' Petng no 10 9SG e
B Also beside thsgood angel the bad angel OF the case
nend of tie case comes in also TO contradict her. WEIGH
man. the tend, the aecursed heDd whose conscience u
did not supper with his mother on April Susan Jack
lons testimony was then shown 70 be false. But he
OR. M believed, with full belief and conscious,
ness Of s he was saying, that that woman vas
staiss GoTern9ent, ST. Marc SAYS that suTatt
admits his presence here, but doubtful the jury
believed him. NL9 IS ST. Marie here to oetpy his friends
The Jingle If the yellow earth has been the knell OF many
mans honesty. What brought 81. Marie heref Does
for that iove Mr. Merrie here spoke against the Of
spies and infoers most dscTedtable TO the Govern
paid spies. He Thought he had now shown that none
of the witnesses who swore TO surratEs preseRfe
IA he 1t
ty for him To have been here, In spite OF gayel Trains
pnt Il is said that Booth wrote TO surratt from New
York 70 on and that they had changed their plans
Booth left NewY April and surrat did not leave
Goyrsal until the 10Th He certainly then, not
very to obey the commands OF Booth. re sup sup
tmOny the prosecution, this Beelzebub dd not know
At this pont 1is o'clock the Court took for
half an hour. -. - -
Pg UPSgb bts i Ks and aid; Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Cass
testify in the OF unmisable truth 70 surrStt
a beng in Elmra on the 18TH He said he positively
recognized him. not by face alone but by voice. aeuSn'
Ssnse do features but they recognize him
sSe6 sou hat ssrrat Was not there that suratt
had no connection with Booth from April = 1865 10 the
IN the conspiracy. He in the conspiracy to kill
aud he did leave Montreal on Booths mandate NC
MILAN says surrat told hun thae Booth saTIshaeiea nm
because the plan changed What plan
shown what plan was 70 ebsngssa be gsap
honed They first found conspiracy IN ApIl, lo,i Dy
three
Hudspeth some letters which Is again tortured INTO
evidence Of conspiracy To murder by Rs,or s
shen an ap0theoaTys clerk when IL Is shown that he
neyeT put up but one pEescRo9 aotb - b had ~ t
dine never been Mrs Surratts house surratt owned
horses, and this II Is argued Is evidence OF
diary settles that thing definitely and coneiuslyely' ana
shows that TIC plan was iQfIleei on lDat Wy
bad fallen and the COederacy was passing away booh,
with an Inained mind, what he had lOyed piSsbg
eWay and he then alone conceived the idea Of murde az
ne diary plainly shows; aud there rs no evidence that
the copracv was formed hour before the time spee
hed in the diary. The gentleman Sailo' - ~,
es tbe cSg1spraey as from booth who was the only
man who could give any information upon ths sun
& &kPoa sayb bat ne leters The defense wanted 70 get
ts declaration m but the Court ruled " out as ne
ags s0SFtS Ssd 10 ten lie at that time Tho diary must BE-
taken as evidence. and 1t makes case 700 pan Tdct ~ IN
this case He r NJ two parts IN TINS esSs oS hS
the Government OF ie represents
the United states, and why Is not tle ASSS'a' A'o!
MT Pierrepont said answer was wanted he would
H. Bradley asked If Mr. PIerrepOnt represented the
Attorney General m,
Mr. PierrepOnt said he did. . r,,s,-. T.. -. ,,, ,.,,
Il necessary to employ additional counsel ana what ""'
MI Merrek here referred TO remarks made by
Hr PierrepOut early in the trial IN whlch ne sI ~
the trial would set al rest TePG. Pat eco would be pro
duced Where are these recOrdsf They were brouEIi
here once and were & rsS6d WY TS
mercy for Mrs surratt winch the President never sa~
Would tses 6e5ied 'fSo Se PRESIDENT can the scene
Of that day be forgotienI Danguter "a ae PnSj Pjte
thropist went 70 the Executive Mansion 70 HH MA NPt TPt
for Mrs. surratt, and access was dsiep en- "a ft rhon
depicted the VISIT Of Anna SuTratt 70 the fIeaeh
she denied access and ne asSeH Ho S0Y ~ War "a
the head of tue Bureau OF Military Justice now cnecK
thenf or Isl true that who protested against ta
st,eT now sleeps I'M the waters OF the Hudson, aud
that another blew his own brains Out ~ 10 kahss @