The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-25

WASHINGTON, June 24.-Iu the Sur
raft trial Judge Fisher read the opinion
of the court, overriding the motion
submitted by the defense on Saturday,
asking the recall OF witnesses for the
purpose of cross examination. The
defense noted an exception, and Mr..
Merrick desired to file an affidavit
bearing upon the same matter, but the
counsel for the prosecution objected,
and the court said the affidavit should
have been filed before the opinion was
delivered.
DR.. May testified to his Identification
of the body OF Booth by scar on the
neck, occasioned by a surgical opera
ton performed by himself.
John Greenawall, who kept the Penn
sylvania House, and who testified in
the conspiracy trial concerning Booth
and Atzerott, also recognized the prts-
oner as a frequent visitor to his house.
The defense noted the exception TO the
testimony of these witnesses as irrele-
want.
John NJ. Lloyd, who kept tavern at
SuTrattsville, testitied-rented a house
from Mrs. Surratt; have seen Harold
and AIzeTOtt; saw them both at my
house about six weeks before the assas-
sination; Harold stayed all night; next
day Surratt and Atzerott drove up;
there We're several persons at the house
besides them; they came In, took a
drink, and played cards; afCer u while
Surratt called me into the parlor; there
Isaw two guns and rope on the sofa;
there was also a monkey-Wrench; new
er examined the articles and cannot
say that cOuldIdentify them; prison.
er asked me to conceal the things; at
first refused, until he insisted that there
would be no danger to me, 1 consented.
told him there was no place to conceal
such things, and he told me he would
show me a place; he then concealed the
articles in an upper room under the
TO keep the things two or three days;
AFTER these things had been concealed,
Surratt, AtZerott and Harold remained
some time playing cards. About three
weeks after as / was coming TO WASH
inglon 1 met Surratt going down, and
about three weeks afterwards as was
going down met Surratt coming upi
never saw the three In company except
the time stated.
Mr.. Darlington asked the witness 1T
he saw Mrs. Surratt before the assas-
sinatiOn.
The witness said he did not wish to go
into an examination of Mrs Surratt, as
she WIS not here, and would not an
swer unless compelled by the Court.
The Court instructed the witness to
answer.
Witness resumed-He said that on
the Tuesday before the assination he
met Mrs. SurrRtt at Washington; she
was in buggy with young man
whom / afterwards understood TO be
weichman. Mrs. Surratt told me TO
have the shooting irons ready as they
would be called for soon. / told her
the house was going to be searched,
and did not want the things. Their
conversation turned on John Surratt;
L said, understand the soldiers were
h EWNn E1R lob 4
Mrs. Surratt laughed heartily At
the idea, and said the man must be
smart one to go to Richmond and
back in six days; that was about all she
said that time. On April 18th, IS,
was at Marlboro, and when 1 returned
home at six o'clock, saw number of
persons there: among them Mrs. Sur
ratt. When drove up, Mrs Surratt
came to meet me; handed me a package
and told me to have guns ready, and
two bottles whisky, and give them to
whoever should call for them that
night; Mrs. Surratt and Welchman left
before dark; package handed me con-
tanned held-glass. At twelve that
night, Harold came to my house, and
u person with him; don't know the
size OF the person referred to, as he was
on horseback; Harold remarked when
he came in, "Gor Gods sake make haste
and get those things" / then went up
glass and cartridge-box, which was all
could bring, and did not go back; he
could not distinctly recollect, but un-
derstood Booth to say either he or they
had killed the President. Witness
thinks Secretary Seward was also
mentioned; the carbines referred to
were covered when handed to witness;
the carbines were uncovered by Harold
and witness noticed things peculiar
about the locks. Witness was asked
TO retire temporarily and General E. d.
Townsend called to the stand and pro-
duced a field glass and breast pin.
Floyd was then recalled and examined
field glass; could not fully recognize II
as the one handed to him by Mrs. Sur
rat; he thought the glass he saw had
large letters on II. Witness was also
shown the carbines and thought one
was the same one Harold took the cover
OFF, recognized 1t by popularity of lock;
the other carbine was taken away by a
detective; have not seen cartridge since
taken away by Harold.
After recess Floyd was cToss-exam-
ined ut length, defense questioning him
SO as to show he bad been in the habit
OF drinking and was fOrgetful and had
forgotten many things that had trans
pired, while the object was TO show the
memory OF witness was not TO be re-
lied on.