The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Trial of karrait.

| WASHINGTON, June I.-Judge FISH
or read the opinion of the Court over
ruling the motion submitted for the de
fence on Saturday, asking to recall VII
nesses for the purpose of cross exalnin
alton. The defence voted an eXcep
ton and Mr.. Merrick desired to nile an
affidavit bearing upon the same matter
but the counsel for prosecution object.
ed and the Court said the affidavit
should have been filed before the Opin
ion was delivered.
DIR. Nav testified to his Identification
of the body of Booth by q scar on the
neck, occasioned by surgical opera
ton performed by himself.
John Greenwood, proprietor of the
Philadelphia House. repeated the tes
timony given during the conspiracy
trial concerning Booth and Atzerott; he
also recognized the prisoner as a ire
quent visitor to his house. The defence
noted an exception to the testimony OIL
this witness as irrelevant.
John M. Lloyd, who kept a tavern at
Snrrattsville. testified: Rented house
from Snrratt: have seen Harold before
the assassination; Harold stayed all
night, and the next day Surratt and
| AtzerOtt drove up; there were several
persons at the house besides them; they
came in, took drink and played cards;
after while Surratt called Inc in the par
lor, there saw two guns and 4 rope
on the sofa; there was also u monkey
wrench: never examined the articles
and cannot say that / could identify
them: prisoner asked me to conceal the
things, at first refused until he insist
ed there would be no danger to Inc, i
consented, / told him there was no place
to conceal such things, and he said nc
would show me q place. he then con-
cealed the articles in an upper room un-
der the joists; the prisoner said he only
wanted me to keep the things two OF
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 Washington, met Surratt
going down, and about three weeks
afterward, as was going down, l met
Surratt coming up.
The witness was asked If he had seen
Mrs. Surratt before the assassination
The witness said he did not wish to
90 into an examination on Mrs. Surratt,
as she was not here, and would not an
swer, unless compelled to by the eourt
The court instructed the witness to
answer.
| / met Mrs. Surratt in Washington
She was in buggy with young man,
whom | afterwards understood to be
Mr.. Weichman. Mrs. Surratt told Inc
TO have the shooting irons ready, as
tbrv would be called for soon. l told
her that the house was going to be
searched, and did not want the
things. "
Their conversation turned on John
Surratt. + said I understood soldiers
were after him for going to Richmond
Mrs. Surratt laughed heartily at the idea
and said that man must be smart
one TO 90 to Richmond and back in six
DAYS: that was about all she said at that
time, On April 14th, 20 was at MARI
horo and when returned home Mt six
o,cleck saw number of persons there,
,monp them Mrs. Surratt. When l
drove up Mrs. Surratt came to meet me,
handed me a package and told me to
have the guns ready and two bottles OF
whisky and give them to who ever
shonli call for them. That night Mrs.
Surratt and Weichman left, before dark.
The package handed me CONTAINED a
field glass.
At y o'clock that night Harold came
IN NV house, and q person with him on
horseback. | do not know the size OF
fine person referred to. Harold re-
marked when he came in "for Gods
sake to make haste and get those
things" then went up stairs and
croft one of the guns, a field glass and
Cartridge box, which which was all /
could bring and did not go back. He
conld not distinctly recollect, but I'M
dcrstood Booth to say either he or they
lad killed the President.
The witness thinks Secretary Sew
Jrd's name was also mentianed. The
corbiues referred to were covered when
handed to the witness. The carblnes
were uncovered by Harold, and the
witness noticed some things peculiar
,hout the locks. The witness was
asked to retire temporarily, and General
y. ID. Townsend was called to the stand
and produced u field glass and breastpin.
Lloyd was then recalled and exam
ined the field glass; could not fully
recognize it as the one handed to him
by Mrs. Surratt. He thought the glass
he saw had large letters on it. The wit,
ness was also shown the carbines and
Thought one of them was the same one
Harold took the cover off. He recog-
nizcd it by the popularity of the lock.
The other carbine was taken away by u
detective; have not seen the cartridge
box since taken away by Harold.
After the recess Lloyd was cross eX-
amined at length by the defense. He was
questioned so as to show that lie was i'll
the habit of drinking, and was forget
full, and had forgotten many things that
had transpired. The whole object was
to show that the memory of the wit
nass was MT to he relied on.