The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-01-09


On ths.TaesdaY before the assassination 81
tbe President, was coming e Washington,
and ! met Mrs. Sufratt on Tie road
When she first preached the subject to me
about the articles At my place, did moi know
what she had reference to. Then She came
out palmer, and asked me about the shooting
irons" I told her they We're hid away far
back. X She told me to get
them ready; that they would be wanted soon.
| told her that had an idea Of having them
| buried; that was very uneasy about having
them there. F.- 4@ss#4@ /. -
I On April 18th, the day ofthe assassination, |
| went 10 Marlboro to attend a trial there, and
in the evening, when got home, about five
O'Clock, found Mrs. Surratt there. She met
me by the wood pile, as | drove in the yard
with some fish and oysters in my buggy. She
told me to have those shooting irons ready that
night there would be some parties who would
call for them. She gave me something wrap
ped in piece Of paper, which took up stairs
and found to be a field glass. 3
The carbnes and cartridge boxes remained
concealed between the ioists and ceiling of an
unfinished room until that Friday, when Mrs
Surratt gave me information that they would
be wanted that night X y /
then took them out, according to her directions,
and put them in my d-room, so as to have
them convenient for any parties that might
call that night. also prepared two bottles
OF whisky according TO her directions. =
Just about midnight on Friday, the 18th,
Harold came into the house and said Lloyd,
for Gods sake, make haste and get thsse
things" From the way
he spoke, had been apPrised that already
knew what I was to give him. Booth did not
eetfse II; lie E7aaiEeed On his heEse. HaEelA
came into the house and got the whisky and
took it out to him. and he drank while sitting
on his horse. They took
only one of the carbnes Booth said he could
not take his, because his leg was broken. X
x just as they were about leaving,
Boo:h said: 81 will tell you some news if you
wang to hear it," or something to that effect.
well, " said he, Il am pretty certain we have
assassinated the President and Secretary Sew
ard. Between eight
and nine next morning the news was received
Of The assassination OF the President.
The carbine taken from Booth at CARROTS
barn, On being shown to the witness. was iden-
iicd as one Of those that had been left with
aim by Surratt g..
took of the cover Of one of the carbincs
that Surratt brought me, and the peculiar kind
Of brecch attracted my attention, never having
seen one like it before
[SPcnccr's breech-Ioadiug carbines, sixteen
charges.
FAILURE OF 4 PLOT TO CAPTURE THE PRESIDENT
Louis WeIchman's testimony; During
- I
some time after March 4, | retired from my
Office one day at half. past four o'clock.
went TO my room, and rim, ing the bell for Dan,
the negro servant, told him to bring me some
water, and inquired at the same time where
john had gone. He told me massa John had
left the front Of the house with some others,
on horseback, about half past two O'CLOCK
On going down to dinner found Mrs Surratt
in the passage. She was weeping bitterly,
and | endeayoled to console her She said,
John is gone away; go down to dinner, and
make the best Of your dinner you can!" At
ter dinner went 10 my room, sat down, COM
menced reading, and about haIf-past six
O'Clock Surratt came in very much excited in
fact rushed into the room. He had IA revolver
in his handsome Of Sharp's revolvers, four
barrciIed revolver, small one, you could
/ carry il in your vest pocket. He appeared to
be very much excited. [ said *'John, what
is the matter; why are you so much excited?'
He replied, L will shoot any one that comes
into this room; my prospect is gone. ny hopes
are blighted?' In about ten minutes after
ward the prisoner Payne came into the room
He was also very mach excited and 7 notice.
he had tn}ss - ~ it fifteen minutes af,v-TI-
ward .T}o0tiT calf, into ,trp roor7 ana Rnnth
Was So p.ritrf ;hat he ;ya!t44 around ~.