The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-23
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TRIAL OF JOHN n. sURRATT.

c,, ~ ""'y AO'-The trial OF John H.
Surratt was resumed this morp,ny IN the cr,n,i.
1'al court, Judge Fisher preaid,ng '-''''
AT. Pterrepont said at this stsgo ~ ,.. o..o
he W. anted to offer in evidence the paDer auolrsr
OF the other day by General Eclrert. The manor
was NOT IN Booths handwriting, but from the
inquiries that had been made about a he
thought ft proper that 1t should be offered m
evidence.
The letter refel red to is the one purportlna To
have been written by Booth to DR.. Stewart. en-
closing an amount of money. The offer was
accepted, the defense d, 'siring to show that the
two letters had been ofJe red as originals, they
being in different hand-wril ing, both purporting
to have been written on leave, torn from Booths
diary.
The Court ordered attachment is to issue for
the apprehension of e. w. CasS ell and I. J.
Osborne, conductors on the Northe. N Central
Railroad who refused to obey the subpoena Of
the Court.
Ezra B. Westfall sworn, and examined 6v Mr..
Pierrepont-In April, 1865, | was train maA ter
on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad; on April
13, 1865, was at the ferry at Williamsport; the
depot for the train south was three-quarters Of
a mile from the ferry; that day, April Is, two
trains arrived at Williamsport from Elmira; the
train leaving Elmira at s O'Clock arrived be-
tween II and o'clock, and the extra train
arrived later; man came in the
extra train, and was anxious to get
through; took him to be a Rebel spy or Gov.
ernment detective, and / gave him but little
satisfaction about the moving Of the trains as l
thought it was none OF his business how the
trains ran; I know the ferryman at Williams
port; it was between IL and 2 o'clock when the
man came on the extra train; l had
conversation with the ferryman at
o'clock that evening; it is nay impression
that the prisoner is the man who ques-
toned me about the trains, but [ cannot say
so positively; l did not see the man after that
conversation that day; on April l3, 1866, two
construction trains and one switching train
was running to Sunbury one train was run
ming between Watsontown and Sunbury, and
the switch train between Sunbury and the ferry;
| the construction trains were running fast at the
time, as the work was urgent; they made about
the same time as the passenger trains; 1 have
known extra fare to be charged for extra speed.
By Mr.. BTadley-My knowledge of the latter
fact is from persons telling me; there was al
| connection, or could be connection between,
the construction train and the regular trains;:
on April Is train left Williamsport; 1t left the
! ferry-a train left the ferry at o'clock from
Montoursville, another train left at $50, and
the other train at $50 P. M; these were the
only regular trains; the irregular gravel
! train left Montoursville; the switch engine ran
| from the ferry to Montoursville, and on April I3
| they were running at intervals all days; the
| gravel trains are allowed to run at the rate of
twenty miles per hour; I can't say what speed
| they made on April 13, 1854; / know trains were
running between the ferry and Montoursville;
am sure the trains went to Watsontown; the
| trains laid over night at MontoursvIlle; it is
| twenty miles from Montoursvlle to Watson
| town; trains that day started from Montourj-
vile to work; l can't say that con-
struction train left Montoursville at
| two O'clock; have no actual knowledge of the
fact they went to Watsonsown, but know they
were working between those points, the trains
went to Watsontown for water; there was at
that time no water between MontoursvilIe and
| WatSontown; there has been a water tank
erected and supplied since; / know of times
when the construction would run from Mon.
louisville TO Watsontown and back before
| two o'clock, and return in the after
noon / can't fix any date when
| that was done, however; l first saw the
prisoner in Court sitting where he is now; /
can't remember who pointed him out to me;
was summoned here by Mr.. Montgomery, who
testified at the assassination trial; was sum.
moned last Saturday week; Mr.. Montgomery
asked me what remembered about April Is; he
told me about a man passing through on the
18th of April; he told me at what time
| the man was supposed to have reached Williams
| port; he described the mans clothing; do not
| know that Montgomery said anything about
the man crossing the ferry at the first interview:
| he may have done so at the second interview;
| have summoned two witnesses for the prose-
| cution in this case.