Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-06-14

Those familiar with the trial vii Het fail
~ remember that on several occasions Ell
forts were made By the siefslIce 70 introduce
STAT cmcslts and confessions made hy sever
al osthe prisoners TO their attea d5aiS. aiGd
ais, 70 Introduce some declarations nf
Booths. made subsequent ia The assassin
aiioil - evidence. Iisr AUTHORITIES how
have partial knowledge Of the>e state
mcniS. AMI the i,.ariTI-. Of them Can be-
more readily seen at this time. II WAS mn
sier>;oeri and believed II siie time 81 the
tri8l that there were about ole hHndrcd
srluesi MEN in was.iingTo:i ou the night Of
April IL. in the interest of the a-sas>lnS.-
IL seems strange that no attempt was made
TO learn wiao any 81 thee parties were.
and that no reward was offered for their APP
I,rplsen.ioi..
Ii Is also known that one Of the prosect'-
tors on the trial felt convinced. At the time
of the trial. that iersonages connected With
the government. and those beyond su>Pi-
cioa in the minds OF most. had Sonfc pre-
viou, kHowit,lgc of the aitemp. TO murder
Mr.. Lincoln.
The DELAY of two months in taking any
steps To- arrest >urratt. alter his whereof
bout. was known. and an offer had been
made 10 deliver him up. is. to say the least.
suspicious.
WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE rLoT.
One of the most singular matter, brough;
to li-h; by the investigation is the fact tina.
not oaly ws> the plot known in distant
part- Of tbc country. but that it Was under
..o5I who were to b. the victims. There
i much evidence going 10 sus-!aiItiate the
sup,sO>itior that there wa. no intention OF
taking Mr.. johnson, life, and that all the
movements around the kirkwood House
were simply nIadct To misleId. he follow
ing VIII safii - specimens OF this Kind Of
evidence:
" a town in Minnesota. at five O'Clock
ia the afternoon OF April II. a citizen stat
cd to his friends that Mr.. Lincoln anl Sec
rotary Seward had been assas>inatcd. NJ
twelve o'clock. noon. April Il. in auothrr
town Of Minnesota. several citizens came
70 the postmaster TO inquire whether any
news bad been received of the as>a>>ina-
lion of Mr.. Lincoln and Secretary Seward.
y. neither case was the name of the Wee
President mentioned. The statement OF
Harold at midnight. after the assa>sina-
ton. when. with Booth. he stopped al
I.lOyl's tavern at SrrrlttsvIlle. a 1t ap-
pears in the evidence taken upon the trial.
Was this well | am pretty certain that
We have a>~a>-iDaiei the President and
Mr.. seward " Fleeing u they did. Instant
w after the shot fired in the theatre. bow
could they have known that the plot had
failed 50 far "a Mr.. johnson wa, concern
ed. provided there was any intention TO
Kill him:
Besides ,hesc, there is evidence 10 the
same effect. from portions Of the country
widely separated from those mentioned
above. where knowledge of The fact that
Mr.. Lincoln aud Secretary Seward were to
be as,ae,inated wa. in the possession OF
quite number of persons.
some circumstances connected with the
hastY execution OF the con>pirat0Is-as If
there MAS al anxiety TO get them under
ground AZ the earliest nament-haye exei.-
ed attention and inquiry.
In conclusion. it may be said that the
above presents 4 fair statement OF the Kind
of matter which. 20 far a it has not been
already done will in due time. be present.
e. 70 the proper persons to receive the
same. Ii i believed TO c but 4 small por-
ton Of similar matter in tlle hand of those
who are using il 10 remove the mystery of
the great con piracy.