Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-29
sURRATF,S TRIAL.
Proceedings on Friday.

ness testified that Mrs. Surratt's manner.
all the way down, on April 18th, to Sur
rattville. was lively and cheerful. We ar
rived at SurrattYille,and removed, a pack
age from the buggy, and gave it to Mrs.
Surratt. She went into Lloyd's parlor.
In short time she called me and desired
me to write letter for her to Mr.. Nothrie.
She told me to write that unless Mr.. Moth
rie came forward and paid Vhis bill at once,
she would bring suit against him.
1 wrote the letter in the house on that
Jay, April IA, 1860. She desiredme also to
compute for her the interest on $40 for
thirteen years. l sealed the letter and put
it in an envelope, and she gave it to Mr..
Gwinn to be delivered to Mr.. Northie.
then went and drove the buggy up and
down the road. At $50, as Mrs. .Snrratt
got in the buggy to go to the city, l saw
Mr.. Lloyd, and he recognized me and no.
ticed that the. front buggy spring was
broken. He called Mrs.Surratt's attention
to it, and she told him to get. string and
fix it. He did so; don't remember seeing
Mrs. Offult that day.
l left Surrattyille to return home at $50.
On our way home Mrs. Surratt said she was
anxious to be home at 8 O'Clock; that she
was to meet gentleman there. l asked if
it was Booth; she made no reply. said
something about Booth not acting, and she
replied: Booth is done acting, and is go
ing to New York soon, never to return"
She asked me if did not know Booth was
crazy on one subject. 1 said did not, and
he dropped the subject. .esdassr-t2.L2
On returning saw pickets returning to
Washington. About two miles from Wash
ington is high hill, and the city was il
Illuminated, and made some remark about
the return of peace. She replied L am
afraid all this rejoicing will be turned to
mourning, and all this gladness to sorrow"
L asked her what she meant, and she said,
after sunshine there was always storm,
and that people were becoming too licen-
tious, and God would punish them r1sI -E
Just as we came to Pennsylvania avenue,
at the Capitol, we saw a torchlight process
sion and the horse ehied = w Atiirnef ala
Second street and arrived home at nine. or
few minutes before. / helped Mrs. Sur
ratt out and returned with the buggy to-
wards the stables. .. 4--- -a- ~ .f=
Then went down and took supper, and
Mrs. Surratt showed me letter from her
son. While l was eating heard some one
ascend the stairs outside very quietly. and
Mrs. Surratt answered the door. The steps
went to the parlor. They sounded like a
mans steps and / then, about five min
| utes afterwards, heard some steps go down
stairs.
| Mrs. Surratt did not come down stairs.
and after supper 1 and Others went TO the
! parlor, and Mrs. Surratt, after while, asked
I me which way the torch-light procession
J going to serenade the President, and she
said she would like to know, as she was in-
/ terested. y -
L recall her manner now;she- appeared
nervous, and | asked her what was the
matter, She said she did rot fell well !; she
had beads in her hand and was walking up
and down, and she once asked me to pray
! for her intentions. asked what intentions
i were, and 1 said never prayed for any
ones intentions unless / knew what they
were.
| Anna Surratt and the others were
laughing and talking, and Mrs Surratt
says: "Oh, you are making too much
! noise" and in a playful manner drove us
4 from the room. Mrs. Surratt, Mrs. Fitz
patrick, jenkins and myself left the room
together, and left Mrs. Surratt alone in the
parlor. l went to my room after few
minutes. SOS s7 -s,
Mrs. Surratt and Mrs. Jennings occupied
the room above me. and bade me good
night at my door. Miss Fitzpatrick occu-
uied Mrs. Surratt's room. was unwell
| that night, and was out in the yard during
! the night, and about 2 o'clock got back to
bed, ana was just falling asleep when the
bell rung violently. | went down stairs
1 raped on the door, and asked what was
wanted, and was told that Government Off
GERS were there. and wanted to find John
81. Surratt and j. Wilkes Booth.
1 replied that neither were there. They
demanded admittance anyhow. went and
/ informed Mrs. Surratt, who said, /" Let
4 them in, for Gods sake;I expected the
fhouse to be searched" then let them In
1 there was half a dozen of them. Among
them l remember Clarvo and McDevit, OF
this city. siu l. f5E
The house was then searched, and they
searched my room. l asked them for Gods
sake to tell me what had happened and why
this search was made, when one OF them
turned and asked me if did not know
what had happened that night. replied
did not. The officers appeared astonished
then. Mr.. Clarvo said, II will tell you,
and he pulled out piece of a cravat with
blood on it and he said, do you see that
blood? 1t is the Presidents blood. j
Wilkes Booth has murdered Abraham Lin
coin, and John III. Surratt has assassinated
the Secretary of State" Ear
T. then went down stairs with Clarvo and
McDevit, and Mrs. Surratt came out of bel
room, and L said: g What do you think
President Lincoln has been assassinated
and Booth did itr" She raised her hands
and said: My God, you don't tell me so.'
At this time Mrs. Surratt- Mrs. Jennings
and Mrs. Fitzpatrick were not in the par
lor, but they afterwards appeared. After
talking some time Anna Surratt wept anC
said, .sOh, ma, all this will bring suspicion
on our house." We were speaking of Boott
having been there an hour before the mur
der. -
Mrs. Surratt said, ,"Anna, come what will
l think Booth was only an Instrument t6
punish this proud and licentious people,
| did not see the man whose footsteps
heard in the evening. was in the dining
room, and the windows were closed.
returned to my room, and did not see Mrs
Surratt again till the morning of the 18th
at breakfast. l told Mrs .Surratt suspect.
ed something, and was going to the Govern.
mentand would state the names of all l haC
seen in Booths company, and bring the
guilty parties to justice.
The witness detailed his trip to Canads
in search of Surratt; also testified that ht
. was at Mrs. Surratt's house on March 18th
and Payne, Booth and SCrratt came in my
room at P. NJ. Surratt came in first, anC
had his pants tucked in his boots, and wal
much excited, and had a four barrelled pis
tol. Surratt raised his arm and said in al
excited way, "My hopes ase gone, my
prospects are blighted; / want something
to do; can't you get me a clerkship." HI
was much excited. told him not to b.
foolish.
Payne came in next, dressed In gre,
clothes, wearing pistols.
Booth came in third, dressed in black
and had a riding whip. Booth walke'
about and at first did not notice me; Payne