The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
. ThsTrial Of Snrrntt.

surrstt was resumed to-day before
tJudge Fisher.
l. Tie prisoners brother Isaac, occupied
the seat by him.
Sergeant JOSEPH NJ. Dyer was called
and testified: As we passed out Oh -
street a woman raised q WINDOW anu
asked what was wrong down there,
told her President Lincoln had peen
shot: abe asked who bad done 1t, ana
told her Booth; she asked how l knew
that and told her man who knew
him Jaw him ON that night; the moon
was light enough to see objects distinct.
liz: / believe the moon was up but can
not say it was at full. co..
The woman was an elderly lady, but
Icould not say whether she was stout
or otherwise. She resembled the lady
Mrs. Surratt, who was tried at the Ar
senal; have seen the house twice; it Is
No. SAL H street. The house is on the
right hand side of the street going to-
wards Camp Barry. ..,
The witness then described the mouse
known az the Surratt house. Ise wo-
man asked questions in an ordinary
tome. but witness does not recollect
whether the woman was much excited.
When the witness saw Booth, Snrratt
and the other party at the theatre,
neither of them was Disguised.
On the cross examination, by Merrick,
the witness in the main repeated his dl'
rect testimony.
Ouestion-In answering questions put
by the prosecution, why did You de-
scribe the third party as a neatly dress.
ed man and not mention his name, as
You knew him to be Surratt! =,
Answer-Because / did not think II
was necessary until / was asked the
question.
Ouestion-Why did you use Booths
name and not Surratt'sf
Auswer.Because / did not deem II
necessary to mention Surratt's name.
Ouestion-Were you not told not to
name him until askeds
Answer-No, sir; ! was not. Witness
saw Surratt in March last, at the jail
here: was admitted by Mr.. Darlington
to see if he could identify him as the
man who was under the gas-light tna'
night, and recognized him immediately;
did not tell Surratt for what purpose he
went there; but when he saw him, ac'
costed him with, HALO, John !" The
face witness saw in the jail was the face
he saw in his dreams, and the face he
saw in front of the theatre.
Ouestioh-And this is the mar, (point-
ing to Surrrat.)
answer--Yes sir; that is the face.
Ouestion-Would you have known
that face if you had seen it elsewhere.
Answer-Yes sir; it is n face that once
seen is not easily forgotten. L did not
request to 90 the Jail to see him; went
because was requested to 40 SO.
Mr.. Merrick asked the witness what
his religion was, but withdrew the
question upon an objection made by
Mr.. Darlington.
The witness was Intercepted at
length as to his testimony before
the military commission at the time OF
the assassination trial endorsed what
he there said and insisted upon its cor
rectness, except in some slight partien-
lars as to the height of the man, NC,
there was variation and strong efforts
were made to make the two statements
appear contradictory.
Sam'l G. Reid, SwOrn-He had known
the prisoner from quite boy and saw
him in Pennsylvania avenue at half
past two O'Clock on the day of tine assas-
sinatiOn.
have had nOdding or bowling ac-
ouaintance with the prisoner. As be
passed, there Was u recognition by both.
Ills dress on that occasion attracted my
attention. His dress looked of cOun-
try manufacture: was got up III very
good style; had upon his feet n pair OF
brass SPURS with large blue rowels, and
evidently were bran new; wore Oh his
head u felt hat, not very low-crowned,
wide-brimmed, that Was straw-colored.
He was passing up the avenue at an Or
binary pace.
Mr.. Bradley desired to have the priv
ilege of recalling Reed for cross-eXam-
nation at some future time, after the
defense should lave consulted with a
with witness now out of the city.
Mr.. Darlington objected to this course
as being without precedent. and there
was no rule of court that justified such
course.
Mr.. Bradley argued shat it was a
matter within the discretion of the
court. The defense expected to prove
that Reed had made statements out OF
court contradictory of what had been
testified to in court.
The decision of the question was re-
served until tomorrow morning.
Allen Jackson (colored) testi-
fed Surratt was Mt his mothers house
in Washington ON the evening the Pres
ident was assassinated and identified
prisoner had never seen him before that
time or since, till last week, when he
was brought into court.
James Livingston, book-kecper at the
st. Lawrence Hotel, Montreal, testified
that man named John Harrison regis
tered his name there Oh the 9th of April,
1865, and left on the 10th for New York.
The same party arrived Oh the 18th. and
left almost Immediately. Could not
identify the prisoner Us the man. .,
Mr.. Bradley said the defence wonld
admit Surratt was in Montreal on the
9th and 18th of April '65 and that he
registered the name of John Harrison.
They admitted the names were in Sur
rats hand writing.
Mr.. PierpOint said the prosecution W Is
then saved much evidence. A coat was
exhibited and identified as one simiiai
to that worn by Harrison.
The Court took recess until 10 o'clock
to morrow.