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OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CAPTURE OF
6URRATT.
CONSUL aENEAL uALEs REPORT.

Consul General Uale's letter iu full rela-
tive 10 the arrest Of Surralt. It is dated
at Alexandra, Egypt, and addressed 10
Secretary Seward: ....
"AaENcr AND CONSULATE GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER
IcA. ALEXANDRIA,, Easpr, Nov. ~, f's
1860.
"SIR-I have tbe honor to report that
in consequence of telegram, received via
Csnstantinople, from Mr.. King, United
States Minister at Rome, and of several
letters received from Mr.. Winthrop, Uni
ted States Counsul at Malta, the Mediterra.
mean wire being unfortunately broken be-
tween Malta and this place, have arres-
ted mun csl!ing himself Walters, dressed
in tho uniform OF ZouaSe, who arrived
al Alexandria on the 23d inst, in the
steamship TriFoli, fio:n Naples, and who
is believed to be John Harrison Surratt,
one of The conspirators for the assassina-
lion Of President Lincoln.
""The telegram and some Of the letters
htving been delayed in the Transmission, l
was fortunate in finding tho man still in
quarantine among the tlird-class paesen-
gers, Of whom there is no list whatever.
1t was easy to distinguish hin, among sew
enty eight Of ,hese by his Zpuave uniform,
aud scarcely less easy by bis almost un-
mistakable American typo of counte-
nance.
Il said to him at once, You are the
man l want, you are. an Americana
"IIe said, Yes, sir. I am
Il said, You doubtless know why I
wait you. What is your namei' 49, .
III. replied promptly, 'Walters.'
4 said. i believe your true n~.ne is
Surr~it,' and in nrIesti"g him mentioned
my official position as United States Con-.
sui General.
'1he director Of quarantine speedily ur-
ranged sufficient escort Of soldiers, Ly
whom the prisouer WAS conducted 10 safe
place wi,kin The quarantine walls. AL
| though tho walk eccupie'l several ninxtes,
the prisoner, csose at my sidr, made no ro-
mark whatever, displaying neither surprise
nor irritation. .'"''.
arrived at tsse place prepared. I gave
him the usual magis,criAl e;r,,i"n that lie
was not Obliged 10 say anything, AMI that
anything lie said would bs at once taken
down in writing. ,..fs' ->'."1'"' 49,
''lle said, II have nothing to say, I wan.
nothing tu. villa. is right " -" -,
+ "He doslated lie. had neither passport
nor baggage, nor money. except six france.
His companions confism his statement in
this respect They say lie came to Naples
a deser.sr from the Papal army at Rome.
I fiad tha.he has no papers aud oclo.hes
but those lie is wearing -'ra- "@,l
"fhe aPpeatahcs Of the prisoner an
sweared very well.ths description given Of
surratt By the witness Weishmann, at page
~ 10 Of pit,man's report, officially. sent to
tme.by the sGpyernmant, mud, is accurately
j portrayed 10 tue likeness Of Surratt on the
Ifro6tispiece Of The ssrnss voluniss:: g 'sysi
EMr. 5kl'ng aud mr.. Winthrop speak V e
eonhdent ,l. terms g tlis Identity of ths zod
ave s Halssrs win saFatt sand slter seeipg
we ! naA .asse ao. = talsd9FaoI = doubt
OF ~. SCI i.'s.te 4;o,. 7,ss7st;s 5se>. al
Aeeesd'ng 20 the well established pub.
without objection to ssr2es, 81 me- = an e ny E;
ana a,..,,,oi.lv :. & Ia 8 bss ~ !. q, =
:iy5ng my S.bsrj jurisdicsioD. ihessa il no