The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Trial or s.rraiL

WASHINGTON, June 19.-In the sur
raft trial Judge Fisher declined 10 Or
der the prosecution to disclose 10 tue
defence list of the witnesses; ne aiso
refused the application MAGE W no
counsel for the defence that they De az
lowed to recall a witness reserved ior
cross-exaninat'o,, after another VIII
naes MT now here shall have arrived.
He however to be allowed 1uii Ia'''uue
and cross-cxaminatiOn.
Witness Carroll Hobart, conductor
IN the Vermont Central railroad, testl-
fed that man resembling Surratt pass
ed over the road on Tuesday in April
1866, another man with him, both with
out money to pay the fare; they were
compelled to get out at st. Adams; said
thew would walk to Franklin, when
was four miles from the Canada line.
Charles Blum, clerk of the Weldon
House, st. Adams, testified that ne was :
on watch ut the depot on the nlght oi
April IL. 1865. Two men came INTO Tue
depot that night-one tall and the other
shprt Tho tall man asked to sleep In
the depot. He did so, and called MN
sta AN, Tuesday, April IL. After the
man went out, / picked up something
where the tall man was sleeping. a
white cambria handkerchief was shown
and examined. Witness recognized the
handkerchief as the one which he pick
ed ND where the tall man had been
living. The handkerchief bears the
name of j. H. Surratt. That name was
on it when it was picked up. After |
picked up the handkerchief l discovered
the name, and then showed it to the
agent of the railroad company; never
saw the two men afterward.
s. Grills exainined-Was living near
the navy yard in 1865; kept restaurant
in Ford's theatre; knew j. w. Booth
by sight; knew Booth five or six years
before lie knew Harold and Atzerot;
saw Harold at o'clock on the day OF
the assassination; saw AtZerOt abOnt
ten minutes after that; Harold and
witness walked together and saw Atze'
rot at the Kirkwood House; l was com
ing down Tenth street and he Harold.
met me and asked me it | saw j. W
Booth said / did at IL A. NJ. at the
theatre; had seen Booth at O'CLOCK OF
horseback he rode small gray horse
then Harold said, "You know Genera
Lee is in town." l replied ] had not
heard it.
Mr.. Herrold said ayes, he is ut Viii
lard's, and if you walk with me we vii
see something about it," As We were
passing KirkwOOd's q man was sitting
on the stages, and Harold stopped u
speak with him. Harold AMI the wit
ness then walked to Wizards, ant
thence to Growers theatre. | noticed
Harold walked lame; he pulled up his
pants, \ nd saw large dagger handle
tpoYtruding from his boot leg. l asked
him what he was going to do with that
He said he was going to the country
that nighs, and spch things were handy
there.
Question-DO you recognize any one
in court who looks like the man to
when Harold said, twill you be there
to-nightf"
The witness answered by pointing
out the prisoner; he looked very mucl
like the man, but witness could not say
whether he was the same man or not
he wore no beard, but had a slight mus
tache.
John L. Tippctt testified that he
heard Mrs. Surratt in lS63 say, she
would give any one thousand dollars
if he would kill Lincoln. This was
said in the presence of dozen. When
there was q Union victory, she said
oh the northern army and the
leaders thereof; they all ought to be
sent to h L." This was when witness
carried mail from Washington to Oh ar,
lOttcville.
Ex-Sergeant Cooper testified that he
was with Sergeant Dye on the night OF
the assassination, and also heard one OF
the men in front of the theater call out
the time-ten minutes to ten. There
was nothing which specially excited his
suspicion He corroborated Dyes testl-
mony, that, while he and Dye were re-
turning to Camp Barry, ut II street, No.
SAL, Il middle aged lady raised the win
dow and asked what was going on down
town. Witness and Dye told her the
President had been shot by Booth.