The Van Buren press., 1867-08-30
Revelations in the surratt Case.

Adtt NISCs
Some doubt having been expressed TO the
existence of the plot Of perjury exposed in
the New York Herald Of Sunday last, the
following statement from one of the plot
ters may serve to make clear the existence
OF the plot, though not the completely of
the prosecution therein. The person max
ing the statement is a man named Schle;-
singer He says l.| t-
\ man named Spandour came to me,
and asked me whether my brother had not
horses and wagon, in 1865, engaged in
gathering rags around the camps in Wash
ington. told him yes. He asked me
then TO go aud see lawyer Richardson. |
told him | would meet him there in the
afternoon. did. Richardson asked me
ii | could not swear my brother was at the
camps on the lith of April, 1865, and
came to Baltimore that night, saying he
would pay me well if | helped them.
said | could not do it. Then he said
might take nice present | told him no.
Purposely | had a subsequent conversation
with Spandour, and pretended | might be
bought to do what they wanted. | went
with him 20 Washington, and saw Mr..
Pierepont, to whom he introduced me.
Mr. Pierrepont paid but little attention to
me, but said: "Get the man that has the
wagon, and | will pay literally; | must
have the man" He said, "Send detec-
tive for him" The detective went to New
York with Spandour They returned with.
ont man.
Spaudour then received eighty dollars
and was sent again, and again returned
without man. Three others and Span
donr then assembled at the National Hotel,
and there made up the following tales ::
One man, who gave his name as Rosensteel,
but whose real name is Rosenthal, was to
swear that he was. in 1865, pcddler about
the camps in April that he there OF the
afternoon of the l4th, met man named
Lyons, with whom he had come to this
country that Lyons introduced him to
man named Patterson that Lyons bought
pistol and knife from him, paid for them,
and gave them to Patterson ; that LYONS
then asked where Rosensteel was going.
and that Rosensteel said, to the theatre, in
the evening that Lyons said. If you do
You will be arrested, and made an evasive
answer when asked why; that he Rosen-
Steel) curious about the remark. went ont
side the theater, and stayed there till half
past eight that Lyons and Patterson then
came up and asked him what he had done
with q wig WHICH they bad observed in his
box when they purchased the knife and
pistol that Rosensteel said it was at his
clearinghouse that they went there, and
Lyons and Patterson bought the wig, of
which Patterson took possession and,
finally, that in Patterson he (Rosensteel J
now recognized John H. Surrat,. That
was the whole Of RoscnsteeIs lesson.
The second man, named Himmel, a Bal
tlmorcan, was to swear that he owned
horses and a wagon, and traded for rars
about the camps in Washington, whence
he started with his team at seven o'clock
on the l4th Of April, 1863, for Baltimore :
that he gave a ride 10 man going to Bal
tlmore, who had no money to pay his fare
on the cars that when they were about
eight miles from Washington they stopped
to feed the horses, and then restartcd ,were
oveftakcn mile further on by two men
who came across a field, and asked to be
carried to Baltimore ;; that he (Himmel)
consented to carry them. ana they got in
and wrapped themselves up, each in a large
shawl, and lay down in the wagon that all
four proceeded to Baltimore, the outskirts
OF which they reached at dawn that the
two men then asked the way to the Point
below Old Town refused to go through
the city, l'ut stated to go around, and left.
a man named Carl was to swear he was
the man who started with Himmel from
Washington, and both were to identify
Surratt as one Of the men who come across
the iieLl and journeyed with them, and state
that he called himself Patterson and his
com tade Lyons oa
"A fourth was to swear that he got into
the cars at Baltimore and rode toward New
York on the 18th, and in the cars saw SUI.
latt.t e 4l.
y hIth was to swear that he was bar.
Keeper at a Point below Old Town that
on lhemorning Of 18th man who called
himself LyoLs, and another whom he called
Patterson, breaklasted there. paid for their
breakfast, aud walked of. and that Su,satt
was the one called Patterson.
~ part from the statement OF Schleisinger
It Is certain these men did stop at the Na.
uonal here, were paid for attendance, their
testimony never used, and their expenses
back given TO them. Richardson is a law.