The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-08-29
The Trial OF surratt.

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10 has been one of the most remarkable
criminal trials Of this .cQuptEy pr age.
o 4 sa !. gs mpgu .0 81 or
readers al q al & Gof de testimony
which form le Ne}y sinkular chain u
evidence aga st 0nfmtt - ably devel-
oped by Mr.. Nerr1pMt. His connection
proved; thai ke 1S1'in Washington 81
Che time Of the murder, as charged In
the Indictment, appears to- hare been
doubted by the majority oGtn1 Jury, aud
hence the disagreement. That Surratt's
part o>eeconSr jra61a iwa y. Is i Important
eqd6llJ cIglVf. Rwas Shown, by State
ments carelessly made by Surratt long
before the assassination as well as after
ward, that the abduction or murder OF
true chat Booth intimates in his diary
that the idea of murder had not been
entertained before the l4th of April
But facts are more significant than the
s would b i2iE 6aifetcis il appear
that hi 1ct WI the result of studded inn
pulse rather than of premeditated plan.
It Is clear that Harold was brought into
the conspiracy because he was clerk in
q drugstore, anM fG'conncG6on With an
attempt to poison the rfesident. That
such an attempt was made and failed Is
shown by the following words found in
, ssi'ss Il s Henry zsa. s11 il :
4 -. L.. 80 IL
departed this life August l3, 1864, by the
effect Of poison" Theabduction scheme
was plainly given up at an early period
of the conspiracy. 1t ID al uulueetioned
fact that Mrs. Surrat; house In Wash
ington was the principal rendezvous of
the consul Dt0fG v This woman alss
owned a eS1kn q SurrAttville. In 1862
the husband died, leaving his family in
poor circumstances, aadin 1854 the re-
lnoval to Washington took place. some
time before the assassination Harold
deposited suanecarbines in the house at
Surrattville, then kept by Mr.. Lloyd.
Afterward John H. Surratt came 70 tie
house and concealed these weapons
And on the day of the assassination Mrs-
Surratt undertook a special Journey tn
inform LLOYD that these weapons would
lie called for that night IL was proved.
A.
ton on the l4th Of April. He was seen
by Cleaver fitting the bar behind the
door Of the Presidents box. Clever
knew Surratt. and, thougha reluctant
witness, testified that he certainly saw
him. Others who knew Surratt saw
him on that day in Washington, and
some Of them talked with him. A SER
want Of the family testifies that she saw
him at home on that day. Sergeant
DNnawaM fSch the steps in front OF
Eds ylgs(fe Vast before the murder
calling out the time for Booth. Surratt's
faca made SO vivid an impression upon
his 4ear e appesred to him after
WI is dreams, IN the evidence as
clearly traced from Elmira by the testi-
monyaSGssevernlwin Immediate
~ after the murder Surratt flies. His
name il 1egistered in Montreal on the
18th ofHpAf, btit Ire did not venture to
stop there. Then we find him conceal
ed with Boucher, . Romish priest, while
his mother and fellow-conspirators are
on trial in Washington. Here he re-
maAgprtt September, when he re-
suhies his fight. He embarks upon
steononnaAn6lsrs an assumed name. Alter
reviewing his natural anxiety by finding
that there is no American detective on
board, he grows holder and tells his
secret He lands at length in Ireland
and is thence traced to Liverpool. Then
he flies to Rome and enlists in the Papal
Zouaves under the name of AVatson.-
But even papal kenc will not shelter
him, and his flight is continued to Malta,
and thence to Egypt, where he is cap
tured and brought back to the city of
his crime.
The testimony for the defense was not
so voluminous nor SO positive; the law
yers of the prisoner appear to have based
all mNs Of proving an atibi, and
lit Fir evidence went to clear the
pr e. thp alleged connection with
A new trial will doubtless follow at
the next term of the court; and will
doubtless result a. all new trials do-in