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The surratt Trial.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The Surratt tri


WASHINGTON, June 27.-The Surratt trial
was resumed to-day.
VIM K. Conger, saloon keeper ut 81. Al
bans, VT, testifed-Dlrectly after the assas-
sination saw the prisoner there; his eyes,
nose, forehead and mouth look like the man
| saw there.
Another man was with the prisoner; /
paid special attention to the prisoner and |
suspected he had been engaged IN the assas-
sination conspiracy the prisoner looks like
the man | then saw /; | crossed his path
several times as he was going to the depot;
| tried to have him arrested and ! went to
seek an officer and while going to the Amer
lean House | came across Albert Sowles,
Cashier of the National Bank.
turned with Sowles and went to the de-
pot and pointed the gentleman out, We
then started and went up town and got IN
front of the American House and | followed
as far as the Jail 10 find an officer and could
not find one | did not arrest the man the
last saw Of the man was at the depot; |
could get no officer, and | went through the
cars and saw the man no more, and don {
know how he escaped me.
Cross-examined.-C tx the day il oc-
CURED, but it was three or four days after |
| heard Of the Presidents assassination, and l
was on the look out can't say whether l
was on the cars when they came IN can't
| tell if was there OF not can't tell what
time the cars arrived or left; can't tell
/ whether there was 4 regular connection by
rail between St. Adams and Montreal. My
saloon was near the depot, but ! cannot re-
collect about the connections with che trains
was on the lookout for the assassins. and
for that reason | watched the trains and cx-
amined every stranger who came.
first saw the men walking on the street
and they were going from the depot the
two men were walking together. and other
men were walking along the payements the
men were walking towards the ST Alban:
House.
then locked my door and followed them
to the depot then went in front Of them
and they passed by and | turned about an-
came on the rear Of them.
They took q circle around and across th,
depot and took a cut a,.0ss towards th,
POINT they were making for; they entered
the depot and lett them there.
When | returned with Mr.. S-wlcs, saw
them in the depot can't say whether tran
left in the meantime, the tall man bad OF
light pants, light vest, dark blue OF black
coat, and black fur hat the la. j. what W,
term a st0ye-pipe hat
The other man had on light clothes bl'
can't say Of what kind.
BY Mr.. PierrepOnt-W no DID You thlni
you saw when you saw the prisoner?
Answer was looking for a man VIII.
answered the description in the PAPER, an.
!. that description was Of Booth.
Edward 4. Sowlos sworn and examined D,
Mr.. Carrington-Am a lawyer residing a
. St. Adams, Vt. | know Mr.. C0nger IN,
attention was called 10 the fact that Their
was one person there supposed 70 have bcel
connected with Mr.. Lincoln's assassination
and that be was at the American Hotel a
. ST. Albans, and 1t was supposed % %
Booth: ! went to the American Hotel wit
nv brother. and We saw two persons VIII
were pointed out 10 US this was on Tues
= day, April Is. 1865, in the forenoon III
tall man had on light pants and vest and
dark coat, and a. | rcc1lloct a silk hat, I'll
person | saw had black hair and q blac
moustachc; l remember this was on tn
18th Of April.
Albert Sowles sworn and examined o.
Mr.. Wilson, reside az st. Altaus, Vt
and am cashier of the First National Bank
resided at ST. Adams in April. 1865 On Oh
/ 18th Of April, a man supposed 90 De Wilkt
Booth, was pointed out TO me We saw I'm
at the American House and afterwards a
the depot, and the man supposed % b
d Booth was talking TO a shorter man IL
+ tall man was talking 70 a shorter man ia
, tall man had on light clothes and was yer
straight and would weigh 100 pounds b
wore a black moustache and had dark hair
last saw him at the depot that day and los
sight Of him there he had no whIskcrs an
no beard on his chin; ! merely got a glanc
at the man this was three OF four days ate
the assassination.
| was confident that il was not Booth be
cause kilograms were being received tia
Booth was being pursued in another direc
tion. At that time there was a m0rnin
train to Montreal.
Question by Mr.. PierrepOnt-Havc yol
ever seen a man since with black hair VIII
looked like the man you then saw ? \.
think see a resemblance to that man IN tn
prisoner now in the Courtroom
The closing witness, on Thursday after
noon, was Lewis j. Weichman, whose test
mOny went to show great intimacy bctweei
Booth, Surratt, AtzerOtt and Payne, an,
various suspicious circumstances, secre
whisperings, party drives, a visit Of Surrat
to Richmond, Of Booth telegraphing from
New York, before the assassination, for
room and meals in private, of the engagin,
Of horses, Of John Surratt bidding hin
goodbye" April 80, and saying he wa
going to Montreal of his (Nr. Weichman's
ride with Mrs. Surratt into the countr,
April nth, when she asked on the road a
what time the pickets were usually with
drawn. and was told at eight IN the evening
these and similar circumstances and detail
formed the bulk Of Mr.. Weichman's tesu
mony.
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