The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

would show that he positively identi-
fed the date, from the fact Of his
brother death. and that his mother
was absent on Thursday night, and it
was on Friday morning that the wit
ness was put gong the train. 1t was
the objeca of the prosecution to
showthat Surratt was in Montreal
on the afternoon of April IS; he was
at St. Lawrencesonthe morning of the
18th, and at Burlington on the night
of the 1,1th, ,enz his way to s1lohtreaiy >
As against that defense, he proposed
TO show that the two men described
by Blinn, were put on the train FRI
day morning, and not Thursday; the
two men were pursued through Yer
mont to Canada; that they were pur-
sued and tracked to their residence in
|. Canada, and it wasAascertained that
neither of these men were Surratt
These, fact, were reported. to. the, ade-.
partmentsat Washington, and are still
lin possession of the U. s., Govern
ment. The government knows that
neither of the men who ssielt in the
depot was j Ohm II sSdrratt. = y TT
Mr.. Merriek proposed to. read the
transcript from the document Of AL
derman Dorrity, of Philadelphia,
showing that Dice was arrested in the
early part Of 1867 for passing eoun7
terfeItA note on the First National
Bank of New York. The Court de-
/ clined to allow the reading. and it
was oyerruled On motion of the de-
fense. Edward E. Smith gave evi-
dence that Surratt, in january or
February, 1865, in conversation,
knocked about going to- Richmond,
but never acknowledged to having
been there. He, however, laughed,
lgand said if the Yanks knew what he
he had one,~they would. stretch his
neck.
James NJ Wright, Chief Clerk Of
the Bureau of Military Justice, iden-
tilted certain papers as having been
placed in his custody. These were Ja-
.cobs Thompsen1s saccouht Swith the
bank, aud Booths Bank recsiAtr book.
AsCampbeIls teller ofjthe National
Bank, Montreal. gave testimony con
cerning the papers which Wright had
VIM. A:elesver, Keeper of a-livery
stable, testified that Surratt, ia con-
yersation with him, saids he and
Booth had bloody work to do;
they were going to kill 1.-The id old
scountfrei, Efncoin '-Surratt at Che
same pulling "a pistol out and
laying i on u desk at the stable
Witness also saw Surratt on the after
noon of the 14th OF April, previous
to the assassination. Booth and
Surratt transacted their livery bust
ness with him.
n John Lee, now residing in Missis-
l~sippi, formerly detective on Colonel
Bakers force, testified to seeing the
man be took to be Surratt, on Penn
sylvanlaI avenue, near the Willard
Hotel, on the afternoon OF the 14th
CT April, 1865; had seen him before;
recognized the prisoner at the bar
as Surratt, and, to the best OF the
/ knowledge of the witness, the pris-
oner at the bar was the man he met ;
Surratt was walking at an ordinary
pace, while | was walking fast. The
witness also testified to finding, on
the 18th of April, 1865, in room No.
126, Kirkwood House, where Vice
President johnson resided, a coat
containing book, three pocket
handkerchiefs, stick of black liquor
ice. THE book was produced aud
identified. Also found between the
sheet and mattress of the bed large
dirk knife with red cover on it, which
were shown TO President johnson
-and Secretary Stanton, and deposited
with Judge Holt; witness was mem
lber OF Col. 0'Brynes' detective force.
Samuel A Rainy testified to keep
ing stable in company with VIM. E
Cleary, in Washington, In 1865; knew
Surratt; seen him at stables several