New-York tribune., 1867-07-30
THE TRIAL OF sURRATT.

surrat resumed this morning In the Ofinai oour
Judge Fisher presiding. The attendance was mucn
smaller than usual owing in part TO the wharawai OF
the old and limitations in the lsshe OF tie new
ones and in part to the rain which fell at the opening o
the Court Among the auditors :se w h e
ming OF the trial Mrs Ann 8. stephens the authofess
occupied her accustomed seat within the par sne
10 take lively interest the proceedings and It said
proposes one day TO weave the facts and details into
story. -, A.. aoor and continued h,s
address 10 the Jury and discussed the questions Of fact
submitted on Saturday In regard to the first fact fact
stated In the indictment and within the Jurisdiction Of
this Court had but little TO- say for the evidence on
fhe Presidents box which had been carefully prepared
for his ngress beforehand and poured the contents OF
ton The President bows his head and dies he had
lived, with no expression Of malice to any one When
sary 10 ca up this sccne which be forgotten
by American etizensi The scene was graphically DC,
held Booth In his Herculean grasp the assassns blood
would never have stained the soil of Virginia The tes
tmOny Of Dr. Barnes could not but sasyhe jury that
the Presdens death ensued the result OF the shooting
by Booth andi this settles the second proposition that
his death The third proposition Is Does It appear that
the assault and death the result Of conspiracy OF
the great question for If 1t appears that the death
the result Of conspiracy, no matter for what
murder And God grant that the day will never
come when an American English Judge viii ever
ce% ro SS I'd Gresne sn Section So to show what
spracy and contended that u the prisoner
to commit an unaw awful act, and the act was conhlte9
by some one the conspiratoIs then he was guilty and
guilty Of murder Where would Dc our safsty a II me nv NV
case The of that conspiracy was ald on
in nS AP FSO subject & Se mSrsr SP Of
Lincoln President Of the United States one suggests as
the onchSd ges1 With the p saSs no. we might xiii
his wife and child but no, says the frst we wiz XII
father %ie aa n oSP bloody pupose Is this
doubted IL does not depend upon imported testimony
but upon the testimony OF Mrs Mcciernand iaay pOfa
has been made to npeach; What do you sect In 1884
Is ss,nst hns ne and hGt Rs Ta
who that party John W; Booth, the friend ana
spS a. EI ne pAtsro to ISo% the at No.
347 gave the name of Port Tobacco; and Harold, VINO
drank the whisky given him by Mrs Surra TO nerve his
arm for his bloody deed The second scene in the bloody
drama occurs in Thirdave car OF New-fork, where
the President These conspraors attract her attention
They disgused but by one OF the mysterious prov-
cured by the lady and taken to Gen. Scott who sonsid
erng them TO be OF Importance sends them 70 the aa
thOrtes Mr Perrepont here read the letters ound Dy
Mrs HudspethJ Mr. Darlington resuming said the jury
had heard the testimony Of Mrs Hndspeth lie cared
not who the persons overheard wero for showed hat
by solemn VOWS there pledge TO murder Abrshain
lincoln with the pistol ihe dagger ana tns cup no no
clerk In drugstore and the command was pain-i the
pistol aud the dagger VIII not DO ls WORK theh use lne
ones wife, may we not infer was from tho wife
OF Louis Payne the friend Of Surratt But Payne was
deaf 10 this appeal and bent upon his murderous purpose
me GOES on until this murder s ted aud the Land
is filled with tears and mourning Let us leave the CITY
great cSfsau nation aud visit there No. Ht, the
third scene In this bloody tragedy Visit that place and
ins s MS Se1t we have Xtero tho B
OF this informal conspiracy He was the pei of the ladies'
ToSscco SS o., They ipefted him Who ncx There was
Howell the blockade-rnmer. would call hIm Mamnon.
for he had no other ambition than whisky and money.
And who nexti There sits old Satan, Booth and next to
him BeelEebub surTat Tor be would show thai surrsu
was second In pOwor aud command TO Booth Who next
DO Won seei Oh that il were not so-that American
woman could be found In such company giving her sup
Slater There was no Internal deity she could
properly porsonate, for Hell hes no fury IKE
Has The Eng, language words TO express tho depraVy
Of bs woman, who in cold blood requests tho prisoner
at the bar 10 shoot down Union soldiers escaping from
Rebel prisons: Aibraye mans heart melts With Ply
when he his bitterest foe at bis feet but hero "a
who appeal TO their clemency But what IS the mex next
in this bloody tragedy Do You DOUBT the test
%Sa Sng Il s sa h OF @ fourth scene in tbs asdy rh
lady 10 the theatsr with hs prisoner op,h snter'
eqsoon es What No ono heard II but tina; ear
that hears the gcntlest sound but car " De doubted tn
IInconl What was the next scenei On April ii, 1885,
we hud the cOnaprators at Fords Iheater Booth en-
sounds a whistle making similar sound Is found at tho
house Of Mira surrat AZ that sgna%Payne inyades the
deros arm he makes assault upon the faithful nurse
re enters tho sick chamber and strikes Win tho fnry OF
atod Old man By miraculous Interpolation OF Proyt
dencO his nfe spared Payne escapes aud where does
lac 60 TO tho arms Of Mary buIratt the mother OF
the prisoner at s bar He Goes there rocking with the
blood OF an American Cltizen. Ho goes 70 the general
rendezvous whence oil had issued on their murder0us
undertakings Does not all this provo a conspracyf IL
hasno been necessary to refr TO tho testimony OF Iewis
ID WeichmIn. for without It tho conspiracy Is provon
complete But he lr Qarringtqnl now cane to Weieh.
mans testimony Why Shond ~ be , discarded c, ignossn.
Jury No winssss e9t9ony can DO discarded unless si,
ffarrul IN
From what had already f.llen from Mr. Mornck II
would DO attempted to show that Weiehman was ons
OF the accompces He spurDed tho imputatlon
It has been sail 1t was. fortunate - Union
clerk was boarding az thss house OF hrt surratt
such another concsye assemblcd this side OF hell 7
woichnin vas anon: the falthiess ait!ifui II WEIGH
nressrcs n Wcichnsn was lar how eSsy woaid Il
haye becn to have sworn ~ saw the prisoner horo on
April H. 1867 lie did not ha because the prisoner
dd not permit him TO SEQ him and he told the truth and
pce II he turned and reponted that was his consols
face to lie told them all he knew lie pursued tho
prisoner. aud. ike true American citizen he comes
too. that Wochnan demonstrated with Mrs Surratt aud
she replied that John was with TIL, party, and Booth
crazy upon subject But has Weichnan been con-
trsdictet in any material point, He (Mr Carrngton
deed the defense TO point 10 prominent fact whore
weiobman hls been conridcted by any credible witness
in behalf OF the prisoner. Mir Darlington read from
Greenleaf 10 show that II man Is scconplce and
repents during the conspiracy no is relieved from all re-
spOnsbty but being connected with n and giving
Information shows that he had connection with tbs
conspiracy gives al the Information as soon a, pos
sble, The defense has sgnally failed 10 provo That
Weichnan was placed under arrest. IL Is true no
placed under by McDevitt but hs stayed at the
police headquarters Mt the request OF Major Roh
ards 10 could be shown that Weichmans testimony
corroborated In all material points OF tho Transaction
from its inception TO It's contamination He (Mr Car
rhgtOnl was somewhat amused at Welchman's cross
examination. He asked " Weichman did not bear him
self manfuy Dir Bradley found himself fosd Tor
endeav0ng odiscredt the witness lie through tho
fiery furnace we'll tried confirmed by the witnesses
The fst Tact testified 20 by Wolchman Is coTroborated
and that shat No stl st. the rendezvous VI these
conspirators Second ne tsstbes To tho intimate rcls
Tons or tho prisoner and the other conspaOrs and
one cOntradicts him ia that Weichman also testines
the mysterious neengs and consultations and cphers
ana geographical positions after ho forms tIo acq1snt
asce or John W Booth upon tho introduction OF the
prisoner at the bar In this he ia uncOptradcted la
rotation 10 the cOnversaOn at tie hA Confirmed