New-York tribune., 1867-07-15

from surTattsvie: on March 2 1865 John s1rratt
there then; when first him he was alone anu al
terward him with lady he called MIS- bro"n((
think saw Mrs surratt there that day; aGcompaeo
surat from Surrattsve to Port Tobacco tnS,e vi sbs
man AT Port Tobacco who in the Signal corps ol te
Confederate Army, and was anxious 10 see t,' 9 m i%
get information from my Two sons surthV IA Iet
return, and that could bring bsck the M, G r
Brooks stabler heretofore puDllslleu "a
Tait wrote inns ts eur @ anH stables and went nmed
atey To Mrs Suratts after tea was ushe A D., NJ
Wcdhman and a mar named Port Tobacco; witness
STAYED but a short time went tnere aI
B",, y GS3,2 SoorJl-Witness lives in Prince George
County. Md, about mile from M .t H oS ALI
surratt; her at surratsvie on dne at 3i aPL,
1865 she witnesses house on the PreGSdng @
witt Wechman; business she held hote OF Mr
Nobev IN relation TO the purchase OF some land and she
came TO see about IT, witness was party 10 the udsac
u9 3 t NC coSnection Mr Bradley offered in evidence
letter written by Mr. Calvert TO Mrs Surfat AT Srratts-
ville requesting her 10 eet'o 0oi''in iu0''0' "
Mr. Perrepont objected that had nothing to do with
The Court thought not necessary to bother the
| case with such letter and ii was ruled out.
willie on the 4th of April 1861 at about D. was pass
ing and learned that she was there. and went in the
hose: said she had started TO come 20 witnesses
house, as she desired witness MT wechman was
there she went out to get in her buggy and witness went
out TO help her in her buggy broken and called
her attention TO It, and caused her TO get out whe
could be temporarily repaired; witness had snghG ac
quantance with Weichman he had been once or twice at
Odd he say anything about furnishing information
to The Confederaes about the movements OF the Federal
| army.
s-eramined-Witness was not in the Confederate
army was commissioned by Gov. Hicks as Captain OF
company OF cavalry didn't see any guns & az to ascaSc of
Booth and nothing to do with nterruptng MT nhcQh
trip mp to Annapolis witness hau SUBSTITUTE III te Euu &
erl aImy sympathized with both sides sometimes dul-
Bv Mr. Bradley-witness took part in the secession
By 'Mr Perrepont-Had nothing to do with blockade
Bg ~ Bradieg~Came frequently to Washington dur
ing the never saw any pckets beyond the DISTRICT
j. T. Jenkins sworr-Wtness is the brother Of Mrs Sur
raft; was at Suratsve the day Of the assassination;
| was there when she and Weichman came; she showed
witness letter which she said she had received frO
MrCulber her business was with Mr. Motley ana she GOT
| Weichman to write % letter for Mr.. Gwynn to see Mr
Motley; witness not in the habit of coming to town
BT Mr iiarepont- -weichman wrote the note for Mr..
Motley; he lived about five miles away III the dreetoh
| At l2:l5 D. m the court took of 10 minutes. 1870
on reassemGling Belnard j. Earg %gs t S%orm & WI If
ness knew Michael ma m saw 1s s nrdered at
o'clock him at the Metropolitan HQieii possibly
little after witness went 10 OLaughllns room anu
awoke him went to barber shop and got shaved and
while there OLaughlin came in ana got Slsvtu aer yer
manned there until after breakfast; after bickas we
went down to the National and OLaughhH went up stairs
TO see a friend about half hour afj"rward sent up
stairs for OLaughin and he was not there Went hen
down to Leichan's, and found OLanghn al ihe DaiTo
there he had striped pants ana vest ana Siououou
| hat
FS,sard A. WTphy s,roy7,--witness lives in Washing
ton is q plnmherby trade; knew OIaughlin saw INN
the morning the President was murdered witness was
SoiitSn DoS al 'HS Mote Ri''' '"'' 'l'r' '"'
Mr. Murphy proceeded 20 testify corroboatnS the tcs
timony of The previous witness the whereabouts OF
| OIaughlin on the morning of the assassination.
william Failing srorIWiines Is lle deai witness
! lives I'm Canandaigua, New-YOrk; keeps the webster
House the before witness is the register Of that
Mr. Bradley here offered the hotel register in evidence
WtneSs-This was the hotel book IN iO5 ON the page
under date OF April 10 the name OF John Harrison Is re-
| corded . -. A.
Mr perrcpont objected. II the witness would state
that that party arrived al the hotel then he could go on
The witness resnming said ne was hot sutc ne Wa
home the evening mentioned until the latter part OF
| the evening; the train from EmiIa arrived between
and 10 o'clock; the name of Harrison i thr h but one
entered the day named witness WAS out OF town thA
Mr Bradley oaLed Frank q. Chamberlain, irho ieas
stcOI7Wtness lives in Canandagua; keeps the Webster
House witness purchased the hotel from Failing; pur
chased the register book also witness had his attention
called to the name OF Harrison, at Canandaigua by MT
Bradley ir the entry then II - now witness sees
alteration IN ~ witness don't know whether he dciv
cred i to Failing to bring here u was ~ wines posses
sion from the time OF purchasing the hotel unill II was
Mr. Perrcpont objected to the admission Of the book
daiga arriving there the 10th of March ls5 went 10
looked around the once found the register alluded TO-
and found the OF john Harrison registered there
without stating the object OF Witness Esit ne went
away and back again on the 3d. ana looked NJ te
book again. 1t then as Is now; witness then made
known the object Of his visit there, aud summoned Mr
| Chamberlain as a witness IN THIS case. ,
! Joseph n. bradley, sr, seorn-Mr FAILING ds'iveied
this book TO witness two or three weeks ago. ana II mas
not out OF witnesses possession since I'LL today and
has been altered in any manner; Mr. Bradley asked
II the Court had any doubt about admitting the bOOh III
| evidence "
subsequently TO the 18th OF April ls6j-0y the oner
| himself before the 18th Of september.
Canada at this period according the testimony Dr.
Mcmillan He offered 1t as tending 10 show that the en-
date mentioned In the book.
1aff In
torn out from the check ughtbook, aud that Il had
been packed away until II was placed In the hands OF
Mr. Nerrick argued that the prisoner could not have
out OF the country and remarked that IL could not have
been done since his arrival ON board ship In February
hbited from intercourse with the outside world He
debacd by the Warden from OF pen and ink and the
Court had ordered that no one should visit him.
Judge Fisher never issued an order Of the kind for
never thought 10 necessary TO do so. always thought
that prisoners friends had right 10 visit hin while in
confinement. Dir. Merrick stated that the prisoners
counsel had requested the Court TO give orders admit
ting perssns visit the prisoner because there
tain members Of Congress prowling around the jail
desrous the prisoner Tor bad purposes and the
see him for bad purposes to go there.
Mr. Merrick went on 90 argue that principles OF com
mon sense the book should be admitted twas as well en-
! titled to admission as was the pockethandkerchef
offered by the prosecution with surratrs name on 1t.
Mr. Pterrcpom replied for the prosecution stating that
Surrat remained In the country six months after the
murder and knew OF the trial Of his mother and the
spraors and being disguised and lying around the bOr
des Of the country, could easily have run down there
|
book laid there open by any and OF course
he would take such steps looking his defense he
the fruits OF his condition party 10 the assas
nation would 10 him TO demand. He had ample OPP
portunity to do it II he not idiot he would be
fixing up such testimony would help him in his de-
fense when he should be tried, which ho anticipated
| would finally come.
Judge Fisher said 1t past the usual time for adjourn
mcnt and he would hold the point until the next
sitting. He ordered that the Court take
| until Monday morning, at 10 o'clock
Prof. S. Waterhouse, of the Washington Uni
| Yersty ST Lnnis has inst nnhlshed a yanahle