The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-01
THIRD EDITIO N.
TRIAL or JOHN II. SURRATT.

WASHINGTON, August 1.-The trial OF John II. Sur
ratt was resumed this morning in the Criminal Court,
Mr.. MerIick resumed his address to the jury and
SAID he observed few errors in the report of his re-
marks yesterday; but he knew IL must necessarily be
Incomplete, AS II did not profess to be stenographic
report He simply made the statement In order that
the counsel for the prosecution might be advised and
not be led into error In making comparison with tue
Mr.. Merrlck then resumed the consideration of Ser.
geaRS Dyes testimony ana eonended@ ma Shs' i6 M he Sd
that the lady he spoke TO was of midde age ana was
tended, was not Mrs surratt for Mrs Lambert lady
whose character is not questioned, and who had no
t,ed hed to holding with soldier u0d the iden, len
alleges he had with Mrs SurTett All the features,
time, and circumstances CORE, pond. II Dye had
such conversation with Mrs. Surratt, and another
soldier had similar conversation with Mrs. Lam
bert, 1t Is certanly remarkable coincidence He
upon such testimony as that Of Sergeant Dye. The
theatre on the day Of the ASSASSINATION IS Mt
Rhodes, who says he was attracted by curiosity,
whom he now Identifies as the prisoner. Mr.. Merrick
& a 1s Il S ns az
sworn by Raybod that man could not have re-
one box there was no place where the man
could have retreated to, unless he came out by the
was quieG Lamb and others contradict him, aud say
Rbode HgSn ESod the
while Lamb, who was there painting all day, says the
was not the custom to Keep the curtain down during
the Gay II is also shown that the doors Of the theatre
the day These two witnesses Dye aud Rhodes are
the Jury must conclude that either are reliable.
The next witness to Surratts presence here is Mr..
hall lie told his story straight enough, but there
aS not iot 0 r TG GE the nTT Sge ~ ae& tee R
his testimony he makes remark which evidenced
testimony of a perjurer. 10 recall Vanderpools
testimony, it shown that there was no round table
hall than, that designated by yanderpool that
further sneak OF the testimony such "A
man. .,. - ....,.
Booth on that day, but their testimony is met by
singular circumstance and 1t seems as though PrOvi
dence enabled the defense TO meet by direct proof
what put ln evidence by the prosecution. In this
instance, Matthews shows that 1t he who
talking TO Booth and that It not surratt GrilIo
thinks he Surratt at Wizards hotel, but he is by
There is no PToof Sc dcGt as % OF ide1tty and how
can the face OF man seen in note two years ago
casually be positively recognized? Features make
but slight impression until they become buried in the
human MIND Conversation, manner, department
bearing. stamp the recollection Of man upon the
memory, but the features cannot make great
RRmsdell who says that on the morning of April l5.
he met horseman who was very anxious about
passing the pick cts and who sneered when asked III
he had heard about the Presidents AssinIion and
he testihes that he thinks Surratt Is the man, and
VIII n the prisoner turns around he says he Das seen
his back before This evidence is too ridiculous TO be
Another witness is John Lee, who has been over
wheimed Win damS, my ae MT Mersic% referred TO
nostrils OF honest men, and he Is specimen show
Vefnmen Snn Wood the colored barber who says he
shaved Surratt, is another of their main reliances
He says Mclaughlin with SurrRtt, without
money, but the defense have shown that McLaug
was not the barber shop and Wood is contradoted
upon that point least The me hIch Wood
says shaved him is not fixed in cross
but is brought on the eXami natiOn-in IN chief
He say IL was at 9 O'clock and that he had bean
a 81 MP TO shave Mr.. reward. At o'clock In the
M rnlng It is we'll known barber shop Is wal
crowded, and will the jury believe that bar car
fix one special individual being hts shop at q
p@rtcu ar hour Here was place a rendezvous. auC
crowds going through the same operari but afte
the lapse two years Surratt is Identified the mar
who shaved. But the inclusive answer to Woodl
testimony is in the position in which the prosecution
have placed SurratL They show that Surrat
left Elmra for Wlliamsport. Mr.. Koontz said T., a
train could have arrived here at l0'30 and t
physical iU'possbility Tor him TO have bee in thu
barber shop al O'Clock.