The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-08-24
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We were startled We didn't know but tha,
there was another negro instruction that
" the radicals had rlE," that the "Duteh had
" taken Holland" or that another "0unpowder
plot, had been discovered, In which another
Guy Fawkes and another Gatesby had been
caught in the very oct Of fixing the match where
by the State House or soms,hlng elss was TO be
destroyed. We read on further, and found that
the article with such startling heading refer.
red the reader 10 another portion Of the paper,
where, under the heading Of "0rsat Pot"
nearly four columns were drearily devoted TO
the publication Of the most recent batch Of llss
Of that mos, eonsummAts liar and scoundrel,
Charles A. Durham. aiiss Sanford Conover.
We don't pretend q understand this conovsr
business entirely, but lie main points are about
this way This william vase witness In the con-
spiracy trials before the Judiciary Committee Of
the House Of Representatives, and gave tss,imo-
ny tending 10 implicAte Jeif. Davis aud other
Southern leaders in the conspiracy TO kill Pss-
dent Lincoln. Subsequently, his whole tes,imo-
ny was proved to be false, be vas prosecuted for
perjury, convicted and sen, to the Peni,saiary
While Ia the Peni,entiary be made application
for pardon, basiug his application on certain
astounding disclosures he was willing to
make, tending to prove that Congressman Ash
ley and others had induced him TO swear falsely
in the SurratI rial with intent to injure the rep
utation Of President johnson. The main polsts
upon which this precious scoundrel was thus in-
duced, as he says, TO swear falsely, were that
Booth had made familiar visit" to johnson
At the kirkwood House; that johnson cores
ponded with Booth that the placing Of Aizs-
rodt at the Kirkwood House was only q sham, to
make !, appear that johnson vas intended as .
victim, and thus distract all suspicion from him
Of eonniving =, the murder OF Lincoln that
Booth, just after the 9Th Of March, stated to in
innate friends In q New York, whom he endeav-
" ored to enlist in the conspiracy, that be was
acting with the knowledge Of the Vice Prssi-
e Dent, and that Il had been arranged to kill
Lincoln on the day Of the Inauguration, which
would account for Mr. Johnson's strange con-
duct on that occasion, and that Mr.. johnson
expected the tragedy to be enacted then aud
had taken several pota,iOns to compose and
4" nerve him for the event. and that he was not
=" 80 much intoxicated as nervous and excited -
Such Is the gist Of the " revelations - made by
Conover, and in the plot here set forth he impl
GATES Mr.. Ashley and several Others. Tha, no
body believes IT'D sufficiently demonstrated by
the fact that nearly all the papers in the land. Of
every shade OF politics Is denouncing Couover
and bis attempt TO gain freedom q, the expens.
Of the reputation OF prominent statesmen.
Since this statement Of Conover was Published.
il has been followed by atiidavits from Nathan
Anssr, John Martin, Francis NcFal and Jas. Z.
MaissOn, Amer setting forth (the others sustain.
ing bis statemeut that on n certain occasion he
was iHken By Conover to the Office Of Den Wood.
in NeT York city, where he met Wood. sr-cou-
fedsrsle Generals Dick Taylor and Roge, Pryor
and others, and proceeds in his aiiidavi, as fol-
lows
Dsponen, farther that aftsr hing n,roduesa %
ne aid Fryer and Weed the sermer PROPOSED % Rad
previously pcspared. Cor deponent % swear 70 tha,
one q said adavlt. alleged and birth length thai
canavsr b-sor. he Hon jo.epa ioI, jad-s 80
General % the Armies q the United stafes and 80
leen Feasessed and arged By said cOaover and aid
depotsm under the ecstions name u Genrre Wadd~ii
mpeainE Jeesrsea Davis in the assassnaon q PrSs.
emit uhea requested BY conover and Jadge Holt q
the depostians IN said aasit alleged expssssd f-ars
lodge Holt assured soneni ikas the prsInr. ~e5id
not h attended with any danrE the making of ssch
aaispos,to1 Toala nos anoant " legal rsgiury. and
u would AZ most ~ what |. souaefime. called -hlte
lie and that the most honorable men have sometmes
found u necessary % DO little In order that mach Eooi
msht eome that u was hot expected ~ use the drpo
s,ea 10 any psoeesing against Davis, a. IL vas svI.
ha, he 1oaa as~sT a,r e. psy,. -. q
afhis complIey in the assassnafoa plot I'll that was
e q the Tsbsilez s.ers1 u nssIs saa ,hss ne
epostions he Holt was eosetinr vosld 70 up-n sae
hes o. th~ bureau 81 military justice and form solemn
ia o. ne history % ne rsesliion % that al,hosgh
DAVIS would escape With his LIE. he woald b. bTnnasd
IN history ASSASSIN, and covered With eVerastnr
nimy Def:nent further says tha, the other Of said
requested subscribe and swear set frth the ,ss,io
ny which dponent had given befors the military comis
aad vIslse. " rsi toward csaos.r sr Sasias aivse
testimony heior~ aid commission and that ths tr.ti
~ conoyer and Jadr- Holt and was Kno~n ~ Jadr-
Holt % - faise In every particular, and Eyen Is
Iasn. sss III g % a. sfoFss.d AZ the
ITO areate H. and knowing u 10 R false. aforesaid
eai'ea % tay and I'D ray dsgenens literally Tor 50
had en rad 10 him by said Pryor he said 10 aid ry
es and others pses-ni that there sord % truth
N either % The p.Tsr and that be did see aithoaEh
cenorer had attempted TO explain him. What good
ga 70 cone 70 any one from his swearing % such pack
from H. that Jadrs Holt sss ping . .sssn
the hnt and crime % procuring bogus witnesses apon
coneyer and IA, ne adavit dsPonsnt sas required
ea..gssas sus,n oi thA, 10 TIE next pi.se The
aaasts weala AID ths movement then being maAs Coz
raisd BY s-sriaE esni~mnsssn upon jas"s i'm, ~
ne eareaa 81 military justice which wsala ndasr the
and also that Il wonld dsponsnt nush rain ami
tFoube a. u uas knoun that deponent had assisted 10
dsIosiians in he bureau u nIIssry s.sie. sr.ie.s NJ
Davis and u had hen determined By the friends q NJ
paw. e freseea.e isr !,nty and .uee.nsion Of Ir
uar AMI canfess under oath, that all they had dom
lad been With the knowiedge and procurement o. Judge
ss As An assassin and osverinr hs name With nfany
that a. this pont Benjamin Wood interrupted NJ ~,
" laliss .hs money which ysa I'll receive Sr marisr
the amaAtit. nepnnent further says that u then
tate. = 800 IN ~ Wood aaa Pro. ,hss asgensn, wssl
,sn sls say Puss siiusss ,S.,sss 10 shis de-
you'd Esrsivs $50 msss and in lie even. ee M. las
called uan 70 sustain ,he avernsnts In hs afndasiI,
essdlsEs NAT hs ssad ssssivs Il 90 \, s2a,s. u
sums 20 psomlssd OF pald hlm.
We take Il that Anssr cannot BE- q greater vii
lain than conossr aad that be Isentislsd 10 a, least
As much belief This last affidavit Shows Coao,,r
Up completely aud exhibits bic perjury aad vi.
Iainy In startling light, ye, upon Ne testimony
eoppsrhead journals are denouneiag Mss,rs. Ash- |
ley and Holsi Il has further iranspIrsd shA,
Democratic Congrcmmsn Jack Rodgers, NIblack,
EldridRe and Latham recommended Conovsr fdf
pardon, on the streneth Of hls " revelations" A
precious crew they al ars, % be sursi
- The Chicago rmes (Democra,icl advises |
The President to resign. II says " be has faraish-
" ed capitol 10 the Radical party. and bis uspop-
'alariiy viii give 10 the ruling party vantage
''gFound 10 the nsx, Presidential eampaien,
should be consinss 10 Office" This l. esia en-
'oFs Tor man Who has ruined, not TO say pr.
Iured' himself 10 plsa,s- coppsrhsads. But u is
Ias. What every mae deserves who s<lls bic prlu.
uip'es ana 'rie. 70 I'll his country Tor personal
ldvautage. fie deserves 20 b. rus-er,d m. :.
ssenTs. asd then cvnt~misessly ,hrown ls,o