The Portland daily press., 1867-06-24
THE SUkRATT TRIAL,

Il man named LeWl
Iayhe or Wood boarded there; he boarded
there Tor two weeks before the assassination
Mitness does not remember exactly the da,
Payne left there, but thinks it was on the daI
Oh the assassination; at least he was there two
weeks; on the day of the assassination PAYNE
came at . o'clock and paid his board and said
ne was going to Baltimore; witness then or
dered the dinner for Payne earlier than usual
ana that was the last witness saw of him;
fayne occupied 4 corner room on Ninth
street; 1t was called Room No. 6; it was
third story room; Payne called alone when
ne nrsL applied for board; did not know Mrs
Purratt; DO not know the prisoner or any
member OF the Surratt family.
Nc cross-eXamination.
William ID. Bill (colored) sworn and exam
iaed by Mr.. Pierrepont. l am a servant 81
secretary Stewards, and was there April 18th
1860; remember the circumstances that oe-
CURED that day, on April 14th, 1866; was in
Secretary Stewards house. The bell rang at "A
quarter past ten and L went to the door, and
a tall, heavy built man came and asked
Tor Mfr. Seward. l refused to admit
HIM and the man said he came from
Dr. Verdi, and insisted that he was compelled
70 see Mf. seward The man insisted and al
last went up at the door of the room; the man
saw Mr.. Frederick Seward and said he had a
prescription from Dr. Verdi Frederick Sew
ard went in and found his father asleep, and
came out and told the man he could not 20 in (:
the man insisted, and some loud conversation
cnsued when the witness reminded them tn
he more quiet; the man was very polite to the
witness and said he understood it all; the man
then started, apparently to go down stairs, and
witness was in 'front.' of him, but after going a
lew steps the man jumped back and attacked
hlr. seward and hit him over the head with
something: witness then ran down stairs and
gave the alarm, and then a soldier came up: in
tne meantime, however, the man remouuted
ans horse and went Cff and witness followed
him as far as / street, witness afterwards saw
tile man Mt ten. A u0nr's no Il
recognized him rs Lewis Payne, one of the as
sasslnation conspirators. Witness testified 10
tie same facts as were testified by him at the
assassination trial
M crOSS-cXaminatiOu. .a.
Hon. Frederick w. Seward was sworn and
examined by MIR. Pierrepont am Assistant
secretary OF State, and was so in April 1865
reside at Madison Place, 18th street, and did
reside there In April, 1865; Gen Augur's head
quarters were just below my residence: on the
night OF the l4.h of April, 1865 was in nv oWn
room, which adioins that OF my father IN the
81 story of the house; the house fronts on La
Layette Square; my fathers room was in the
n 'front.' part OF the building, and mine adjoins
Witness here described the wounds his father
mad received by being thrown from a carriage
&C, ana Then resumed. My fathers right arr
was broken; he lay upon the bed with his arm
towards the right side, and was in a recumbent
poslcloh DuS was supported by frame work
my iatier was suffering for want of sleep. and
IL was an object to Keep him as quiet as possi-
PIE; III my fathers room was my sister who
has since died, and a soldier named Robinson +.
was III my own room, and my wife was there
also; little after 10 o'clock on the night of
April IA, heard some one come up Stairs. /
stepped into the passage and saw a stout heavy
punt man, who said he was "a messenger from
Nerdl, and that he had some medicine to deliy-
er INN personally; told him We were irving
TO compose nun to Sleep but he persisted and
seemed to be determined to obey tbe order.
after some further conversation told him he
could not see hlin and the man turned TO 90
away and turned towards my room, when |
heard a quick step behind me, and turning
saw the man came back with q navy revolver
in his hand; it flashed through my mind i'm A
moment that the pistol was an additional rea
son why the man should not see my father
the man then attacked me, and in the scutfle
we fell INTO my fathers room, ana remember
no.hiii9 ulstihctiy, out have recollection of
two persons picking up my father, who was
bloody, ami remembered hearing some one saw
that he was not dead; was then taken 10 nv
room and knew nothing until recovered con-
sciousness; never saw the man afterwards.
No croSs-eXamination.,
alrs. Fredk. Seward was sworn and EVAN,
lned by Mr.. Pierrepont, and testified that when
she entered the passage on the night of April
I4tii she saw man grappled with her husband
While she was looking the door of the Secre-
tary Oh oGlte room burst open aud the wit
ness husband and the man fell into the room
then next thing saw was man on the bed
upon MIR. Seward; then l saw two men fight
lag at the foot CT the bed, apparently for the
purpose or Keeping some from going
afOund the bed; Miss Seward NV sisfer.in
law, asked me not to allow them to carry her
iather OIL; the Secretary of State was then "
lug on the floor with the bed cover; L then saw
them lift the Secretary of State up and L at
Tended to my husband, who was wounded
ABOUT the mead it was some time before he
spoke; saw Col. Seward come up stairs when
Payne went out
Col. Augustus Seward was sworn and ex-
amihed by Mr.. Pierrepont, and testified that
lie was IN bed on the night of the assassina-
lion, and was walked by the screams of NV Sis
Ter, and ran up stairs and saw two men Scuff-
ing, ana first supposed it was my father who
was deilrlous, and alter seeing him noticed |
was mistaken; thought then it was o nurse
grappied with INN, and was struck with what
supposed TO be decanter from the table: the
man was then pushed out, and as he pa ssed the
passage lamp noticed twas none who be-
longed there; L afterwards saw the man on the
monitor and recognized him as the man PAYNE
VINO was tried az the Arsenal; then got a
pistol and went to the front door and was told
10y William Bell that the man had gone off
NO clOSS-eXamination veg
James L.. Maddox sworn and examine1by Mr..
Carrlngton.-l was property man at Ford's
Ineatre III April; on the night of April IA,
1870, was on the stage between 10 and III
O'Clock; remember hearing the report of a pis-
tol; was standing on the left hand side near
the PRESIDENTS box; Harry Hawk the come
dlaii, was on the stage at that time; did not
see MI. W Tuner on the stage; as soon as heard
The report OF the pistol saw some one run of
the stage at the first entrance on the right
hand side, and then | heard some one call for
water; ran for pitcher of water and gave il
up IN the box, but did not know then whathad
happened; | was so excited do not recollect
what 1 did think; I heard the report of the
pistol about two hours after the President came
in. Witness described the box and its posi-.
lion. took two American flags to the box as
L knew It was to be decorated for the President
knew D. w. Booth; saw him in front of the
theatre at o'clock ON the afternoon of Anri
i4th on horseback; saw him afterwards at Tat
tersalls restaurant that day; that was the last
time saw Booth; Booth kept his horse in the
alley Dack OF the theatre; / leased the stable
10 Booth and collected the rent for il. RootI
engaged the stable the December before the
assassination; man nicnamed "John" at.
tended Booths horse; l saw Peanut John
that night; the stable was in an alley back OF
the theatre. "
Cross-examined by Mr.. Merrick was
property-man and it was my business to be on
the stage; Spaneler was carpenter and was
that night scene-shfter; he was on the stage
all thai night; spoke to him three minutes
before The Shot was fired; if he had been alb
sent the absence would have been noticed a,
there was good deal of scene shifting; it TOOK
halt an hour to play the third act and if il
the course of that half hour Spangler had lef
The stage the progress of the play would have
been checked; it was between Il and O'Clock
That heard the President was coming to the
theatre that night; did not see Spangler il
front OF the theatre; that night when the sho
Was iired was at the first entrance left ha nd
6iUG IN Ihe iasI part of the second act thai
night was in front of the house: did not SET
1pahgler mere then; If l had seen Spangler
there would have noticed it; do not know The
prisoner: have no recollection of secinG q mo -
that looked ike him that night; il had seen
3pangler there my knowledge of HIS dnties
would have attracted my attention to him
George w. Robinson was called and sworn
Mr.. Bradley asked if his testimony relate,
to Mr.. Seward.
Mr.. Darlington replied affirmatively
hlr. Merrick objected to it, for he did not SEE
what he had to DO with the charge laid in th
Indictment. The prisoner was charged witt
numbering and conspiring to murder Mr.. Lin
coin and not Mr.. Seward He could no
therefore see the relevancy of this TESTIMONY
Judge Fisher said he supposed it was prS
posed to show that this was a part of the sam
conspiracy that resulted in the killing of Nj
Lincoln.
The defence noted an exception to the ru
ing, and the witness was examined by MI
Darlington, and testified that he was soldie
Of the Sth Me. Vols, and in April, 1865, wa
detailed as a nurse for Mr.. Seward, who ha
been injured by being thrown from a carrag,
Witness then testified to the fact that Will
engaged IN his duties that night he heard som
one coming mp stairs, and afterwards Nj
fIeoSiick seward came and said he would NJ
have his father disturbed Witness then dc
tailed the circumstances of the attack upo
Mr.. Frederick Seward at the door. The ma
stfuck at witness with a knife. and then h
came IN and leaped upon Mr. Seward; whe
the man came in he pushed Mis- Sa,yar
aside, and when heleaped upon the he'd Mis
Seward ran 10 the window and cried murdel
Witness leaped upon the bed, and in the sem