The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-06-25

The Surrau Trial.
This impafani trial Is a. lt FRO
crossing. Na.Asuid wllsaa. Assistant
District Attorney opened the cas- ior
the people reyiewing 10 acial tho crime
II the assassination. and said be would
prove. as no caso was ever proved, that
tho prisoner WAS present aiding and
abetting II; that be was the friend and
companion Of Booth, aud was present
in front Of tho theatre in private consul
tation With him a few minutes before
the shot was fred. II would be prov
"a further tia; he wa a traitor to his
country and q spy upon tie actions q
the goyornment-one who travelled reg
ularly from Washington to Richmond
and Canada, all the time plotting the
governments destruction. Hereferred
to the waudcrings Of the prisoner since
the commission q the murder, and said,
when al these facts we're proven, the
jury could not fail to convict him
After other remarks by the counsel on
both sides, and a request 10y Mr.. Brad
ley, Of the defence, for a list Of witness
es for the prosecution, which the Judge
said be would hold under consideration
until Wednesday the examination Of Wit
nesses commenced. The most impor-
tant witness called was Joseph Dye, at
present a recruiting sergeant in the
United States army and at the time Of
the assassination a member Of Battery
.C. Pennsylvania heavy artillery. He
testified substantially as follows:
At the time of the murder he was in
Washington; was sitting on some
plank in front Of the theatre and saw
MIR. Lincoln coming here; the street III
front of the theatre was lighted by q
lamp, while witness was there, in com
pany with Sergeant Cooper, parties
came ont Of the theatre and went into
the saloon; he knew j. Wilkes Booth
as the first of the persons who appeared;
he entered into conversation with a low,
Misunderstanding person at the end of
the passage; they were soon joined by
a neatly dressed person. The crowd
then came out of the theater, and wit
ness heard Booth remark, / suppose he
will come out now" referring as be sup
posed to the President. The parties
then ranged themselves where the Pres
ident was to pass. and watched eagerly
for his appearance. He did not come,
and one of them went and examined
the carriage, while Booth went into the
restaurant and remained there long
enough to take a drink; then came out
and stepped into the passage leading
to the stage of the theatre. The well
dressed person then called the time to
Booth from a clock in the yestibule, and
in a few minutes repeated the call, being
at the time somewhat excited. During
the intervals he went to and from ID
street, and the witness was SO strongly
impressed that something was wrong,
that he unrapped his revolver from the
handkerchief in which it was folded
The well dressed man soon came again
from the direction of VI. street. and told
Booth the ht for the third time-lt
was then ten minutes past ten o'clock.
The man stood in front of the theatre
and the light shone full in his face
There was pictured III his c~ountenance
great excitement and exceeding pale
ness. Witness saw the man distinctly,
and to a question by Mr.. Pierpoint,
"Do you see him now Z" answered, Il
do, sir" and pointed to Surratt, "There
| he is" / have seen his face frequently
in my sleep. 1t was SO very pale that |
never could forget it. | have not seen
him since until lately, and the man l
then saw was John Surratt, the prison
at the bar. Surratt then moved tow
ards II street; Booth then entered the
hall of the theatre, Sergeant Cooper and
| then went to an oyster saloon; we had
not had time to eat the oysters when we
heard of the murder and we went inn
mediately up to IL. street, and out OF
H street towards Camp Barnes.
WASHINGTON, June l9.-lhe Surratt
tr ial was resumed. Judge Fisher de
cided against compelling prosecution to
disclose the names OF Witnesses. Car
DOLL Hobart, u conductor on the YER
mont Central railroad, was examined
He testified to having on lis train be-
tween April 10th, and April goth, 1865,
two men, one of whom looked like Sur
raft, who said they were ont of money
and could not pay their fare. They
said they must 90 to Franklin. They
went as far ais st. Adams.
Chas. FL. Blum testified that he was
night Waterman at the Burlington de-
pot on the night Of April 18th, 1866
Two men came into the depot and ask
ed to stay there that night, until the
train left for Montreal. They slept
there, and next morning where one of
them slept, witness found a handker-
chief with the name Of J.. H. Surratt on
it.