Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-22

| WASHINGTON, june 21.-Judge Fisher
| decided that the court should follow the
common practice as to the matter Of
recalling witnesses, viz: that a witness
| should consider himself discharged after
examination, unless told to remain
Brook, stabler, recalled: Have seen
| Booth, Atzerot, and Harold conyersing at
my stables. Had conversation with At
zerot about the trip of Surratt. He showed
me the conclusion of a letter from Surratt,
but he would not let me see the whole OF
| it; | read only the concluding page. At
zerot said it was dated Richmond, and
| Surratt understood that detectives were
| after him, and he was making his way
| North as fast as he could. That was in
the early part of April, 1865. The con-
versation between US commenced by Atze-
rot calling me out on the pavement and
telling me about the letter. asked him
to let me see the letter. l understood Sur
raft was making his way North from
Richmond. The only difficulty was the
| detectives were after him. / understood
Atzerot to mean government detectives.
| When these men came to the stables they
would go back and engage in conversation
| together in low tone, at least | couldn't
hear what they said, for they were at least
| a hundred and twenty feet from me.
Jas. W. D. Humphrey, JnO. Fletcher and
Jno. f. Jaffrey, testified to various matters
| After recess Miss Honora Fitzpatrick, who
lived at Mrs. Surratt's, stated Surratt was
| intimate with Payne, Booth, Atzerot anC
| other conspirators, and that they had inter
views at Mrs. Suratps house on ID street.
Geo. F. Capin was examined to corrob
arate Blinn and Hobarts statement as ties
tilted to seeing the handkerchief marked
J. H. Surrat, found by Blinn on Wednesday
after the assassination witness got tn,
handkerchief from Blinn and gave it tC
one Of Bakers detectives named Grinnell
Benjamin w. Hunderpool, of New York
testified that he IVES in Washinton
April IA, 1865, and saw Booth on that
| day and spoke to him; saw him tire,
times that day saw Booth first at Willards
| afterwards on Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh or Eleventh anC
| Twelfth streets. The prisoner was called
| on to stand up. @. Did you see the pris
oner that day. A. / saw him at the place
last mentioned; he was with Wilkes Booth
and three or four others were sitting round
/ a table with glasses on it. went up stairs
and, coming down, heard music and went
in; a ballet dancer was performing; tbs
| table Booth was at was round one, and
he and his companions were talking.
saw them distinctly, as / was within few
feet of them. l cannot be mistaken about
| this.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Brady; l did
not speak to Booth when | saw him in
A Al
| were engaged in conversation / was only
attracted there by music never seen Sur
raft before or since till now | took good
| look at him this morning and recognized
| him as the same man that | saw with
Booth am as confident saw Surratt as
that l see you now; this was some time in
| the afternoon and probably after three
| o'clock; cannot remember how they were
| dressed; think Booth and Surratt had
their hats of; don't think SurTait then
| wore a goatee, if he did it was a very
| light one | do not remember the hall
| but thinks it was at a hall called Metro
| politan Hall. Witness was asked why he
| did not communicate these facts before, and
| give as his reason that it was known that
he was intimate with Booth, and he was
| ieered by his brother officers, and he then
fastened to his regiment. Witness never
made this statement TO any one till now
was never summoned as a witness in
this case; but having seen that the
trial Of Surratt was in progress, came
to see if Surratt was the man
he saw with Booth, and recognized
him as one Of the party. lie then in
formed Mr.. Darlington Of the fact, and
was placed on the stand as witness by Mr..
| Pierpont. Witness has a great faculty Of
recollecting any face he has once seen, and
has been subjected to a test Of the matter.
Question by Mr.. MerTick-Would you
recollect the face of a woman who was
dancing?
Answer did not observe her face
closely, my attention was directed TO her
legs. laughter
The courf took racess fill to-morroW