The Portland daily press., 1867-06-27
THE SURRATT TRIAL.
WASHINGTON, June %.

dent on the night of his assassination its ar
rangement, the position of the door, the hole
made in the wal, etc, and wooden bar having
been exhibited, witness recognized it as the bar
| placed TO secure the door of the box; witness
knew Edward Spangler and saw him on the
stage the night of the assassination; does not
tMnk he left the stage that night; he was scene
shifter, and if he had left his absence would
have been noticed. ...
George w Bunker sworn. In 1865 witness
was room clerk at the National Hotel; book
was here exhibited; witness recognized it as
the Register book OF the National Hotel wit
ness saw Wilkes Booth on the night of the as
sassination. Booths name has been cut from
the Register in almost every instance for the
purpose of securing his autograph. Witness
here examined the Register and gave the
corded times of Booths arrival and departure.
Col. III. w. Smith was sworn.-Was in Wash
ington at the time of the assassination, and re-
manned there eighteen months afterwards; l
commanded the party that arrested Mrs. Snr-
RAFT; arrested here on Monday, April 18th,
and arrested Payne at the same time; was
ordered by Gen. Augur to arrest Mrs. Surratt
and all found in the house; proceeded with
three men to 561 III street, and posted the men
about The house to prevent escape; went 10
the house; and after going up the steps
looked in the window and saw five persons sit
tin together, apparently in close conversation,
and then l rung the bell, and some one came
to the window and whispered out Is that you
Kirby?" replied, no, it Is not KIRBY; then
went in and asked the lady who opened the
loor ii she was Mrs Surratt and she replied
she was; then told her was ordered to arrest
, ler and all in the house, and asked her who
Ghe ladies in the parlor were, and she mem
TONED the names of Miss Annie Surratt, Miss
Jenkins and Mrs. Honora Fitzpatrick; told
mel the ladies would have to 60 with me, and
Miss Surratt then said something about being
arrested for such crime; Mrs. SurraLt put
her arms about her daughters neck and whis-
pered tomething to her, when Miss Surratt be-
came quiet; then told the ladies to get their
wrapplngs, and after this was done Mrs. Sur
raft asked permission to kneel down and say
her prayers, as she said she asked Gods bles-
sing in all she did; told her there was no
objection TO that; in the mean time / heard
some one come in, and supposed was going
TO get Kirby, but when the man came in it was |
Payne; he came in and had pick upon his |
shoulder; he just hesitated, and 1 cooked nv |
pistol and ordered him to come in I then |
questioned Payne, and he said he was a labor |
ing man and had been working about at differ |
emit places; then asked him what brought |
him there at that hour of the night; he said |
ging drain which Mrs. Surratt had en- ployed !
him to do thatimorning; called Mrs. Sur:att, |
and she denied all knowledge of the man, and |
said she had not employed him; saw coll |
ored woman In the house named Susan Anna
Jackson. ea EEFEQ |
Caoss-exauined. Witness testified to SUBJ |
;tantlally the same facts on the trial of the |
conspirators; did not then testify to what |
nave stated about Annie Surratt nor about |
Mrs. Surratts asking permission to say her I
prayers; Payne had a gray coat and vest, and |
black pants, and an old knit sleeve on his |
head; do not recollect that Paine made any |
reply when Mrs. Surratt said she did not !
know him; Payne was in a chair under the |
5as nxtures, and Mrs Surratt stepped out Of |
the parlor door when called her, and when l |
asked her IT she recognized him the gas light |
was at the time thrown upon Payne's face; he |
was standing nearly opposite the parlor door. |
by Mr.. Merrick. The ladies named above |
were in the parlor when entered, Mrs. Jen- |
kins on chair and Miss Fitzpatrick was on |
the sofa; Miss Surratt and I went into the |
parlor together; after she opened the door |
told them came to arrest them; Miss Surratt |
began to cry, and Mrs. Surratt advanced and |
embraced her ~ flT
Gen. q. s. Grant was sworn and examined |
0y Mr.. PIerrepont l was in command at |
Vicksburg in the first part of 1863 and during |
chat year. +''t'-G
son, and under what circumstances?
Mr.. Bradley noted an exception.
Witness testified that while he was at Will |
lamsburg in the eally part Of 1868, one of our |
picketS brought in a sail boat which was found |
coming up the river, about opposite to where |
Admiral Porters flag ship was lying; witness
sent to have the boat brought in; the boat had |
a white dag flying, and when the boat got in |
Jacob thompson was brought up to the flag |
ship.
Q. What did Jacob Thompson say? ..s
Mr.. Bradley objected.
The objection was overruled.
witness saw Thompson on board of Admi- |
RAJ Porters flag ship, and he, Thompson, said |
ne was acIng staff officer of one of the Cen
erals IN Hlcksburg, and that he was acting In |
'pector General of the Confederate army; did |
not understand that he held commission but |
that he was acting staff officer.
NO cross-eXaminaton.
Charles Dawson sworn. Was clerk at the |
National Hotel in 1866; when Booth left April |
10th, 1866, he left a trunk and valise behind |
and they We're placed in the baggage room of |
the hotel; a few days before the arrest of Sur |
ratt, witness was examining some baggage and |
Booths valse was partly open, and a card |
marked y. Harrison Surratt dropped out The |
card was produced but no offered in evidence. |
During the progress of the conspiracy trial,
witness in looking over tho letter rack at the |
hotel, in letter b, found letter addressed to
%. w. b." The letter was identified. The
letter was offered in evidence and an excep- |
ton was taken by the defence
The letter is as follows, and is the same as
was offered at the conspiracy trial. |
South Branch Bridge, april 5, lS65.-Friend |
Wilkes: received yours of the 18th, and re-
ply as soon as practical. / saw French Brady |
and others about the oil speculation. The sub |
scrlpuon to the stock amounts to $4,000, and I |
add $1,000 myself, which is about all I can |
stand. Now when you sink your well, go deep |
enough; don't fall everything depends on you |
and your helpers. If you can got throu.h on
your trip after you strike "ile," strike through |
Thornton Gap and cross by Capt. Romney's |
aud down the branch, and can help you safe |
from all hardshps for year. am clear of all
surveillance now that internal Purdy is beat.
hired that girl to charge him with an outrage,
and reported him to old Kelley, which sent him
in the shade, but he suspects too damned much |
now. Had he better be sentenced for good? |
send this up by Tom, and If he don get drunk |
you will get it the OH. At all events If lost it |
cannot be understood. can't halt write. I |
haye been drunk for two days. Don't write so
much hifautin next time. No more, only Jake |
will be at Green's with the funds Burn this. |
Truly yours, Low.
Sue Guthrie sends much love. |
The court at 1880 took a recess for half an |
hour. DO. .. ,...4.. f.firrsr,. 4. .... oil tls |
After recess, Col. Richard G. Morgan was
called and testified to the arrest of Mrs. Sur |
raft and Payne on the night of April 18th. He |
was OF the party with Col Smith, but the tes- |
timony of the two varied, especially so far as it
related to Payne. Smith said he met Payne at |
the door, and Morgan said he met him there |
Mrs. Benson, formerly Mrs. Hudspeth, testi-
t5i Relative 20 the letters found in street car
in New York. Mrs. Hudspeth said she came
here from Canada under an agreement that her |
expenses would be paid, AMI that she would |
receive per diem OF $40 while here, and this |
agreement was made with Mr.. Thurston, the |
United States Consul at Toronto. l |
fTh0 cnurt al 9 adiour ned until tn-morroxu