The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-07-11
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New York. Jniy 9.
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Prosecution announced the case
closed asstheythave> been unable to
find Mr., Duell, who, desired to ex-
annie il relation to- he.ciphcr letter.
They cIosedwitlloup prejudice with the
right 10. submit the mutton hereafter
for admission JIM unSi1 Testimony.
Bradlay 4opcns4 the casetor the de-
fense. they expected to prove. the in
liocense Of the prisoner and the pure
famesof his mot her -Aato WEIGH,
man, a man who was. treated as a
son By the murdered woman, u man
whose bastard heart made him. quake
for the position, it will b.. proven that
1T was not one sof the conspirators
who called vt Mrs. Surratt's and did
not answer Ut the door that night
She never said tho murder Of, Lin.
coin was 2 punishment on the people
tor their pride and licentiousnoss.-.
That conversation was detailed BY
Weichlnan. as having taken PLACE at
the breakfast table on April 18th,
and that it bad no place except in
the brain of the witness. It will be
proven that Weichman was all this
time under arrest, and his confession
will be shown and it will be proven,
that he was intimate with the. con-
spirators, and that the infornation
he obtained at the War Department
which could be Of benefit to the reb-
els was communicated to the block,
ade runners, As to the testimony
dJ. ". Dye, tho Dreamer, we Wiz
produce the man who hooked in the
carriage, and the man who, called
the time ten minutes past. ten, in an
audible voice. We, will further.
prove the record Of Dyes Indictment
as a counterteiter.
AS to David Greed, "a gambler Of
20 years, ifallowed we will contra
dict him out Of his own mouth, aud
prove his indictment for . criminal
offence. f's
+ Van Dorpol, will be, shown TO be
utterly infamous, aid viii prove tina;
he could not have seen the afternoon
performances at the Metropolitan
Hal, because none took place, AS
to the testimony Of Wood, the bar.
Der, it will be7shown that he is mis-
taken,
Bradley reviewed the testimony Of
other witnesses and concluded We
will trace Surratt rom Richmond,
March, 1865, to / Montreal, in April !;
We will show that he was not near
Washington, except when brought.
back in the Swatara J; we will show
where Surratt was on, April l4th and
18th, md that he was not within 400
miles OF Washington. It. will be
shown he went 10 a certain town and
registered his name Jno. Harrison,
and remained there to attend y mis-.
sion he was intrnsted with, and was,
there on April l4th,; it will be shown,
that tho register OF that hotel has
mysteriously Disappeared; he. will 30
followed back to Montreal, where he.
arrived April 18th. Facts, and cir,
tumstanccs will DO shown to cenclu-
sively demonstrate that Surrrtt cod
not have got to the place named tor
tho purpose Of covering up his trucks,
1t will be shown that while Sur
RAFT was in Montreal, after the assas-
sination, he was not allowed TO read
q newspaper in his. place Of conceal
mont, and was notaware of his moth
er's peril until the event Of her exo-
'cution and then wanted TO, hasten, to
Washington but was NOT permitted
to DO 80. It will besslown that no
first heard he was implicated in the
assassination while in Albany, and
then turned back to- Montreal. He
did not flee for fear, but because he
knew Justicedropped her soMes " hen
sAerentercd that Building at the foot
Of Al. street. As to the handkerchief