The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-11


The following is Consul-General
Hale's letter in full, relative to the ar
rest of Surratt. 1t is dated at Alexan-
dria, Egypt, and addressed to Secretary
Seward. None of its contents have been
published:
"AeENCY AND CONSULATE -GENERALO
OF THE U. S. OF AMERICA, :
ALEXANDRIA. EGYPT, Nov. q, 1866.
SIR have the honor to report that
in consequence of a telegram, received
via Constantinople, from Mr.. King,
United States Minister at Rome, and of
several letters received from Mr.. Win
throp, United States Consul at Malta,
the Mediterranean wire being unfortu-
nately broken between Malta and this
place, have this day arrested a man
calling himself Walters, dressed in the
uniform of Zouave, who arrived at
Alexandria on the 23d inst, in the
steamship Tripoli, from Naples, and
who is believed to be John Harrison
Surratt, one of the conspirators for the
assassination of President Lincoln
1.-The telegram and some of the letters
having been delayed in the transmits
sion, was fortunate in finding the
man still in quarantine among the
third-class passengers, of whom there
is no list whatever. 1t was easy to dis
tinguish him among seventy-eight of
these by his Zouave uniform, and
scarcely less easy by his almost unmis-
takeableAmerican type of fcountenance.
81 said to him at once, You are the
man want, you are an Americana
''He said, Yes, sir, am
'tI said, You doubtless know why 1
want you. What is your nameF
''He replied promptly, Walters
"I said, Il believe your true name is
Surratt' and in arresting him mention
ed my official position as United States
onsnl-General.
The director of quarantine speedily
arranged a sufficient escort OF soldiers,
by whom the prisoner was conducted
to safe place within the quarantine
walls. Although the walk occupied
several minutes, the prisoner, close at
my side, made no remark whatever,
displaying neither surprise nor irrita-
ton.
ARRIVED at the place prepared, I gave
him the usual magisterial caution that
he was not obliged 10 say any thing,
and that any thing he said would be at
once taken down in writing.
'He said, Il have nothing to say. 1
want nothing but what is right
He declared he had neither passport
nor baggage, nor money, except six
francs. His companions confirm his
statement in this respect. They say he
came to Naples, a deserter from the Pa
pal army al Rome. / find that he has
no papers and no clothes but those he
is wearing
1.-THE appearance of the prisoner an
swered very well the description given
of Surratt by the witness Weichmann,
at page 116 of Pitman's report, officially
sent to me by the Government, and is
accurately portrayed in the likeness OF
Surratt on the frontispiece of the same
volume.
"Mr. King and Mr.. Winthrop speak
in confident terms of the identity of the
Zouave Walters with Surratt, and after
seeing the man have not a shadow OF
doubt of it.
according to the welI-established
| public law of this place, as the prisoner
| avowed himself an American, and sub
mitted without objection to arrest by
| me, on my statement that acted for
the United States, and especially as he
has no power to suggest even a pTi1ld
Jdeie claim for belonging to any other
jurisdiction, there is no other authority
which can rightfnlly interfere here with
his present custody, and have good
reason for saying that no attempt al
interference will be set on foot by any
authority, whatever pretensions he may
make.
1.-THE prisoners quarantine will ex.
| pire ON the 10Th. He will then be re.
ceived into the prison OF the Local
government, which cordially gives ms
every assistance"
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