Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-02

etrong voice IN sne nafls OF Congress charged
who has received hospitality in the house Of
Surratt sought after and betrayed him. Seized
and imprisoned, he II brought TO this country.
him. but those men Who were ss.aiied in Con- s
their conduct 81 the aands Of jury. For four
weeks We have been trying Mrs. Mary E. Sur
rata. The Supreme Court has decidsd that the
tribunal by which she was convicted was I'M
constitutions al and illegal. The ounsellor says
they have bound Surratt with chains. say they
! say it was false chain, fabricated and pol
tshed by ingenuity, but which breaks at q
touch. The gentlemen say their evidences 10
.s. %oua a.
tory OF the city OF my brother connsAl-New
York-Iwould refer him to q case In Knicker,
booker where the judge said, This book is 50
have thirteen witnesses. Gentlemen, suppose
you have fonr pounds Of gold In one scale, and
thirteen poundsof mean, corrupt matter In the
other: you are TO take the evidence on both
sides and weigh 1t in the scales Of truth.
Gentlemen, let us see who was Mrs. MARY f.,
Surrat? believe no tongue has spoken o /,
her except in her praise, unless 1t be Lewis J.
Weichman and Jno. M Lloyd. Not only happy
in her own temper and disposition, but evldcnt-
~ happy In her associations. Look at those
witnesses who have appeared before You on
thatstand No breath OF suspicion ever passed
across her path, NO faint Of falsehood ever
touched her. She walked peerless. That she
was lovable 10 shown by the testimony in this
cause. She receives under her roof young
college mate. She treats him as her SON In
sickness she nurses him; she admits him to
all the freedom OF her family; two brief
months pass, ard a stranger is introduced in
short months more pass, and this gentiem an is
frequent visitor at her house A man is
brought there and introduced as Mr.. Wood by
Weichman. Up to this time Herold has never
harou
he Gays, every day; and yet Weichman tells
you he never saw Booth and Atzerodt there to-
gether. Booth Visits there frequently. WEIGH
man treated as son; confided in by all; Sleep
ing in the same bed with John Snrratt, and
wearing the same clothes as Atzerodt This
man knows just as well what was going on in
that mouse and among those men as any one
else. This man in the Department con tersing
with Howell, taking from Howell q cypher
which he swears he never used. He W emit up
in the room. and found Surratt and Payne
playing with bowie knives. DO they stop
No: when Weichman went in they see who it
is and keep On. Gentlemen, you saw him on
the stand. As your eyes fell upon him he
Qulvered. A brief month passes. and there Is
a change in this scene. A new actor Is intro
duced-Mr. ] ohm M. Lloyd-and he tells you
early in March Surratt, Herold and Atzerodt
lett at his house some arms, and tells him
where to con ceal them. Time passes on. Mrs.
Surratt is called to Surratts vile on business:
she meets Lloyd, and he tells you in the pres
ence OF this man Weichman she told him 10
in = few days, Weichman tells you she told
him N low tone, and Lloyd says it was in a
tore loud enough TO be heard. One of these
two men lied. tell you Mrs. Surratt Knew
10 more about those arms being in that honse
than you do, gentlemen l will show you that
Lloyd was as deep in that plan 70 abduct as
Booth. Weichman, Atzerodt, or any OF them
Lloyd tells you Mrs. Surratt was about to
come away when he got there Weichman
tells you De came out Of the house to mend the
buggy. Lloyd tells you the paper parcel she
- GaJl LIZ
swsaTs before the military comm, ssion be
thought that parcel was half dozen Sc u
GERS, but here be swears it was q field glass
and sgain this poor creature who is deep in
this plan TO abduct. (Lloyd) tells you he had
been IN the house and was laying down when
Mrs. Surratt asked him to mend the buggy
Clarvee tells you be saw Lloyd on the next
morning and he called upon God 10 witness
that be had not seen Booth or Herold that
night Gentlemen, he who takes Gods name 20
witness the truth of his statement, when it is
not true, is inst as much OF periurer as he
who swears falsely on.that stand. Upon the
oath ofthis miseT al Die drunken perjured wretch,
she sleeps in an innocent grave. Strike out
bis testimony, and she walks disenthraled.
Did John M Lloyd tell the truth! l dis
miss hirn Lcw and forever, Now we 90 back
to Mr.. Veichman. There must be some truth
IN his statement; he must have a stem OF truth,
upon which TO weave his falsehood. First,
let ne show you how false ne has been to hu.
man nature, and false to the woman who
treated him as son, nursed him in sickness,
he accepted a situation at St. Matths VS. In
stitute In his cross. examination he tells YOU
he sought 1t. Now, this gentleman has the
most remarkable recollection Of day and dates.
He tells you on the 18th of March he went to
see the "Apostate'' played by Booth and John
McCulloch Before the Military Commission
he swears IT was on the Goth OF March He
swears before the Military Commission he was
intTod uced to NJ udd about the 18th OF January,
and here he swears il was in December 1864
Here are these strange and irrecoBcilabie con
tradictions from witness who come here to
take away the life of the son, after he has sue
ceeded in taking away the life OF the m other
He says be was clerk in the Commissary
Generals office, but never furnished iuforma-
ton. Again. he says he met Payne on two
occasions with Mrs. Surratt, bnt could not fl
the date. Finally, after eyading the question,
he answers, Eyes. did introduce Payne" He
sWears AtZerodt was never dressed in his
clothes. Gentlemen. need call your attention
to the contI ADDICTION of all this by HoIlohau,
Miss Fitzpatrick, and others. They tell you
OF Wood They tell you of seeing Al
zerodt often with Weichman's clothes on
On the conspiracy trial he swears he went TO
the Post Office with Surratt when he got the
letter from Wood, addressed to James Sturdy
fourteen days after seeing the play of Jane
Shore. and here he swears il was six DAYS
afterwards. MI. Bradley read from the evil
nPnce OF Weichman to show the contradictory
statements he made on this and til cons piracy
trial. He says he first met Atzerodt about the
last OF January. 1865, and met him on April
"a Win oulIatt ItHtieNlen. SurTdtt wa not
there on the I'd o. April. Mr.. Barry tells You he
saw Booth, Atzerodt and Weichman at Mrs.
Surratt's when he brought the horses WEIGH.
man tells yeu DIR. Wyvill brought the horses
home. Dr. Wyyill te Is you he never was at
Mrs. Surratts. The gentlemen on the other side
VIII toll You these are all immaterial. All!
gentlemen take all hese circ ums stances, pile
them up, and YOU make the mountain Ii is
the last feather which breaks the eamers
back. He swears he never was under arrest
Before the commission he swears be was in
he read his previous testimon before he came
TO testify in this case. He said his character
was At stake, and In this trial he in ten ded to
do Gil be could to aid the prosecution He
tells any extraordinary story of the remarks
made by Mrs. Surratt on coming to the CITY
about all our joys being turned to SORROW but
he did not testify TO that before the mill !.
'ary commission. He did not testify
before the military commission as 70 the re.
Booth when the officers came, because he said
his memory " as clearer now than 1t was then
He swears that Mrs. Surratt asked him TO
pray for her intentions, loud enough to be
heard by all in the room. He tells you she
was perfectly cheerful and pleasant all the
way to Surrattsytlle and back, although che
knew her son wss to embark that night on the
fearful and terrible enterprise to murder the
President and his Cabinet This Wicked
IT. her parlor, and called upon him to pray
for her intentions. He knew it would not do
TO represent her as calm at that time-ten
O'Clock. This serpent makes up the story of
her excitement. 1t was fabricated wicked
lie. bore witt some degree Of patience the
assault made by the District Attorney on this
poor prisoners but l say Weichman, this