The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-14
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JULY IA, se7e<TR1PLE SHEET

army commissioned bYt'ovsrnor Hicks as captain
Of company OF cavalrX ddnt see any guns :, eur ,
ratsve the day n9yed; had nothing 70 DO win .no
escape Of Booth and nothing 10 do with nle.rupIhs
Mr. Lncolns trip uyto Annapolis witness nsd al, ,s
s,i,ute in the fsesrs army; symps'h'soa WIN o0'n
''I By NJ sMSssN%nsss took 10 part the
sy A1 P,srepou-Hsd nothing 20 do with blockade
By Mr. Bradey-Cane frequently 70 Washington
curing the war; never saw any pickess beyond the as
j. q jenkins sworn-witness 10 the brother Of Mrs.
Was there when she and wechman came; she showed
wppss a latter which she said she had received from
Mr. n' s,Is letter 70, ~ W. hossy ,pS
Mr. Motley witness was not IN the habit OF coming TO
nv W. Perrepont-wsichma wrote the note for Mr.
Motley he lived about i've miles away, in the direction
Ala quarter past tuslvsP. T. the Court took recess
On reassembling, Bernard J Early Was sworn. Wit
ness knew Michael " Laughln; saw him the morning
OF Good Friday day the President murdered;
~ seyea o'clock saw him ~ the Metropolitan Hotel;
possibly little after seven: witness went 70 Oaugh.
shaved, and while there OLauehlin in and 90.
shaved after that went up 70 Welkera and ordered
Sreskfss we went down 10 tho National and OLaurhin
went up stars 70 friend: about half an boar after
wards sent up stairs for O'Iaughn and he was NOT
there then down to Lerchau's and found oLaugk
I'm the barroom there: he had on striped pants sEd
vest aud siouched hat. tlf 9l~4
Not cross examined +. ~ rH.tf rft II t...t
Edward A. Murphy sworn-wxness lives In washsae-
ton 10 rumber By trade; knew OLaushiD, saw him
the morn M tho President was murdered witness
one Of the party thai slept The night before At the Me-
tropotan hotel Mr. Murphy proceeded to testify, COR
roborang the testimony OF the previous witness as to
the whereabouts Of OLaughln the morning OF the
day OF Che asspstion. r.r f.. ~
William Failing Witness Is little deaf; wit
ness 9ives In Csnandagua. N Y, keeps the Webster
House, book before tho witness is the res.ter OF
that hotel a
The wtness--This the hoscl book In 1895 ,he
under date Of April ID the name Of John Harrison
10 recorded.
By Mr. Br.aiey-Does the entry show about wha,
time the party registered his manner
Mr. Pierrepont objected. the witness would state
that that party arrived at the hotel then he could 60
The Witness resuming said he not he At
homo ON the evening mentioned until the latter part Of
the evening; the train from Elmra arrived between
nine and ten o'clock the name OF Harrison Is the last
but one entered on the day named witness was out OF
Observation-Disclosures thinks he was At home on
the day Of the assassination when witness sold out 70
with him till about ten twelve days ago; witness
brought then TO Mr.. Brsdlsy's ofce; has not seen
| the book since till now f
witness was handed another book by Mr. Pierrepont
which, after examining he stated was the night book or
check book Of the hotel in it they were in the habit Of
charging accounts Of persons arriving at the hotel
does not appear that anything was charged up to that
name thatsday; witness packed this book up and
carried IL home after selling OUT and packed il away in
| the wood shed chamber; no one examined 1t subse-
Queny to witness; witness didnt see the name OF Har
MT Pierrepont here stated that he objected to the
book being put evidence It Is proved when the
put there that the man clauing ever was
| F, ~ that house.
MI Bradley called Frank o. Chamberlain, who was
sworn Witness Yives In Canandaieua; keeps Webster
House; witness purchased the hotel from Failing; pur-
the register also witness had hR attention
ca led to the Of Harrison Canandaigua BY MI
secs no alteration in IT, witness don't know whether
delivered It to Failing 70 bring here; il was witness
possession from the time OF purchasing the hotel until
Gross exam ined-The book lay on the counter till
filed up and then laid the desk It could have
been written by anybody after II was placed In the
desk Il Lard there from the 31st OF December 1865 till
brought here 1t lay where 1t could be every
been noticed witness could az tho daie when Mr. Brad
Icy TO witness about the book; ives the 23d
WtosS. As wsuess he aid be had been there twice
previously unknown TO witness.
Mr. Pieuepont still objected 10 the admission OF the
book
Joseph r. Bradley, Jr. sworn-witness went to Can
andagus, arriving there The 10th Of March, 1857
ness looked around the Office and found the regs
ter alluded TO- and found tho naune Of John HARRISON
visit he went away and back again ON the esd
and looked ~ tho book again; was then a. Is now;
witness then made known the object OF his visit there
and summoned Mr.. Chamberlain - witness In this
case.
|, Joseph H. Bradley. ST., swom-Mr Failing delivered
this book to witness two or three weeks ago and has
been out Of witness possession since I'LL to-day. and
has not been altered in any manner.
Mr. Bradley asked II the had any dou bts about
admitting the book Ia evidence.
Judge Fisher said that the entry might have been
made subsequently to the 18th Of April 1885, by the
prisoner himself before the l7th Of September.
Mr. Bradley said that the prisoner concealed in
Canada at this period according 70 the testimony OF
Dr Mcmillan He offered tending to show that the
entry made by the prisoner In Canandaigua the
date mentioned In the book
Tho Court here examined the book, and Mr.. Bradley
called attention to the fact that several entries had been
torn out from the check or night book and that II bad
been packed away until was placed In the hands Of
written the entry ate, the 18th Of April sarra was
been done since bis arrival on board snip In February