New-York tribune., 1867-06-24
THE SURRATT TRIAL.
TIE ATTACK ON SECRETARY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TESTIMONY.

TESTIMONY.
Ry rsIEGRAPH TO rHs TRIBUNE
1U.surScToN June 22-The trial Of John :. Sur
raft was resumed this morning in the Criminal Court
Iudee Fisher presiding In presence OF an increased nn
hor Of spectators no small proportion OF whom were ladies'
sa,in, seots within the bar. The Court formally
noned at 10 o'clock and the defense asked that Bena
min M VanderpOol be recalled The witness was not IN
the ConIt room and II understood tnat the deien
should have the privilege OF recaiilhg MN soihe iuu
Mrs Martha Murray was sworn and examined by Mr.
Carngop Sness Sas Sed al there for 10 years tie
time OF the assassination witnesses husband Kept ue
Werndon House; a named Lewis Payne, or Wool,
harded there he boarded there fortwo weeks before o
assassinatOn; witness does not remember exactly b
day Payne left there but thinks that It was ON the dayo
the least he there two weeks on W
day OF the assassinaon Payne came In at o'clock e
pad his board and said he was going to Baltimore; wy
es then ordered the dinner for Payne earlier than s'
and that was the last witness saw OF hm Payne oce
pied a corner on Ninth-st called room No .; ;t ~
was thrdstory room; Payne called alone when he fst
applied board did not know Ms. SnrratS do i0'
D. e eotoe sco a'a esg"ea m ,n atiac o. % m rHr T
Iederieh W. Se,ca,d was sworn and erapned By W.
PrrrV0n-I Assistant Secretary OF state and wa 70
in Arri 1866 reside ut Madison-plaee, Fiftec,th-
ST ST. and did reside there in April. 1868; Cen.
ArS9G! A"g%r's on ne night Of April IT, 1856 was in my
own room which adjOins that OF my Iather IN tRe thu thu
NV room was in the part of the honse and
mine adioins Witness Eere described the WOUNDS his
S.h[r nnd Witness them resmedMy fathers right arm
broken; he lay upon the bed win MS arm towato uio
,cht side md was In n recumbent position but was sup
norted Inv frame work my father was suffering foTWant
of slcep and it Object To Keep nm AZ qm't w
nossihc. i'm nv fathers my sister who hasrnce
dird and "A soldier named Robnson was III my own
room and my wife there also; my mother was er
oS oUI the nisSt Of April "a heard up Aa
/ stepped into the passage aud saw stout, heayyo@un @
that he had medicine 10 deliver personally; tom
him we were trying to compose Mr. Seward TO sleep but
10 sfad nd seen
order after further conversation told bin he r1u
not see him and the man turned go away, and arhed
toward INV room, when heard II quick step behind me-
and turning l saw the man come pa' WIN nav IT,
vover In his hand; IL flashed through my mind "a
moment that the pistol additional reason why the
should not see my father the man the atavhfa S
remember nothing distinctly, but have recollection OF
persons picking mp my father who was nooIl am
was then taken my room, and knew nothing untl re-
covered consciousness; never saw inc man aiierwmu
Mrs Iredrrck Seirdrd sroi1i aud tTd1ed bg NJ. Pier
reonf tcsted that when entered the way ON
the night of April Il, she saw man grhlied win ner
husband while she looking the door OF the Secicta
nv of states room burst open and wnesss husband aud
the fell into the room the next saw vas mar,
saw TWO men hghtng at the foot OF the bed,
apparently for the purpose of keeping sone l o''e
Law. asked not to allow them 90 carr! her father ON
the Secretary of State then lying on The floor Gov
cred with the bedcuyer then saw them t the seer
tary OF state up and attended "a my husband, Who was
wounded about the head 1t was some time before he
spoke; Col Seward come upstairs; when fayhe
went ont he had cash across his forehead. ~,
col Augustus Sscdrd. aud croDiiHed by Hr.
PeJrpon and testified that he was in bed the Night 81
the assassnatio. and wakcned by the screams of
my sister, and up stairs and saw two men scuinlng'
and first supposed II my father, who was derous,
and after seeing hm noticed was mistaken Thought
then IL was nurse, and grapp,ed win MN, ana .as @
struck with what supposed 10 be decanicr from the
fable the man then pushed out aud A. he passed me
passage lamp noticed u was no one ia the house VINO
belonged there: afterward the man ou the Monitor
aud recognized him as the man fayhe VINO was tlsu ..
the Arsenal then got pi,t3 nna went % 10 tae & o %
door. and was told by Wllam ben that lhe ha hA ~oo
ia,a,s l. HadIor soor, aud eraB,iaed b M Caington
I was property man at fords Iheater on Apii lt isS
was on the stage that night between 10 and II O'Clock
remember hearing the report oi p,toi was silnd,Ag
ON the left hand side the Ptcsidentn box Iaiil
Hawk the comedian, was on the stage NJ thc tie uu
not Mr. Withers on the stage ~ soon - h'an ihc
report Of the pistol saw some ole run on ,ho '.' =, @ ,
fTsf entrance, right hand side hhd Then h'Afa svhs orc
bat did not know then what had hApirned Nas ~
cited: do not rccolect what did think hearu ih'
came In wthcss described tho box and " position
took two American nags to the b9N ana AusN,s VIZ W.
saw him in front of the thcnter 80 o'clock on t" after
~ Apnl ~. on hofsebace Jaw hn aitrrN aiu ~
Tattctsas restaurant that day, that Was the hst unn
saw Booth Booth kept horse In the alley back ~ i
thcater; leased the stable 70 Beoth ,sd ,olle.t,d ie
fore the ssination; man nicknam,d Peanut John
attended Booths horse; SAN fcanui john thi iHSh''
ns %as - ~ NJ 1ssrct Was nan
and il wns ny bIsnes- the stage; Spangirr
a carpenter. aud that night sccneshitcr; he Nas
on the stage all That night, spoke 70 hin thiee nuls-
sehcc would have been not ccd there good deal
scenesftng; " took half hour 10 play tho ihiri
act aud IL in the of that half hour spanFler bl
left the stage the progress. s.of the play would have "n
checked: IL was between Il and o'clock hchr the
President was comng TO thcatrr that night did not
spanglcr of the theatcr that night when the
shot fired al the irst entrance. LOFT hand side
Of the house did not spangler iherc thea II had
spanger there would have notlced u; do not know
the prisoner have recollection Of seeing man who
looked Ike him that night n had seen Slmngler there
my knowledge Of his duties would have attracted my at
George w. RoJiasoa was called and sworn:
MI Bradley asked his testimony related To Mr SewaN
and M CarringtOn replied ai1rInailyeiy. .
Mr. Mcck objected 90 H. for he did not whait had
60 do with the charge laid In the Indictment The lHi-"cr
charged with numbering and conslhihg :" murder
Mr. Lincoln and not Mr. seward and he could not there
fore. see the relevancy Of THIS testimony. ,,,
Judge Fisher said lac supposed II was proposed 10 show
that this was part Of the same conspiracy that resulted
The defense Noted an exception 10 the ruling, and Wit
ness was then examined By Mr. Darlington. aud te-ed
he soldier OF tho Eighth Maine Volunteers and IA
April. 1865. detailed for Mr.. Seward who
had been injured by being thrown from carriage Wit
then testified to the fact that while engaged IN his
duties that night, he heard one coming up stairs,
and aferward Mr Frederick seward came and said he
would not have his father disturbed, Witness then de
tailed the circumstances Of the attack upon r Frederick
Seward at the door The struck at witness win
bed when the man came iu he pushed Miss seward aside
aud when he leaped upon the bed Mis- seward ran 10 the
and In the scufe wounded twice about the shoulder.
and he made effort TO cut witness in the breast while
DONG this witness and the man were cnched after Wit
got the knife where he could not H. witness
grabbed for the mans throat while we were scuiing
was grabbed from behind and supposed II con
federate but aerward found out IL Major Seward
turned TO Major Seward and told him TO let aud TO
grab the other and cut his throat then 10 the
door, and Payne got away and the way down lac struck
Mr. Hanson struck the chief messenger OF the state De
partment l afterward recognized the man as Lewis
Payne; witness received four wounds from PnyneOne
the forehead two the right shoulder, and under
the left shoulder blade during the scue saw revolver
in Payno's hand; the knife was long bright sharp one
what Is called a Bowie knife; Payne dressed In
drab OyercOat, dar, pants and siOuch nat think he
pair Of heavy boots. but don't rccolleei whether
he wore spurs or not; after Payne had gone spt
0f the revolver; the spners also az the assas
snation conspiracy trial; have the knfe In my poses
son ~ presented to by the Sno1ethry OF War.
Witness here described the wounds on Mr. Frederick
ReW Witness then resumed, and said he