The Portland daily press., 1867-06-22


evening on my way to New Haven, Conn; II
was previous to the assassination; heard o.
the assassination on my way to New haven
| came back to Burlington on the tram tnal len
New Haven at 3.15; this was Monday aiter the
aSsass nhtion; after my return from new nav
| en- l saw Charles Blnn at the depot IN Bur.
lington; on Wednesday evening he had an ar
ticle that much wanted TO get.
o. What was that article? A. A handker.
chief Witness examined package and took
| ont a handkerchief marked John II. Sur.
| ratt") Witness could not recognize it as the
same handkerchief, because at that time it was
| very dirty. ..
Gross examined by Mr.. Bradey.-I gave the
handkerchief to Mr.. George Grinnell, who was
| represented as one of Bakers detectives;
was detective at that time, but none of Ba-
kers; L received the handkerchief on Tues
DAY, The 10th; got it from Mr. Blnn that day
nau seen the handkerchief for the first time on
wednesday previous; do not think it was on
Saturday L first saw the handkerchief; wit
ness said he fixed the time because Mr. Blinn
said he would take it to his mother and have it
washed, and had gone Tor the handkerchief
Binn made an excuse for not having it by say
ing that his brother was dead and his. mother
was attending the funeral; have no recol-
lection of telling NJ. Griunell that l saw the
handkerchief first on Saturday; do not r. col
lect telling any one of the circumstance until
last Saturday; might possibly have reported
the fact to Capt. Gleason, Provost Marshal at
Burlington, but don't recollect the fact; the
detective came to the Office and asked for me
and we went together to WinOoski Falls in
search of Chas Blinn; do not recollect that
the detective took notes of what Blinn told
him; kept diary of my own movements;
witness referred to his own diary, under the
head of April 25th); find that L was with
Grinnell On the steamer United States
Cross-eXamined by Mr.. Merrck-I heard
Surratt was suspected of. completely IN the as
sassination before knew that Blinn had the
handkerchief; cant fix the time when Blinns
brother died but it was after he had first
showed the handkerchief and before it was
finally delivered. ..t..,-.,
By Mr.. Pierrepont.-The Wednesday first
saw the handkerchiey was April 10Th.
By Mr. Merrick-I did no more with the
handkerchief than to deliver it to Grinneil
Benz. w, VandpOol swOrn.-Is an attorney:
lives IN New YORK; was in Washington at the
time OF the assassination and for three DAYS
before it; knew Booth; saw him on that day
and spoke to him.
y. Did you see the prisoner on that day?
"A. saw INN on Pennsylva avenue; he was
with Wilkes Booth and two or three others !;
they were sitting around table with glasses
on 1t; had been to the PaymaSter's and COM
ing down heard music at the place referred to.
ana went IN; q ballet dancer was performing
the table Booth was sitting at was round one
and he and his companions were talking;
saw them distinctly rs was within Il few feet
OF them; / cannot be mistaken about this
Cross examined by Mr.. Bradley.-I did not
speak to Booth when saw him in this place:
L saw Booth and his companions were engae-
ed in conversations; was only attracted there
only by the music; / never saw Surrattbefore OF
since until now; L took good look at him this
morning, and recognized him as the man saw
with Booth; am rs confident that l saw Sur
RAFT as that see You now; this was sometime
ia the afternoon, and it might have been
O'Clock; cannot remember how they were
dressed; think Booth and Surratt had their
hats oil; don't think Surratt then wore a
goatee, IT he did it was very light one; don't
remember the hall, but think it was at hall
called Metropolitan Hall.
h. Witness was asked why he had not commun-
icated these facts before, and gave rs IL reason
that 1t was known that he was intimate it'll
Booth, and was joined by his brother officers
and he then fastened to his regiment; witness
never made this statement TO any one until
now; was never summoned as q witness in this
case, but having seen that the Surratt trial was
in progress, came here to see if Surratt was
one OF the men he saw with Booth and recog-
nized him at once as one of the party; he then
Informed Mr. Darlington of the fact, and was
placed ON the stand as a witness.
by Mr.. PierrepOnt.-Witness has great
faculty of recOllecting faces he has once Seen
and he has been subjected to the test of the
matter. ON tq..' -.s
Question by Mr.. Merrck-Would you recol-
lect the face of the woman who was dancing?
A. did not pay much attention to her face:
my attention was directed to her legs. laugh
The court adjourned at half past until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning,