Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-08-06


A. There was one, and 1 saw
that.
Q. Did President Johnson order
the person whose card was sent up
to be admitted
A. He did.
q. What name was on the card
A. J. Wilkes Booth.
Q. Was he admitted
A. lie was.
q. State as near as you can the
particulars of the interview between
Mr.. Booth and President Johnson
whether they met as strangers or in
what other manner ?
! A. From the familiarity Of the
/ greeting, should Judge they had fire.
/ quently met, and were intimate
/ friends. When he came in they
/ shook hands with the usual salutations
Of friends.
! Q. How long did you stay?
A. Not over five minutes after
Mr.. Booth came in. | left with the
two boys, leaving Mr.. Booth and
President Johnson together
/ Q. Had you seen Booth before {?
A. Once on the stage-more FREE
quently at the Kirk wood and Metro
| politan Hotels; and he had been point
! ed out to me, though never had
! been introduced TO him.
Q. Did you see Booth at the Kinks
wood House at any time before the
assassination-and if so, how long :?
A. | saw him, think, on the 18th
OF April. He came in. ] was sitting
there. He inquired at the desk Of
the office if President Johnson was
in He was told that he was not.
He then said he wanted to see himon
private business, and went away
without further remark.
@. On the evening of the 4th of
March, after the speech of Vice Pres
/ ident johnson in the Senate Cham
Der, did you call upon him at the
Metropolitan If so state all the oc-
currences Of that interview, giving
all that was said by both as ex-
actly as possible.
A. | called there / think, between
five and six, and Immediately upon
entering tie room I said to President
Johnson, who was lying upon the
bed, '(ireat God. Governor, you have
ruined yourself and the party p
President Johnson raised himself up
on his elbow and said: "By God, l
will straigten myself out aud make
myself felt before the end ofmy admin
istration Mr. Blair has been here and
invited me to go up to his house,
which | intended to do on Monday.
Burnside, servant ] go down to
the bar and get me some whiskey"
/ then left the room.
Q. How certain are you OF the
words ''my administration ?" Was
your attention called to them by
the manner in which they were said,
or from any other cause, SO that you
can be certain of the exact words
A. am certain OF the words, and
my attention was called to them, by
the very emphatic manner Of the
President.
Q. Did You call on President
Johnson while he was at Mr.. Hoop
pers house corner Of Fifteenth and
A streets ? If so, state all that was
said ia that interview between you
both, especially everything that was
said respecting the next President
A. | did cali on HIM at Mr.. Hoop
er's house; | think, on the night of
the 9th Of May, l865-Sabbath even
ming. In the course of the converse
ton, | remarked: Governor, you
look tired. Being President is hard
work and small thanks, isn't it? He
replied Eyes particularly when a
man is lifted into it on another mans
coat tail" He stopped moment,
as if in thought, and continued: "The
man who gets the Mcclellan vote,
with the anti negro suffrage vote of
the Republican party, will get the
Southern vote, and that will elect the
next President,
Q. Have you the original recon-
mendations of Mr.. Johnson to Presi-
| dent Lincoln, or to Mr. Stanton, or
both, for your promotion as Captain
and Commissary of Subsistence II
SO, annex copies hereto.
Here copies of the documents in
question are given.
The following extracts are from a
long atfidavit.made by one thoroughly
acquainted with what transpired in
the cirles in which Mr.. Johnson NOV.
ed in Nashville. 1t bears the seal OF
a we'll known notary:
81 knew Mel S. Brown, once Gov.
ernor Of Tennessee, and noted reb-
ell. He came to Nashville once, in
1868. 1t was u very hard matter. to
Get a pass through the lires. and
Brown wanted to get one. He call.
ed on the Governor and The Cover
nor refused all intercourse and inter,
views to other people that day, and
was alone with Mel S. Brown. Eli.
Their that night or next morning, The
Governor ordered-to go with him
TO Columbia. n. S. Brown went
along and made a short speech al
Columbia, apparently on the Union
side. Then brown did not return
with, but went through the rebe
lines. and did not return till aftel
Lees surrender, and would be likely
to see him
Atterward the same witness came
to Washington, when Mr.. johnson
was President. An interview at the
White House is thus alluded to in the
testimony
"He (the President) asked me why
l was in hurry to go back to Ten
nessee."
/ said Gov. Brownlow had called q
meeting OF the Legislature.
"He said he had ID sight OF
use for a legislature. Hill have no
quorum this time. The people OF
Tennessee are tired ofthis foolishness,
and very soon will settle with this
Legislature. =
Before President Lincoln issued
/ his nrOclamation of fermentation