Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-07-10

north from Burlington to st. Adams, in April
fcation, in connection with other testimony
of the prosecution, was important, and bore
heavily against Surratt. After Mr.. Hobart
had returned to Vermont he was summoned
to Washington again as a witness for the de-
fence. When he saw Mr.. Bradley, Surratt 8
counsel, the lawyer with much palaver in
informed him that $500 was of no account
to the defence if they could prove that it was
not Surratt who passed over the road from
Burlington to st. Adams, as Mr.. Hobart had
formerly testified. Mr. Bradley thought
fully volunteered to aid Mr.. Hobart's reccol-
lection. not only by this little item of $500.
but by informing him that the individual
who did pass over the road was gentleman
then in Baltimore who would be in Wash
ington the following morning, when Mr..
Hobart could see him and s. identify - him,
and be prepared to correct his former testi-
mony accordingly. Mr.. Hobart informed
Mr.. Bradley that there was not money enough
in Washington to hire him to @ identify -
anybody, and that he had no doubt of the
correctness of his former testimony. The
next morning, however,, gentleman accosted
Mr. Hobart in Willard's Hotel, and proceed
ed to inform him that he was the person who
passed over the road but he had learned
his lesson so poorly that he made several
mistakes in dates, and other particulars.
Mr.. Hobart gave this person distinctly to
understand that he remembered Surratt, and
didn't remember him and Mr.. Bradley
shortly afterward informed Mr.. Hobart that
the defence should mt use him as a witness.
This incident discloses the kind of testi-
mony which the defence will use to shield
Surratt. They have no alibi which can be
proved except by perjury, and that will be
resorted to without measure to serve their
purpose. Witnesses will be put upon the
stand to swear that they saw Surratt else
where than at Washington on the day and
evening of the assassination and where tes-
timony like that of Mr.. Hobart conflicts with
this alibi, bribery well as perjury will be
summoned to the rescue. If the testimony
of the prosecution had left any doubt in the
ulIIlus vi any IcducT VI gum, ouCli
effort at bribery this attempt to suborn
Mr.. Hobart must at once remove that doubt
Since writing the above, we have seen the
following special despatch from Washington
TO the Boston Journal of Monday last
The defense in the Surratt trial commence
with their evidence tomorrow They claim
that they shall prove the following points
First: That the men seen by Sergeant Dye
in front of Ford's Theatre on the night the
assassination, one of whom called the time
from the clock in the vcstibule of the theatre
were three actors who were noting the clock
to what time they should be on the stage
TO Join In singing patriotic song
Second That the handkerchief found il
| ST. Adams, Vt, with Surratt' s name ON it
was dropped by one Hollihan, boarder a
! Mrs. Surratt g, who was on his way to Canada
with the detectives to find John Surratt.
| Third That Surratt in Canandaigus
upon the day of the assassination.
| Fourth That an agreement to assasslnatt
| the President was not signed by Surratt, but by
Booth, Payne, Atzerott and Harold.
An actor named Matthews will testify thai
Booth handed him those agreements on the day
Of the assassination, but that through feal
he burned it on the day after.
| The prosecution have four more witnesses
it is stated, to present on their rebutting cvi
dence, who will swear to seeing Surratt IL
Washington on the day of the assassination