The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-17
The Surratt Trial,

Continued from our Second Edition
WAsHINGToN, June I7.--It will be fully proven that
that the act not the result of moments Thought
oniy but was gTe%edstatSSd plot and the prisoner
ter. IL Will be proven that he was traitor to his
be SSO sGS s 9S'Sa S h Wns5
ton and Canada, all the time weaving a web, and
overthrow and slaughter of the of the United
sessed his mind the jury shall hear how be boasted
how be had shot down, and murdered Union soldiers
Be he 4ad his home
Ddd sS CITY & ne n & W d9r the 0t their
yile The arms Which Booth took possession of In his
death. II Will bs shown that in April, 1865, surratt
vent nom Richmond 70 Canada and that, while in
Montreal, he on the 10th of April received letter
from Booth commanding his presence in this city.
whabroute; and the prosecution win prove by test-
mOuy as clear as the MONDAY sun that Surratt was
Pennsylvania avenue booted and spurred, and that
chased the disgnises which the assassns were to use
in their flight and that when the last blow struck
That flight will be traced because In law flight is
b e b Ss apeeS ecry d
ship, makes ACCOMPLISHMENTS which fix upon him
ion the prisoner went Canada and his whereabouts
in Montreal will be shown. II will be shown how
how be there In disguise during the time the
have % thrown VI much light upon the trial and done
much TO establish the guilt or innocence of those then
From Canada he crossed the Atlantic. and It will be
SHOWN that when In nd-Ocean he spoke Freely OF his
connection with the conspiracy and when he landed
upon foreign shore he raised his impious hand and
expressed n wish that he couu return and An
drew johnson as Abraham Lincoln had been served
In England he found sympathy, but conscience still
haunted him, and lie fled again, this time to Rome,
and hides himself in the Papal army and enlisted
private soldier. He might have felt himself secure
there, If anywhere, but he recognized and dis
by the companion OF his youCh, who pierced
through all his disguises, and when he found denial
was useless, he acknowledged his Identity and gave
utteTance to the memorable words, Il haze done the
Yankees as much hOTn as cORLd We have killed
Lincoln the negroes friend"
The man to whom Surratt revea ed, as In duty
bound. made the fact known to the American Minis
ter at Rome We had II is said, treaty of extra
diton with that country, but horrible the prl
Soner's crime, and notorious his name. that
the Pope and Cardinal Antoneli surrendered him.
He escaped again b. leaping from preclpce-a leap
which would have been imp possible to any except
who fully realized his guilt and knew his life
worthless
He fed to Egypt, and was pursued. not by the
boodhounds OF the law as the counsel for the defense
seemed think. but the very elements conspired to
point him out and from Alexandria his face was
turned homeward to the land he had polluted with
murder.
He is here now for trial. and when things are
proved, proven they will be. and all shall be made
clear, as will be- in spite Of the subterfuges that will
be resored to- 1t Will be the duty OF the jury In the
name of the civilization Surrat has disgraced, to dc
full and impartial Justice, and retrbution shall be
mettd out to the shedder of innocent blood.