Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-26
THE CONFESSION or JOHN II
EUHRATT.


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Ec,rrsspaadsuss q the Boston Hernla-l
WAgHlsoros. April II, 1se7.-The eTi-
aeAee taken b. the House Judiciary Com
mitiee EesnfiEe to the discovery and pursuit
of John I'll EUTratf IL just mRae public, as
Officially reported before thaf CONAN tee,
aud ceutgius Testimony embracing q partial
csnfessn from Sarraft ss 10 bis eomplieliy
IN tba asssssinafiea plot, and Of hIs mueh
disputed whereabouts On the day the assas-
sinalioB t9ak place Ii appears trom the
eTldenog Of L. J. Mcmillan, sgz-60u Of the
steamer Peruvian, plying between Montreal
and Liverpool, that SarEatt came on board
that steaBier u September, 665. booked
/ for Liverpool and that, becoming intimate,
/ be confessed 60 AlcAliil2n who lie was. The
/ supplemental evidence, together with Ghe
4 Official correspondence Of the State Depart
/ suent with cur foreign ministers and cgnsuls.
shows that the confession 0i identity to
Me5lslian was the original and sole caase
I Whleb eventually led to SurratI 4Irest.
bis eoroboEat5on leaves 70 room 70 doubt
/ the evidence
Or. Mcmillan testified that SeTratt came
or board the Peruvian at Montreal Septem-
barIl 1865 and was introduced TO him
! under the name of Me- 3artg That, bec0m
3 ing wei acquainted ID a few days SuTratt
( confessed to him that be had been from the
j beeiHniue IN the Confederate service, car
rYing dispatches between Washington and
Richmond, and Also as far as Montreal. Ihat
lae and Booth had planned, at first the alb
I duct5oa Of President Lincoln that h0sgeT-
I eE. Ihey thoBrbt they could pot succeed n
/ that way. aud they then thought L vas
necessary o. change their plan. After TINS
and before the assassination. surTatt was IN
Montreal. when he received letter from
+ Booih ordering him Immediately 10 " ash
4 iuEten that il was necessary 20 act and
i promptly. and be ,SuTatt) was TO leave
1 Montreal for Washington. He did not tell
/ me be came to Washington but be told me
4 be came as lar as Elmira New York and
frcus that place telegrspbed 70 the city oi
/ New ! ork 70 find out whether Booth bad
/ already lGit Washington and was answer
/ cd that BE- had he did net tel ne
/ wbether be bad gone any further
than Elmira. The next place be spoke
10 ne of was ST. Albans Vermont
/ where be sald, be arrived II the morning
labogi breakfast time. and vent 70 a h0ts
there for breakfast While be was sitting
there he heard several talking about the as
50 siuatioH, and be inquired. -tW hat was
mp They asked him If be did not know
/ President Lincoln had been assassinated.
Ile Teplied ghat be did not believe il beczust
tbs story wasteo good 20 be true On that
a gentleman pulled Out newspaper and
handed il tohin He opened il and saw BIZ
own name as one Of the asssssiBs He sad
this uunerTed him 50 much thar the pspel
feH cut q his hands. and be imDediateiy
Jeff the room and walked ON. as be wa'
/ going out through the hotel be heard anoth
er party say that Suratt must have been ol
was at the tine IN St Albaus, because such
person mentioning the person name.
bad found q pocket haBdkeTchlef On the
street with S5ratts name On H. he tod
me ht actually looked IN bis pocket and
f8a he s3 lost his pocket haEdkeTchiaf.
EreL that place he went to Canada, and
4 was concealed there from ApTl 10 Septeu-
Ger. Whea be was Cd beard the stap be
called me aside, au1 again commenced &C
talk zb9ut the assassination and one thing
or the other Ii was in the ereuing and We
were alone together, and be took Out hi:
revolver which be kept in bis pocket al
the time and pointed i 70 the heavens
ana said be ] hope and wish 70 i've JUS
la few years more. two years vii do ne AMI
then I shaH 60 back 10 the United State
and l shall ssrFe Andrew johnson as Abra
ham Lincoln has been served. / aske.
sss-,--a-sr--s fs-I=zJlse re Ia
been the cause Of ny mother being hung.
Dr. Mcmillan further testified that be ar
rived IN Liverpool On September =, 1866
aua went before the American consul. MT
WE3 and made affidavit fcthe above facts
An oTcial letter from C0asRl Wild show
that this affidavit caused the commencement
ol the pursuit of SrIratJ, which resulted il
/ his capture in little more than year from
that Gme.