The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-04-25
He spoke ofmeeting St. Marie in

Fance. He claims that he recognized.
st. Marie first, and that they travelled to
Italy together. He manifests no vindo
ictiveness towards this witness for
having discovered him to the authorities,
but considers him /" treacherous /"
fellow and thinks he was mistaken in
his character. Surratt says that he had
information of st. Marie's treachery be-
fore it was fully accomplished, and was
kept advised from time to time, of the
steps taken to secure his arrest. Had
the actual arrest been delayed one dag
longer, as Sdrratt had reason to expect
it would be, he would have been beyond
the reach of his pursuers, his arrange
ments for dissertation and fight being
nearly perfected at the time of his ar
rest. He is careful to abstain from
saying what those arrangements were,
who were his accomplices and.informers,
or where he was to find place Of ref
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He has read with great apparent
interest the published accounts of his
capture and escapes, and the official
correspondence bearing on these points,
and takes great pleasure in criticising
them. The wonderful leap of the
precipioe in Italy, of which, SO much
has been said and written, is source
of great amusement to him. The height
from which he jumped he describes as
about equal to an ordinary second
story window, or say twelve feet But
he tells story of descending more
dangerous declivites than this in his
fight. In Que instance. his only avail
able mode of descent was to lie upon
his back aud to slide down. steep and
rocky declivity, full hundred feet in
height. scarcity. of. food, ignorance
of the country and consequent danger
of recapture in exposing himself by
asking information by the way, of the
constant alarm and similar subjects, he
is free and seemingly anxious to talk,
and always in something ofa boastful
vein, but his lips are sealed in respect
to all matters bearing in the remotest
degree upon the great crime with which
his name is associated, and of which he
stands charged. 2 rs -a"...
Surratt's prison hours are passed
very comfortably. An entire corridor
full thirty feet in length and eight in
breadth, with three large cells, are
placed entirely at his disposal. In
this corridor he is excluded from the
gaze of the common prisoners and the
curious visitors by common door OF
inner grating, whenever it is not
agreeable to lin to seek the open air
of the prison court yard. At night
only does he have occasion to feel the
rigors of confinement, when he is locked
in the central of the three cells, a com.
modious apartment at least ten feet
square. True, the furniture is scant
consisting merely of a stool and q
mattress laid upon the stone floor
though amply provided with coverings
To while away the sometimes tedlou,
hours of the day he is provided with q
plentiful assortment Of books, embracing
the field of literature, from Divine truth
to the silliest human trash. Comforts
and even luxuries for the toilet, are also
abundant. His cuisine seems to be
carefully looked after by outside friends,
and no restriction is placed upon the
amount or variety that is sent him.
In the frequent and protracted visits
Of his sister, who calls at least each al
ternate day and spends the time with
him, cheering him by her presence and
ministering to his comforts, he finds {
constant source OF pleasure. True, OF
these occasions the keeper shares the
apartment with the brother and sister
but the surveillance he exercises il
merely matter of FORM COrrespoH'
dence Baltimore Sun. no. ..r,-. ......