The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-05
Trial of John III. Surratt.

Continued from me Third Edition.
Did be think Ghey would stretch his neck because
he lived ia Washington, because was conscious
of the conspiracy Ia which he was engaged? Why
ha NIL his meek woSd be- Ths ce oond
not be kept secret. "out of the abundance OF the
what he guilty, and this realization present
about the stretching Of bis neck one OF these w.t.
nesses has said he saw Surratt April I'd (Weich-
ON April Sd surratI and Wechman walked down tho
S1d om sS 9e Sas g2ns 70 MSnes
Booth furnished money to Mrs. Surratt to hire
lett home 1t O'clock he had returned from I. b. in
the aisrn0On 3 he went wens out Win oy&sn,hsmss & and
the fouse that night; he was not seen there by
called Intention I % this to SHOW that Susan JSossoi
could Surratt there that night, there
Wards susan Jackson says that on that Friday night
SES T. % night was on Friday
The next week Hollahsn goes there and ands the
SRas and ala not Know What erTlee fact ESsy wero
bringing out Weichman, tes!ites @ that on April u.
to get home at 9oclocK, and said she wanted to meet
who. CWeicnman's testimony as to Mrs. SurratVa
remark about the Joy being turned Into mourning
ieft Lloyd Why did she say and feel thatS because
and she could not help saying. "Aii this 10y Will be-
turned into mourning Feeling an oppressive ght,
Remember, this was at night, and It was o'clock
waen 1hy aET9 tSey AID TSsa %
Wechman was at supper, step assembled the stairs;
down the room with her beads Ia her hands, and she
asked weichman to pray for her Intentions In this
who says Mrs. Surratt was walking and down. but
SWeichmans testimony as to Booths frequent visits
TO Mrs. Surratts house read and also the testi
telegram to McLSuEbs IVA was also read rsad e The letters
Showing pY m Written By the as
Wechman's testimony IN relation to Surratt's state
that all the statements were for The purposes OF de-
ThsEs was no truth IN the EN- about
OF the murdered Lincoln; Now we come to portion
case, but which has a bearing upon 1t. -
Mr Perrepont then referred to the political state
South wanted Mr.. Lincoln elected, In order that
and finally Mr. Lincoln WAS asd Ss
the Rebellion commenced. The south found a feel
s 9 @ the Si p U Of snS ns US so Sf
The great plan was to kdnap the PRESIDENT but that
sassinated. The scheme Of abduction early aban-
and the South hoped the Government would be over.
thrown, and they would walk into this capital Then
what occurredP Mr. Lincoln had gone on in power,
and the Government was succeeding, but there was
was not Conducted properly This in The senth ssS
TO the belief that If Mr. Lincoln assassnat there
the south the mastery. - "OO'U s''e
In 1854, as early as April, Mrs. Mcolernand,
standing on the avenue, heard three men talk
ing together She heard them speak of the
Telescope rifle. She heard the allusion to the
who those men were. Now who was Harold?
Booth says he was boy Booth had a sort of
romantic gallentry about him, and he wanted
to shield all who were connected with him
He even wanted to come out aud fight all Colonel
CoDgers regiment He wanted to sell the life dearly
as possible Now why was he sold and why was he
brought in. He was weak boy ana had neither
courage nor genius he was drug clerk In the store
where Mr.. Lincoln got his medicines, and IL was
supposed he could do the work with poison, and he
was brought into the conspiracy. Once in they had
to keep him in.
Il was out Of employment, and the conspIrators
could not discharge him, for 1t Will be remem bered
that he DISCHARGED from the drug store ia 1861,
and he was kept IN The consriracy until he was cap
Az this point, II o'clock the Court took recess for
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