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Thursday Morning, Juns 20, 1867.
THE SURRATT TRIAL.

WASHINGTON, June 19.
The trial of Surratt was resumed Judge
Fisher said that on Monday a question was
raised, requesting the Court to order the pros
ecution to disclose to the defence the names oi
their witness IS. He had reflected upon TINS
subject, and could find no authority thi't would
allow him to make such an order.
The examination of witnesses was tnen re-
sumed.
MIR. Carroll Hobart was sworn and examined
by Mr.. PierreponL-Witness Is conductor of
train on the Vermont central Railroad; the
witness runs from White River Junction to
st. Adams, on the direct line from Boston to
Montreal; White River junction is lO3 miles
from Burlington; the Vermont Central road
and the Vermont & Canada roads unite at Es-
sex Juhction, at Essex junction the train
whIcI the witness runs takes the passengers
from burlington to st. Adams; between April
~, 1000, and April 20, 1865, the witness was
conductor on this road; witness got the pas
Sehgers from the first trip OF the boat up the
.aAe IN April; witness does not think it was
stormy on that occasion; the witness train
ieft White River Junction at 11.55 p NJ, and
went directly to st. Adams. The prisoner was
asked to stand up
y. VIII you now tell what happened that
morning A. 1 got to Essex junction at 8,
O'Clock Tuesday morning with passengers
from Burlington and the boats of Lake Cham
PLAIN; as L went through the train, between
The passenger car and the sleeping car found
Two men on the platform OF the sleeping car; /
oShCu Vic Lueu lOr Uuelr blckeLS OF tnelr money,
anu they said they had no money, and that
they had been unfortunate: one OF the men
was tail and had on close fitting scull cap,
snort coat, scarf over his collar and starch
IN MS vest; the other man was short, thick
set, sandy complexioned man, with whskers
around his face; he was a rough looking man;
can't state how he was dressed; he wore a
siouched hat; l spoke to the tall man, and told
MN TO come into the car; he came in and said
tney nave been unfortunate; that three OF
them hen haa ot N,,.I a. Il aud HAD
got some money, and the third had got up at
night and took all the money, leaving them
destitute; they said they were anxious to get
TO Canada; L told them could not carry them
through, and that would leave them at MI
Ton. the next station; At the next station for
got them, and in passing through the car l saw
them again, and they said they mus get t.
Franklin; Franklin is fourteen miles north
west OF st. Adams and four miles from the
canada line; they said they would go on foot
to franklin; the tall man did all the talking:
III the beginning Of the talk would initiate
broken English, as though he were a Cana
dian, but when he became animated he spoke
very TAR English; the tall mans hands were
white and delicate and were not at all like
laboring mans hands; at st. Adams Mr. Lock
lin was standing in the depot and / said to
him think these men have beat ME; the men
did not hear this; they then went out iuto the
street and do not recolect seeing them after.
wards; the train from st. Adams would arrive
at Montreal at $50 F. NJ. i
y. Have yyu seen any one in the Court
house who looks like the tall man you spoke
of? A. The man who stood up, the prisoner
looks very much like him in build and appear-
ance; he wore skull cap and moustache, but
no whiskers; L cannot tell from his face, but he
looks very much like him in his general APP
pearance. .t. 5.l -l
Cross-examined by Mr.. Bradley-The wit
ness WAS not sure of the date of the first trip
of the steamer in April, 1866; it was ON Tues
day, but the witness does not recolleet the date
MIR. Charles H. Bhmer was next sworn and
examined bp Mr.. Pierrepont,-Witness is clerk
III the Weldon House at st. Adams, Verml mt;
between April 10th and 18th was employed as
night Waterman at the depot of the Vermont
Central Railroad at Burlington; the first trip
made that SESSION by the boat was April 18th;
1t was four hours late; it arrived at II O'Clock
midnight; L was watch in the depot thai
night; two men came into the depot that night,
one tall and the other short, and asked to stay
there until the train left for Montreal at A.
NJ; the boat was from Whitehall with passen-
gers from New York; the tall man asked to
at A. M on Tuesday, April 18th; after the
man went out L picked up something where
the tall man was sleeping A white cambria
handkerchief was shown aud examined Wit
ness recognized the handkerchief as the one he
picked up where the tall man was lying. The
handkerchief bears the name of j. H. Surratt
That name was on the handkerchief when it
was picked up; after picked up the hand
kerchief discovered the name, and then
showed it to the agent of the Railroad Com
pany; do not know that the agent communi-
Gated the fact to st. Adams; never saw the two
Inen afterwards.
No cross-ezamination. -tt'
Alr. Scipion Grille was next called and ex-
amlned by Mr.. PierrepOnt.-Was living near
the Navy Yard in 1866 and kept a restaurant
in FOrds Theatre; knew j. w. Booth by sight;
knew him over six years before; knew David
Harold and Atzerott; saw Harold at o'clock
on the day of the assassination; was coming
down Tenth street and Harold met me and
asked ME if l saw j. w. Booth; said / did at
IL o'clock A. M. at the theatre; had also seen
Booth at o'clock on horseback; then Harold
sad you know Gen. Lee in is town." replied
that had not heard of it; as we were passing
Kirk woods Atzerott was sitting on the steps
and Harold stopped to speak with him; Harold
and witness then walked up to Wizards;
Harold talked to two young men there; wit
ness could not hear the conversation, but when
Harold parted with the young men he said,
"you will be there to-night;" he then walked
towards Growers Theatre, and / noticed that
Harold walked lame; when near the the atre
Harold pulled up his pants and 1 saw long
dagger handle protruding from his boot leg; ]
asked him what he was going to do with that?
he said he was going into the country that
night, and such things were handy there.
q. Do you see any one in the Court who
looks like the man to whom Harold said will
you be there tonight" Answered by point
Ing ouU INC pIisoiieI, anu saying ne looked very
much like the man, but witness could not say
whether he was the man or not; he wore no
beard but had slight moustache.
John I. Tippett testified that he heard Mrs.
Surratt in 1863 say that she would give any one
a thousand dollars if he would kill Mr.. Lin
coin; this was said in the presence of John;
the latter, when there was Union victory,
srid damn the Northern army and the leaders
thereof, they all ought to be sent to hell;' this
was when the witness carried the mail from
Washington to Charlotte Hall.
Ex-Sergeant Cooper testified that he was
with Sergeant Dye on the night of the assas
sination, and also heard one of the men in
front of the theatre call out the time, ten
minutes past ten;" there was nothing which
specially excited my suspicion: He corrobor-
ated Dyes testimony, that while he and Dye
were returning to Camp Barry, at II street,
No 541, middle-aged lady raised the window
and asked what was going on down town."
Witness and Dye told her the President had
been shot by Booth
The Court here took a recess until tomorrow
morning. f,ifL nv"