The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-29

and j.. w. Booth. I replied
neither there; they demanded admit
tance anyhow; Invent and informed
Mrs. Surratt, who said, A"Let them in
for God s sake; [ expected the house
to be searched; L then let them in
was half asd0zsH Elaniohg them 1 re-
membered Clarvoe. and McDe7
vet of. = this city; the house
was then searched, and they
searched my room; | asked them, for
Gods sake to tell me what had hap
pened, aud why this. search was made !;
one of them asked me if L. did not
know what had Happened that night,
[ replied, ( did not. officers appear
ed astonished; then Mr.. Clarvoe
said Twill tell you" and he pull
ed out piece of a cravat with blood
on it, and he safd:I g Do you see
that blood? 1t is the Presidents
blood---Jg w. BoothJ7 has assas-
sinated Abraham Lincoln, and John
H.Surratt has assassinated the Secre-
tary of State = | then went down
stairs With Clavoe and McDeyit; and
as Mrs, Surratt came out of her room
said, What do you think? Presi-
dent dent Linssln 1ssl p has been ;, assas-
slnated, and Booth did it," she
raised her hands and said my God /!
YOU don't tell me so > At this time
Miss Surratt, Miss jenkins and Miss
Fitzpatrick were not in the parlor,
but they afterwards appeared; after
some time, Anna Surratt Fept and
said, Oh, mat all this win bring
suspicion on our9 house. ,. 0 We were
speaking of Booth having been there
an hour before the murder; Mrs. Sur
ratt said, anna, come what
will / think Booth was only
an Instrument to punish this proud
and licentlous people" l did
not see the man whose footsteps
| heard In the evening; [ was in the
dining room and the windows. closed !;
| returned to my room, and did not
| see Mrs. Surratt again till the morn
ing. OF the 10Th at breakfast II told
Mrs. Surratt | suspected something.
and was going to the Government,
and would state the names of all | had
seen in Booths company, land bring
the guilty parties to Justice; witness
detailed the trip to Canada in search
for Surratt; also testified that he .,was
at Mrs. Surratt's house on March
10th, and Payne, Booth. and .SuEr
ratt came 9 In my s. room at
six P.N.a;llq Surratt came in
first and had his pants tucked in his
| boots and was much excited and had
a four barrelled pistol; Surratt raised
his arm and said in an excited way
Ny hopes are gone; my prospects
are blighted! .Iwant something to do.
Can't you get me clerkship2l'l He
was much excited; | told him not to
be foolish; Payne came in next dress
ed In grey clothes nd.wearing pistols
Booth came in third dressed IN black
and had in his hand a riding whip;
Booth walked about and at first
did not notice me. Payne, Booth and
Surratt then went to Paynes room in
| the attic, and after about half an hour
the three left. Surratt afterwards told
me Payne and Booth went to New
York. All much excited. The wit
ness recognized Booths hand writing
in telegram to Mclaughlin which
was put IN the evidence on the conspi-
racy trial, also identified the hand
writing in booths Diary and also the
card spoken of by Mr.. Dawson as hav-
ing fallen from Booths vest pock
ct in the National Hotel baggage
room, as in Surratts hand writ
ing it bore the following words.
j. Harrison Surratt. tried to get
leave, but could not succeed" The
card was offered in the evidence.
The letter found by Mrs. Hudspeth
was exhibited, and the witness said it
appeared to have been written in a
disguised hand. After recess, certain
letters written by Surratt were offered
in the evidence. and Weichman was
cross examined up to adjournment