Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-02

and act, promptly. and i'm mmsalstsiy after r.
I ce!vinE the letter he left Montreal. Hs
SAID he was in Elmira on THURSDAY,
| heiore the assinaton; he said he telegrarhed
Eat day TO Booth. and an answer came hack
that b.. had already gone; he SAID he was ia
! 81. AlbRHsa few days after the assassinat.o,.
he neSer said anything OF having been TO
ton IN Washirs ston: he did not say what was
| IN the 'eieeram. Witness had made an an
| davit on fh.s, subject; made that affidavit in
Liverpool about the a5th or cG'h OF Septsn-
hrr, 1865. .yrh. mex, day after landing witness
went TO Mr.. Wf7oiug. the Unred States Vice
Gone nj al Liverpool; he sat down in his oi:ics
and WROTE ont the statement, ana asked VIII
ness if he won ID swear 10 the same. Surra,t
| did not say what Booths plans referred to,
and witness did n OF ask him; never stated that
sinaiion wilhelm Eimira: made an affidnvit
before Justice rMpiley, In Liverpool, ana was
called here before the Judiciary COMMITTEES;
had dIecsised money from tho StateD Department
to pay his board; had been in the city sinca
/ Inn uary, After he Peruvian was put in dock.
Witness was transferred to the Nova Scotia;
then TO the Belgian, and then on the Damas-
cHs. when he left the company by his own ac-
cord: witness was in business two years: did
not fail; left that business because he did not
like II; negan stndying medicine when lac was
%; began to practice when 26 years of age, In
Itnoxvllle; did not know q man named JAS
Fuller. a police officer; lived there three or
four months; had no trouble in Leroxviile;
went from Lenoxville 10 Mansonvilie: lived
there fifteen or eighteen months: left there at
the solicitation OF a medical friend, and went
to Water loo: old not recollect a man named
fGtic.de to Mr.. Dntiiles. Witness had a wife;
she was in Washing on the Stale Department
knew Iothing ahont his wife bang here: had
received fIom the State Department $780,
and SIu0 from the Marshal; had never been
premise ed any money; left the steamship COM
pany in Canada; went 10 Chicago TO look
for place, and made Arrangements there
10 opfn an office, but was called away
TO come down here. Was summoned by the
Marshal of Chicago. Was not summoned 10
appear before tn. Judiciary Committee. Went
George s. Bou'wesi; he asked witness to
testify before the Judiriory Committee. Did
not RENE ember when it was that Surratt told
him about shooting Union prisoners: On the
day before landing. Snrra.t called witness
back OF the wheel house, and told nm things
related Yesterday. and taking out his revolver
said he hoped to God he would live two years
longer, and he would serve Andrew johnson
the same way that Abraham Lincoln had
been served. Never asked him his name
before getting to the end Of the voyage. Did
not rem emoer OF askiDg g him a half dozen ques-
tons. During the whole passage he WAS quite
free, and seemed to DO overfiowing with the
subject He seemed TO be afraid some one
many men were in the small boat when
they fred into it. He did not say
the gnEboat fired into Them in return.
lacy on the cars, some escaped prisoners were
seeh. The lady said shoot the d-n Iank
and they fired al them and went on their ra;
He said they sfopped the cars to shoot at The
prisoners. Mr.. WildiDg, the vice consul. said
the Government was not going 10 prosecute
the case, and witness made no secret of wha;
he had ketn told He said one evening during
his blockade running he and some others went
In An Orchard and while eating fruit they
heard the ticking OF afelegraph machine A
number OF men were detailed and searched
ihp house; found Union soldier, and he said
they either shot him or hung him. witness did
NOT remember which. Witness thought the
prisoner was guilty of q crime against ciyiii-
2ailon, and thought it was his duty as a c,ti-
zen 70 deliver him NJ to the authorities. Made
mp hts mind alter fnaiEg out positively who
the prisoner was that he would give him up.
Never knew'here was a reward for him. Had
since safed he expected reward. Went %
Mr.. Wilding and told him he Dad secret OF
OF Importance TO centiae, bu. his (witness)
name must be kept out of the matter. Mr..
Wilcifg, after the affidavit was maze. said
thele was heavy rev ard for him. Had
stated since he was arrested that he was
titled to reward, and would claim It. Said
u! any one was antitled to the reward, he wit
Eese) was as mnch entitled to it as any one
else. Did not mention the amount. Did not
say he intended 10 claim It, Did not reply to
any one that he Intended to claim it. Never
stated that Surratt told him he was IN Elmira
or! the night of the 14th Of April. and dis
covered On the ne xtday that the President had
been assassnated. Never said that Surratt
told him he first learned of the assassination
In the state of New York, and immedia
turned his face towards Canada. Never stated
II
Never stated 10 any one that Surratt said
the whole plan ter the abduction of the
President was one laid by Booth as
s nersssp sp:ads and .oss'a1
s4,Ctg, Did say that the prisoner and Booth
had plarned the abduction. and tnat they had
expended Slo,Goo in the affair. Never said to
I any one that he had never communicated to
any one what Snrratt had told HIM. Never
said he had not stated any OF the con versations
with Surratt. Made no affidavit in Montreal.
! Sn ma do n rJpx hcfn
the day before Surratt called upon him fwit-
ness) at Birkenhead. Said nothing to him
ascut the aficavit. Wanted to have him ar
rested. Did promise to bring him remittances
OF money from Montreal. After returning to
IA Montreal saw him twice; he came to witness
and asked II he had anything for him. Said
he was hard up for money. Had never stated
that he had no belief in a future state Of
rev ard and punishment. bid not give to Con-
sui in Montreal copy Of the affidavit made
| Cameron: he crossed in the Nova Scotia with
witness. ta".
At Is minutes before one O'Clock the Court
| took aIeeess for 80 minutes. ~" #f#
Or reassemhlng at I 10 o'clock
| George d. +. Barton was sworl,-He testified
that hegWas paymaster in the United States
navy. wat last year attached to the Swartara,
IN tbr European squadron, and in Decembe
was in the Mediterranean. Witness knows
that the prisoner was on board the ship; first
eaw him al Alexandria, Egypt, an the 2ist OF
the Swartsfa as 4 prisoner. After receiving
him on board the vessel went to Port Mahoae,
then TO villa francAs then direct to this coun-
try, stopping ut Madeira for coal, arriving TO-
side Of Cape Henry on The 18th. and few
days afterwards he was delivered in Wash
ingfon. The prisoner was dressed in the uni
torn of the Papal Zoua yes, similar to that
| worn here-bfpeI pants, with red ptrimmiucs,
feZ cap, cash. &cg Lett Civina Wichita on tAe
lth or 18Th OF December for Malta, where they
arrived in two days, and from thence to Al
exandria, arriving IN about II We davs. ?
There W as noacross-examinaio lion of this wit
ness Il. <IY&F F.s. 80 -EEisrE -ss
capt. " n Hcrmerskersch sworn Witness
now resides In New York. Was in the army
in 1865. On the night OF April 18th. sof that
ears witness was 1T house 81, H street, with
MAYOR H. w: Smith and two de,ec.ives, Rosche
and SAMSON. Witness saw Mrs. Surlatt on
that occasion, and afterwards during the trial
| at the Arsenal, and also saw he man called
Payne, or Powell. at the house, where they
had been about Is minutes. He had geny
coat and pants, ordinary boote, vita pick AK
| on hissshoulder. His boots. wsfsI nudity, and
bis ysap ts looked as fahA had 6een ctoucting
down some where's, W hen he came to the door
| he was aeked'to come I'm, and was confronted
with Mrs, Surraf', who said, before GOD,
herr hands Payne said he came there
| toned Mrs. Surratt about 1khowln T., him.
| Wltl,ess, did not overnear an that took place
Era4d u ajoe Smith say IFft he arrfsted Mss.
SurTat snd the other ladies, fan d Mff. 8, asked
peTrnk siopio ger, hsf, ,cidaki: Mis- Anna COM
| medosd 70 weeH aud was q nif led sy her moth.
es,I Mrs. S.-saeked peFinission to pray, and
k,elt An<tnI II yvSSAt Rhe tilsy3 ftAatt sasasv