Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-07-10
THE TRIAD OF sURRATT,

The trial of Surratt was resumed on Friday
Walter ii. Coleman, a chief of a division in the
treasury department., testified that he knew Geo.
W. Gushing and was with him after dinner on the
day OF the assassination. ave were walking IN
the avenue, that afternoon, and between Tenth
and Eleventh streets bad our attention attracted
TO a horse and saw Booth on this horse. lie was
leaning over, talking earnestly with man, and
bis face was so very palhd as TO excite remark
The man who was conversing with Booth was a
young man dressed in gray clothes, and with a
small felt hat on his head
Have you ever seen that man since until to-
day."
No, sir
"Do you see any man like him now?n
90 would like the prisoner to stand sideways
to me-"
Prisoner did so, when the witness said |
think that is the man | with Booth. lie is
like him in appoarauce.n On the cross-examiua-
ton the witness said that he did not hear any of
the conversation and not sure that the prso-
ner was the man with Booth, but after seeing him
stand up thought he was the person
George w. Cushing sworn. and confirmed
the testimony of the previous witness, but could
not identity the prisoner as the man who was talk
ing with Booth.
Thomas Lincoln, familiarity known as d" Tad s.
Lincoln, was sworn. - anu son Of President
Lincoln and was with my father at City Point, Va
in March, 1860 | was on the steamboat and was
there a man came TO the steiner and said he wan
ted to see the president. He asked 10 see the
president and said he came from Springfield, Ill
and wanted 20 see him on particular business
lie tried twice TO see the president, but was not
permitted
Surratt was made TO staud up, aud the witness
said that the party who attempted to see the
president on the boat looked very much ike the
prisoner
The trial of John H. Surratt was resumed ct
Washington on Saturday, Judge Fisher presiding,
and D. Ii. Bradley, Jr., opened the case for the
defense.
Mr.. Brady commenced by declaring that the
defense came to the trial OF this case in full conf
dence Of the innocence Of the prisoner. lie re-
viewed a. some length the testimony that the gov
eminent has offered, protesting his ability to show
the incoUectness Of some of it. and to impeach
the credibihty Of many of the witnesses, pafticu-
larly Weichman and Lloyd. lie reviewed at
length the testimony of the other Witnesses and
said the defense would prove that John Suuatt
was in Canada in 1865, and went thence TO Eu-
rope and after two years he was found in the pa
pal service 1t is claimed that he received $500
600 from the confederate government, and yet he
is poor that he is compelled TO seek service as
private soldier. A the end Of the two years he
is lodged IN the jail here as one of the assassina
ton conspirators, and be is shut out from the
world, and bis tale is known by no one except his
counsel His tale is plain and simple and will he
developed. lie will be traced from Richmond in
March, 1865, to Montreal IN April. 1t is conced-
ed that be paid his bill at the hotel there on April
18TH and we will show that he was not nearW ash
ington except when brought back here in the
Swatara. We will show where Surratt was on
April IA and 10, and will show that he was not
within four hundred miles Of Washington.