Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-11-27
The Evidence of Miss Anna Surratt be-
fore the IudiciarI Committee.

The Evidence of MISS Anna Surratf be-
fore the judiciary Committee.
From the mass of evidence submitted W tn
the Impeachment reports OF the Judiciary
Committee we extract the folio wing testimony
of Miss Anna Surratt, gwen before the con-
mittee or the 18th of last j une:
By Mr. BoutwelE-Q. Where do you res de,
A. In Massac usetfs avenue, between SIN ld
tn streets. z. state whether at any time ths
officers of the Government have had In thar
possession letters written or purporting TO
nave been written by j Wilkes B1orh. and
which had been at any time in your possess
Department had in their possession letters
which were afterwards delivered 70 you! A.
Yes; they had some of our business letters.
which were taken from the house, and they
letters were there! A. Indeed, do not know:
we had quantities Of business letters there O.
when were they returned TO You, A 1 can
not recoliect. cannot SWEAR when GOT them
or who gave them TO me. do not know a soul
by name mp there. z. To whom did you ap-
ply for the purpose OF getting those lettersi A.
DO not recoilect maklng any application for
them think it was Mr.. John Hoishan, who
was in the house with ne, that went for them.
q. DO we understand that be obtained them
from the War Department A. 1 do not know.
They were brought to the house 1 may have
applied for them myself, or may not do not
reecoilect at all. Y. Did you take any inter.
est IN obtaining the restoration of those let
tersl A. Yes. There was some paper signed
by Lloyd, who had our place in the country,
which Il was necessary to getan think went
to the Department one day TO get it, and while
there think they delivered other letters to me
in a satchel-some business letters. q Were
there not among those letters some written by
}. Wilkes Boothl A. No, indeed, sir. q. Or
letters written by your mother to him! A. No,
sir. Every one of those letters was overlooked
oy Mr. Brophy and myself. and they were
afterwards delivered to Mr.. Belt, the States
attorney. never saw in my life letter writ
ten by J. Wilkes Booth. q. Did you know
neni A. l did: u. Do you not remember
that he delivered those letters to you! A. He
was up there in the Office. i think went in.
z, rod ns oSs ss and he sen. me to smother
know Mr.. Burnett previously TO the time
when you applied for the lettersl
A; Never to speak to him. He came to me
one day in the court room. and said that IL
i came 70 Secretary Stanton's Office / could
get the key Of the house. Next day either he
or Secretary Stanton said that If came to the
Perhaps Mr.. Brophy did it for me / thiak
Mr.. Burnett's name was on the paper giving
Us permission To receive the key. q. d. you
know whether Mr.. Helahan made application
TO the President or any other person for the
restoration OF those letters A. No, indeed, l
cannot say that i can scarcely remember
how the application was made, or anything
about IL; bat Just remember getting the
papers. z. You yourself never went to the
President about theml A. No, Indeed: /
never went TO the Presidents house bur once
q.
ceipt for those letters A do not recolIect
remember giving General Hartranft a receipt
for things belonging TO mamma, which were
sent to me from the peniteutiary.
BY Mr.. Eldridge:-Q. DO you recollect how
many OF these letters there were that were de.
livered TO you, A. No sir; there were a great
many OF them There were some old letters of
my own among them. q. Had you any diff
Guilty IN getting these letters A. L do not
recollect. i do not think had much difficuI-
ty- 1 think they gave them TO me the day l
satcnel. U. Was that a satchel that had been
taken away from the house A. Yes. sir; the
same satchel. q. Did anybody assert over
these letters in your presence before giving
them 10 You A. No, sir; i think not There
was trunk belonging 10 Mr.. Hoiahsn which,
think, had some things in il. U. Were there
any family letters taken away which they de
clIned to deliver A. L cannot recollect what
letters were in the house. q. Did YOU miss
any A. L do not recoIlect The business
letters were left Old letters that 1 may
have received may have been gone, and OF
notice them. 1t was only business papers that
L was anxious TO get. q. At the time the let
tiers were delivered TO you was Mr.. Holihan
with you A 1t seems TO me that there was
LADY with me and boy. Somebody
brought the satchel for me in the cara
little boy. / think L do not know who be
was. q. DO you recolleet what time these let
tiers were delivered back to you9 A No, in
deed; cannot tell what time 1t was. q Was
II any considerable length OF time after the
trial you have spoken of A. No, sir; il was
dIlel Tue tIldl. ulQ not leave the house Till
the fall. think it was not long after mothers
execution. u. Did You ever see the President
to have any conversation with him. A Pres
ident johnson No, indeed; l do not want to
see h m either. They had some pieces OF sill
YER up there, too. which, L think, they gave
gave up 10 me. think Mr.. Holahan brought
some Of the silver pieces home TO me. They
may have been In the trunk. q. Did the Of
fcers take trunk away from the house. A.
They N ust have done so. This trunk belonged
10 Mr.. Holahan. but IL had some of nv things
-. N u1Ia
family A. Yes After got the house back
1 did not know what 10 do with il. Mrs Hol.
ahan came 20 me and said if she could do any.
thing for me she would They cleaned mp the
house and staid with me. This was the wife
of Mr.. Holahan. q. DO you recollect any,
thing else In the satchel that was brought
backl A indeed, i cannot swear to what
was In the satchel