Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-24

terson--to SEQ the President-in vain. l
was an awful thing 10 this girl that be
mother was 10 be the victim OF <epch
fate; and II was the more terrible 10 he
and her mother that the latter was 4
have so short q shrift Itseemed to'botl
these deyout Catholics that no soul ooul,
30 suddenly BE- shrived clean and 81 TO
the sight OF its Maker.
"Of Mrs surratt's judges--well, yo'
have read the trial proceedings. Blu
here is one circumstance OF which you
may not have heard. Mrs. Surratt
whose cell was within hearing Of the
sound Of conversation in the room
where the judges met at the arsenal,
stated that one day she heard the muir
muir Of q dispute, for and against her
between some persons in that room
and she got the impression that Judge
Bineham's was the voice that pleaded IN
her favor Judge Bingham, you know
has been accused Of having the blood Of
.his woman on his hand. You will OF
tain, some idea Of. the manner Of bis
dealing with witnesses during the tria
from Mr.. Clifford. l content myself with
relating three incidents, the frat two
illustrating the temper of the time when
the arrests Of conspirators and Others
were being made, and the last illustrating
how witnesses were sometimes bullied
aud scared into making inexact state
ments: EunL
"Whenl AtEerott, Harold, 0'Laughlip,
Payne and Arnold we're taken on the
gunboat and ironed, the officer or officers
in charge found that they had, besides
these, a sixth man on their hands. though
there we're only five indictments. They
questioned thissixth man (who was in
irons like the other prisoners), but be
could give them no satisfaction. He had
been ruthlessly seized, dragged upon the
gunboat, and disgracefully treated, and
he did not know what it was'for. That
was ell. His name, believe, was Rich
ter. He was an elephant which the
officials had not the shadow of an. au-
thority to carry. Nevertheless, he had
to remain fortnight on the gunboat in
irons, and ten days in prison before he
was released. Because they had him,
they suspected, probably, that some rea-
son would turn up for their having
him. The wolves teeth we're sharp then;
every army officer, and detective, and
jailer was hungry for prisoner.
$50 man named John ID. Reamer
was arrested in Hsgerstown, Maryland,
Just after the assassination, for no better
reason than that somebody had heard
him exclsim at bis store: I've read that
reward of 500, 900 offered BY Gail, of
Alabama, to Any man who will kill Lin
celn.' Reamer was in delicate health.
Before he left Washington his csptors
suffered him to 20 twenty-four hours
without food. he had to beg for bite.
One threw him an ear Of corn, as to
hog, with: Damn you, that's good
enough He was brought to Washing
ton and thrown into prison. While he
wasted there, his son fell i'll at his home
in Hagerstown-his only son, who, it
was at last announced to him, was dying
Reamer besought, with all his eloquence.
to be permitted to 20 and sit beside the
boys death-bed; this was refused him.
he was Democrat, and was not allowed
the slightest opportunity of justification
nor the slightest mercy. News of his
sons death arrived and broke his heart
Two months of prison life aud that blow |
crushed him. he was released, reached
bis home and fingered three weary weeks. |
He and his boy now sleep together.
1.-THE accusation against SpaDgler, af |
The theater," resumed Mr.. Ford, "thas
be was privy to Booths design, never
deceived me for moment Spangler |
admired Mr.. Lincoln, and was the last
person in the thester to become his en-
amy. he used to stand near the wings
md applaud whenever the President WIS.,
ted the theater and entered the box. !,
Remark, in this one instance, the manir,- |
llation of testimony against him: Ritten-
witness--was brought before
Colonel Lafayette G. Baker, at Bakers
,fice. Being questioned in regard to
What happened on the stage, Ritten-
paugh told that when Booth jumped
rom the box and ran across the stage,
Ifier firing the pistol, he (Rittenspaugb)
aid that was Booth; snd Spangler
urned aud said: Hush your moutal
You don't know whether it's Booth or
ci.' Here Baker broke 10 on Rtten-
paugh. saying: By God, il yo,A don't
estify to what you said to me before. IN
mt you among the rest (meapinr the
You said to m 9 ths.t Snang-
y, ~nen you sald us booth. said:
D2n : say wnicn way ne wsht.
alculsted TO shake Rttsnpaugh's nerves
nd cause him to think be belle we'd he
card what he did net believe he heard.
'ou appreciate the difference between
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