Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-04-09

"What kind Of fracture did Booth sus.
| tainR" we inquired. addressing the Doctor
"Nell, !" said he, " after be was Laid down
on the sofa and having told me his leg was
fractured By his horse falling on him during
the S0aruey up from Richmond, took Q
knife aud split the leg Of his boot down tc
/ the iastep, slipped it off and the sock with
| II; | then felt carefully with both hands
down along his leg, bot at first could dis
cover nothing like crepitation till, after a
second investigators, found on the out
side uear the ankle, something that felt
| like Adarsted flesh, and then for the first
time concluded that it was q direct aud
clean fracture Of the bone. [ then i'm
provised oat Of pasteboard a sort Of box that
adhered close enough TO the leg to keep il
rigidly straight below the knee, without at
all interfering with the hexure OF the leg.
A low cut shoe was substituted for the
leather boot, and between i've and six
o'clock 10 the morning, Booth and bis com
paaiou started Oft tor point On the river
bellows
"You knew Booth before, Doctorl"
EYES," replied the Doctor. 81 was first
introduced to Booth in November, 1864, st
the church yOnder; spoke few worus TO
him aad nev5r saw him Afterwards until a
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pened 60 be ia Washington making fe "
| purchases, aud waiting for s9me friends
from Baltimore who promised 10 meet me
at the Pennsylvania House and come out
here to spend the holidays. / was walking
past the National Hotel at the time, when a
person tapped NE on the shoulder, Rnd on
turning around discovered it was tie gen
tlema1 | was introduce TO at the church
about six weeks previously. He asked me
| aside for a moment and said be desired an
! introduction to JOha III. SurrAt, with whom
he presumed was acquainted. L said that
| was.
"Surratt and became almost necessarily
acquainted from the fact Of his Ewing on
the road I travelled so often % my way to
Washington, AMI haEiDg the only tavern on
the way that | cared To visit. Booth and |
walked along the avenue three or four
blocks, when we suddenly came across Sur
raft and Weichman, and all four having
become acquainted, we adjourned to the
National Hotel aud bad a round OF drinks.
The witnesses ia my case swore that Booth
and | moved to a corner of the Foom and
were engaged for IN hour or so in secret
consultation. ThsS was barefaced lie.
The whsle four OF as we're in loud aud open
conversation all the time we we're together,
and when We separated We four neysr met
again"
''YOu told the soldiers, Doctor, the course
the fugitiyes pursued after leaving yoNr
house,"
II did. ItoId them the route that Booth
told me be intended To takei but Booth, it
seems, changed bis mind after quitting
here and went another way, This was nata-
raj enough; yet was straightwsy accused of
l-fr.r h., aud uAQ
urged against me As proof positive of impli-
cation in the conspiracy"
what did you think Is the military
commission ~
"Rell it would take me too long to tell
you. Suffice it to say that not man OF
them sat on my trial with an unbiased and
unprejudiced mind. Before word Of evil
dence was heard my case was prejudged,
and was already condemned on the
strength of wild rumor and misrepresent2-
ton. The witnesses perjured themselves,
and VIII lie l was sitting there in that dock
listening to their monstrDus falsehoods,
felt ashamed of my species and lost faith
forever ia all mankind. That men could
stand up 10 that court aud take an oath be-
fore heaven 20 tell the truth and the next
moment set themselves 10 work to swear
away by downright perjury the life Of fell
lOw-nlan, was thing that | in my inno-
cenee OF the world never thought possible.
After wss convicted and sent away to the
Dry TortugHs a confession was got up by
Secretary Stanton, purporting to have been
made by ms to Captain Dutton on board
the steamer, and was Afterwards append
ed to the official report of my trial. This
was one OF the most Infamous lodges prac-
tlced against NE, aud was evidently Intend
ed as a Justification for the illegality Of my
conviction. l never made such a confess
ion, and never could have made il, even il
I tried