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to Richmond. Surratt knew the
route, and was to act as pilot

ss to Richmond. Surratt knew Il
It. route, and was to act as pilot.
We SAMUEL B. ARNOLD.
ID A box painted black, Ike unto
re sword box, was sent by Booth fro
ID the hotel by the porter there to OF
I'd 70 m. The next day it was tran,
e, ferred in wagon, OLaughlin actin
3, pilot, to some place. / was notpre
Is ent. After giving the box to til
e. driver l went to Georgetown, an
ID O'Laughlin bad full charge of it,
II OLaughlin said he took it to NJ
81 Heard's, and from whence the ur
n known carried it home. Took tn
g guns out and carried them to Pedet
II This latter clause Booth told me.
a SAMUEL p. ARNOLD.
3, Witness V. Randall, z. G.. Hol
g ner.
VI Baltimore. April Is. 1865
8 NOTE Besides this written state
8 ment of Arnold's, he verbally com
municated the fact that Boot
f was the correspondent of Doctor
s Mudd, Garland and Queen. Thi
fact was told the Secretary when
!, presented him Arnold's statement
t j. L. McPHAlL.
\ CONFESSION OF ATZERoDT RELATIvI
ToTHE ASSASSINATION OF PREsIDEN1
LINCOLN.
1-had not seen John Surratt fol-
about eight days before the murder
Booth told me few days before the
murder that he was in Washington
Kate Thompson, alias Brown, came
from Richmond with John Surratl
about the time that Richmond fell.
He had come previously with Gus
tavus Howell, now in the Old Capitol
Prison. Kate Thompson stopped at
Mrs. Surratt's, and also at the Ma
tional and Rinnel Hotels. This
woman was about 81 years of age,
spruce and neat, medium size, black
eyes and fair complexion. She had
sister in New York, who, it was
said, was a widow. Surratt was
made known to her in New York by
signal conveyed by a small switch
with waxed end and a piece of red
ribbon On the butt, handled horizon
tally through the fingers. This sign
was given on hotel pavement on
Broadway. He went with her South,
and hired horse at Howard's stables
for the purpose.
Harold came to the Kirkwood
House and left the knife, pistol and
coat, on the evening of the murder,
about 81 O'Clock, as l was about
leaving, 1 having told the clerk to
tell whoever might call that / was
gone out. This was before Harold
came in. Harold and L then went
to the Herndon House, Mrs. Murray's
corner of Ninth and F streets 1T
was then about s O'Clock, and saw
Booth, Wood and Payne in Woods
room. Here the proposed murder
was first mentioned. i refused to
take part in it, when Booth said,
''Then we will do it, but what will
become OF you? You had better come
along and get your horse' / left
them and went to the Oyster Bay, /
on the avenue, and staid some time !;
then to the stable and got my horse
and went up ID street. This was
about 10 o'clock. | called at tue
Rinnel House and got a drink. /
saw none of the party after we sepa-
rated about O'Clock that evening.
| then went out c street toward the
Baltimore depot; went between the
old and new Capitol; came on the
avenue again, and concluded to come
back. | rode down the avenue and
the cavalry were dashing by me-
This was the first heard of the mur-
der. L then went up to Eighth street,
left the horse at the stables opposite
the Franklin House, and then went
20 the uer1don House, and heard a
little boy talking about the murder.
then took car and went down to-
ward the Navy Yard. THIS was
sbout IL o'clock, and l met two
,oung men named Briscoe snd Spates,
With whom l had some talk After
some distance took car ,
o the corner of Sixth and Pennsyl
yauia Avenue. Here / met a man =
for place to sleep at. !
ook him around to the Rinnel House,
md We retired to one room with six
beds in it. l left early next morn
ng ami passed through Georgetown
N my way to Montgomery county.
10 one left the hosel with me.
1 saw Mike O'Laughlin about a =
week before the President was killed. =
never wanted O'Laughlin and Ar r
lold's aid; met O'Laughlin once or
vice at Southard's, and q few times
n the street.
When we were at Murray's on
he night of the murder, Harold said
e had aletter from printer to An 4.
y Johnson He said he was going
D give it 10 him, and he wanted me
0 give him the key of my room, "
Thich refused TO do. >,
Previous to the arrangement for
he murder, Booth heard the Presi. G
ent was to visit camp. The coach =
'as to be taken out Seventh street. !,
urratt was to jump on the box as
e was the best driver, and drive -
lrough Old Fields to the Long y
ridge. This was about the middle
{ March. O'Laughlin. SamueljAr- -
old. Payne, Surralt, Booth, Atzerodt =,
nd Harold went to the Long Bridge u
ith two carbines, and were to wait
,r US. They did so until midnight "
nj returned to Washington next
corning. This failed. All was c
uiet then for some time. Booth
ent to New York, Arnold to Balti- IL
ore, O'Laughlin also, and Payne -
# for New York. After this Il
DWELL brought a woman scross the
otomac. Howell was made pris- e
ler, and Surratt took her North, /.
bout a week before the murder y
Doth told me that Surratt was -
the Herndon House; on the ~
ght of the murder, the 14th of -
prll, we were not altogether at the r.
erndon House. Booth told me !,
lrratt was to help at the box. that
, expected others in the box. Booth -
ent from the Herndon House, down w
inth street. The words of Booth :"
ere 81 saw Surratt few moments
90 All the parties appeared to be pe
gagged at something on that night, -