Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-24
N RS. sURRATT.
The Body Of Mrs. Eurratt Disin.
TERED.

Washington Special 10 n. Y. Sun, Feb ..
BY orders Of the president, tho rcmains
Of Mrs. Surratt were to>day disinterred at
the arsenal and delivered TO her friends.-
The understanding is that there shall be
No public demonstration over the mains,
and that whatever funeral service takes
place shall b private. She was, % every.
body knows, convicted by military com
mission, Of which Gen. Hunter was presl>
dent, ct the arsenal, in the summer OF 1865,
Of being one Of the conspirators for the
assassination OF President Lincoln Of that
ysss. Immediately after the hanging, on
the 9th Of July, Of Mrs. 6urratt, her re-
maiss with those Of Payne. Harold and
Ataerodt, executed at the same time, were
placed In common boxes and inferred 10
graves neoe the scadold, Nm. Surratts
bedy 6sing as the north cad Of The row.
and the others sdjsining her remains In The
order named. In the boz with each BODY
wss plsced the name sf the person enclosed
In bottle.
Booths body was also buried near there.
that 10 to say, inside Of the old penitentiary
building near the main door of the wardens
residence. The burial Of Booth vas au etly
made In the presence Of Gen. Lafayette G.
Baker and two Of his off GERS, and Gel.
Benton commandent OF the arsenal; aud
stter the grave had been filled the pave
mont Of bricks was relaid over il, the win.
dows OF the wareroom were boarded up and
the door was locked, Secretary Stanton
taking the key.
The body Of wirz. the Andersonvile
jsilor. was placed in the yard, adjoining
the body Of AtxsrOdt. For some time the
bodies were allowed to remain in his posi-
ton. A wooden fence was erected around
The graves, and . veosnd headboard with
the namls Of the persons buried below was
placed q each grave. In the fall Of 1867.
shsa the dsaolieen Of the penitsntiary
Va dstsrminsd On, il became necessary to
rsnsss We bodies asd they we're buried 10
the warehouse known - Ne. the "sec-
cad boiidisg below the principal eaise"-
the bsdiss being placed under the tagging.
Mrs.. Surratts body WAS next to the north
vail u ths building, and the others adjoin
ing in the following order: Panys, Harold,
/ Aissrcdt. Wirz aud Booth. There the
bodies Of oil have remained Until to-day
Since the intsrment ofths remains 10 this
house II has not bssn used, being kept
closed at oil tines, end the locality Of the
last place Of burial has bssn carefully cons
eealsd.
The romans Of Mrs.. Surrstt ore 70 b
inferred near this city, but there will be no
dsmoastsasisa whatever.
Aios Aauis 0usrAtt, in anticipation efths
body being delivered 10 the family, arrived
here last evening to be present at tho 70.
iatssnsnt. Her brother Isaac will proha.
bly, be here ct the rs-interment, but Jshu
Il. Surratt 10 net expected to arrive from
his voyage to South America until about
the first Of March. and consequently vii
not witasss the consignment Of his mother
. ssdy - IL last sssting place.
u 4 RADICAL vlaw or rnx CASE.
II The Warrington CORRESPONDENT Of tn,
} Ctectnnati Commercial (sadisal) slthui
writes II the trial of Mrs. Surratt
1T was melancholy business ct best
but vas insspressibly shocked on reading
the evidence touching the case of Mrs
] 5urratt. No mind Of legal turn can stud
/ that evidence, and not DO shocked and dis
gusted.
81 aroused no little indignation against
myself some tune subsequently,, by assert.
ing, on the stump, tina, tho poor woman
had been convicted OF keeping a board ing
house in Washington, and hanged bv An
drew johnson within "a hours after con
viction. Then came the row between But
ler and Bingham. in which the last named
was charged with procuring the death Of
an innocent woman. And then followed 4
general acceptance Of the fact, 30 that the
, order for her remains and immediate burial
create no ether feeling than one Of commits
GRAFTON.
And Why was Mrs. Surratt hung with
/ out evidsncsf Because the court was csm
posed Of military men, ignorant Of law ant
fcfiecliug the popular impnlse. The popular
: impulse 10 to hang some one on the heel.
Of great crime. We're We to pos pons oul
/ murder trials . year after the commission
Of the murder, few would bo hanged. An
other reason exists for the brutal murder
Of helpless woman. The military com.
| mission Was robbed Of judge advocate. =
Recognizing the fact that military mec as .
.. general thing are ignorant Of the rule 10 gov
, erning the admission Of evidence, an office.
. 10 selected learned in the law, called judg,
advocate, whose duty is not only to adsis,
the court, but appear for the accused Ii
, tho trial Of the conspirators no such Off eel
appeared. The source to which ths court
had to look for rulings Of law was in men
|. 1 n
of prosecutors they were. Holt was O.
hard as iron, Burnett Jealous as any county
| court prosecutor whose reputation and re-
, election hung on conviction ever was, Will,
Bingham was fierce as wolf.
And so Mrs. Surrstt was hanged with
out Judge or jury, and yesterday she was
. buried. Ny pillow is not the pleasantesi
/ ! one in the world. but would not care Il
1
part in this sickening tragedy. Least OF
oil. With the man who 10 now about retiring
to the shadows Of private life, " 18th the unan.
'mous consent Of HE fellow citizens. Ann
Surratt, the daughter. hurried to the exec
uNve mansien whom che learned the herri.
BE taes that her mother was 10 NJ hanged
She We accompanied nv Catholic priest
{ Arriving ~ the door she WAS refused id
mission. Pushing BY the servants. she
reached the foot of tho stairs before che
could 10 arrested. Then her entreatiss
tears. and supplication, mingled with
shrisks. were heartrsnding enough to NELL
! The heart Of . stone. She begged to zee
The President but for . moment, that Oh,
might save hss mothers lie. She begged
70 Sc any enc q shs family, and Mrs Sto-
YER, drawn BY The screams to the spot. val
appealed to. The poor woman. pale .,
death. wsaag her hands, saying that Oh,
.. had no right . violate the orders Of ths
Presidsst. Preston King came in, and
pssAteS ~ peer girl up from the stair q
whore she had fallen, bore her, screaming
- the nest Asastrsading manner, lrsn the
seenrued heuos. THOSE screams pSnssratet
TO the room where the cowardly miscrean
Vas hid. whe. With power Of life and dealt
in bic bends, cast aside the recommends
, lion for mercy, signed BY the court, LEI
pspslss wrath might iophcats him in th
crime"
IL 4 coNoD8vAfIvB vIRw.
frea the Baltnors Sun, Feb. 10.
Zhu6 q nest, three ysars aud eieh
! | meaths aisss the execution Of Mrs. Mary r
oursatt. who was sent to tho esllows with
, in "a hours after the trial BY = military
tribunal. which, according to tho decision
|. q the Suprsms Court ofthe United States
|, had no jarisdietiea in her csse, asd upor
svidsDcs which 10 fair minded ms6 nov
looks upon - sufficient fer her convic.
ton, her inaaimats body has been released
|. irsm Ito Improvement. The grave hal
) | given up its dsad-a suggestive thought
81 that august occasion when al grave,
shall give mp their dead, and when email
and great, subjects and rvlsrs. the ahed