The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-04
THE LINCOLN TRAGEDY.
startling Details Of the scere. Trial
Telegram. b III: Ne,e York Herald. sI

Startling Details of the Secret Trial.
Telegram. b tic -lve,e York Herald. 7 T !.
CINCINNATI, O., Juno 18, 1878.
Benz p:.;ran, The T;e!l known Pb0Bo-
grapher, of this city, was interviewed,
TO day as to his personal knowledge con
cerning the trial and execution Of Mrs.
Surratt for the assassination Of Abraham
Lincoln. His attention was first called
to the statement Of Mr.. John r. Ford,
the theatrical naEager. relative To tha
innocence of hlpss aufratt, and, In answef
to the Herald correspondents questions,
Mr.. Pittlnan communicated the follow
ing information:
lie said that ne was the, official repor-
ter for the United States government in
the assassirkl4inhstrihl, the Sons of Li5e9-
ty investigation and the Congressional
inquiries into the New Orleans and Mem
ptis riots, a:,d subsequently, or the Ku
Klux trials, als of which gave. him Pc.
cutiar: insight Into the yet ungrilten Ifs-S
/, tory OF fAfhose h.cSia:tous event.. $50 I
have no doubt, s,,id Mr.. Pitman, "of
the correctness of Mr.. Ford's statement
Of Mrs, Surrgsts ,innocenes;, the grave
blupdefs ~hidis gre out Of the assassi!
nation trial we're due TO the theory :Air..
Stanton entertained, that Booth ,sas the
active instrument In IL glcat conspiracy;
the dictatoTy power of which was the
rebel governments Mw. Surratt was
hanged for completely in the assassina.
tion plot, of which che was entirely ig-
norant, and poor Spangler was aent TO
the Dry ToFtugas because long rope
was found in his carpet sack, with which
1T was eupp5sed Mr.. Lincoln Was TO lie
bound, when in fact no other .uae was to
be made of Il than the catching of crabs.
Spannler had eimnlu "hnrrassedn s!..e s!..e
rope fIem Fprqs theatre ,f9r Chat put.
pose. III = :
MRS. sURRATT NOT GUILTY.. al Il
1t was not until after my return from
Washington, witlfseli the festsNlopg sof
the 400. witnesses dc The ttiai sind NV nav
+ compilation in narrative form Of the facts
testified 70 By those witnesses that oanie
though aware 81 previous 81 tjIot5 III GbfIucs ,5it
the President and take him To Rinhmond.
was entirely uninformed OF the sudden
resotp Of. booth to kill him, Tho only
direc t Testimony Chat seemed 10 Simplicate
,.sti6f2 FAs. .siiat of the drunken, unreliable
. witE ess, Lloyd, who kept the, tavern, at
tssss y = s,. :,s;.
--t9ry ! tte StesEim0ny Of thosa glib knew
her veil, and Catholic priests Of known
rrpbity and honor, all went to show her
utter incapacity 70 engage in so diaboli-
cal o plSt. s.
HAT THE TESTIMONY SHOWED.
The testimony went to show TINT the
ass93sinati lion of Lincoln was audder.
rtw0.ntion of Booth on finding that me
RiSsident was TO Wilt the theatre that
nigh, and HE hassy conspiracy Matched
up with Payne, Atzerodt and Herold,
was confined exclusively to their knows
s.sa aud f5s 10 TINT NJ
Mr. Stailten, Judge Advocate Holt, BinE.
ham asid Burnott and other officers Of
the government engaged in the s;s0seCu-
iaiagiued greatness of conspiracy which
did mos exist. Nothing hut such D belief
would justify the treatment to which the
pria6neSs we're subjected. q '.ss .s a 81,
~ 4 SECRET TRIAL.
she trial for tE.e frsfs tRo; weelse .,.yas
ctinut icgad "a SEQ q and the pfiscneTa
i aercla EaYnet AtAerJd and & fhifls tND
others were nast ed ii, close .fittinr
thelmetsi ike white cap which Just lesE 4
breathing hole for the mehtlir ntits hos-
9trils: They were besidees nianacaes ;lat
tle wrists and ankles, alif "a fhe IA ,taf
sysre astaGhs d hsilvy ball and ctif !siin.;
ilra. Snrratt ysnsE not kliis ip q But
she Issfs ianIlscl at the teak tllTbuch0if
{ me trlais 4iile masks pgepa removed ahen
Tie trial becatilo publ lIs aftef the exbiFas
e es-,se sheh adiillAidm was OH
Timed to tts goars on b tke,
sanction Of SsenetaI Sal ates by cai j.
STANTON A lilsPor.
SCoFresp DO Vol, think tlia sSt,vsss
eInmerit eRnctio ioLisd tli deyoTity to ard5
tie prisoner w, sssss ~
atlir. Isi;snian fr. Stanton yaG fhn gov.
eminent at that time f7e lSsas a;i1lai,
for whom st;ll entertain & profound
admins lion q niIsit Of ffaS Gt0hdt dtseil typS.
strong but unfeeling, and who 10 uhlaili
g desired end would if p s euaa aasHenes plag
desp pot-strapg = cnt of piaE5 sFilissaE I.
republican forla of govaf fhnaett. For
ingtEnc0, ghat she be iaovs sacrea
tslSlss q, eA slenee Of d citee 1
,7an cot1tnitted to the public malls. vel
syy "a SlJuu 5rHBTH sisted to oIjekt
htlsidEsds Of letters that paased through
the i ienerai Esoas Ofiics st SSFast,ingtorr.
inst after the sssAssin TOM IFhnils every
.tetter safiti Itssed 20 Canada 0as thus
'sthpped hf. StantOa e q isscat IN was
,thgt the agents o .Ea Eafarson Davis who
were then an Ganhdh ssere The instiga-
Tors OF the ass atipn plot. Thelettarss
opened to detect these supposed maehinas
ticf9s Led very curious results n reveals
ing other mat tteFs not Il igectly sought fof.
and Elais5 q hsii i.iaus career Of army oi7is
cgT IlfT pa lIEIcIa an S7ea ssblriiied by ti,as6
Eevsla inils5 which tkiey Iittfa astsuectaS
III oyer ii ay,aa hk4 ff,f, III SIfs.l