, 1880-06-26
Their Views Regarding the Ticket
and the Way It Mas Nomi-
mated.
Their Reasons for Believing Hancock
to Be- an Extremely Strong
Man,
uANCOCK-NRs, sURRATT.

UANCOCK-MRE. SURIsATT.
THE OExK1sAL'8 rAHT IN THE EXECuII01.
SPECIAL Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
BALTIMORE Mi, Juno 25-The nomination Of
Con. Hancock for tho Presidency has revived
tho history Of bis connection with tho execution
1T Mrs. Surratt. who, togothor with payno.
Atzcrodt, and Harold, was hanged In tho old
Capitol Prison Ynrd, at Washington, on July I,
1865, for completely III tho schema thut resulted
Iii the assassination Of President Lincoln, md
rory nearly III tho murder OF Secretary eewHrd.
Dunocrnt!c orgA,ls au1 0F1tors have heretofore
charged that GcA. lIlnco1k, who wAs Iii co1n-
1slund of the troops III and around Washington
at tho time, could hive snvetl MrB. 6urratt II
he hld ohusen to do 81. They hayu stated thnt
he not only disobcyed tho writ of haboas corpus
TINT was Issued to him on tho preceding day for
tho production Of tho body Of Mrs. Surrntt, but
that ho also prevented tho access Of her dauRhter
to President JohuHon when she camo to tho
White House 10 beg for repFtcvo and that In
yaeious other ways ho took caro- tint tho execu-
tion shnud tnke place ut tho appointed hour
hut sIuce Hancock looulel up as Democratic
lcadur tho purity papers hmye taken another
tack. They hnys urged TINT Hancock did not
desire that Mrs. SuErntt should be hanged: TINT
he implorcd President Johuson to bu inorciful to
her. md that OH tho day OF tho hanglng he sta-
toned patrols Of cavalry hotween tho White
House and
THE SCENE or EXECUTION,
10 t&sat II n roprtuve for Mrs. Surrntt should be
Rrs.nted at tho lust moment it could bo conveyed
to him with I'LL possible expedition. To asceE-
talu tho truth regarding those conflicting stoEcs
reporter has bud several interviews With tho
person moro closely Interested and hest cognl-
zant Of what rua1Iy did occur-Hanloty: tho
tauKhtor Of Mrs. BurrAtt, formerly Miss Annn
surrntt, aud now the vito Ut Prof. Will
lam +. Torncy, ana roeldtpF In this city.
Mrs. T0rnpy was first aeon On Thursday Aftor-
no0u. 6hU ts Il rAther tall and slender lady,
evidently Of q very nervous temperament. anu
bears III faco And expression tho tE1Icos Of tho
terrible ordeal through which ahe passed tiftecn
yours ngo. TO tho Inquiries Of tho reporter She
responded that she had heard Ut tho nomination
OF Con. Hancock, aud tho
FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION ENHuEp:
lseportur-"Mrs. Tprncy, tho Democratic pa-
pcEB Aro asserting that the pnrt played by 1elI'
l[ailcock III tho execution WAS Htto9uthor honor
abIo und fniT a1,d that hu did whatever he could
tu sasc yo,,r nauthcr. Now Is that true?"
Mrs. Turncy hcstat<si for u ,ninuto TO answer.
ans} tho rooollactlon af pasl evontH stelnod very
pntlfui to Aer. Finally sh0 satf that Hl'ch rp-
t,urta wUru not truo, aIld Addol that nclthtr sho
nor my Ut her fa,nily bud any good {eollnx for
Con. iiancock.
RI you believe that Hancock on that
oeoasfon Aatod q Il frloud towar.l YOU and your
MUtAgrT'
/ Mrs. Torney-"1 do not. You could not call
his conduct oxautly brutal, but do boltove that
10 wisncd for tho execution Of my mother, and
would not 10 much ~ have lifted bis tilIgor tn
provent 1t. Mysulf Anl my mother wcro ar-
rustod ut the gAulu time aud Imprisoned III tho
old Cnpitol, subsequently WIS rcleased and
she was takon u The Arsenal. bud 10 yet my
pnaees To 500 her from SECRETARY st4ntou. and
theM taku than to 10 countpFs!Enu4 ny Qon.
lianeook. saw him dozen ttuaos OF more,
md