The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-16
JOHN SURRATT.
Present Life Of the Man Whose
Mother Was Hanged in Z
Washington.
The Conspiracy Of 1856.

Though I had not seen it for five
years. I knew the face the moment |
put my eyes on it yesterday as
landed on the Old Dominion wharf
from the Norfolk steamer" says
Baltimore correspondent of the In
diRnopolis SentieL of John 4. Surrstt.
"Tbe straight, erect, 1.-THE. military
form had not changed, the long sadly
noustsche and goatee la Napoleon
III. were the same as years before,
the fierce, steady, eagle eyes were as
bright as ever, the acuillne nose as
pointed as the mans character. and
nis step was as light and springy ss
in the years OF our youth, when be
and I had tramped the fields and
Wsded the marshes of Prince Georges
county, Maryland. It was John 81.
5urrsts. He has not changed a
whit in fifteen years. Even age has
failed to leave its mark, save in a |
steadier gait and more mobile coun- |
tenance. The same set Of features
that marked him when a boy as one
of unusual determination, as one of
decisive and firm character, makes |
him remarkable yes among men.
Standing Eve feet eleven inches, and |
as straight as an arrow, john 8. Sur |
raft strikes the observer forcibly as
being a military Wan of martinez
discipline. The protrusive develop
ment OF the frontal bone between the !
eyebrows is indicative of the great
will power which has governed this
strange mans life. Nerve and will
and a love of adventure-those are
the main ingredients OF the character
of this man, who was the object of
the concentrated persecution OF this
nation, and whose mothers death
hangs e perpetual pail OF disgrace
over this people On inquiring, l
learned much OF 8urrstt's life in the
pas! fifteen years. At present he is
engaged az clerk on the wharf in the
freight department of the Norfolk
Steam beat Company. generally
called the Odd Dominion Line.
HB HAs A EANsoME SALARY.
He entered the employ of the :
just after his marriage,
about eight years ago. From minor
position he has, with bis Wonted fixed
aess of purpose and indomitable will,
worked himself up to his present .
comfortable birth. His wife is the
laughter of an arissoCrssie house
i old Maryland, the Hunters. g
,Tanok of tho Jenkins family. OF Bal
more, and OF the old Key stsck OF
over Maryland. Her name was
dies Victoria Hunter. Her marriage
9aa olandisstine- Though it ives
,uown TO the Iady's father and 4
aother THAI he was addressing the
laughter, yes owing TO ahe meagTe
,ess Of his income es 8 teacher DO
immediate merrisgs wss contem-
,laset By the parents. But the will
# The man again conquered, and
rs quiet morning hs aad his sweet !
cart gathered uoho the national
apisal aHd we're theEe made man
nd wife. No preparations were
aads, noF were any needed, for
1ca saan and suoh woman; both
atsrnined and both In love. 8ocially, {
Ohm II. Surratt il very popular,
well read and much beloved Hell
an adapt himselfto almost any COM
any. With q grace of movement
eRarked by al, = pleasant smile,
nd a ready oonvsrsRsionalist. hc
lever falls TO make q friend ont OF
ny desirable &csuaiatance. SPEAK
ng of his temporary pseuniary en-
'arrassments, remember of his tel
ing me of his landing in London on
lis escape from this country. Taking
be best coach he could find at the
epot, he ordered the driver to 90 to
be BEST hotel in London. where he
'ut up. After I paid the driver
Le used, laughing, 10 say, i had just {
50 30 gold piece in my pocket, and !
lot another cent. I stayed at that
lotel three weeks without money;
ri I held my head 30 high and q
rdered things 50 lavishly that the
landlord must have thought noe the
on OF some American railroad king,
nd Was afraid OF Insulting me by
the BILL Ke travelled in
london Gpder the name of John
Estson, q naae hs ado ptsd in
canada. From London Sarrats ,
7sna to Paris Thess be censultee
N American lawyer on Ala prudence
# returning 70 America and stapd-
az trial. The attorney. full OF hard
ense, advised bim not to set foot on
hia soil for at least two years from
he death of Lin cola This facs, and
ms other that I now recall, did no, !
.ppear in the trial, and has no.
'een made public since. San Ma
emo,
he ITALIAN WHO FIRST BATRAYED
eURRATT
O she authorities, as Papal Zouave. a
Vas a poor fellow whom Surratt had
'efriended when be VAS in the at.
most poverty. Surratt was teaching
t Texas, in Baltimore county, near =
his city. San Mareno made Suratt's u
there when he bad not
ecent clothes to go about on tas
Ereets. 6urratt gave him two shirts