The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-28
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the burden of anxiety and mental torture
which helbore so long and with such ad-
mirable nerve.
MANY CONFEDERATE sYMPATHIzERs.
You want to know how escaped from
Elmira," said Mr.. Surratt. in response to
my question. well, there is not much
| to tell All the facts came out on the
trial, and are, think, in the main, &C
curate."
did you have much difficulty in get
| ting away2' / asked.
Mr.. Surratt responded: mot so much
difficulty, perhaps, as anxiety. 1t was
| not known at the time, is not known now,
and so | am sure it never will be known,
what great number of people there were
| in the north who either secretly or openly
sympathized with the confederacy. Long
before the fight from Elmira had dis
| covered this, and knew pretty well where
to find friends. While acting as an agent
for the confederate government | had no
trouble in travelling through the north
wherever and whenever | pleased. The
greatest draw back to my flight was the
want of means, and this in itself should
convince anyone that / was in no way
prepared for the tragedy enacted in
Washington on the very day was in
Elmira"
did you not have companion in your
fight from Elmira to Canada?" | asked
Yes" was the response, for part of
the distance. The man has not been iden-
tilted, and all l know about him is that he
was equally poor with myself II mat
tiers not where met him, but we reached
st. Adams, Vt, together. and walked to
Franklin, on the other side of the line.
Once in Canada, succeeded in getting
funds-how, it is not necessary to de-
scribe; but you may remem Der that the
confederacy had its agents in that coun-
try, with plenty of money.
IGNORANT OF HIS MOTHERS DANGER.
''It has been charged against me that
knew my mother was in serious danger,
and that by returning to Washington /
might have saved her. This, l most
solemnly deny. Knowing that she was
entirely innocent of any connection with
the so-called conspiracy, though her
sympathies were undeniably with the
confederacy, could not imagine that she
was in any danger did not then dream
of the intense bitterness and prejudice
that was manifested in her trial. and |
felt sure that if she were tried she would
be acquitted, When | did hear of her
sentence, l became insane, and would
have gone to Washington at once. had not
my friends in Montreal restrained me.
AS would have laid down my life TO save
my mother, and as | do not think am
coward, it is cruelty unjust TO intimate
that the fear of death kept me away"
What induced you to fly TO England2'
Il felt that l had TO move" said Mr..
Surratt. II knew that the American de-
tectives were swarming in Canada, and
could not long remain secreted. 1t would
have been sheer madness to have retained
my own name, so 1 changed its as you
know, and took passage for England. II
came drunk and virtually gave myself
away. Indeed evidence 10 this effect
was adduced during my trial But as l
am man of ordinary shrewdness, and
was not then, nor am / now, addicted to
the use of liquor, you can see that there
is no truth in that
UNPREPARED FOR ARREST.
"By the advice of friends / met in Eng
land | was induced to go 10 Rome, and as
Ihad no money, and the position prom
ised me protection, l enlisted in the Papal
Zouaves. Being unable TO speak the Ian
guage, | soon became a marked man
Rome was crowded then, as now, with
travellers from all over the world. and
you may well imagine my awful anxiety
while was in the Papal army Still, al
though continually anxious, was wholly
unprepared for my arrest when it came
When l was being taken from the bar
racks, with my mind in a whirl, for felt
that the end had come, / was seized with
All awful impulse to fight, and broke
away from my guards. How | succeeded
in eluding them / cannot tell, for all the
incidents connected with my getting
away are a blank but know that sue
ceeded in reaching Naples, where my
senses began TO return.
"At Naples / succeeded in shipping
aboard fishing sloop bound for Messina.
From MessinaI succeeded in making my
way TO Alexandria My purpose was,
after reaching Cairo, 10 make my way TO
Upper Egypt, where / would be away
from civilization, and all touch with the
country that felt / had left forever.
But TO my great disappointment, Mr..
Hale, the American consul at Cairo. was
on the lookout for me. and was again ar
rested soon after my arrival. YoE know
the rest ! was sent home on the United
States ship Swatara, returned 10 Wash
ington. tried, and was not convicted
That is al %