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thus to proceed.
Do not in anger peruse this. Weigh
all have said. and, as a rational man
and friend. you cannot Censure or up
braid my conduct. l sincerely trust
this, nor aught else that shall or may
occur, will never be an obstacle to
obliterate our former friendship and
attachment Write me to Baltimore ,as
l expect to be in about Wednesday or
Thursday, or. if you can possibly come
on, l will Tuesday meet you in Balti-
more, at b. Ever 1 subscribe my
self,
Your friend,
SAM.
Arnold speaks in his confession of
terrible cruelties inflicted on himself
and the other conspirators while con-
fined at Dry Tortugas and in support
of this offers the following letter from
DR.. Mudd, who was a fellow prisoner
with him at Dry Tortugas:
The letter of DR.. Mudd is as follows:
Fort jefferson, Fla,
November Is, 1865.
1 have read the statement in regard
to the treatment of Arnold. O'Laugh-
Mudd, and all representations are sub
stantially correct.
Very respectfully, etc,
SAMUEL a. MUDD.
| Arnold's statement will be published in
chapters each day until concluded. The
narrative as set forth by him contains
some startling revelations. Arnold is
their author and they are furnished to
the readers of this paper for what they
are worth.
The foregoing preliminary statement
being accepted as the first chapter the
second follows:
Samuel Bland Arnold begins his life
story by telling of his meeting with
Booth in September, 1864, and thus
leading on up to the plots to kidnap
President Lincoln, detailing all of the
attendant circumstances. The state
ment was sworn to before a notary
public at Dry Tortugas, Fla, on De-
cember 3, 1867, and the conditions I'M
der which it was drawn up, with its
| Significance are dealt with by Mr.. Ar
mold in his general statement, to fol-
| low.
| The following is the full text of the
document:
1t was in the latter part of August,
or about the first Of September, A. D.,
1864, that J. Wilkes Booth, hearing 1
was in town, sent word to me that he
would like to see me at Barnums Ho-
tel, in the City of Baltimore at which
place he was then stopping. l had not
seen Booth since the year 1851, at which
time we We're fellow-students at ST.
Timothy's Hall, Gainesville, Md, the
Rev. L. Van Bokkelen being the presi-
dent of the said institute. / called up
on him and was kindly received. as an
old schoolmate and invited to his room.
We conversed together, seated by ia
Bile, smoking cigars, of past hours of
youth and the present war. He said
he had heard l had been South, ETC.,
when tap at the door was given and
O'Laughlin was ushered into the room.
O'Laughlin was former acquaintance
of Booth, from boyhood up, so he in
formed me. I was introduced to him,
and this was my first acquaintance
with O'Laughlin.
In short time wine was called for
by Booth, and we drank and freely
conversed together about the war, the
present condition of the South, and in
regard to the non-exchange of prison
ers. Booth then spoke Of the abduction
or kidnapping of the President, saying
if such could be accomplished, and the
President taken to Richmond and held
as a hostage, he thought it would bring
about an exchange of prisoners. He
said the President frequently went to
the Soldiers Home, alone and I'M
guarded, that he could be easily cap
tured on one of these visits and carried
to the Potomac, boated across the riv-
er and conveyed to Richmond.
These were the, ideas advanced by
Booth, and he alone was the moving
spirit. After a debate of sometime,
and his pointing out it's feasibility, and
being under the effects some little of
wine, we consented to join him in the
enterprise. We alone comprised the
entire party to this scheme at that time
as far as my knowledge extends. We
separated that afternoon and l return
ed to my brothers home, near Hooks
town, Baltimore county, Md. Booth
stated that he would leave for New
York the rext day to wind up his af-
fairs, and make over his property to
different members of his family, re-
serving enough to carry out his pro-
jected scheme, and would soon return.
HAD LARGE INCOME.
Booth said he would furnish all the
necessary materials to carry on the
project. He showed me the different
entries in his diary, of what his en-
gagements paid him in his profession
and I judge from what / have heard
his income therefrom to have been
from SIS, 1000 to 100000. He also in
formed me that he owned property in
the oil regions Of Pennsylvania and
Boston. He was taken sick while at
home, and upon his recovery he ar
ranged his business and went to the oil
regions, from which place he wrote me
enclosing 500 for expenses, requesting
me to look around and pick out horse
for him.
! This was all the money I ever receiv-
ed from Booth, or any other person in
connection with the undertaking. He
went from the oil regions to Canada
and shipped his wardrobe to Nassau
as he afterwards informed me. Booth
returned to Baltimore somtime in No
vember or December, 1854. sHe had
purchased, whilst North, some arms tc
defend himself in case of pursuit; viz:
two carbines, three pairs of revolvers
three knives and two pairs of hand