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eminent. or was In the secrets OF the per-
snna nnInn 10 or cnnlInr FROM Richnnnnd2

eminent. or was In the secrets Of the per-
sons gong TO or coming from Richmond?
4. lie never did.
O. Did YOU know how many horse Booth
mad at rlie time lie said his brother came
20 him.
A. lie had three Inever saw his brother.
. Did Booth suggest any method by
which the Pre~idep' could I've deCoyed into
an upper boNg
A. 1o never did.
80 RFwALn FOR THE DEED.
q lid you hear AIRY Of TIE conspira' ors,
or arr ctner icr~OI or persons, speak al a
?""arG aNiug le.L offered for the assassi-
alton Cf Pr.siCeit Ii, coin. or that n ie-
ID would lie given ia case he was allied
O. adduc.cd?
4 Ne 'cr do AID never read that ary
"'ward was offered for his assassination,
Z How was IL proposed 10 capture the
President on the 18th Of March?
A. To seize him AID his carriage was
'lo iito'i'oL ard 70 drive him around by
va Of Radeislurc to Surra;tsvile or
J. y there ~ lnrct Eeiuld and convey
lin 10 lie Potomac II had Teen decided
or the .irs, at, r3p' that roIer were 10 he
ret ched across the road for the p!rrose
of tripping up he horses in case Of pursuit.
This a. urlr in nv first conv.rsation with
Booth al Barnums Hotel.
q DID vou iiGs 10 Mrs Surrau's house
on Maltn ~
4 | did rot dia not know whore her
house was. or thai she lived In Washington.
! never saw or heard of her until the day of
our trial
BUT stoHr PERSONS IN IT.
.. We're there any other persons AZ the
| theatre grounds hospital or encampmenD
! on the 10Th Of March that were expecting
to assist in kidnapping the President other
than those mentioned in your statement:
A. There were none 10 my knowledge.
| am positive there we're no others
q, DO YOU know With whom O1aughlln
posted the box containing the carbine-;
A | do not | could not recall the name
even if I should hear it..
q Did YOU ever hear Booth say anything
about Louis = Weichman'
He said he had learned through WEIGH
man III" number OF prisoners that there
held 10y the United States amounted 10
5000 OF 80 go
q On March 81, when O1aughlin called
on YOU and requested you 70 go to Wash
inpton with him, did he inform you that
Booth wished 10 see you.
A He did not.
HOW The SOUTH 1sLT.
. When YOU saw Booth on March 81. did
he give YOU TO understand that Surrs''
would consult with the authorities al Rich
mond and ascertain how they felt toward
the abduction scheme?
a iI' Ndiu iloNliiik III iNEdii w - ph'
said the whole scheme was abandoned.
O. What did A'aerodt say about the alb
duCtion when YOU met him at the depot on
March 3l2
A Jaw A,zerod' but few moments
He said thar Booth had procured box AT
the theatre and that the abduction would
come on that night. That Is all that passed
between us.
q Did Booth ever saw 10 you whether any
other parties in Washington or elsewhere
knew of the abduction plot?
A He never mentioned to me that any
person or persons knew of 1t or were con-
nected with II other than the parties we met
a, Gautier's upon the evening of March Is,
1885.
ONLY LINCOLN AMID AT.
Q Did you ever hear Booth say anything
against Andrew johnson?
A, Never did
y Was IL ever contemplated by the con-
spirators to abduCt any member OF the
Cabinet or any Government official other
than the PRESIDENT
A. II never was
q Did Booth ever mention anything TO
you about the 81. Adams raid'
A He said that he was either going TO or
coming from Canada az the time II occurred
This he told me on his arriva in Baltimore
He did not intimate that he was connected
with il
q We're YOU ever in the Secret Service Of
the Confederate Government?
A. never was.
PLoTTERs SWORN TO SECRECY.
q. Did YOU ever belong TO the Order of
the Knights Of the Golden Circle. or any
secret society of any kind?
A never belonged 20 the knights Of
the Golden Circle or any secret society Of
any kind.
o Did Booth administer any oath Of
secrecy 10 YOU AZ any time in relation to the
contemplated abduction'
Ha did
q Do Won know a. any other parties
| being sworn TO secrecy
| do not
| BOOTH CONFEDERATE OFFICER, HI
THOUGHr.
q. What did OIaughlin inform you
| about Booth having IA commission in the
| Confederate service?
| A. OIaugh,in told mo that Booth said
| he had told hs brot her he held a commission
| in the Confederate Army; hat his object IN
| telling this was TO prevent h,a brother
| from insisting upon going home. The
| brot her that he referred 10 | supposed 10 be
| Junus Brltus
lwish 10 add that am not cert ain whnt her
| the letter I received from Rooth containing
| the $40 was dated from IN" oil regions or
| from New York
| w " Gleason do hereby certify that the
| foregoing 10 \ true and correct copy Of
| thereto, made hy Samuel Arnold In his tcs
| timonv taken before m" this ~ dnr or De
| comber. 1897 W " GIrhsoN.
| Notarv public and commission"r appointed
| bv ~" Congressional Committee TO in
| ves.ivate into the uarticulars concerning
| the assasslration = President Lincoln
ITO bo n'hUod to-morro,c'
| |