The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-12-09
iRHOLD's STORY OE
 TRE LINCOLN PLOT The Only Survivor of the ConspiratOrs Imprisoned at Dry Tortugas Gives
 His Confession to
 the Public. SILENCE OF YEARS BROKEN THRILLING CHRONICLE OF THE FAMOUS CONSPIRACY.
SILENCE OF YEARS BROKEN
THRILLING CHRONICLE OF THE
 FAMOUS CONSPIRACY.

The Examination of Arnold by w. H. Gleason, Commissfoner Appointed by the Congressional Committee to In- vestigate Into the Particulars of the Assassin natioM-MinOr Details of the Kidnapping PIot-Dr. Mudd's Con- nection With It-No Reward for Deed How the south Felt.
 After making the signed and sworn statement of the last publication, Sam uel B. Arnold was closely questioned by W. H. Gleason, notary public, and commissioner appointed by the Con- gressional Committee to investigate in- to the particulars concerning the as- assination of President Lincoln. While, to the general reader, probably the most uninteresting portion of the entire manuscript telling the life story of Ar hold, it is published in it's entirety by reason of it's important bearing upon subsequent portions of the writings.
 The questions and answers were written on December 3, 1867, while Ar mold was a state prisoner at the Dry Tortugas, Florida, and have a great in- terest both through the light therein thrown on on the life of Arnold and through the circumstances under which they were recorded as told hereinafter by Arnold in a vivid description of his treatment as a prisoner and the cir cumstances under which the statement was made The questioning also rof+ +I1Nr ai17nr 1a+ Jc of the Kidnapping plot as arranged by the conspirators, which were not ad- duced in the main deposition.
 Q. Where were you born and what is your age?
 A. I was born in the District of Co., lumbia, September 6, 1884, and I am S3 years of age.
 Q. Did you ever serve in the Rebel Army?
 A. Yes. I served about four months in the First Maryland Regiment, in Capt Ned Dorsey's Company. I was discharged in consequence of ill-health and returned to Maryland about Sep tember or October, 1861, and again re- turned after my recovery from my sickness, when the Rebel Army entered Frederick City, Md, I followed the army back to Virginia, but did not again enlist or enter the ranks. When the army fell back toward Winchester left and went to Richmond and im- mediately went from there to Augusta, Ga., at which place had brother sta tioned. I went to Tullahoma, Tenn, after the battle of Murfreesboro and obtained employment as clerk with Paymaster Captain James Maurice I stayed there until an order was issued discontinuing the employment of civ- ilians. I then obtained employment with Captain Gabbett, Nitre and Min ing Bureau near Charleston, East Ten nessee. In the month of September, 1863, I left him and returned to Augus- ta, Ga., and a short time afterWard ob- tained employment with Major Bride we'll A. Q. M., in Augusta, Ga. In January, 1864, learning through letter from home of the serious illness of my mother, I resigned my position, and, in company with a younger brother, who was employed in the office of the Nitre and Mining Bureau at Augusta, Ga, started for home. I took the reg ular railroad route to Richmond, tried to procure a pass at General Winder' OfHce through to the SLdLeS, put couiu not, he stating there were no passes granted to the States. l then got a pass from the Provost Marshal for Staunton, but only went to Charlottes- vile. I then went through Symond' s Gap into the valley. I went through Lurau into London county and cross- ed the Potomac on the ice just above Whites Ford and then went to the City of Baltimore, where I arrived, think, in the latter part of February, 1864. It was my intention when I left Augusta to return there again, but on my ar- rival found that my mothers health was in such critical state that to leave her again would have endangered her life.
 BEFORE MEETING BOOTH.
 @. Where were you and what did