The National tribune., 1909-12-16
ABRAHAM LtNCOLN.
to kill Vice Pres aent gshnson.
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to kill Vice President Jshnson.
Edward Span4er. wh& played so i'm
portant a part BootEs plans. was a
characterless ld8fer. Aeinployed about
the theater as a scene shifter and man
of all work and as servant and hostler
, by Booth. He was of middle age, with
a dull face, the expression of which
!, had been brutalized by excessive drink
!, ing. Hl It
:. Michael O'Laughlin had been a
schoolmate of Booth. and his family
lived on properly owned by Booths
mother. He hadtgone into the Confed-
crate army with the first spasm for
Southern Rights, which carried off so
many of the young bloods and would
be bloodS of Baltimore, but had tired
of the war in 1868, deserted, re-
turned to Baltimore and took the oath
of allegiance. He was small, rather
delicate-looking man, with intensely
black hair, eyes, mustache and imperial,
which made him appear to some as the
bold, bad man" of the melodrama. He
was to kill Gen. Grant.
Il Samuel Arnold was another Mary
lander who had gone off into the Con-
federate army at first, then wearied of
1t and returned home. He was % years
old at the time of the conspiracy, and
was making living by clerking for
suffers and others who would employ
him. He was the Sam of Booths
correspondence, and had retreated from
the conspiracy some weeks before the
assassination.
DR.. Samuel A. Mudd was a. respect
able physician 45 years of age, of strong
Secession proclivities. He lived near
Bryantown, about 30 miles south of
| Washington and not far from Mrs. Sur
rats tavern.
i Development of the Plot.
Rooth AMI Surratt were frequently in
Canada consulting with Thompson and
his clique, and received from them lib
| eral allowances to carry out the plans
and 1t is known that Payne was at Mon
treal at least once if not oftener On
Booths body when he was captured was
foun1 the following bill of exchange:
No 1892
The Ontario Bank, Montreal Branch,
Montreal. 81 October, 1864.
Exchange for l. 61 12s 1Od.
Sixty days after sight of this first
exchange, second and third of the same
tenor and date, pay to the order of ].
| Wilkes Booth L 61 12s. 1Od. sterling.
count of this Office.
III. Stanus, Manager
TO Messrs. Glynn, Mills & Co, Lon
don.''
Tho Booth was out of employment
much of The time, yet he was singuIarly
| well supplied with money, and had
enough to keep his accompIices in good
heart, paying their board at hotels and
thelr travelling expenses. He gave them
enough to warrant their faith In his
promises that if they succeeded they
would all be made Independently rich
John ii. Surratt admits carrying cypher
dispatches from Richmond to the
thompson cabal, and says enough to
induce the belief that these DISPATCHES
related to the scheme upon which he
and Booth were engaged
Jacob ThompsOn's Rich Bank Account.
Robert Anson Campbell, first teller Of
the Ontario Bank of Montreal, Canada.
appeared before the Commission. and
gave testimony as to Thompson's trans
actions with his bank as follows: .J
know Mr.. Jacob Thompson very we'll
hls account with the Ontario Bank l
hoid in my hand 1t commenced Nav
80, 1864, and closed April IL, 1863.
Prior to May 30 he left With us sterling
eXchange. drawn on the rebel agents at
Liverpool, for collection The first ad-
vice we had was May go, when there
was placed to his credit f2,O61, It's. and
lL:d. and f20,618. lis, 4d., amounting
to s109,965.63. The aggregate amount
OF the credits isl $649,S7328, and there
is a balance stfn left to his credit of
s1,766.23; al! the rest has been drawn
out. Since about March 1 he has drawn
OUT s30O,00O in sterling exchange and
deposit receipts. On April last there
IS deposit receipt for s18O,00O. The
banks of Canada give deposit receipts,
Whlch are paid when presented, upon
. days notice. On April he drew a
Dill or t446, 12s, Id, and on the same
day $4,000 sterling On March "a he
ureW si0o,00O in exchange; at another
tlfne $4,000. This sterling exchange
was drawn to his credit and also the
deposit receipts
MT. Jacob Thompson has left Mon
treal since April IA last I heard him
say ne was going away. He used to
come to the bank two or three times a
week ana the last time he was in he
gave check to the hotelkeeper. which
cashed, and he then left the hotel.
ms friends stated to me that he was
gong to Halifax overland. Navigation
was not open then, and I was told he
was going overland to Halifax and
thence to Europe. / thought it strange
at the time that he was going overland
when by waiting two weeks longer he
could have taken a steamer. and If was
TAXED OF in the bank among the clerks
me account was opened with Jacob
thompson individually. The newsna.
per report was that he was the fnan-
Glal ca agent of the Confederate States.
we only know that he brought South
ern sterling exchange bills drawn on
southern agents in the old country
ana brought them to our bank for col,
iection How they came to him we did
not know. He was not, as far az
know, engaged in any business i'm can
ada requiring these large sums.
He had other large money TRANSACT
lons in Canada. I knew of one trans |
acton of $4,000 that came thru the
Niagara District Bank, at st. Cath
erines, check drawn to the order of |
Mr Clement c. Clay, and deposited hv
him in that bank. They sent it to us |
Aug. l6, 1864, to put to their credit
thompson has several times boupbt !
from us United States notes or preen-
packs. On Aug. 25 he bought SIS, 600 |
in greenbacks and on July IA s1g1o5
This was the amount he paid in gold
and at that time the exchange was
about 55. I could not saw what tho
amount of greenbacks was. but that 10
what he paid for it in gold. On March
IA last he bought $1,000 worth of
greenbacks at 44M, for which he paid
S552.20 in gold. On March 20 he
bought f6.500 sterling at 9B. He also
bought drafts on New York in several
instances. j. Wilkes Booth, the actor
had a small account at our bank. had
one or two transactions with him. but
do not remember more at present. He
may have been in the bank a dozen
times, and / distinctly remember seeing
him once. He has still left to his credif
$445. arising from deposit made bv
him consisting OF 5000 in $40 Montreal
bills and Davis's check on Merchants'
Bank of S255 Tavis !.