Year: 1865

sfreo WeyS eeon oxamined eoperhsiy ano suSoquonsy


sent In charge Of officers Rosh and Dsvoe. to General
Augur's headquarters for further examination Tho


information obtained from them was 20 unsatisfactory


contradictory that the four finally sent to the


Old Capitol prison until they are ready TO testify more
clearly and consistently.


Just the ladies' preparing to leave tho house


there was light knock the front door TWAS opened
|by Mr. Morgan Major Smith and Captain Wermerskirch
sandng by with their pistols ready TO be used II neces-
|sary. At ts door young looking man, about nvs
feet eleven inches in stature, light complexion,
with peculiarly large gray eyes, and hair that
had evidently been dyed He wore . gray cas-
smers coat and vest, nns black cloth pantaloons
and fine boots. His boots and pantaloons were
covered with mud almost 70 the knees, and his whole
appearance that Of who had been lying out in
the rain. He had pickaxe on his shoulder. When the
door opened the visitor exclaimed 'T believe am


mistaken" and turned TO 60 away. He was asked by
Mr.. Morgan who he wanted to see He answered, "Mrs
Surratt" Mr. Morgan said, 'M1 surratt lives here;
she is at home; walk in" He then came In, and was


ushered into the parlor while tho ladies under arrest
were passed of the house from back room whero
they had been assembled. After being seated In the
paror the with the pckaxc was closely interrogated
las TO his business there at that time Of night, twenty
minutes after eleven, his occupation &c. In reply he
stated that he aborng man. and had been sent for
|by Mrs. suratt TO dig gutter and had called TO know
what time next morning she wished him to come to
work; that he had been for time past employed
lon the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad aborer that
he At work heroad Friday last and slept that
might with the other road hands that he had money
and earned his living with his pickaxe He confusedly
attempted to tell where he had slept Sunday night
and where he had been SINCE Saturday morning; but
often contradcted himself and broke down completely
this part Of his narrative During the investigation he
produced certificate Of the oath of allegiance purport


to have been taken by Lewis Paine of Fauquer
|ty, Virginia, and claimed that that his name; but
when questioned about evidently did not know anything
about the date Of the certificate lie asserted frequently
that he was apoor man. and could neither read write
and earned his living by his daily labor but his language
that Of Of education and his feet and hands
were small and well shaped, the latter being delicate
white and soft as o woman's, and unstaned with any
mark Of toll. He his head q sort Of Scotch
skucap, which on examination was found to
have been made by cutting of the Of
stockinet shirt or the leg of drawers Of the


same material the top Of the cap being formed by tying
q string around Of the ends Upon searching his
pockets they were found to contain Q comb, hair and
tooth brushes, pot Of pomatum a package Of pistol
cartridges, new pocket compass and twenty five dollars


in greenbacks. After the preliminary examination he
taken, in charge Of officers Sampson and Devoe to
General Augurs headquarters where, upon further
animation he gave account OF himself quite different
from the one previously given. evident that he
was In Disguise and had been completely taken by


prise in finding the officers at the house where he ex
pectsd to find welcome and refuge The facts disclosed


lin the examination induced the belief that he was the
boodthirsy villain who had attempted the life Of Secre
tary Seward on Friday night He placed In room


with two other strangers The light was made dim, as
nearly possible in imitation Of the condition Of the
ght in Mr. Stewards that eventful night, and
The domestics Of Mr.. Seward sent for. Upon
terng the the porter, colorcd boy about


years Of age threw up his hands with exclama


lion of horror and, pointing to the man. said, THAT is
The mani don't want TO see him; he did Il; I know
him by that lpl" The servant had already previously
described popularity about the upper lip of the
man whom he had admitted to commit the foul and
murderous deed He was subsequently recognized
10y others as tho man who perpotrated the
murderous deed at Secretary Sewnrds, and test-
mony has been procured, tracing him. step by
STEP from the time Of his separation from Booth until
he entered Stewards house The chain Of evidence Is
pee and fastenes upon him the perpetrator Of the
horrid crmo which has shocked the whole community
Tho villain heavily ironed and placed in confne-
ment Of the gunbosts The trail Of John wilkes
Booth has also been discovered, aud Is eypected thai
he too sv be custody before morning Several other
parties are now in confinement, who been ascer


tanned 70 bs accomplices before the fact the awful
we'll laid and long and carefully matured for murder and
arson scale SO grandy diabocal - TO DO hardly
conceivable.