Q.—­What did they bring to your house?

A.—­I saw nothing until they all three came into the bar-room, I noticed one of the buggies—­the one I supposed Herold was driving or went down in—­standing at the front gate.  All three of them, when they came into the bar-room, drank, I think, and then John Surratt called me into the front parlor, and on the sofa were two carbines, with ammunition.  I think he told me they were carbines.

Q,—­Anything besides the carbines and ammunition?

A,—­There was also a rope and a monkey-wrench.

Q.—­How long a rope?

A.—­I cannot tell.  It was a coil—­a right smart bundle—­probably sixteen to twenty feet.

Q.—­Were those articles left at your house?

A.—­Yes, sir; Surratt asked me to take care of them, to conceal the carbines.  I told him that there was no place to conceal them, and I did not wish to keep such things in the house.

Q.—­You say that he asked you to conceal those articles for him?

A.—­Yes, sir; he asked me to conceal them.  I told him there was no place to conceal them.  He then carried me into a room that I had never been in, which was just immediately above the store room, as it were, in the back building of the house.  I had never been in that room previous to that time.  He showed me where I could put them, underneath the joists of the house—­the joists of the second floor of the main building.  This little unfinished room will admit of anything between the joists.

Q.—­Were they put in that place?

A.—­They were put in there according to his directions.

Q.—­Were they concealed in that condition?

A.—­Yes, sir:  I put them in there.  I stated to Colonel Wells through mistake that Surratt put them there; but I put them in there myself, I carried the arms up myself.

Q.—­How much ammunition was there?

A.—­One cartridge box.

Q.—­For what purpose, and for how long, did he ask you to keep these articles?

A.—­I am very positive that he said that he would call for them in a few days.  He said that he just wanted them to stay for a few days and he would call for them.

It also appears in evidence against Mrs. Surratt, if the testimony is to be relied on, that on the Tuesday previous to the murder of the President, the eleventh of April, she met John M. Lloyd, a witness for the prosecution, at Uniontown, when, the following took place:—­

Question by the judge advocate:—­Did she say anything to you in regard to those carbines?

Answer.—­When she first broached the subject to me, I did not know what she had reference to; then she came out plainer, and I am quite positive she asked me about the “shooting irons.”  I am quite positive about that, but not altogether positive.  I think she named “shooting irons” or something to call my attention to those things, for I had almost forgot about their being there.  I told her that they were hid away far back—­that I was afraid that the house would be searched, and they were shoved far back.  She told me to get them out ready; they would be wanted soon.