THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS: Testimony Taken in Secret Session Last Week; Revelations Concerning the Origin of the Murder Plot (5/17/1865)

From the National Intelligencer, May 16. Of the testimony taken on Friday last there are portions to which the injunction of secrecy need not be applied, and hence we publish it to gratify the natural desire of the public to learn all that is proved against the prisoners on trial. Henry Van Steinacker, a witness for the prosecution, being duly sworn, testified as follows: By Judge Advocate Holt -- Q. -- Have you or not for several years been in the military service of the so-called Confederate States? A. -- Yes, Sir, I have been. Q. -- In what capacity?...