mr. weichman to get the buggy. and mr. booth didn't have a buggy available so he paid $10 so you could go to surrattville, that's your testimony, isn't it? >> yes, sir. >> so this man john wilkes booth decided that of all the things he has to do on his life, he decided to fork out $10 so you could go to surrattsville on personal business. that's your testimony? >> that is my testimony. >> he's a very generous man, isn't he? >> objection. argumentative. >> sustained. >> let me ask you this. as you sit here now, his decision to spend $10 so you could go to surrattsville, a place that turned out to be a place where guns were stored, is it your testimony that mr. booth just did that to help you out for no reason at all or just to help you? because you went there to collect a private debt? >> i don't know why mr. booth chose to help me. you'd have to ask him. >> it wasn't because you were part of the conspiracy, was it? >> no, sir. >> we also know that on april 14, 1865, the day that lincoln was assassinated, seven or eight hou

mr. weichman was with me. >> and why did you choose him to accompany you to surrattsville? >> well, you see, it's about a two-hour drive by buggy from washington, d.c., to surrattsville on country roads that are often deserted. and, as a woman alone, i don't feel comfortable driving that distance, especially at dusk. my eyesight is not what it used to be. i'm much more comfortable -- i feel safer with a gentleman to accompany me, and mr. weichman was available and willing to join me. >> now, you left washington and you went to surrattsville and you arrived. when you arrived there what did you do? >> i had dinner. and i spoke with mr. nothy. but he did not pay the debt at that time. >> so did you transact any other business in surrattsville on that day? >> no. >> and then did you return to washington? >> yes, ma'am, i did. >> now i want to turn your attention three days later to april 14, 1865, which is the date that abraham lincoln was assassinated. do you recall that date? >> oh, yes, ma'am. >> and what did you do on that date? >> well, i found i was compelled to once agai

mr. weichman that -- she writes a letter -- calvert writes a letter to her. he writes a letter to her and says, i want my money. weichman then writes a letter back, writes a letter back. these letters are a conspiracy? nothy is in the conspiracy? calvert is in the conspiracy? weichman is in the conspiracy? the lady was owed money. she went there on that date. she went there on that date. if you analyze every piece of evidence in this case, there is nothing but circumstance, nothing but innuendo, nothing but passion and the evocation of passion, which is trying to get this -- the attempt is to get this woman hung. >> objection, your honor. >> that's what we're here for. >> objection is sustained. the argument is improper. >> the fact of the matter is, payne came to the house. according to the evidence in this case, mary is supposed to have said to weichman words to the effect that he is a good-looking baptist minister. he was a sharp dresser. he had fancy clothes for a baptist minister. and she saw him a total of three days. he was in that house three days. at