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WHOLE NO. 10,469.
BOOTH'S END.1
The Shooting of the Assassin
nf Prnairiant.
VI VA1V * vwawwMW
Hit Plight and Desperate
Resistance.
He is Traced Through the Swamps of
Maryland and Virginia and
Burned Out of a Barn.
He Refuses to Surrender and
is Shot.
HIS B0D7 IN WASHINGTON.
Harold Captured and
in Iron3.
Full Details of the Pursuit
and Captnre.
Sketches of the Assassins and Their
Accomplices and of the Captors
of Booth and Harold,
4so., &c.. &o.
jMNtatjr Stanton to llajor General Dlz.
Warn DnPARTiin.'et. 1
Warhtmqto*, April 27?0:20 A. It. j
S* General Dix, Now York:?
t. Wilkes Booth and Harold wore chased from the
pnunp hi 61 Mary's county, Maryland, to Garrett's
Mm, near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock, by Colonel
Baker's forces.
the barn in which they took refuge was fired.
Booth, In making hie escape, was shot through the
Bm4 and killed, lingering about three hours, and Harold
BgO captured.
'Booth's body and Harold are now here.
RDWIN M. WANTON,
Secretary of War.
KOTO'S FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON.
Skw that J. Wllkee Booth has been captured the neoes
tartar withholding the facts and Incidents connected
Ml bis flight from Washington no longer exist. It is
jhta to the offlolals at-Washington that many of these
Hwts should be made public. Some of the radical Journals
Mas been oeosurlng Secretary Stanton in regard to his
Wsslsiiisllon la itabrence to the Inhabitants of Prince
tango and St. Marys oounties, Maryland, for their
Mod hosiffitp to the government and protection
to nbel blockade runners, rebel spiea and every
goalee of public enemy, end thet Booth Sod In that
fetation. Several Journals of that school have endeafeond
to make out that the administration were not
gtgHaat In their efforts to oapture the
Mas, sad with some of the sheets here, taking
their cue, no doubt, from General Butler,
|Aa originated a theory whleh convinced himself that
tasoth did not leave Washington, denounced the officials
itanot searching every hours within the District of Oojpetafab
This class appeared enraged that their theory
taat adopted. But the facts In the ease dearly prove
the odloisls know vary well that Booth did leave
iFeehlngton on the night on which ho committed the
jhtad, ana that, passing through Leonard town, Md, ho
had found refuge in Maryland?in the vury locality ludlhatad
by Stanton in the bulletin of the 22d Instant,
Mat roads as follows:?
WA* DSPAKTMIOrT, 1
Wi"HWOTON April aa, 180j. J
tha counties of Prinoo George, Charles and Ht Marys
have during the whole war boon noted for hostility to the
government and their protection to robot blockade runbars,
rebel spies and every s]ieclesof public enemies; the
Murderers of the i'reeldont harbored there before tbe
taard it, and Booth fled in that direction. If he escapes
will bo owing to rebel accompli os in that region.
EDWIN >L Sl'ANi'ON, Secretary of War.
ft appears that J. Wilkes Booth has for some time
fast kept s flcot saddle horse at a stable?a
small buildin* rasamblitia verv much one of those
haul? structures erected by workmen along tho lino of
saflruad daring Its construction. Tbia stable wan
$m tbe ri,,ht band aido of tho alley aa you go
from Ford' thuutro In tbe rear. On tbo day of the
aaaaaalnation tbe etahle waa unoccupied. It appear* that
his bor.-e bad boon no til to some other l.Kallly, and waa
Ml to bo to ad on tbat night, nor subeo<|uently, aa far jm
ire bavo be n ablu to learn. It ai.io appear* that bll
Inne waa to boar sorn > confodoroto in tho plot and
Mi Booth from tfaa oily, union* It waa atalioned aa a
at some point outside of the otty. On the day of
Caaaatudnation Booth hired one of the both, blooded
(tautest anituala that could ho found in the city. This
waa the horse that waa ueld for him In tho rear of tho
theatre. Tim animal ilood within three foot of the small
?oor leading to the mar of the stage, there waiting for
|h*M?a>M,n to go thro gn with bio tragic deed. Tho laot
that Uila bono could not bo found auywhero within the
jHetrict of Colombia war nrooi that Booth bad Hod the
toty.
It ia now known that Booth1! bone fell with him and
troke his leg balow the knee airly on 3aturday morning,
April IS, at tha Identical tamirst which the President di d.
faOcloii'. evidence bad boon obtained earlv on Kulor ay
to prove that Booth had gone, with tho aid of Harold,
C? Maryland a.d had sought refuge at the house of Dr.
it, on the eastern shore of tbat Siafo, In the eicintty
f liia I'otumao. Here Ids wounds wore dresied and ho
tad hu aocomplloo carefully hid f<>r nearly a wcok, lint
Um government authorities had not been Idle, tho swauip
te which lie mum a on.iod was iiiuiicdlalely surrounded.
Tho ICIghth Illinois cavalry were ImuiWllnUdy ordered
tan xpcdiUou, with four days rations?Uicy knw not
WUiti.i r audi they mere about departing lint their lull
r >a *e- luto Prions Ueorge and Hi. Mary* counties. lo
picket and scour tho whole country over. Pickets *' t?
MUhliiSi' d slung tin* shore of tho Potomac a* cloie to
each other n* practicable with th*lr force and the nanire
ef the co' nlry, In the hope of preventing Booth crossing
Ihs I'oionoic into Virginia.
On Thurso ay it wae reported that lloolh had ittornpied
Is cross the rtver a short distance from Point Lookout,
having hired for that purpose a negro to ferry him aoro?a
Ibe river. IUt tho boat was Intercepted, and Us mndo a
hasty retreat to the Maryland *liorn. Thus at lino tliny
wete Irotn two or three days behind him, but generally
sbta nod trace of lilrn nearer. The soldiers were ordered
to examine every bosh. lop, house, harn, cabin, sod In
(bet every lio a in that sect ion, which *?*< b ing curried
at to the very letter. The order* of Hlantou h* l tho
flfcot to frighten the Inhabltanta who had been harborted
Booth, and ?otne of thatt bsg M bi furnbb luforrna
llou of Ms w > "about*, until Anally Booth was traced
fcto a aat i ? I l Mary's ' nun y, a l h a orape acr in*
|h* Hvsr n-i'ir anted bat a tow hours after ho lott. He
>a* follow.-d id t nco Into Virginia, and found, as has
h*:su innoiin. 4 by the secretary of War, In a barn. The
V IIV w it 1, and Booth, attempting to en apo, was
?i-e ar I hilled.
Thus It a hi be seen that the SdnjJnLlrsU jU d< ne all that
E NE
they could do, and did ndt squander their time Is searching
Washington, knowing Tory w?U M*t ha was noi
(bom, bat directed nU their efforts to (be locality wbere
Booth wh known to have sought a refuge.
THE KILLING OF BOOTH.
Onr Special Washington Despatches.
WssniKOTOK, April 37, 180ft.
Late yesterday afternoon intelligence was received
here that J. Wilkes Booth, the murderer of President
Lincoln, had been overtaken by a party sent out by Col.
L. C. Baker, special detective of the War Department,
and had been mortallv wounded iu the attoinpl to cap
turo him. The restrictive order of the War Department,
prohibiting anything tn regard to arrestsor lnveetigatioua
conoeraing the conspiracy from feeing sont by telegraph,
prevented the transmission of this news last night.
This prohibition was this morning removed, as far as
the case of Booth and his aooomplloe, David Harold, are
concerned. The following are the facts in regard to the
affair, derived from thoso who participated In It:?
TUB FIRST TRACK OF BOOTH.
Information having been obtained that on the morning
of Saturday after the murder Dr. Uott, living In Maryland,
about twenty miles below Washington, bad dressed
an injured leg for J. Wilkes Booth, Dr. Mott at that time
not having heard of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln,
detectives were put upon the trail, and it was ascertained
that Booth and Harold bad crossed the Potomac river in
the neighborhood of Swann Point. On Monday last First
Lieutenant Edward Docherty, Sixteenth New York cavalry,
with a detachment of twcnty-Ovo cavalrymen of
that regiment, and accompanied by sotuo of Colonel
Baker's detectives, proceeded by steamer to Belle Plain.
The following is the
STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT BOCHERTY.
On Tuesday afternoon I arrested a man named Jett,
by whom Booth and Harold had been ferried across the
llapi>aliannock river at Mathias Point. Jett lives about
three miles north of Port Royal, on the Rappahannock.
At tint Jett refused to communicate anything; but upon
being threatened with instant death if he did not, he
agreed to lead the party to the place where Booth and
Harold were concealed. They were found on Tuesday
night, In a barn, on the Remise* of Mr. Garrett, about
throe miles from Port Royal. They had ridden there
from the ferry, both mouuted on one horse.
T1JR ASSASSINS FCRItOUNl ED.
Tho cavalry surrounded the barn and summoned the
Inmates to surrender. At first Booth Insisted that be
was alone. Ho talked with the men for throe hours
through tho ere vices of tho barn, -through which be
oould see plainly all that were outside, while they could
I distinguish nothing within. He told Lieutenant Dooherty
he had a bead drawn upon him, and^oould shoot him If
he chose; but did not fire.
this BARK men.
At last, as guerillas were gathering In the vtcinltv, and
Lieutenant Docherty feared his little party might be overpowered
and lose the prisoners, he determined to burn
them out. The barn was therefore set on fire, when
Harold gave himself up; but Booth refused to surrender,
and prepared to use his weapons. Lieutenant Docherty
then gave the order to Sergeant Corbelt to fire, which he
did, through one of the crovlces, and shot Booth In the
head. Upon being shot Booth exclaimed, "It la all up
now; I'm gone."
He was found to be wounded in the head, very nearly
In the same spot where the fatal ball of the assassin entered
the head of President Lincoln.
A doctor was sent for, and brandy administered, but he
died In about two hours after he was shot. Ho did not
deny bin or Sine, but decinred that he dlqd for hie country.
Ho wm armed with two six-barrelled and one seven-barrellod
revolyore and a large knife, probably the earn*
which ho flourlehed on the stage on the occasion of the
esaesination. He had also three packages of pistol
cartridges, some bills of exchange, but only about one
hundred and seventy-Ave dollars In Treasury notes. The
Mils of exchange were on a Canadian bank, were dated
in October last, when Booth was there, and are received
as an Important link In the chain of evidence showing
that the assassination was planned In Canada.
The capture occurred about three o'clock on Wednesday
morning. His left leg was much swollen from an Injury,
probably received when he leaped from the President's
box upon the stage at the theetre, although he
had told Dr. Mott that be bad been hurt by his horse
felling upon 11
The body of Booth was brought Into Belle Plain at
eight o'elook last nighty on board the steamer JohnS.
Ides, Captain Henry Wilson, and Is now at the Navy
Yard. It Is already In a stage of advanced decomposition.
Harold haa been lodged In a safe plaoe.
The ferryman Jett Is reported to have escaped after
piloting Lieutenant Docherty to the barn. He Is said to
have been paid three hundred dollars for the use of his
boat.
srarnraxT or bsrokant boston oorbktt.
On Tuesday afternoon my superior officer, Lieutenant
Edward P. Docherty, received information that two persons,
answering to the description of Booth and hts
accomplice, Harold, were conoealed In a barn on the
plaoe of Henry Garrett, about three milee from Port
Royal, In the direction of Bowling Green. There we captured
a man nam'd Jett, who ferried Booth and his companion
across the Potomac. At first he dented knowing
about the matter; but when threatened with death If he
did not reveal the spot where the assassins were secreted,
he told as where they count be found, and piloted us to
the place.
Booth and Harold reached the barn abont dusk on
Tuesday evening. The barn was at once snrmunded by
our cavalry, and some ot our party enraged In conversation
with Booth from the outeide. Ho was commanded
several Umoe to surrender, but mado no reply to the
demand save that "If you want me you must take me."
When first a* ked to surrender ho asked, "Who do you
lake me fort" A short time afterward, In response to
the question as to whether there was anybody elso with
him tn the horn, he stated that he was the only person
iu uir u 'ii<iiu^?uiAi iiin uumpnuiou, lunini, nail uikud
another direction, and wan beyond the reach of eaptaro.
At three o'clock, or a little after, tho barn watMlrod.
Beforo the flame* were kindled Booth had the advantage
of tia In respect to light. He could see ua but wo could
not eoo him. But after that tho tables were turned
against him; we could eee him plainly but eould not be
so n by blm. Tho flames appear d to oonfuse him,
and he - mado a spring toward tho door, as If to
attempt to forro bis way out. As ho passed by one
of tho crevices In the barn I drnd at him. I aimed at
his body; 1 did not want to kill him; I took deliberate
aim at bis shoulder, but my aim was too high. The ball
struck hint In the bead, Just below the right otr, and,
passing through, came out about an Inch above the left
air I tb'ak he stooped to pick up something Just as I
fired. That may probably account for hla receiving the
ball In the head. I was not ovor eight or ton yards distent
from blrn when I IIred. I \Vas afraid that If I did
not wound him bo would kill soma of our men. After
be wss wounded I went Into the barn. Booth was lying
In a recliuuig position on the floor. I asked Mm?
' Whore are yon wounded?"
He replied, In a very feeble voice, hie eyeballs glaring
With u peculiar brilliancy,
"In the bead. You have finished me "
llo was then carried out of tho burning building Into
the open air, whom he died about two hours nnd a half
afterwards. About tin hour before he breathed his last
he prayed for us to shoot htm through tho heart and thus
end his m'sery. Ills sufferings appeared to bo Intense.
Booth, althoi gh he could have killed several of onr
parly, uconvd to bo afraid to fire. Mine was the only
shot Bred on either side. When he fell ho had In his
bsnd a sla barrelled revolver, and at his feot was lying a
seven shooter, which he dropped after ho was wounded.
Two other revolvers were also near him. Ho declared
that Uio arms belonged to htm, and that Harold had
nothing to do with the murder. We gave Mm brandy,
and lour men went In search of a doctor, whom we found
about four miles from the scene of the occurrence. Bi t
when the doctor srr.ved llooth was dying, llo did not
tnifc mi ch after receiving Ills wound. When asked If he
bail anything to say, ho replied:?
"I die for my country," and asked those standing by
to tell hla muthor so. He did not deny his crlnio.
RKKTUII OK SRttOKAMT BOSTON C0RBR1T.
Berg-ant Corbett, the soldhr who shot Booth, the
itvus in, belongs to Company I., Sixteenth New York
cavalry. Re was born In London, England, In 1S.U, and
Osi?? to this country when seven years of ago. Ho has
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NEW YORK, FRIDA
lived In Troy, Now York, where he learned his Undo as
hat flntaht r, and robeeqnently worked In Albany, Boston,
Richmond and New York, and enlisted In the latter city
In the Twelfth New York State Militia, Colonel ButlerHeld.
While serving under Colonel Bntterfleld he called
the Colonel to order for swearing. The present Is
his fourth enlistment. Corbett Is a regular Oromwelllan
and a devout Christian. About seven years
ago he became converted, and joined the Methodist
Episcopal chnrnh In Boston. Never having been
baptised, he says he was at a loss what name to adopt,
and he therefore made it a subiect of nrnver. when Ms
believed himself Instructed to take the name of Boston,
the place of his conversion. Be was accordingly baptised,
upon Joining the ohurcb, Boston; and bis name stands
upon the muster roll of the company aa Boston Corbett.
Bis religious (kith would In the present age almost be
called fanaticism. On Friday night he vMted IfcKendry
chapel and prayed with great earnestness that God would
not lay Innocent blood to our charge, hot bring the
guilty to punlahment. He feels assured that Booth was
delivered into his hands In answor to his prayers. He
appears a very Intelligent young man, and, aside from a
modest reserve, converses with much Intelligence and
Interest
Last June a detachment of the Sixteenth was sent to
the vicinity of Culpopper, where they were hemmod in
by Mosby, and nearly all compelled to {surrender, except
Corbett, who stood out manfully and fired his revolver
and twelve shots frods his breech-loading rifle at
his assailants before surrendering, which he did after
firing ids last round of ammunition. Hoeby, In admiration
of the bravory displayed by Corbett, ordered his
men not to shoot him, and received his surrender with
otb-r expressions of admiration. He was taken to Lynchburg
and thence to Andereonvtlle, where ho experienced,
during five months imprisonment, the same treatment as
others have so numerously testified to. Out of fourteen
members of his company, fellow captives, but
one beside himself returned. Upon one occasion
be made his escape, but was tracked by bloodhounds
and returned to captivity. When exchanged he was hut
a skeleton, and has not yat fully regained hia health.
BKETOH OP LIEUTENANT POOHERTY.
Lieutenant Docherty, who commanded the party which
captured Booth and Harold, was formerly of Boston,
Mass. He Is a gallant officer, full of energy and pluck.
In the first Bull run battle he belonged to the Seventyfirst
New York Infantry. Ho subsequently participated
in many of the battles of tho war, in all of which ho waa
remarkable for his courageous conduct. He was some
| time ago much extolled by the press for his gallantry In
conducting a reconnoissance at the head of a detachment
of the Sixteenth New York cavalry, In which bo
ran Into and cut his way through a division of rebel
cavalry, near Culpepper Court House, Virginia.
Booth hod two crutches In the barn. When Lieutenant
Docherty started to return with the dead and living prisoners
Harold refused to walk, when a rope was fastened
around his neck and the other end to the saddle of one of
the cavalrymen. Aa soon as a horse could be procured
he waa placed upon It and brought up to this city In Irons.
Additional Details of the Shooting of
Booth.
Wahdiiwiton, April, 27,1M6.
Up to Sunday last the belief wag entertained by Colonel
Baker and other detective officers who were seeking for
the assassin Bootb, that he was still concealed in this
city, and that the men who had passed Into lower Maryland
on the night of the murder of Mr. Lincoln were
simply decoys. On Sunday Colonel Baker obtained information
which convinced him that Booth and Harold
had really been concealed in the meantime in a swamp in
St. Mary's county, and hnd on that day crossed the Potomac
from Swann Point, a short distance above Leonardtown,
to Bluff Point, ob the Virginia shore opposite.
They crossed in a skiff, which they rowed themselves,
and for which they paid three hundred dollars.
About one o'clock on Monday last Colonel Baker asked
for a detail of twenty-live cavalry, which were sent to
him, under command of Lieutenant Docherty. He then
detailed Lieutenant Colonel B. J. Conger and Lieutenant
L. B. Baker, formerly of the cavalry under his (Colonel
Baker's) command, and at present attached to his office,
and Instructed them to proceed with the escort to Belle
Plain, and make as rapidly as possible for Bowling Green,
believing that Booth and Harold would attempt to roach
Orange Court House and get around our forces in Virginia.
Colonel Conger and his party left Belle Plain on Monday
night at ten o'clock. They proceeded about three
miles towards Fredericksburg, and then turned southeast
toward* the Rappahannock river. They reached Port
Conway, on the Rappahannock, about one o'clock P. M.
on Tuesday. At tbla point It wu ascertained, from a
man named Rollins, that on Monday two men, answering
exactly the description of Booth and Harold, had offered
him ten dollars to tako them to Bowling Green, which
he agreed to; but afterwards the one answering to the
dew rlptlon of Harold came to him and said they did not
need his services, as tbey had found friends who
would do all they desired. It was ascertained that they
bad crossed the river at about one o'clock P. M. on
Monday, with the assistance of three rebel soldiers, and
had started immediately for Bowling Green Col nel
Conger and his party were detained In crossing the river,
as only two horses nt a t me could bo carried across In
the limited ferry arrangements to be bail. Tbey left
Port Royal, however, at about Ave o'clock P. M. on
Tuesday. When half way to Bowling Green they were
Infcrmed by some women that the party of live who hod
passed down the road on Monday had roturnod that day,
except one, and tliat "no lame" man had cr me back.
Having heard that Booth was lame, and supposing that
he had been left at Bowling Green, the party of pursners
wentvtn to that place, and surrounded the hotel about
eleven o'clock P. M. Hero they captured a rebel soldier?the
man alluded to In a previo s despatch?who
hail ferried the oulprita across the Rappahannock. They
wre informed by thin prisoner that Booth had stopped
at Garrett's farm, three miles from Port Hoyal, as they
went down on Monday, anil that Harold had gone hack
on Tuesday evening to join him.
Lieutenant Colonel Conger's party then returned to
Garrett's, and surrounded the dwelling and outhouses.
Thoy were told by Garrett's son, a youth, that there were
two men Md In the barn. Tills was about two o'clock
A. M. on WmlneHday. Proceeding to the hum, Monte
nant linker was sent forward, and called upon Booth to
come out, give up his arms and surrender, and that
yo> ng Garrett would come Into the barn to rooolvn bis
arms. Upon hie entering the barn Booth said to the
young man, "Get out of here; you havo betrayed me."
Under the dlrertlon of Colonol Conger, a colloquy then
took place between Mnutonant linker and Boetb, of
which the following Is the suhstaiiro:?
Lieutenant IUxkk?You must give up your arms and
surr nder. Wo havo rome to lake you a prinoncr, and
will in at you as a prisoner. Wo will glvo you Qvc tuiuuti's
to surrender, or wo will burn the barn.
Booth?Who aro you, and what do you want?
Instruction!! had boon given to Lieutenant Baker not
to disclose the character of Ihouo who worn In pursuit.
r.tc tenant lUugjt?We want you. We lut ud to take
you prisoner.
Booth?Till* li a hard cane. It may be that I atn to bo
taken by my frtenda.
After some-further colloquy of this sort Booth, seemtn
ly convinced that he was In tho tolls of federal soldier*,
said;?"tllvc me a chance for tny life. 1 am a
cripple, with one leg. W.thilraw your men ono hundr d
yards from tho baru, and I will como out and fight you."
Lieutenant Banna?Wo dd not como here to light, but
to tako you prisoner. You must giro up your arms and
urrendcr.
Booth?Lit me have time to consider.
A conversation In the barn between Booth and ILirold
Ui> n took pl.ice, which wns not overboard by the party
ouUhle. In about fifteen or tweuty minutes Boo h
calf d out, "Who aro you f I could havorptcked off half
a dozen of your inen while we wero talking. I could
have shot you two or Uireo Uincs, but I dou't want to
kilt anybody."
I.io tenant Bskkh? Then give up your arma and surrender.
We have come Lore to tako you.
Booth?I will never surrender. 1 vs ill never bo tal ou
alive.
Lieutenant Baker? If you don't do so Immediately we
will wit lire to the bam.
Booth?Wall, my brave boys, prepare a stretcher for
me.
After this a conversation took olaoe Inside between
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Booth and Harold, during which Booth mi board to aajr,
You damned coward, will you leave me nowt But gogo.
1 don't want you to stay with me."
He then addressed tho party outside, and aald, "There
lea man here who wants to come out."
Lieut. Baaaa? Let htm oat hie arms and come
out.
Another talk here centred between Booth and Harold,
In which It appeared that the latter wan begging to be
allowed to take out some arms with him, an<l Booth was
beard to eay, "Go away from me. I don't waul anything
more to do with you."
Harold then came to the door, and asked to be let oak
Lieutenant Baker Bald, "No; hand oat your aima."
Harold replied, "I have none."
Lieut Baker?Yes, you have; you carried a carbine
when you came here. You must hand It out
Booth?He has no arms. They are all mine. Unon
my word as a gentleman, he haa no arms. All that are
here belong to me.
Lieutenant Baker then approached tho door. Harold
thrust out his hands and was pulled from the door, tied,
and placed In charge of a guard.
When Harold had conjo out, Colonel Conger wan satisfied
that further parley with Booth was vain; that he
would not surrender; and, passing to the other side of
the barn ho pulled out a whisp of hay from ono of the
crovices, and lighting It by a match, thrust It hack
among the hay. Within a few minutes tho blazing hay
lighted up the Inside of tho barn. Booth, who was at first
die< overed leaning upon a crutch, threw it down, and with
the carbine In hls'hands, caino towards the side whoro
the fire had been applied. But the light of the fire Inside
prevented him from seeing who was on tho outside. He
paused, looked at tho fire for a moment, uud then
etarted towards the door.
When about the middle of tbo barn be was shot by
Sergeant Corbctt, who had, meanwhile, crept up to tbo
barn, and fired through a crevice of tho boards. It Is
the opinion of Colonel Baker's officers that If this shot
had noi b'un fired they would in a few minutes more
have had the assassin in their custody alive.
Booth fell on tho floor of the bam. Colonel Conger
and Lieutenant Baker immediately entered, and with
the assistance of two of the soldiers, removed the
wounded man and placed him on tho grass outside of
the barn. He appeared to bo Insensible, but In a few
minutes partially rovivod, and made oflorts to speak.
By placing his ear close to Booth's mouth Col. Conger
hear him say, "Tell mothor I dio Tor my country."
He was then carried to tho porch of Carrott'a house.
Colonel Conger sent to Port Royal for a physician, who,
on bis arrival, found Booth dying. Boforo tho moment
of final dissolution ho ropeutod1"Tell mother I died
for my country. I did what I thought was for tho
best."
When an effort was made to revive him, by bathing
his face and hands in cold water, he uttered tho words,
"useless?useless."
He was shot at about fifteen minutes past three A. M.,
and died a little after seven A H. on Wednesday.
When It was ascertained that he was dead, the body
was placed upon a cart?the only conveyance that
could be procured?and brought to Belle Plain,
where It was placed upon the atcamer and
conveyed to the Navy Yard at Washington. After it was
deposited there It was identified by Dr. May, of this city,
who hod on one occasion cnt a tumor from Booth's neclc,
and recognized the Bear thus mado. It wns also identified
by some thirty others, who wero familiar with Booth
during his fifetlme. The body was somewhat bruised on
the back and shoulders by the ride in the cart from Garrett's
farm to Belle Plain, buftho features were Intact
and perfectly recognizable.
After the identification, by order of the War Department
the body was privately interred, in the clothing
which was upon it at tho time Booth was shot. Previous
to being landed at the Navy Yard tho body of Booth waa I
for a time placod upon a gunboat In the harbor, and some
of the officers availed thetneelvon of the opportunity to
secure locks of the hair of the mnrderer.
The Preao Despatch.
Washington, April 27, 18A5.
Booth and Harold reached Garrett's some days ago,
Booth walking on crutches. A party of four or five
accompanied them, who spoke of Booth as a wounded
Marylander on his way home, and that they wlsh'-d to
leave him there a short time, and would take him away
| of ino ?oin (v?*uwuay.; uooui iimpeu Homowuat, ana
walked on crutches about the place, complaining of bla
| ankle. Ho and Harold regularly took their meat* at
tbo house and both kept op appearances well.
One day, at the dinner table, the conversation turned
on the anaowl nation of the President, when Booth denounced
the assassination In the severest terms, saying
that there was no punishment severe enough for the perpetrator.
At another time eomn one raid In Booth's
presence that rewards amounting to two hundred thousand
dollars had been offered for Booth, and that he
would like to catch him, when Booth replied, "Yea; It
would be a good haul, but the amount would doubtless
Boon bo increased to Ave hundred thousand dollars."
The two (larreita who lived on the place allege that
they had no Idea that Uiese parties?Booth and Hnrold?
were any other than what their friends represented
them?paroled rebel soldiers on their way home.
They also say that when the cavalry appeared In thnt
neighborhood, and they heard that they woro looking
for the assassin?, that they sent word to them Uiat these
two men were on the place. In other words, they assert
that they are entirely Innocent of giving the assassin*
any aid and comfort, knowing them to he such.
The tugboat Idn reached hero about two o'clock last
night, with Harold snd the two men aliove referred to,
as well as the body of Booth. Harold ?a< Immediately
put In a safe place. Ho thus far, It is staled, has main.
Tested no disposition to speak of tho alTktr; but as he
wa? known as a very talkative young man, he may soon
renumo tho use of Ills tongue.
Booth and Harold were drcas"d In rebel gray nrrlfom.
Hnrold was otherwise not disguised much. Booth's
moustache had been cut off. apparently with a aoissors,
and IiIm heard allowed to grow, changing bis appearance
considerably. His hair had been cut somewhat shorter
than be usually wore It.
Booth's b<?1y, which we have above described, wss at
once laid out on a bench, and a guard placed over it.
The lips of the corpse are tightly compressed, and the
blood has settled In the lower part of the face and neck.
Otherwise his face is pale, and wears a wild, haggard
look, Indicating exposure to tho elements, and a rough
time generally in his skulking flight. Ills lialr Is disarranged
and dirty, and apparently had not been combed
si"ce he took his flight.
The head and breast are alono exposed to vlnw, the
lower portion of the body, Including tbo hands and feet, I
being covered with a tarpaulin. Tho shot which terminated
h s accursed life entered on the left side, at the
back of the neck, u point, curiously enough, not far distant
from that In which his victim, our lamented President,
was shot
A' pencer carbine, whtch Booth had with him In tho
hern at the time ho was shot by Sergeant Curb*It, and a
largo knife with blood on It, supposed to be tho one with
will It Booth out Major tlatbhun In tbo theatre box on
the night of the murder of President Lincoln, and which
was found on Booth's body, have been brought to the
city. The carbine and knif.) art now In tho poeeuudon of
Colonel Baker, at his office.
Tli? Other A??tt?aln?.
Wasmwro*, April 27, 1?(M.
Tl?? alleged would b? aaaaxsin of Secretary Sew ird,
Low.s I'alno, who attempted yoalenltiy to beat out hi?
own braina against the wall? of hi? prison, ha? boon fitted
w.th ?n Irremovable cap, woll wadded, and whlla
hi? hand? aro aecnred ?o that ho cannot
rrarh hi? head, ho will havo do opportunity to commit
?u eld? In till? manner.
The aiiihorllie? her? ar? on Ih? track of John ft
h'urrait, llio only on? of Urn principal conspirator? not
yol arrested, and It u bolloved that h? ha? already ho n
caught.
Tl?e Hxrltrmrnl at M'*i h In erf on.
W<>inM.r *, April 27, IPrtA
The wildest exclioment ha? existed hsn all day, and
the gr-deat regret? am expressed that liooth woa not
taken alive.
The news of Pooth's dea'h reached th? ear? nf h ? mlntro-*
whdn she was In a utn t rar, wl.l h <au d her u?
weep aloud, and, drawing a phntng >ph l.k< n booth
from her pocket, kls-e I it fondly wrtril Umea.
liquid th'j? Ur ha? uvsdud ovstr * ihnt to l>? drawn
E R .A. L
i
Into a conversation by tbom who have necessarily come
iu contact with him since hla capture; but outward appearances
indicate that bo U g us to rtltxo the position in
which ho is placed. There Ik no hope fur his escape
from the awful doom that eertaluly awaits him. His
relatives and friends in this city aro m the greatest distress
over the disgrace that he has brought upon them.
The Hews of Booth's t>eath In the CIt jr.
The announcement of the death of Hie asst.-- - in Booth,
and the eapturo of Harold, bis accomplice, crest- d a very
unexpected sensation In this City yesterday. People had
begun to despair of tho arrest of the infamous ertminals,
and were Just making up their minds that the murderers
or tne lamented Dead or trie nation were destined to puss
unpunished, at least for sotno time. The despatch from
Secretary Stanton verified the old saying, that good news
comes when least expected. There was a very general
feeling of rejolciug over the event. Some declared they
would rather huvo seen Booth canght alive and hanged,
as shooting was too easy and honorable a death for such
a double-dyed criminal. But, ou the whole, people seemed
to bo well satisfied with the knowledge that ho had been
killed by tho o(Doors of Justice before the body of bis
victim wus yet laid in the grave.
SKETCHES OF THE ASSASSINS.
John Wlllcea Booth,
the assassin of President Lincoln, has at last been
hunted fTom his hiding place, and in attempting to es
cape has been shot and killed. Bis desperate (light and
resistance until Bhot glvo an additional interest to tho
history of the desperado made notorious nnd infamous
by his cowardly assassination of the President.
John Wllkos Booth, tiro third son of Lucius Junius
Booth, tho celebrated actbr, was born on "Tho Farm,"
his fathor's estate, near Baltimoro, in 1838. Ho made
his first appearanco on the stage in 1885, under tho namo
of Wilkes, as Bichmond, in Richard III., at the St.
Charles thoatro, Baltimore, bolng then but seventeen
yoars of age. Ho subsequently made a regular ti bul under
his pro|?or name in Philadelphia, hut did not meet
with the success his young ambition had anticipated.
In 1868 no went to Richmond, Virginia, as a stock actor
in George Kunkel's company, but his vicious disposition,
offensive manners and Intemperate habits not only retarded
bis succoss professionally, but socially, and his
popularity was confined to the class of young desperados
who haunt Southern cities in great numbers. Ho habitually
went armed, and was often led by his dissipation
into ni.merous quarrels. Leaving Richmond in 1800. hoy
went to Montgomery, whoro he was engaged as "loading
man" at tho Montgomery theatre. While hero his habits
of dissipation did not Improve. In 1801 tho pistol
which ho always carried accldoutally exploited, wounding
him severely in tho log. He was forced to abandon tho
Btuga foialnne, and came North. When ho had recovered
lie played star engagements In tills city, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore Ad Washington?his last appearanco
professionally being at Ford's theatre, Washington,
in tho part of Peaonra, in the Apostate, for tho benefit of
Joseph McCullough. This was but a short time previous
to tho fearful tragedy in which he engaged at tho same
theatre on tbf night of April 14, 1808.
It is now known that after committing the deed, which
resulted in the death of the President, Booth, In attempt- |
lng to escape, was thrown from his horse and broke bis
leg. So admirable, however, were the arrangemouts of
his numerous accomplices, that he was still enabled to
got ofT safely, and, in spite of the vigorous pursuit of the
government detectives, to cross both the Potomac anil
Rappahannock rivers bofore being captured or killed.
In person Booth was not t&lt, but handsomely formed,
with regular features and fine completion. His hair, Jut
black and glossy, curled slightly, and set off In fine relief
a high, Intellectual forehead, and a face full of IntelUTl.li.
nLt. ..J nnr.a n.,A
I^CUtV, DVhU V/UIU iUiU U'JttO Wl'IC lUBrftUU |lkUIIIIUQUI, IUIU
the Arm set Hps and lines about the month Indicated
OrraneM of will, decision and resolution. He was ecrupulously
neat in his dress, and selected his habit with a
rare perception of what wag becoming to his figure and
complexion. He would paw anywhere for a neatly though
not over-dressed man of fashion. He was unmarried
and much given to amours. It Is said that he was an
opium eater; but It is only certain that he frequently
drank to exocss. Ho was a doad shot, a fine feucer, a
thorough horseman, and a master of the dagger or bowieknife.
His personal bravery was never questioned. It
has boon stated by Washington papers, with an air of
authority, that at the time of his murderof the President
he held a commission In the rebel army as lieutenant
colonel, but if so, tbo appointment was of course a secret
savo to a few.
David C. Harold.
Tills accomplice of Booth, and who, next to Atzerot,
appears to have been his chief assistant in tlio horrible
transaction In which he engaged, was a resident of
Washingion city, and a son of the late A. G. Harold, a
well known citizen of the t-'lxth ward, Washington city,
and for many years the principal clerk in the Naval
Store, Washington. Harold, the assassin, was educated
at Charlotte Hall, St. Marys county, Md., and was well
u> quulntcd with the topography of that district Do has
long been known an an Idle, dissipated young man,
lending a fust life on Invisible means of Fupport For a
couple of month* prevlo-s to the murder he had Ixen
very intimate with Booth. Harold lu only twenty
tliron yours of age. Secretary BUnton lately offered a
reward of twenty-flve thousand doll.in for the arrest of
Harold.
George A. A are rot.
George A. Atr.erot, another accomplice and assistant of
Booth, for whom Secretary Stanton offered a reward of
twenty five thousand dollars, was arrested near Multilobular,
Montgomery county, Maryland, on April 20. Uo
was found at the house of bis cousin, Krnsl Herrmann
Rlchter, by Pergonal Gcmmlll, of t'nptnln Town..end's
company, Flirt Ddawaro cavalry. Rlchtorai Orst deDi<
d the prusenco of Atzerot in the house, and afterwards,
with his wife, told conlllctlng stories about him.
Tho sergeant found by questioning different parties
whom Al/orot had visited, that tho an used had corns
from Washington a day or two before, and nt the house
of one ol the gentlemen, while eating dinner, hud, upon the
assassination of the President being broached, abruptly
stopped eating and inatlo tnuof the following language:?
"If all of thetn hod done their duly Grunt would have
been died in the same way I" Atzerot has been on
quito Intimate turns with a portion of the Hurr.itt family,
anil alleges that his b sine- from his home, at Port To
becco, in Charles county, was with one of that family In
refereni n to n coal oil speculation that they wore about
entering Into. He says that ho knew Bi olh quito well,
but hud not soon him for sotnn timo. He alleges
that he left Ins homo alio t two weeks nlnre, and his
been about Washington most of the time since, endeavoring
to s"ii u horse to the government. In this particular
his Blah menu verged upon the ludicrous. First he
had one horse which he brou (lit from Port Tobacco
with him; then he had two horses, one of which bolon.
ed loHtirratt; then again they were hoth his, and so
on. mixing his account up In suih a mnnuer that It was
almost imposaibla to rnuko head or tail of It. He had
nranl oi inn i n -limn in 01 i n wni in i<n?"in nunn
aUinding In Prnntylranla avenna, hut paid no nttpntlnn
to It, although I hero wa* great. excitement on the Street
I the dir. Un ?t"pp'd in tVnRhlngton nil tlint night,
ami lha next morning (Hat' rday) went to Qeorgetodii,
returned to Washington, wrnt to Heorgc town again, and
UK>k th? stage Tor Rockrtlla; from Ihrnce he went to
no aoine of hla friend*, and than wrnt to the maid'-nop of
hi* con in. Ataerot i? a German hy birth anil wan a hired
a?ra?nin, paid to do the drrd by thorn who hud mon<*y
but hi d n ?l Hit durago to do It theiimclYca. Itmroported
that hi nnld to one of bin Irtonda, noma worka
since, that ha "'.?m poor now, but In a few wtek* bo
would h ive plonty of gold."
I,cwl? I'nynr, tlia l'rrson Whn Auaultrd
Serrttary Upward.
Th* prrwon wail arretted In Washington on the night
of the 17th ln*t., at the bonao of a lira, fiurratt He ni
lul.' n h fore the perrons who wcrt In ; eort'tary R ward's
honan on the occasion of the sc suit, all of whom Iduntided
Mm aa tho perron who had a'tempted to con.m t
lb a nuii.lor. Ho gavo his i "iv an Lewis I'tjfH, hut It
la liellovod that It la not hi* true one, and that ho I* in
reality Thomas, the ao eallcd I'ren h lady, whor.>piur< d
lb e at en re or b'L Nicholas, In 1'iil. (in lie 74th inat.,
th* man, while condned In the Oi l Capitol pi l-? n, at
M u.hlngton, attempted to I II hl:u.. If hy knockl*,; IPs
bia.ua i.ul ajiaiuat the wail; but faded though bel g
,D.
JR1CE FOUR CENTS.
badly Injured. This man was suspected of having been
a St. Albans raider.
The Writer of the better Signed "Sam."
This Individual, whoso name has been kept secret by
the authorities, was arrested in Baltimore, April 18, and
turned Bute's evidence, eoriirssiug the plan of the
double anamination, and putting the detectives on Ui
trues. He is a well kuowu resident of Baltimore, an
admits that he was en aged in a plot to capture thed
ITesldent. in order to force the government to an eichutig
of prisoners. When the geu ral exchange was
announced, "Bain" refused to engage longer In the
scheme, and endeavored to dissuade Booth and the
others.
Mrs. M. E. hi in ratt,
who was arrested at her house in Washlagton, on April
17, was the mother of John H Hurratt, and the oocu
pant or the bou?e at which Payne wa* arrested. With
her were arrested Miss Anna Surratt, Miss llonora Filzpatiiuk
aud a M.ss Holahau.
Junius Brutus Booth
fM arretted on the 2Gth instant at Philadelphia, charged
with being cognizant of the Intention of his brother to
assassinate tbo President, and hoe been coullncd in the
Old Capitol prison. It will be romembered that among the
letters found in Booth's trunk was ono signed "Jun," in
the handwriting of Junius Brutus Booth, and alluding in
mysterious terms to the unprofitableness of the oil business
In connection with the (ail of lilcbmond and surrender
of Lee.
Junius Brutus Is the oldest son of Lucius Junlua
Booth, and was born In Charleston In 1821.
He mudo his first uppeuranec on the stage in 1834, at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as Tyrrel In Richard III., and
appeared first in New York at the Bowery in 1891.
The Banie year ho went to California He was married
twice, first to bliss Clementina Liellur. an Irish actress from
Dublin, and reputed to have been one of the most beautiful
women of her day. They subsequently separated, and
Booth married a Miss Harriet Mace, who died in San
Francisco, in 1869, after a lingering illness. At the lime of
the assassination of the President, Junius Brutus Booth
was playing at Pike's Opera House, Ciucinuati. He had
been up late the night of the murder, left his room and
went direct to l'lke's Opera hou^e on .Saturday morning
to attend rehearsal, totally unaware of what had transpired.
An excited crowd hod already clamored at the
door for him, torn down the bill in which be was announced,
and hml only left on assurance that he would
not play, ami thut no pet foruntnee would he hud that
eveniug. When h > uppeured on tlio stage, Mr. Simmons,
acting manager, drew him to one side, and cautioned him
against too much publicity. He Inquired why, and. on
being told the news, exclaimed, "My tlod ! can it be possible
I" swooned away, and was conveyed from the stags
in an insonslble condition. Uo left tlio city quietly, and
had made his way to Phitudelpniu when arrested.
' The Rewards Offered for the Arrest off
the Asswsslns.
Upon the confession of "Sam," the Baltimore accomplice,
a largo number of accomplices wcro arrested, and
traces of the principals discovered. Only three remained
undiscovered, and for these tiecrctary Stanton ofiored
the following
GOVERNMENT REWARDS.
For the capture of J. W. Booth $50,000
For tho rapture of Atzerot 25,000
For tbo capturo of Harold 26,000
RTATK AND CORPORATION KKWAKPH.
For the capture of Booth, by the Governor of
Pennsylvania. 10,000
For the capture of Booth, by the Washington City
Council 20,000
For the capture of Booth, by the Baltimore City
Council 10,004
C A N B Y.
Expected Surrender of the Rebel
General Dick Taylor.
Ninety-five Thousand Bales of Cotton
Burned at Montgomery, hit.,
Sc See., 4c c.
Nkw Orixanp, April 23, via Cajro April 27, IBM.
It la reported that General Dick Taylor will surrender
bin army to General Cenby, If favorable tcrma be granted.
Another blockade runner baa run Into Galveston,
somewhat damaged by our gunboat*.
Fear* are entertained of the levee breaking in front of
Algiers, opposite New Orleans, where there are ex tensive
government work*. The river la very high. A Urge
force 1* at work strengthening the levee.
General Cauby arrived this morning from Mobile.
Gen. I^moln, who arrived from Montgomery, Ala., on
me tain inn., s?y? umv me reDen, unier command 01
Dun Adams end Buford, com in need evacuating on Tuesday
evening, two houn before the arrival of the T'nton
army. Iluford, commanding the rear guard, ordered
ninety five thousand bales of cotton burned, and It was
done, despite the protest* of lha citizen*.
Our forced|deNtroyed the steamers King, Augusta and
Nina, on the Alabama river, and the Little Cberokea
was burned on the Taiapoo-a, by partlca unknown. The
Un on 1st? al"o destroyed all the rebel depots, workshops
and rolling mills. Private property wu unmolested.
Two meetings were held to day to express sorrow
over the death of President Lincoln. Addresses were
tnndn by Generals llanka and Hurlhurt, and Jatnea t
Brady, of New York.
WAR GAZETTE.
New Military Districts.
GENERAL ORDERS?NO. 60.
Hx*t>QC*aT?sa, PrrAivuaiT or Wssitivimuv, ?
Twk>ty--mmm> Aruy Corps, Apnl 28, 1186. j
Tlie following organ i cut ion of districts within line
department Is announced, fur the Information and guidance
of all cone. wed.
Fir' District of Alexandria. To embrace that portion
of the Department of Washington, and all troops serving
therein, lying south of the Potomac, cr ept the Northern
Neck, south of the rn I road from Fredericksburg and
Aqu'n creek landing, with headquarters at Alnxnudi a,
Vri.. to Ire commanded by Major G nerai John <1. Parke,
United Slates volunteers.
Fteon(I?District of Washington.?Toembrace that portlon
of the Depart III" nt of Washington north of the Potomac.
and all troops Serving therein, excepting tho city of
Washington and the country between Ibo Potomac and
Patuxeht rivers south of Placalaway. with headquarters
III Washington l>. (' , to be commanded by Brevet Hriga
dler General O. B WlP ox, Un tod tales Volunteers.
Third. -District of the Pntuxent -To embrace the
country between the Potomac and Patuxeni rivers, and"
a<>'III of the li'iataway, and all troops serving therein,
except Point I/mkoof and Immediate vicinity, with heart
otisrer* at er near P-rt Tobacco, Colonel 11. H. Wells,
Twenty -nth Michigan Volunteers, ten^sirarlly In charge
/' urt/i?D strict of Northern N'Ck?To embrace the"
country between the Poluiuu and Kappabanuock rivers
south of the Fredericksburg and AquiaCruk Railroad,
and nil troop* ervlng therein. Colonel N H Sweltaer,
Flitenth Ne York cavalry, t tnporarilv In charge, with
headquarters at ?nch point ?< he may select.
The IhMrct of 8t Vary's I < h' n by discontinued. The
commamlcr of Point Irookuut will teport direct to these
headquarter*.
C? mmanding officers will report the dl<poeltlon and
p?wt of troops wllhln their psteellvi district* with as
I.ttlH delay as ttrantcuble. furnishing lists of brlgad a,
regiments and batteries, with names of commanders,
liy command of Major General C. C. AL'Ol It.
J. H. Taylor, Chief of Flail, A A. O.
German Opera-ItrooUl yt?.
Prr Frri rhulr wvr given at the Brooklyn Academy
Inst night by Mr. Leonard Grover'e German npem company.
Mile. Murte Krc terlri appeared In whet la claimed
for her as one of her best r ?that of Arathe, end sang
with more confidence than on the previous evening In
A.'nherf. Mile Frederic. posrownn* a flno vol e, with an
excellent low reglsh r, and good e?tnpa?s In lbs higher
range. Hl.n Is an siiftr of great promi-e, who needs only
a llttl t longer familiarity with Ibe lyric *!??* lo render
her acting and vocalization thoroughly acceptable
Signer M izlo's recti let upon her quelltlee of vetee?snJ
there Is no Isuter Judge than Mo?<> -appear* to be w?ll
sustained. lie la known to have given I' '"*
that with a little stndv and rr ,c*V i r
wool I he ibic an i.ccompllfheil i > ?"r,?*mft"
IhO t'.ispor, "tul The. dure II .hen. .11. "lr
Nl i.riv-i rlinriid cf I H? .\??w ii'TIC z\CAnCfT1 T
o^f ' .i ',r v, ., st sav, I* oapoctally
the female portion or win. u. < ,' T. *
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fd (i finMl ?iif ?.if mm imv. w/.i'ii Mi"ha Will i*
nnr, with Oh. I Varb'i'i iu In* <?rUliwl ctiwratlur of Plua.
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nii? nf(i??i. "I'l i i-Tif wi l b? wnnfl very flop pianoforte
niiiM, end ilnrl'U '"* pvcnin,$ tl.e filictr of boy* fron
Mr C irr m? J!"|'Mm'Orphoon Pree Chral
mil ii, . *l y Mr, /fif. i| Ji'wi h iiniilion*!. Mr
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