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'sssotti - GEYSER JUDITH BASIN TIMES 1 TRAGEDY THAT SHOCKED i 1 10110 Details of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Wilkes Booth. April 14, 1865, Will Long Be Remem- bered as One of the Saddest Days in American History—How Murderer of Great Presi- dent Met His Death. 0 N April 14, 1861, the Union flag was hauled down at Fort Sumter, and the war became a fact. On April 14, 1866, the man who had been the head of the Union during the struggle was shot by an assassin. The world today realizes the tragedy of his as- sassination, but not so well the shock It caused at the time. The shock was the greater because it came without warning. On the afternoon ot April 14, 1865, President Lincoln, accompanied by his wife, went for a long drive. As a recre- ation he had planned that night to see the famous actress, Laura Keene, in - Our American Cousin,\ which was be- ing played in what was then Ford's theater on Tenth street northwest, be- tween E and F streets. General Grant's Narrow Escape. General Grant was to have been one of the theater party, and the fact that he was unexpectedly called away probably saved his life, as there is no doubt that his murder was also contemplated. The president's box had been draped with two flags, a silk one borrowed from the treasury department being placed in the center. It was in this that Booth's spur caught when he leaped from the box after shooting Lincoln. Within the box was placed a rocking chair for the use of the president. At S:30 Mr. Lincoln. Major Itathbone and Miss Harris entered the box to witness a play of which they were destined never to see the ea.:. As the president sat quietly in his box for an hour and a half, John Wilkes Booth. the assassin, was hov- ering near, waiting for a favorable opportunity to fire the fatal shot. Booth was a handsome, gay, romantic young actor of the famous family of actors. Edwin Booth was his brother and Junius Brutus Booth his father. Ardent Southern Sympathizer. Young Wilkes Booth—he was com- monly called by his middle name— was an ardent Southern sympathizer, and his :requent visits to Washington brought him in contact with people of similar sentiments, and gave him the opportunity to put into effect the plan which ho imagined would be that of a patriot. For some months he had been liv- ing in Washington, where he hail dis- cussed plans with a band of conspira- tors. These plane at first looked to the capture of the president by tak- ing him bodily, concealing him in oae of the collars of the old Van Ness mansion till a chance offered to get Ford's Theater, him out of Washington, and then spit . - Ring him away to Richmond, and com- pelling the exchange of Southern pris- pners for his freedom. But these plans having gone astray, Booth decided on the morning of April 14 to kill the president in the theater that evening, and escape at once by the rear alley, making his way across what is known as the navy yard 'bridge, at Anacostia, into Maryland, and thence to Virginia. Ile never seemed to doubt but that his crime would meet with approbation. \Peanuts\ Held His Horse. Shortly after 9 p. m. Booth got hls horse, and led it to the back door of the theater, leaving it in charge of ea boy named Joseph Burroughs, but inicknamed \Peanuts.\ About 10:15 he entered the theater. and, walking unnoticed down the ,aisle, entered the rear of the presi- Alent'a box. 1 . The guard who should have been Ion duty at the door was down in the parquet, in order to see better. Had he been at. his post, it is believed Lin- icoln's life might have been saved. But 4as it was Booth gained access to tho By 'JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Illife:-toil,duty, rest - desire :- rea the books he liked the t . Beside t e cabuiftre— Gods wo and mans ; - to peer sometimes , Above the pa0e, tn smouldennO And catch, like far lieroic ih of his arnies, The onnurc rt peaceful life:- to hear the low Of pastured herds. Or woodman's ax,that, blow, on blow, tell sweet, as rhythpnc words. And yet there stirred within lzp breast A fateful pulse that, li a roll Of drums, made lu1i aboye ins res t A tumult in Ins soul. peaceful life!Jl'hey haled him e veil IPL1i1 As 011e was haled, Whose _onen palms were hailed toward Heaven When prayers nor aught ayailed. And ,lo, he paid the selfsame price, To lull a nation 5 awful, strife And will us, through the siicritice Of self, his peaceful life. box, and placed in the doorway a bar, which had evidently been prepared for the occasion by someone in the conspiracy. One of the actors, Harry Ilawke, was speaking, when, at 20 minutes past 10, Booth fired a shot into Lin- coln's brain. At the sound of the pistol, Rathbone leaped to his feet and grasped Booth, but the latter thrust him aside, after stabbing him several times in the arm. Flees With Fractured Leg. Booth then laid his right hand on the box railing and maJo a leap down- ward to the stage, but as he did so, his spur caught in the fold of the treasury flag, and he fell in a crouch- ing attitude, which resulted in a broken leg. Though suffering untold agony, the assassin sprang to his feet. ran out of the rear door of the theater into the alley, jerked tho reins from the hands of \Peanuts.\ leapeJ into the an.:1 in another second was cat. teriag out of the alley into F street, then away toward Anacostia like a matiL.an— as he probably was. With Dr. Charles Taft holding the head and several other men the body, Mr. Lincoln was borne out of the door of the theater and into the house of William Petersen at 516 Tenth street, just opposite Ford's. Death of the President. The fatal shot had entered the left side of the head behind the left eye, traversing the brain and lodging be- hind the right eye. At 22 minutes past 7 on the morning of April 18, 1865, he ceased to breathe. At 11 o'clock that same day Chief Justice Chase administered the oath of office to the new president, Andrew Johnson, in the old Kirkwood house, which stood at Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street. The funeral service of the martyred president was held in the east room of the White House. Wednesday, April 18, at noon. the coffin being then taken to the capitol, where it lay in state in the rotunda till April 21. when the funeral train started for Springfield, Booth Escapes to Virginia. To return to Booth and the rest of the conspirators. The assassin had fled from Washington, and safely pass- ing the guard on the bridge at Ana- costia, galloped down into Maryland. Pursuit was at once begun by the government, Col. L. C. Baker having charge of the force sent to capture the murderer. After some work in tracing the as- sassin, Baker at last stopped at the home of a farmer, Richard II. Garrett. near Port Royal, Va., at 2 a. m., April '6 A young son informed Baker that those he sought were at that moment sleeping in a wagon house or barn. Throwing a guard about the build- ing, Baker sent young Garrett into the place to demand that the inmates sur- render. Both men at first refused. but Herold at last weakened and came out to be manacled. Booth declared that he would 'never be taken alive, and stood his ground far back in the shed, leaning on a crutch, with a car- bine leveled at the door. Baker Sets Barn on Fire. Colonel Baker, wishing to expedite mntters, lighted a wisp of straw and stuck it through a crack into a pile of hay in a corner inside. In a moment the interior was ablaze and everything within in a full light. The flames showed Booth standing with his gun in his hand, but retreating before the leaping fire. A shot rang out and John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of Abraham Lincoln, sank to the barn floor dying, with a bullet in the back of his neck. The shot had boon fired by a Union soldier named Boston Cor- bett. Booth's body was dragged out of the burning shed and placed on Gar- rett's porch. Ms last words, uttered with great effort, were, \Useless use- www- less,\ referring to his inability to lift his hands. But before this he had told a soldier, \Tell my mother I died for my country; that I did what I thought was best.\ Booth received his fatal wound a little after three o'clock in the morning, but lingered in agony till sunrise, when he ceased to breathe. Body Burled In Baltimore. His body was sewed up in an army blanket, carried in an old wagon to Belle Plain, and put on board a boat to Washington. Reaching the capital, it was taken down the Eastern Branch to the old penitentiary. There, in one of the large cells, the stones were taken up, a grave dug, and the re - Facsimile of autograph signature of the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, on the reg- ister of the National hotel, Washington, under date of Saturday. April 8, 1866. Booth was assigned to room No. 21 by the room clerk, G. W. Bunker. who tes- tified 10 these facts at the trial of the conspirators on June 2, 1865. This Is with- out doubt Booth's last signature, except- ing the one on the card sent to Vice Pres- ident Johnson's room on the day of the assassination. mains, which were inclosed in a pine coffin, interred. They rested there till 1869, when Booth's brother, Edwin, had them removed to Baltimore and buried in the family lot in Greenmount cemetery in that city. It is impossible to find any marking of Wilkes Booth's grave. There is none. The ivy growing on the base of the tall shaft to Junius Brutus Booth —Wilkes' father-- 7 -was lifted up, .a grave dug close in at the back of the stone, and the bones of the ill-fated man repose there to this day. Others Also Put to Death. Booth was not the only one to suffer death for this murder. There were many other conspirators, prominent among them being Mrs. Surratt, who made her home at 604 H street north. west; George A. Atzerodt, David E Herold and Lewis Payne or Powell for he was known by both names. All four of these persons suffered death by hanging as punishment for their complicity in the crime. LINCOLN'S LIFE MASK This bronze (loth keep the very form and niohl Of our great martyr's face. Yes, this is he: That brow all wisdom, an benignity; That human, humorous mouth; those cheeks that hold Like sonic harsh landscape all the sum- mer's gold; That spirit tit for sorrow, as the sea For stories to beat on: the long agony Those silent, patient lips too well fore- told. Yes, this Is he who ruled a world of men As might sonic prophet of the elder day— Brooding above the tempest and the fray With deep -eyed thought and more than mortal ken. A power was his beyond the touch of art Or armed strength—his pure and mighty heart. —Richard Watson Gilder, KING PETER OF SERBIA GOING INTO EXILE NATiON • 1 . 4 0 EF:woot,) ....itiGrAVICOD •q;.84111PW:.;:;.:: • ' ' >, • •• 'rhis remarkable and historical picture shows Peter, king of Serbia, seated on an ox -drawn cart, on his way out theof country for which he fought so bravely. The vehicle used as a royal coach had been an ammunition wagon. SNOWSTORMS DO NOT WORRY THE GERMANS These German troops on the eastern front evidently do not mind a snowstorm, for they are enjoying their hot rations at a field kitchen. In the background are transport wagons. RESCUERS OF MANY ARMENIANS United States Consul and Mrs. Jesse B. Jackson in the parlor of the American consulate at Aleppo, Syria. The Armenians say that it was solely owing to the energetic action of Mr. Jackson, who adopted a strong atti- tude with the Turkish military authorities, that thousands of Armenian lives in Aleepo and in the surrounding regions were saved Mrs. Jackson is a great favorite in the highest social circles in Aleppo. During the mas- sacres of the Armenians, the rooms at the American consulate were packed with Christians. Mr. Jackson's home is in Paulding, 0. BRITISP DESTROYER SUNK BY TURKS Photograph of the sinking of the British torpedo-boat destroyer Louis w hich was destroyed by the Turks after it had stranded and had been abandoned by its crew. LEADER OF MONTENEGRINS TIII8 is General Martinovich, the as- tute military leader of the Montene- grins who opposed the plan of sur- rendering to the Austrians and took command of the troops that sought to. make their way to safety through Al- bania. SMOKE FROM HIS CAPTOR This six -year -old Serbian youngster, a prisoner in a German detention , camp, is happy regardless of the fact that the whereabouts of his parents are unknown. Ills costume is a non- descript one, being made up of \sawed off\ trousers and cast off apparel. The sardine catch In Europe has been a great failure.
