The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-26
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE AS
SASSINATION OF COLONEL ELLSWORTH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
was in the Navy Yard at Washington on n visit "a
some members Of the New York Seventy first regiment
(Which stationed here the morning of Friay Nay
~ about ten o'clock when tho body o. the murdered
Colonel Ellsworth brought in from Alexandria wr,,
ped in tho flag of his country ard placed in the r.
engine house in the yard Standing by the side Of those
feees remains the heroi; Young Zouaye who soo,
the assassin dead on the spot ard from his own line
received the following statement OF that awful rans.c
ton
Inc colonel, In company with the Chapaio OF the reg
ment another officer end four corporas was on hs way
TO the telegraph office, ana passing the narsbaI
House, when they rebel flag flying ON the ro,e
The Colonel said that that lsg must come doun.
and, accordingly, accompanied by the persons
Just named he entered the house aud proceedei to the
spot where tho flag wls took down and mi, IL arouna
his body saying 10 those around him that ii must be
kept unpjured that it might be seen what sort OF
thing the traitors flag The party then set out to
return down the stairs the street when on thor reach
ing the second story the keeper of the house. named
jackson, came suddenly out of small ROOM levelled hts
piece-a double barrelled gun-and deliberately shot
Colonel Ellsworth through the body He died instantly
only eSclamiug "My God" The assassin then again
eyeed his piece TO fire at the zouave who was by the
Ccnes side, when the zouave discharged his piece at
the murderer and stabbed him with is ssyonet He fell
dead instantly and thus the punishment was terribly CON
temporaneous with the crime.
That you may see who this coldboodei murderer was.
give you exact copy of his hotel card, which saw
the same day In Washington
MARSHALL HOUSE,
JAMES W. JACKSON, Proprietor,
Corner OF PIT and King streets,
Alexandria, Virginia
virginia is determined ana Will conquer under$
command OF JEFF Davis +"
The name of the brave youth who performed so wei
and with such cool self possession ths act or terrible
retrbutvc justice should be known throughout the lind
and take pleasure In communicating ii through you to
his countrymen. His honored name is Fransis H. Brow
nell, Corporal Company A, Euswortns Zousves He is
from the city of Troy, in this State and was membsr
in that city Of Fire Company Premier No He will not
be forgotten by his country.
Colonel Ellsworth murdered at about i've o'clock
in the morning
do not design make any comments ON this deed NJ
infamy nor to speak OF the great excitement Witnessed
that day in the city OF Washington. ! desire merely
to give you very brief statement OF tho facts valuable
because authentic, and taken by me from the lips OF
Brownel himself.
AT half past seven In the evening OF the samo day Jaw
the President of the United States accompanied 10y his
wife and Captain Dahlgren, shedding manly oars
the eless corpse u the ohivalric Ellsworth, still
morning. THIS was q most solemn ana affecting spec
tscle II scemed 10 express nations grief through its
constitutional head and representative. The scenes
that day in the nations Navy Yard at the capital
never be enaced from the memory Of those who wit.
messed them. They were, indeed, solemn and i'm
pressivc.
To show clearly the atrocious, coldblooded wick
edness Of the rebel murderer Jackson should have
stated that the ball slug discharged on his second
ERE passed directly and the head OF Brownel
and the wall back OF him, and that hs gun was
loaded with something very different from m ordinary
bali Ia manifest iron tho fact that tho wound in Colonel
Ellsworth's breast about an inch In diameter A.
10 THE EDITOR or TUE sew YORK HERALD.
NV YORK, May IS, 1861.
Hayrg tccn in your raSor this morning sketch o.
Colonel Ellsworth, desire to give ON a few facts in
regard TO him. Ills name Is Ener r. Ellsworth He
was born at Mcchanicsvlc New York state, and was,
at bis death between twenty; three and twenty -four years
old. lie Iccsved at Mcehancsvilo common school
edycacn and came to this city about nine years since
lo engaged in tusincse here FOR about four years,
and then went to Chicago. whne bore all his time, when
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