Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-21

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Or ia6ss.snt re's' ,:.s A. s ! personal friend
yeass ego fom me ~ ss.c.ledes Of the ~
vho hsd ~ intieass 49, snd regarded the 20
~ NE d TIE -! 1870 boys in their profession
veaes0eo: :. ..iss.ction and pride:
VIZ ~. Seoersly undsesso~, snu w
= y. .ccourseed tie belief. that 1u" ";'S
3m'y 1"..h e.. vss lcgitimstly msI'e''
nf.us ,.S- ~ho rassed in this country =
20 -,fc Indeed when. s"m ses:.'
n's so1 X. sonounccinent Of the os ~,
ye tic. Mrs. Mary 30 In. !" , n.'
~ W. :" - made 10 the New i"re Up
s,.se,.cnt that abe had been d'vcsc
s;r. sddcd,. the sons united IN c.so
~ssrh - publishsd in that !ourn... -
~" s 9Th .hat their father had had ou' ~
- "a ,h.t one their mother. tnen Samu
~ s ,;.;"e-the putaiivc Mrs. hosaile
ncs.h. ~ whom he had never oeen d''
Ward. however, stated to our IN
e..-.nt ,his VS. incorrect The elder
n..c,h vas ! married man at the time Ne
- snpearod u Covent Garden thestre.
While there. he Glanced to meet in the 70
,sns Garden market (then - well know"
a. Hsvmark~t) flower girl named kosai'e
who regularly sold flowers in that quarter
~ I.nndon. She possessed rare personh
s,,,.c,;on. and was, in fact. exceedingly
n...,;rnl Booth cultivated acquaintanc
v;,h her which ripened into intimacy, and
r..mltrd IN On clopemcnt, Booth At once tax
;nv massage 70 America, wherv the fair koS-
al;ewss presented as, and passed for his
wife
Nv bis fjrst wife, Booth had one child, at
ths time Of his ticscrtion OF her-and infant
When she asccrtained where Booth had
zone abe also followed, bringing the child
with her, and subsequently took up her res
idcnce in Baltimore This child when ar
rived It mans esta e, adopted the PROBES
sion Of the law, and Ri hard Booth, Esq,
was Afterwards known as prominent and
influential member oil the Boston bar. lie
n. vcr 10 much Is recognized the other chill
drcn Of Booth. and for years did not speak
70 HE father.
Il was probably out Of consideration for
this child that the elder Booth did not sue
for writ Of divorce from his wife Mary II.
indeed there we're any grounds upon which
he could hope to obtain the desired legal
Severance, without which, it seems. second
marriage was out Of the question. Her
troubles and trials led her gradually into
habits Of diss'p patton. She became almost
rs incorporate MS Booth himself. and it was
. custom with her when in liquor to haunt
the Baltimore markets for chance meeting
with the woman who had usurped her place
in the heart and home Of her husband.-.
These encounters were rs much avoided by
one ~ sought for the other. Mrs. Booth
aasailcd ROsalie with violent, often coarse,
language, and approbrious cpithets, which
the other resented but cut short by the
specdics. exit.
The fact growing out Of this condition Of
affairs Is. that the chidrcn-Junius Brutis,
Edwin Forrest, John Wilkes, Joseph, and
the sistcrs-are Of illegitimate birth and il
~ taet which would probably have died
out with tho few who were privy TO il, but
for the great crime which has quickencd
public curioaitv and unlocked the secrets Of
the family cbasnel-house whose gates had
bssn securely closed and guarded BY
The children, in their struggle for profession
n rank and social position, that even legal
inouisition could hardly have forced the.s
ajar. The outlining facts Of the stage ca
rser Of the boys, as published BY US, arr
substantially correct. and very little il TO be
addsd. They were oil greatly attached to
their mother, and il was their custom. while
filling engagements throughout the country,
to remit their funds to her in trust, except
70 muca ~ was necessary to defray their
personal expenses.
out i,s moral. immortality, dissipation, de
bauchsry. evildoing continually. running
through the lives OF the parents, and bios.
0oming At last in the ch I'd in the most horri
Bile o. crimes, cold blocded and most infa-
NOUS murder. Who can say what influence
tho secret history Of his parcntage excr.
cised upon the mud Of John Wilkes BOOTH
Like his father, dlssipated, Of irregular and
immoral habits, putting no restraint upon
his appetites and lusts. who can define the |
measure Of the influence which the fathers |
carssr reflect d upon the son, giving to an
excited ard morbid temperament dash Of !
recklessness that made hun needless Of the I
moral consequences Of an act, a. adding
audacity 10 daring and resolute will THAI
urged him on TO deeds, the thought Of which |
mates the reflective mind shudder ard
stand appa led! John Wilkes Booth q rs.
soc'ations. in the South especially, were al.
together with that class Of young men who
were the first to rejoice in the caIamities Of
the nation, and the most forward to aggra-
vate them by an impetuous rush to arms.
lmpetuous, naughty, self-willed. inflated
With vain ideas Of superior social and intel.
lectuA standing. taught TO d .spise honest.
handed industry, social and political conscnI
vation and stability. impatient Of the pr,,
Gent co"nsels Of age and experience, res, lv
81 TO override Law. and order, if either i,npe-
geo tnesr ambition or conil,cted with their
ccs'res, fond Of turbilerce and strife, max.
ing the pistol OF the duelist aud the knife vi
sns assassin the arbit.rs Of personal difficult
yes ana quasrcls; he was one Of ten thous md
nnPs"eo aud corrupted, and ready to len
o'@seu 70 secret plotters end contrivers tu
cany ont any schems requiring desperate
!e.o'a''on and anshrinking nerve. Neither
.nseuect. ncr education, nor general culture
Gan change, and hardly influence. ,leprav.
- srd totally corrupted heart. John Wilkcs
5n never plotted the assassination Of
rssssdent Lincoln. He had the hand tn ex.
sc..e, ny The head to con,rive; the audari.
~. caFs, not the cunning to conceive; The
!. .s = 20 .rat the ccntriver would have
opsa himself. Il Vas cave Of an il,.ssi
s S nature. thoroughly corrupted and de-
,s. sSaec, ana really for any deed. His "a.
49, :, me antecedcnts. his associations.
dicss ~, S.s political sntipa.hies and preju
and e. so.s s',% me At toni or conspirators,
49, him Is conarmed 81 Sag ehs mat re
esale4 70 perform. eeue what he con-
kFrom ~.