, 1865-04-15
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1865

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IL secession proclivides ~ 'Ae assasalu, Init It
would 1t eu1just + taue h'm until .ome further
evidence Of BID guilt is obtatned. It is rumored
TINT The person alluded to Is In custody.
The laest adslccs from Sccret:ry Seward re-
reals more desperate work there than a: first snp
poeed. Stewards wounds are not in themselves
fatal, hut in come ection~with his recent injuries
and the great loss Of blood, his recovery Ia con-
sIdered doubtful. -.
Nwas Clarcnee a. Seward, Instead Of Wm. q
Seward. dr. who WIS wounded Fred. Seward
was alSo badly cut; as we're also the three nnss4s
who VERT In attendance upon the Secretary, show
Ing that a desperate struggle took p+ace there,
'but uot .fata!ly. The wounds Of the whole party
were dressed
WASHINGTON. April 14-1:3o a. m.
= have just y.slted tho dying conch OF Abr aham
lincoln. He is row in the sgon,cs Of death, and
h1a phytitians say he cannot. live more thin an
hour. -.
BE is *nrroun5ed by the members of bis cabt
mel, all Of whom are tathcd in tear.. Senator
Sumner is seated On the right Of the couch on
1Fh,eh he is 1yine, the tears Streaming down h.
cheeks, and sobbirg like a child. Ali
around him alo.his physicians. Surgeon General
BnrEes is directing affairs, Tie President 1s NJ
conscious, and the only sign OF life he exhibits is
By the noyement Of his risat hand, which he
raises feehly.
Mrs. Lincoln and her two cons arc IN m ai-
j2.pipg room, Into which sec-et=ry Stanton has
inst gone to inform them that the Pr s1aent's
physicians baye pronor iced bis cass tope,ess.
As Ipass through the passage 20 the h9at door
Ihear shrieks md cries proceeding from tlto room
IN which the gricf-stEicke vile audthlldran ore
seated.
We obtain from Quartermaster- Gen. Me;gs the
following acconu. Of tho assassination About
half paat ten o'clock, m.n dressed in 4 dark suit
and hat, entered -ths p.dvats@ @boz.tn which ".
Lincoln and htHp paz:j, cons'stng o: Mrs: Lincoln,
Miss Iarrts, daughter of Senator. Harris,
and =; Captain Rathbone, ct : " Albany
were sested. Immediately UPON open
Ing DO door be udya1ced toward Mr.
Lincoln, With s.5-hurcleR revolver Ii bis right
hand ena bowie knife In htalet.
The President: who was intent upon tho play,
did not notice his interruption, and the gentleman
who vas seated beside him rose to inquire the
reason Of his entry. Before he had time TO nsk
the setassin what he wanted he ared ono char5e
from hts revolver, which took effect in the back
Of the Presidents head:: The ball passed through
Ind camoa1ns Sat the right tonple.- Capt Rath.
bone, who was in the box with @E. Ltnco;p. at
tempted to arrest tho murderer and on doing 30
received shot In bis arn. The ASSASSIN then
!eapcd from the box x1bn to the stage.
Before he disappeared hehfhd tie curtain, ta
tusned and, with tfagic flourish and tone, wav.
his knife end shouted, !" Sc Sema-r Tyrannis."
So sudden was theatFatr that, for sbme moments
rt:er it, occurrence, the audience suppo1ed that
tT1s part of the play, md were on'y u11ccclved
~ the manager announcing from the stage
thst tic President Of The United States had been
stot. The shock fe't upon tho audience like a
thundert oft, and loud cries were Immediately
~ ade to kill OF capture tho assas=ln. The mur.
derous entssary Of the slnv$ power escaped easily
and. rapidly from the theater, and mbunted horae
I-17tt1ojc of.
The mass Of evidence to>nlsht /. that J, Wl1ke
| Boo,h COMMITTED the crime. Whoe7er it Is there
arc 1ca ems fort5inkIpg that the same bid ard
| 1loody hand attempted 1Ee life Of Mr. Seward:
- WASHINGTON. April II.
q her the fatal shot was tired, Mrs., Lincoln,
twfo WAS. alongside her husband, exclaimed
"oh!nby didn't they ehoo; nG why dlda'1 they
| ekoot me r.
There is evidence That Secretary Stanton vi.
marked for assassination. On the receipt Of The
Intelligence at the War Department Of the nttacA
| Oh The President, two employees, oi
tie department wSre sent to summon
cd The honse man Jumped ou
f:om behind q free box In ffont OF the house
md znn away. It ts we'll known to be the custom
Of the Secretary to so from the Department to his
hga1e bctxcera and Il o'clock p. n,., and Equally
unattended.
1tts sup3o.cd thnt tho assassin ic:c1dcd te
shoot him cs he e1tercd th9 'ao1se. but f5!cd
| from the f-ct that Mr. staat:n rcns'ncd y lone
du11na the evening".
| n,rhe horse of the man who msdo the attack OF
| Stcrc:ary Seward has been found nesr the lin
con Hospital, bathcd In sws7t, and wiz blood
rnon the saddle clothes.
fArzsNSa. m:--=rnet6n up to. thIslssmo>n >nt
| material change in the Prc ctldent's co7dttion.