Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-05-03
BOOTH, THE ASSASSIN, CAUGHT
AND KILLED.
HurrUM captured ,ive-h1r,eulars Of tie AZ
sassin's death OficiaI Gasette.

HurrUM captured ve-h1r,icuiars Of tie As
sassinS death Official Garetts
WASHINGTON. April 27th-95O A. M
Major General Dir, heto Yorkt j. Wilkes
Booth ana Harold were chased from tho
Swamp In St.. Mary's county, Maryland,
to Garietfs Farm, near Port Royal, on
the Rappahannock, by Col, Bakers force.
Tho rear of the barn in which ,hoy
took refuge wa, fired. Booth in making
his escape was shot through the head and
killed, lingering about three hours and
Harold WAS captured. Booths body and
Harold are now here.
! TSignedl L. NJ. STANTON.
/ Secretary of War.
J Port Royal, Va, near which place
Booth and Harold were taken, is on the
south side Of the Rappahan mock, about
twenty miles below Fredericksburg. The
belief heretofore entertained that Booth,
after committing his crime, took refuge
| in the southern counties of Maryland,
with view to crossing the Potomac into
| Virginia is now confirme |.
WASHINGTON, April 27.--The Star, in a
late edition, mas the following:
! Booth and Harold reached "Garretts'
some days ago. Booth walking on cru,ch-
| es. A party os four or five accompanied
them, who spoke of Booth as wounded
Mary lander on his way home, and that
they wished to leave him there short
time, and would take him away on the
Doth yesterday
Booth lmped somewhat and walked
on crutches about tho place, complaining g
Of his ankle. He and Harold regularly
| took their meals st the house ann booth
kept up appearances well.
! One day at the dinner table the conver-
sation turned on tie assassination Of the
! President, when Booth denounced the
assassination in the severesl terms, saying
that thero was no punishment severe G.
nough for the perpertator. At anothe.
time some one said in his presence that
rewards amounting to two hundred thou
sand dollars had been offered for Booth,
and that he would like to catch him, when
/ Booth replied, "Yes, i. would be a good
haul, but the amount will doubtless sooD
be increased to tivo hundred thousand
dollars"
The two CARROTS. who lived on the
place, allege that they had no idea that
these parties booth and llarrold) we're
any other than what their friends repre-
sented hemselves-paroled rebel soldiers
on their way home. They also say that
when the cavalry appeared in the neigh
borhood, and they heard that they were
looking for the assassins, they sent word
to them that these two men were on the
place; in other words they assert that
they were entirely innocent Of giving the
assassins auy aid or comfort, knowing
them 20 DO such.
The Ida, n tugboat, reached here about
two o'clock this morning, with Herrold
and the two young men above referred to,
as well as the body of Booth. Harold
was immedatelyiplac@d in a safe place
Thus far, it is stated, he has manifest ed
no disposition TO speak of tho affair, but
as he was known as very talkatiye young
man, he may soon resume the use OF hi,
ton que.
Booth and Harold were dressed in re-
bel grey uniforms. The stuffis new
Harold was otherwse mot disguised much
Booths mustache had been cut OIL appa
rently with scissors, and his beard allow
ed to grow changing his his SSRRfnFaRgcsso ag Some iSe
what shorter than he usually wore it.
Booths body, which we have before de
scribed was at once laid out on bench
and guard placed over it. Tbs lips o.
the corpse are tightly compressed, and
the blood has settled in the lower part o.
the face and neck. Otherwise the face
is pale and wears a wild, hsggard look
indicating exposure to the elements and
q rough time generally in his skulk in 9
flight. His hair is dsarrangel and dirty
and apparently had not been combed
since be took his fight. The head and
breast is alone expose d to view, the low
er portion of his body, including the
hands and feet, being covered with tar.
|paulin thrown over it. The shot which
terminated his accursed life entered on
the left side at the back of the neck, q
point curiously enough not far distant
from that in which his victim, our lam en-
ted President, was shot.
No orders have yet been given as to
what disposition will be made ofthe body