The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-06
KILLING OF BOOTIa, THE AS.
SASSlN.
Interesting Particulars OF the
ssmStnnees>.ShA hAt booth
SsAAO, k.lc.

SOi Ddker sent LII. Noi. NOugcr auu LII. Du
ker, OF his detectives, with L.. Dougherty and
his cavalry. On reaching CARROTS farm
they were told by son OF Garrett that there
wcre two men IN the barn. This was at two
o'clock in the morning, Wednesday. Pro
ceeding to the barn, Ii. Baker was sent for
ward and called upon Boo:h to come out,
ri se up his arms and surrender, and that
young Garrett would 60 into the barn to re-
ceve the arms. Upon his entering the barn,
/ Booth exclaimed: Get out OF mere you
have betrayed me-" coloquy then erisued,
: OF which the following is the substance:
| 1t Baker.-" You must give up ycur arms
(! and surrender.- We, have come to take you a
prisoner. We will give you i've minutes to
surrender, or we will burn the barn.
Bo"'h-".W Who are you, and what do you
WANT"
Instructions had been given 10 bt Baker
not to disclose the character Of those who
were il. pursuit.
Baker. We want you. We intend 10
| take you a prisoner" -
Boob = This is a hard case. 1t may be
! thai am to be taken by my friends''
Alter some further colloquy of this sort,
Booth, seemingly convnceG that he was in
the tolls OF Federal soluiers, said. Give me
a chanc, fer my life. am "a cripple with
yards from the barn and will come Out and
tight you"
1t. Baker" We did not come here 10
fight, but to take yor prisoner You must
give up your arm, aud surrender"
BJoth-'' Let me have time to consider ~
conversation i'll the ba. u, between Booth
and liarrold tlier took place, which was not
Overheard BY the party outside. In about
fi,eer or twenty m,inIieS. Booth called oat ::
= Who are you! could have picked Oh halt
dUzea ot ;uur men an le We were talhiag
! could hive shot You Nv" or three times, bll
| don't want I" kii auybody."
1t. BaHer-" Then give up your arms and
surreBdsr. We have cone here To tax. YOU =
B"uth-"l Will never surrender; | wall
never be taken alive
1t Babe =. If ycu don't doso i.nmeGilo-
ly W. will ser lie io tue barn
Booth" We'll, my brave boys, prepare
siretc. er for me .-
After ihis a conversation took place be-
tween BOoh an1 Hafruid, during which boo h
was heard 10 say, /" You damned coward, will
You leave me nov? but 60, 60, | don'l want
YEA t0 stay with me de thea .ui,ress, 3.
tie party outside and said: = There $ "A man
Who waI;, 10 come Out
1t ':aker-" hen lie; him hand on; his
arms aud cUne out.
An ;Err talk here occurred between Bosih
and Harold, in which it appeared that the
latter e2iug to he allowed to ke TT;
some guns WITH hin, and Booth w., heard tO
say, so away trUnl mel don't want any.
.hlmg more 10 do with you H;rrold then
came to the door and ask d to be !-tou:. IL
Baker said: y hand out YOU. arms"
Harold replica. = have none"
L. Baker, ies, YOU have-vou Carried
n carbine when you came re. You mus,
il;.id it OUT
Booth. He has no arm, they a-e all
mine. upon my word rs gentleman. &c
has no arms. ALI that rr- .err beio, 10
ne
L, Ba..er then approached the door. Uar-
rolJ thrust oai his hands and was pulled lrpn
the d5"r, tied and placed in charge o; quart
Col Cunge; was tnen satisfied tia, 10. th,r
?tr,eY with b, Oh Has IN yai,. and rnuc c4irg
10 lie ether side OF lie barn. Li. D;.ktr pu4-
ed out whisP Of hay anu lighted II v .IiI.u
a few minutes, the bazng hay lighted up the
inside OF the barn. Booth was discovered
leaning on = Crritch. which he threw aside,
anI with = :arbine Ia hi hands, came towards
The SIDE where the fire had bel- kIudl-d,
paused, looked at the fire a nomea;, and
then started towards tie door When IN
about the middle OF the barn he Was shot.
Col. Corger and Ii. Baker at once entered
the barn and brought Be J;h out After iden-
tii alton, i,y order OF the Was Department
the body was privately inferred in the cloth
iug wliich was Upon it
l'he II f.ttt.s correspondent says the par
lry with Booth lasted long while; That
Booth Iold It. Duugherty he had bead
drawl on him and could shoot hi,n if he
chose; that u 10Th could see those outside
plainly. while the; could not sec hun inside
tiat when the fire was lighted, 30 ih could
be .eec. and then 1t. DJurhertv ordered SER
geant Corhe,i 10 fire, With Le did, through
one ol the crevices. Booth was ar.ned with
two SIX bagreied and one seven barreied re-
.,lver.
When the party started TO return with the
body, Harold reused to walk, when "A role
WIS fastened to his neck, and tie other end of
IL to the saddle o. one OF The cavslrymen. As
soou as horse could be procur,-d, lie was
mounted
The T,or7ds correspondent say4 I; is learn
ed that Harold joined Booth just alter The
assassination, and it is believed brouc hi The
horse into the alley. "a
The following Is the statement Of Sergeant
Dos,vn Corbe,t: i ~
"On Tuesday cveuine my superior officer,
ton that two pnrso $ answering to the des-
cription OF Booth and his accomplice Harold,
were concealed in a brn on the place o
II NY CIR ei;, about three niles from Put
IL ,,al. il Tie direction OF Bowling Green
There we captured man uanl.i Jeit, wbo
terr'ed Booth and his companions across ihe
Potomac. AT first he denied knowing a.y-
th ng sbouf the matter, but When Threatened
with eat i. he did not revest the sput where
the ass .aalns were secre ed, Le told Us where
they coLll be found, aud piloied US to the
place. 10 tn and Harold reached the barn
about dusk on Tuesday evening. The barn
was at once surrouddeI by our cavalry, and
some oi our party engaged III converse, n
with Boah from the uuts de. He wa, COM
mandpd to surrender .veral times, bat made
no RI p'y To The demand, save tbat. 1t you
went me, YOU must take me-" When first
asked 10 surrender he asked: :" " ho do you
axe me ior?' 4 short lime alter, in res.
ponse 10 the question to whether there was
anybody else with him in Ilte iarii, he stated
he Was the orlp person Al The buiding--that
his cup nfoh,t Harold, had taken another
direction, and was beyoud the reach OF CAP
lure. AT three O'Clock, or a iitle aiter the
barn. WAS tired Before the flames were kildled,
Booth had the advantage OF us ia respect TO
iish'. he coaiu see AS, pui we Gould not Sc
him. But after that, tae tables were iurLed
against hhn. We could see HIM plainly, but
could not be seen by him. The flames ap-l
pc. red TO confuse him, and he made n spring
t,w.rd The door, is If to attempt to force his
WY out. a. he passed by one of the cre,i-
ces in the barn. / fired at him aimed at
his body. did not want TO klli him. took
deliberate aim at his shoulder, but my aim
was too high. The ball struck him in the
head. jl,st below the .righ car, and passing
through came out abo-t an inch above the
leit ear think he stopped to pick up some
thing just as / fired. That may probably
aliiliInt his ths b Ii IL The haad