Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-17
! SATURDAYS DISPATCHES.
Assassination of President
Lincoln and Secretary
Seward.
FULL PARTICULARS
The Assassin Identilied-Pursuif
of Him.

of Him.
4 WASHINGTON, April 15.-The assassin of
President Lincoln left behind him his hat
and spur The hat was picked up in the
Presidents box, and has been identified by
parties to whom it has been shown as the
one belonging to the suspected man, and
accurately described by other parties not
allowed to see it before describing it. The
spur was dropped upon the stage, and that
also has been identified as the one procured
at the stable where the same man hired a
horse in the evening. Two gentlemen who
went to the Secretary of War to apprise
him of the attack on Mr.. Lincoln met at the
residence of the former man mutfled in a
cloak, who, when accosted by them, hasten-
l Ell away. 1t had been Secretary Stanton's
intention to accompany Mr.. Lincoln to the
I theater and occupy the same box, but the
press of business prevented. 1t, therefore
seems evident that the aim of the plotters
was to paralize the country by at once
striking down the head, the heart and the
arm of the country.
AS soon as the dreadful events were an !
nounced in the streets Superintendent
Richards and his assistants were at work toI
discover the assissin, and in few moments
the telegraph had aroused the whole police,
force of the city. Mayor Wallach aud sew
eral members of the city government were
soon on the spot, and every precaution was!
taken to preserve order and quiet in the,
city. Every street in Washington was pa :!
trolled. At the request of Mr.. Richards
Gen. Augur sent horses to mount the polcel
Every road leading out of Washington wasI
strongly picketed and every possible ayenuei
of escape was also thoroughly guarded.
steamboats, about to depart down the Poto-
mac were stopped.
The Daily Chronicle says: As it is sus-I
pected that this conspiracy originated inE
Maryland, the telegraph flashed the mourn-E
ful news to Baltimore, and all the cavalryE
was put upon active duty. Every roads
was picketed, and every precaution takenE
to prevent the escape of the assassin. Al
preliminary examination was made byE
Mr.. Richards and his assistants; severals
persons were called to testify, and the evil
dence as elected before an informal tribun-t
al, and not under oath, was conclusive tos
this point: The murdert. of President
Lincoln was John Wilkes Booth; the hat.
was found in the private box and identifedE
by several persons who had seen him with-s
in the last two days, and the spur which heS
dropped by accident after he jumped to theS
stage was identified as one of those which,
he had obtained from the stable where hes
hired his horse.
This man Booth has played more thans
once at Ford's Theater, and is of courseb
acquainted with its exit and entrances, andk
the facility with which he escaped behindS
the scenes is easily understood.
The person who attacked Secretary Sew-E
ard left behind him a souched hat and AMI
old rusty navy revolver. The chambers
were broken loose from the barrel, as if dones
by striking. The loads were drawn fromS
the chambers, one being but rough piecef
of lead, the other balls smaller than theb
chambers, wrapped in paper as if to keepf
them from falling out.
About II o'clock last night two mens
crossed the Ancasta bridge, one of whom
gave his name as Booth and the other asS
Smith, the latter is believed to be JohnE
Surratt. Last night riderless horse wass
found, which has been identified by 1.-THE pro-
prietor of one of the stables previously mem
toned as having been hired from his estab-E
lishment. Accounts are conflicting as toS
whether Booth crossed over the bridge onF
horseback or on foot, but as it is beievedf
that he rode across it is presumed that he$
exchanged his horse.
From information in the possession of theB
authorities, it is evident that the scope otE
the plot was intended to be much moref
comprehensive. The Vice President andk
other prominent members of the Adminis-E
tration were particularly inquired for byh
suspcioned parties, and their precise To- 4
calities ascertained; but providentially inE
their cases the scheme miscarried
A boat was at once sent down the Poto-F
mac to notify the gunboats on the river ots
the awful tragedy, in order that all possibleN
means should be taken for the arrest of thee
The most ample precautionsf
have been taken, and it is not believed thess
culprits will long succeed in evading thefss
overtaking arm of Justice.