, 1865-04-27
7 HE CAPTURE OF -AEXs:.
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Correspondence Of The Philadelphia Inquirer. |

| leoAtlsFuuueAte VI Ane fnNadclPhta Inquirer. ]
FEkpERzcK C1rr, Nd, April q, 1855.
Not little excitement was created hcre
NJ on the receipt OF the news of the capture
oi 4. Andi eW Atzeroth, the assassin, or 1he
supposed assassin OF the Secretary Of State,
by 'Ae tro"ups Of General E. B. Tyler, sta.
III ned at 51onocacy Junction, On the Balti.
meie ana 1hlo Kalroad. sptculations were
lew, in the excitement Of the occasion, de
si'ca nothing more than the privilege Of tor
tuiing him to u slow death.
| TIE CAPTURE.
Captain Townsend, commanding the indie
| pendent Scouts, Immediately SIT to work,
md Sergeant Zachastah ". Qemmi1l, OF COM
4 Eauy D, Captain TQwnsend's>, lat Delaware
cavalry, and six mem were ordered to proceed
10 the honse whsze it Vas understood Atze-
! roth Was staying, aud arrest him and such
other men as might be found on the premi-
ees. The scouts under command Of Sergeant
G'lnncti left camp about two o'clock On the
moln!pg Of the 10Th, and marched to Gar
m:ntonn. Upon arriving at the house Of
ktichter, the cousin OF the accused, about
1alfpast three o'clock in the morning, the
Sergeant disposed of his men about tho pre-
rises to prevent all chances OF es.ape, and
= company with come Of hts men. knocked
:. It doer for nc 1n!ttance.
tse~ .r some hesitation on the part Of the
inmates, the door was cautiously opened and
1he Sergeant pushed hls way into the room, /.
wi ere be found Reichtrr's family In bed upon
the door and The room presenting very cou-
fused appearance. He stated his business to
Ke1chter, and asked him and his wiGc il there
Vas such lnan as Atzeroth in the house.
fist they denied that there was, but upun
the Sergeant informing them that be WIS 70
ing 10 search the house, they informed him
thlt COUSIN Fl ON the lower part Of Nay
land was up stairs in bed. Sergeant Gcmmll
Immediately assembled to one of the rooms
n u h4F he {1n bnS
two young men, all quietly sleeping. They
W're immediately aroused, their clo>htns
thrown on, and taken down stairs, whore the
st1geant made su Of his man aud made
preparations FOR leaving with his prize.
before stariing he entered into conversation
with Reichter aul his wife In reference to At
u 9th, but their stories weie too conflicting,
and such q mass Of la1sehoods, tnat he fy-
slowed to wait until dsylightaud make search
TO- such other evidencg as woald throw light
VI on the matter.
AN INFAMOUS ADMISSION.
He found By qucsttouing different parties
whom Atzeroth had VISITED, that the accused
b d ceme from Washington day or two be-
fore, and at ihc house OF one Of the gentle
nsrn, ut bile catirg dinner, had, upon the as
s,ssinattcn Of ths President being broached,
al rnptly stopped eating, and made'uss Of the
1uIloWing language: s.IF ALL OF THEM HAD
Eo.E THEIR DUTY GRANT WOULD Have DEES
FjAED TIE SAME WAY T.
Alter making diligent search for additional
evidence IN tho neigaborbood, the Sergeant
fot ked up Re:ch'er's buggy, md bringing
both Reichter aud Atzetotl with him. re-
tu nt to camp aud reported to Capt. Town
SIND. After hearing what the Sergeant
Lad 70 say, tile Captain directed that
tho prisoners should be taken to the head
THE EXAMINATION,
They we're examined separately. Reichter
vas broueht in frat, and ct the request Of |
81 Pennsylvania artillery, proceeded to ex- |
anime him and take his language down on I
TAper, His answers we're vague and nnsatfs-
Ipc ory, and 1t wascvident that he and Atze-
roth had made up their minds to adhere to
tht same sttTy.
In answer to the question by Lieutenant
Eunkle, as to whetbef his cousin, Atzcroth,
had been In Washington, he answered that
lie didn't know; he believed not; he might
ave come through there but be came from
The lower part OF Maryland. And notwlth-
standing he was subjected to q very severe
examination be would not tell anythins IN
eterencc to the whereabouts of Atzeroth up
10 the time Of his arrival at his house, al-
though 1t was quite evident that he did
know, After few more questions hal been
Eut to him In regard 10 the time that Atze-'
OH arrived at his house, he WAS sent out
md Atzetoth brought in and examined.
THE PRISONERS STATEMENT,
His statement was also very vague and
conflicting IN almost every particular, and IN
Lhe conlse Of the examination contfad;cted t
,1lnself po1ntedly in number OF Instances.
llc had lentd OF the assassination Of Fraa.-
lent Lincoln while standing In Pennsylvania
VERNE, hut paid no attention to 1t. although
here was e. eat excitement on the street at
hc time. He stopped IN Washington ali that
right, and tie ne1t morning tsatnr5ay) went
Rockville; from thence he went to Soma Of
lis trtetos, and ttcn went to the residence
II his cousin. Reichtes's house is sl'uated
eboIt distance from what is called the vii
age Of Germantown. some twelya lniles from
j Anshsngton. consisting Of one or two houses,
I'D is O very secluded and unfrequeotcd spot,