Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-15

WAsHReToN, April 1912 30 AM.
The President was shot in the theatre
tonight, and is perhaps mortally wounded.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The President is not expected TO live
throughout the night. He was shot at the
theatre.
Secretary Seward was also sssassinated.
No arteries cut. Particulars soon.
THIRD DISPATCH.
President Lincoln and wife, with other
friends, this evening visited ForFs Theatre
for the purpose of witnessing the perform
anee of the American Cousin. 1t was an
nounced in the papers that General Grant
would also be present, but thst gentleman
took the late train of cars for New Jersey.
The theatre was densely crowded aid
everybody delighted with the scene be-
fore them. During the Sd act, and while
there was a temporary pause for
one of the actors to enter, q sharp report
of s pistol was heard which merely at
trscted attention, but suggested nothing
serious until man rushed to the front Of
the Presidents box, waving long dsgger
in his right hand, and exclaiming ESic
semper tyrannisP and Immediately leaped
from the box which was on the second
tier to the stage beneath, and ran across
TO the opposite sideOf thestage, making his
escape, amid the bewilderment of the au-
dience, from the rear of the theatre, and
mounting a horse fed. The screams OF
Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed the fact to the
audience that the President had been
shot, when all present rose to their
feet, rushing towards the stage, many ex-
claiming HHang him." The excitement
was of the widest possible description, and
of course there was an abrupt intermis.
sion of the theatrical performance. There
was a rush towards the Presidents box
when cries were heard of, "Stand back and
give him air" aHss any one stimulsnts." !"
On q hasty examination it was found
y that the President had been shot through
the head above and back of the tempora,
bone, and that some of the brains were
boxing out. He was removed to private
house opposite the theatre, and the Sur
geon General of the army and other Sur
geons sent for to attend to his condition
On an exs minstion of the private bon
blood was discovered on the back of tht
/ cushioned rocking chair on which the Pres
+, ident had been sitting, and also on the par
tition. On the floor a common single bar
relied pistol was found, on the carpet.
military guard was placed in front of tn
private residence to which the Presiden
! had been conveyed. An immense crow,
was in front of it, all deeply anxious +
learn the condition of the President.
had been previously announced that tn
g wound was mortal, but al hoped Other
wise. The shock 70 the communit
= was most terrible. At about midnigf
2 the Cabinet Messrs. Sumner, Befsy an
!, Fsrnsworth, Judge Bates, Gov. oglesb.
II General Meigs, Col. Hays, and few pc
= sonal friends, with Surgeon General Barn
q and his immediate assistants, were srour
Ibis bedside. He was in q state
syncope and was totally insensib
l. and breathing slowly. The blood OOzC
Or from the wound at the back of his head.
o The surgeon exhausted every possible efiO
Sc of medicinal skill, but all hope was gor
u The parting of his family with the dyil
= President is too sad for description.
- The President and Mrs. Lincoln did n
II start for the theatre until fifteen minui
m after eight o'clock. Speaker COlfax v
vs., at the White House at the time
's' The President stated to him that
= was going, although Mrs. L
nm coin had not been well, because
sse papers had announced that General GI'
50 was 10 be present. and as General Gri
as had gone North, he did not wish the au
.nu ~ ence to be disappointed. He went with
parent reluctance, and urged
Colfsx to go with him, but t
gentleman had made other engagemel
.bt and with Mr.. AshmAn, of Massachuse