St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20

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!. Further y Il 2 e. Particulars
Secretary. Use eew'''a Il i5,s.dlI
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y. Wilkes Booth athebAs-
sassi y, Of T. the he: President
as DOS oFFlciAL t. B EQUILIBRIUM = >''
War DrrAnrxrx;r, April 15-4:1oA1 4. s. s.
10 Mqj. Gen: DR.: oA 33j2i' ''"3 [n' n IA
/, Tbe President continues insen,siblle
aud is sinking! Secretary Seward %.
mains without change. Frederick" Sew.
ards skullais fractured. in two places
besides severe cut on the head III TIE
attendant is:5still alive but .hoopelesa
Major Stewards wounds arc not DANCES
lONs. al. ssu ~ i:jH .1t*'1' '1oiE& ~ {.
It's now ascertained With reasonable
certainty, that two assassins were enga.
ged in. the horrible 'crime--J.2 Wilke,
Booth being the one that'shot the Pres.
ident, and the other a companion IF his,
whose name is, not known, but whose
description is 90 clear that he Ca can hard;
y escape; sal' av''a'o;a t. '''>>%''; +:
% 1t appears, from a letter found ID
Booths: trunk that the murder. va
planned before the 18th Of March, but
Fell through then'becau,e the accomplics
backed; out until Richmond could Sc
|heard''fro'n., Booth and: his accomplish
were at the livery staBle' 1t six o'clock
last evening, and left their horses al
ten o'clock, or shortly before that hour
y It would seem chat they had been
seeking their chance, but for some una
known reason, it was hot carried into
effect until last night. One Of them
has evidently made his way. to Balti
more the other has not yet been traced. !
@vr,~.a-st h>5Hs'|:A T.; M. STANTON
s:.3:s; J. LIS: a.; - Secretary of W ii.
e...,y:E. e t4>, sWAsHlHoroH. April a..
President Lincoln and wife, With 9TH
|er friends, visited Ford's:-: Theatre, for
the purpose of, witnessing the perform
Ehtnrce Of "Our Americas Cousin." =, ';nH
I'll # vas announced p in the papers that
Zen. Grant would ,also,b be present, but
that III gentleman took. the. late train of
e s4! for New jersey nv. z4.i r".7~
The; theatre was densely crowded, and
Everybody seemed delighted with the
seene before them. During the third
get, and while there Was a temporary
pause for one Of the: actors to ienter,; y
J HARP report of "A pistol was heard which,
||l { attention butt suggested moth:
Eng, serious until 4 man rushed to the
front of the Presidents box waving d
long dagger in his right hand, and ex;|
claiming l l., a1;1oo vi %>'iaa4'""o:
:: j" Sic se'nper :tyrannis" n?"sy!saaS /
g g f He Immediately, 1eaped from the box
wlhich wassip. the rear tier Of the stage
beneath ?. and ran across to the opposite
s i Of tho, stage, making his escape|
a g the bewilderment Of the audience
from; the theatre, and mounting aohorseI|
He'd g 9yad rr;u .5u>;'s II, 10 n9n'.
q The screams Of Mrs. Lincoln FIRST dis
clpsed the. fact to the audience that tbs!
President had, been shot; when all pres
emit rose. TO- their feet and rusheditoward)
/ ! q stage /; Immediately, i'exolaimiug,]
chang him !" 2..:5;a 8; x%'oi saHq '5:s.i'|
The excitement was, of the Widest
description, and ofscourse there
was az abrupt .intermission in the dthe.I|
htric sal performapces.o:a,e7 a3>t#roisos; I
There was .frush toward, tho Presi-
dents ;box,I when eries wcresiheapa: }
t'St '. .ldi back and give him air"'q "Has|
hpy one, stimplents?ps. o4u,oHr,s1oIo4
9 On hasty examinations iti~as found
That the Presidential been shot'through|
|the head; apds back yof 1.-The temporal
bone, and that some; f,thel brains we're
||ooang ont, n sued1 iii I,na s5lt2uotis s';,s:
SHe was removed to a private house
|ppposite The the.tra .spd,ia Surgeon
General Of the arpysnd iothersnrgeons
wore sent for TO- attend to,hia condition.
q % examination of the President
boz, blood, Vas discovered ON the baS1k
|otsthe cushioned roeklng-chair in:whioh)
|ths' President had been sitting, also on
the partition and on the floor. iiin i i
q, common inglerbarreled pistol was
found on the carpet. s,sAtmilitary guard
|hass been placed in front of,the, private
residence to which, the, President had
been removed 4 ,}>ffV ~. ..
Il had been previously announced