, 1865-08-26
THE SUPPOSED ACCOMpLCE OF
BOOTH,

1Kis Mysterious Appearnuce In Fol
Z wayne. lnd-Psrttrn1nrn of the A,
49,. -as FORMER Mysterlous Appear
ahce AT NeW Haven, Conn:
From the Inaiau,nnlis yonrra1 auh1
By Way Of preface we republ1sh an artie1
% ron lne New haven Courier of the date {
May 18th, giving some particulars Of sur
Rose;aa e;aaSt aet9mpll;e % Of Booth in the murder
nesrsnca row tha,,e aau nls mysterious alsaF
phhaure pehha nol1 tnefe, amer the commission OF
,;rnn.r,~ ,c,,,
The pnblie will doubtless be surprised to lear
g99d reason 70 beiIeye. was connected win the PIC
HnlSh resulted IL The assassination Of the President
Lemos, stopped al the cent1al Hotel n this city.
sPfea1ed r. to se sspnt thirty ysart of as abon
6ad light and very busay hair, hawk shaped nose
geS eye9 hcaVy scar On the right side Of bis neck
and aa another On he face, supposed to have bee,
German Jew During The night he stole Vim
chsnge there was In the money drawer and de
eaMpHd. e. ...,x.-x
was chased and oyertaken ii Milford by lie Bro
psictor Of the hotel and the stolen money! wu5 re
covered. The man begged h1m to be rcleseed, arlt
witch worth ffty tloars tyhich rs nccon+s3 snt
he was suffered to 20 at ibcfty In hsind n,Ie,sf
be told the totel proprietor he had ieff carnat Ia
Myers, At Southport The caet W la " r,sen ~ T.
the police, who, On obtaining It. exSmfned its con
TENS and ionnd that II contained some Terv kiuenla
st1lsses s1s =. which At once nae onher seqaiasac'
ly about thirt5.aye yeass nf nor n'sin'
rather neshy, ind wearing aIyiis i11ess' III,
phblostarh was coptcIned in mn envetnne - md ~
the back osthe p.et4eraph was written these words
sheet me In Washington Oh III. mn 49,
'{SIEncd] J. ". n.an.r
Booth on fie hnois ~ 1ha o1 MI 1o .1ose e,
WIS founi n he rrnTfre o4e N's" 11afea noaset Il
There Wns also fonnd in tbe c,r,,et h,, : ..r1 ri
The Ortlen Uotei srith th 49, ~ 80 ..aT ~ y
pns en fe haSi ssn sat ~ e9e th hse o. sane
fSsnoi En%1a ,y ,e ~ ,iasa ~ Iar @otion no'e ~
the back: "John Morton. care Of John Meriey," IN.
defneath7 u. ". Boot" !" which also proves to be
she gcnans slsnnlnse q ihe assassin. There was
1s,1o Sau y t1e aao1qn notei n l. WITH ne
aso eehars ~ amei Ts,1Sv f., w,en f, on M sne 9aGH
shin Ne rnd nst Int is9,n ia, ~ Ie,st iG
potians, therc were Two pesscs ei.:1ea by d. s. Pr
Fon5, Gen. Sheridan's Adjutant General. one Of
Mhen nore date & nec: gu, lsGa. and was to permit
w., EsouL 70 pass out o. the lines and IT.
~ Ttr1nit n r"mo. "u11 INV. t ues. ~ ~. anu Was
lines with two men md led horses 10 20 ~ TO e cbsr.
lottesbnEg md returu.
lpon hnding thesc suspicious papers, the police
Ne 1oT Ms9.d ID 9s &, r q sont6po, bu ae
cd Capt tlsrE, Provo.t Marshal q ,hs atts .i Ind
he Immediately went to New Tor: and set the de-.
tscsses 70 Work; lhey found ont thai tas man bad
Wense op sn y s'n 70 ~ II q me biea
tlay on UIJcf r. cnn,c m hers earnin.r ho
satisfactory, Capt CLARK returned and seth force
10 work.
% III Or sesen different T,en were arrested. ono in
,. oa IT, g. @ a., naaoaa, ana tMo Of taree
Int none answered ibs tesefuion s and sons II
Of unre1nittIne search, ali hopes Of seeming he
fellow were eivrn up But t6e sua1cn disappcar-
anca Of The man IL one Of the most unaccounlable
things on feeoId: Ihcre eppea.s 70 bc no doubt
.nose aclualnIea WIN tqe iacs5 that ihe man
,'a ,iat os way eonAes'sa Will Dootu Ii ILLS tc11t
rL.M ~ MltGie I Vas cop,co lnto Inc ChcMontf
t.,s;,n ~ .ne ~, ane VI course was very eA-
.ensa,.ct! cneulateu. some 9aEs ago COM
m.a.a Mae IEcel'eu " a1al' oen. Hovey,
nlstitct GUthlnailGef, cneioshS copy ot the
".Ta'n "me VIII WI, an NE sc1aWi Drawn around the
aaicie, anu staleMeat mat a man answering
IT, Werns aoe oe ,aa peen seen n Fort
70 oe " tnat time lying concealed at certain
noase III tAat city, aad lint o woman, be-
aeveo 10 pc tAe Jane tipping, was With him.
~ receipt OF this letter IN order was Issued
y tien. hovey to Col. J. 5. Slmonson, Post
eomanaer, e2aa @ directing him to send sufficient
J
out delay, Col. Si.nonsou selected Lieut..
Massey, 5th Y. r. c., Post AdIutnnt, for this
important duty. md boiIe him rllnnsn f,is nyn
men for the expedition. Sixtr,,sty tnrn ofthn
18th regiment v, r. G. were ficfnfiri. and iett'
The cjty. ,jn tf,c pcrn cmf1 Tn;I;ans I,o,;s rni1
road Xonda,. noon 1s-t T1n- Fro-a Ill
dressed in ci,;zcnss cloths. and yare arn,aI
with rsrnivcrs nn1r or, an "sas ,ros M..he9
nj II o,ci'st: 4haJt ,;h. tott "1SnG Mas nsacheo
tinc was r. i,a in.t I'm. rsenS taAs ~
greater nori1on ~ ~ 1' .,t.1t "uy apsnt ine
nniens thr ~. c,ntn.a unf ~ .HatII1hs nls
dav vitncssed thair s,'c.a.sfos -, .a1S' me next
TGvfrc osccrte1,e1 H., io"otitS ~ Shc9t.un. W. @
trhs.o liz s,,t,aa;aa tne . ,ocau.y .. .ne nous
e+i;.os ~ - MaA "us e9nseeot Inc
a' n1s neu nivuuu Il 80 US 10
Nv a,.a tt unS aseaag u enaIanee OF uepaI.
"'T .T,,a n1u .nen VpcnGa tlsc aooI Iaa "enl II.
y ny seeona slory OF fakisi looking build.
~, sne n1s ~ noor oemg occupied " SORT OF
grocery The entrance door was on the side
Of tue house, toward the back end, and open.
ca On uirty narrow alley. Up one flight of
Stars went the Lieutenant, aud into the room
being very low o. nearly square. The latter
Instantly thrust hls hand In his pocket, as
though feeling for pistol, but was informed
By the officer that he was Ills prisoner, and all
was In vaia. lie asked by what
authority he was arrested, but his eaptor was
not communicative. Tie was at length in
aucet to rise and dress himself, and tho
;. ;. a. aalblee- were slipped upon his wrists to
MAJ aSa even tnlnE secure. He was then, TO-
.etner WIN me woman, pnf IN cAarge of the
nara, ha ana p!acea .r IL secure quarters TO await
u ~ nsia ia,ar na.r. % af tng .saam:
,,,tan tae niMs o. ny oIaest eoon spread
,u.s u,uau ,naouEn w ety, anu somc o. lne Cop
.sh1, neo io, pota,on o. .ne community were ter
10y 10y mesnscu. Looss tnIHats o. a! ktnus
.o1n,.ns ,nrus ~ a;alst a luz Queer ana s tle