The Black Republican., 1865-04-29
PROCLAMATION BY THE LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
The Assassination of President Lincoln
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Additional Detaifs.
WASHINGTON, April IA most terrible
assassination, unparalleled in the history of
our country, occurred a few moments be-
fore II P. NJ. tonight, at Fords Theater
President Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln were
seated in private box on the right hand of
the stage, witnessing the last act OF Our
American Cousin At a moment when it
was unusually quiet, the sharp, quick re-
port of q pistol was heard, and a man sprang
out Of the box to the stage, some ten feet,
and, with a knife cleaning in hand, ran
across the stage, out into the side alley,
mounted o horse and rode like light
ming up Tenth street. The audience for
moment seemed paralyZed, for, glancing
at the box, the President was observed to
have fallen back, as if killed or badly
wounded. In one moment the terrible re-
ality burst upon the audience, as they
rushed towards the stage and saw the faint
ing form OF the President brought down the
narrow stairway, when it was discovered
that he had been shot through the head, and
badly if not mortally wounded. Accompa-
MED by Mrs. Lincoln, he was taken across
the street into private residence, and there
Immediately cared for. Pen fails to describe
the scene of excitement. The fact Of assas-
sination was realized, together with the fact
that the assassin had escaped. The streets
all around the theater are blocked up with
people, and all along the avenue it has sped
like Wildfire.
Immediate steps were taken to ferret out
the assassin. Police stations We're notified,
and everybody aided, all to no purpose.
At midnight, at an examination, people
who noticed the assassin Ga man with black
hair, whiskers and mustaches,) say that he
entered the dress circle and passed around
the entrance Of the private box, when, with
out waiting moment, he fired at the back
of the President, through the closed door
He then rushed into the same box, through
another open door (two boxes being thrown
into one) and jumped upon the stage as
described. The pistol hole in the door shows
the fact OF firing through the closed door,
while the pistol found dropped on the stage
shows that it was Dernger
The diabOliCal plot seemed carefully
arranged, for few men knew well enough |
the crooked way behind scenes OF theatres
to get out. He escaped the observation of
those on the stage. Everybody who knows |
the man say that j. Wilkes Booth, the actor, |
is the assassin. The evidence is concurrent,
at this late and excited hour, to that effect.
visited the stage five minutes after the |
scene occurred. 1t was covered with peo-
pie. The actors say the assassin cried, as |
he Jumped down, - AN REvENGED Sic |
Seniper Tyrannis."
a later dispatch to the same journal con. F..
tairs the annexed items:
The screams of Mrs. Lincoln FIRST disclosed |
the fact to the audience that the President |
had been shot, when all present rose toFtbeir |
feet and rushed to the stage, many eXClaim-
ing, Hang him. The excitement was of |
the widest possible description, and Of |
course there was an abrupt lntcrmission Of |
the theatrical performance. There was a
rush toward the Presidents box, when cries \
were heard, stand back; give him air |
Has any one stimulants"
On a hasty examination i was found that !
the President had been shot through the |
head, above aud back Of the temporal bone |
and that some Of the brain was oOzing out |
He was removed TO private house opposite
the thcater, and the Surgeon General of the
army and other surgeons sent for TO attend l
20 his condition.
On examination Of the private box, blood |
was discovered on the back Of the cushioned |
on which the President had |
been sitting, also on the partition and on |
the floor. A common sinrle-barreled pocket. ,
pistol was found on the carpet
A military guard was placed in frc1t CT
The private residence to which the President |
had been conveyed An immense crowd |
was in front of it, all deeply anxious TO
learn the condition Of the President. 1t
had previously been announced that the |
wound was mortal, bat al hoped otherwise.
The shock to the community was terrible. |
Tho President was IN state Of syncope, |
totally insensihle and breathing slowly
The blood oozed from the wound at the
back Of his head. The surgeon exhausted
every possible effort Of medical Skin, bot all
hope was gone. The parting Of the family |
with the dying President is 100 sad for de-
The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not
,tart for the theater ural fifteen minutes
after 8 O'Clock.
Tire sad FnceIIr~enee Received fm Illinois,
Pr'ocEanatFon ny the LieHtenAr- GOv-
eEneT.
CRICAGo, April IS.
To ~ People Of TIinols-Abrahan Lincoln
las fallen by the hand Of the assassin. He
Ipon whom the nation bas relied through al |
he dark hours OF the rebellion, the exalted r
patriot, the wise the yigilant, the IneorrCpt- |
bic statesman, has been stricken down
while JOY filed every, hear. that the Consti-
uti0n and the laws had been maintained
IL the ho9r Of victory. Hin
)is mOurns the loss Of her mobiles: son, and !
he nation Weeps that her second Washing |
on is no more. The shareholders meet &C /
'ursed rebellion has gone TO its doom while
the most infamous crime IN the
listory of the world.
1t becomes rs, therefore, TO bow before ! j
Almighty God, humbly to confess ard re
)ent Of the sins which have brought this great |
,alanity upon Us, to inplore him to look in
mercy upon the nation and TO bring Us out
Of all our troubles, that he win give strength