Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-28
lA7 NEWS.


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~ : ,on 6fGarrett that there wsfS two men
n the barn. This. was q 2 "a: ~ on Wed
nesday. Eiedt.. Btker vas sent FORWARD and
called upon Booth to come out and give up
his arms and surrender, and that young
Garrett would 60 into The barn to receive
the arms. Upon bis entering the barn
Booth exclaimed, get out Of here; you
have betrayed me. M.
A colloquy then ensued, ofwhich the fol-
lowing is the Substance:
Lieut.. Bsker-"You must give up your
arms and surrender; We hsve come to take
YOU as . prisoner, and will treat you as q
prisoner. We will give you ave minutes
10 surrender, or We will burn the barn"
Booth-"Who are you, and what do you
wanl!'
instructions had been given to Lieut. b
ker not to disclose the character Of those
" ho were in pursuit
I'VE want you; We intend to take you
prisoner"
Booth-"This ia hard case. 1t may be
that am to be taken by my friends
After some further colloqIy Of this sort,
Booth seemingly convinced that he was in
the tolls of Federal soldiers, said
"Give me chance for thy life; am =
cripple with one leg Withdraw your men
j. 90 yards from the barn and will come out
and fight YOU"
Lieut. Baker-"We did not come here to
fight but 10 take you prisoner You must
give up your arms and surrender"
Booth--"Let me have time to consider. I"
A conversation in the barn between Booth
and Harold then took plsce, which was not
overheard by the party outside. In about
Is or 20 minutes Booth called out
"Who are your l could have picked of
half dozen of your men while we were
taking; could have shot you two OF
three times, but don't want to kill any
body"
Lieut.. Baker-"Then give up your arms
and surrender We have come here to take
yon."
hooh-s.I will never surrender; | will
never be taken alive"
Llent Baker-.'If YOU don't 10 so immc
diately We will set fire to the barn."
Booth-"We !, my brave boys, prepare .
stretcher for me-
After tins conversation took place be
tween B 9th and Harold, during which
Boom was ne3ru 10 say
"You damned coward; will you leave III.
now But 60 don't want you to stay
| with me-"
He then addressed the party ontside---
There is man who wants to com,
out"
Lieut.. Bakcr-"Then let him hand GU
| his arms and come out
| More conversation here occurred between
Boolt and Harold. in which the latter wa
| begging to be allowed to take out some arul
with him, and Boo'h vas heard to say
Go away from the don't want any
| thing to do with YOU"
| Harold then came to the door and aske,
to be let out.
Lieut.. Baker-"No; hand out you
arms"
Harro,d-"I have none
Lieut.. Raker--"Yes you have; you ca,
ricd carhine when you came here. Yo
must hand it out"
Booth-"He has no arms; they are Al
mine, upos my word az gentleman. II
has no arms all that there are belong {
me-
Lieut.. Baker then approached the door
and Harold thrust out his arms and wa
pulled from tn, door, ted, and placed |,
charge Of a guard.
Col. Conger was then satisfied that firth
er pariey with Booth was in vain, and pro
ceeding 10 the other side Of the barn h,
pulled oat a wisp Of hay and lighted it,
Within n few minutes the blazing hay light
ell up the inside Of the barn. Booth wa
discovered leaning on crutch, which h,
threw aside. and with a carbine in hi
hands, came towards the side where the fir,
had been kindlod; paused, looked at tn,
fire moment, and then started towards tn,
door. When about the middle Of the barr
he was shot. Col Congcr and Lieut.. Ba
kcr at once entered the barn and brough
Booth out. After identification, by orde
Of the War Department, the body was pri
vately inferred in the clothing which wa
upon it.
The Herald's correspondent saws:
The parley with Booth lasted Ion,
while, and that Booth told Lieut.. Doughertl
he hal bead drawn on him, and coult
shoot him if he chose; that Booth could Sc,
those outside plainly, while they could no
see him inside; that when the fire va
lighted Booth could be seen, and then Lieut.
Dougherty ordered Sergeant Corbutt to fire
which he did, through one Of the crevices
Booth was armed with two six-barrelIed nm,
one seven barrclled revolver. When TIN
party started to return with the body, liar
rold refused to walk, when rope was fas
tened to his neck and the other end to tn,
saddle of one Of the cavalrymen, and as soou
a. horse could be procured he was mount
ed.
| The Worlds correspondent says:
| It is learned that Harold joined Bootl
Just after the assassination, and it is be
lieved brought the horse into the alley.
New YORK. April 26.--The following il
the statement Of Sergeant Boston Corbett
| On Tuesday y. M, my superior officer 1t
Edward r Dougherty, received information
that two persons answering Booth descrip
ton, and his accomplce Harold, were con
cealed in a barn on Henry CARROTS place
about miles from Port Royal, in the di
rection Of Bowling Green. There we cap
tured man named Jett, who farried Bootl
and his companions across the Potomac
| At first h denied knowing about the mat
| ter, but when threatened with death if h,
did not reveal the spot where the assassin
were secrcted, he told us where they coult
be found and piloted us to the place.
Booth and Harold reached the barn abou
dusk on Tuesday evening. The barn wa.
at once surrounded by our cavalry, an,
some Of our party engaged in conversation
with Booth from the outside. He was com
mandcd to surrender several times, bu
made no reply to the demand save that, II
you want me you must take me-" Whel