The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-03

psrlv before H. completion Of the crasurs.
he next place Booth ard Hazsold
vose heard from vas u the hoao1 d d.
Coz The latter upoa tejnk qeasAioasd,
depted having 80 any suoh parties, bat
aid that shres palslsd ssbsl s1ldisss p.
nltsd there - aeesmodations ard had |
B ~ cent away. Qoxs servants, however
al asserted that The too 1hen had stayed |
there over night; that their master had
entertained them ID Z most hcspitAble
manner, and upoa their departure the
next morning, gave each quantity Of
whisky.
The detectives next came upon the fu-
cisives near Sachir Samp in Charles
county. There they found : dilapidated
shanty, occupied BY IN old eolsssd ~o-
man, who stated that on that morning two
mon, one of them with crutch. had come
out Of the woods and asked for son1sthing
| 10 eat She being afraid, told thsm she
had nothing; that there vas no white peo-
ple around there, and that they could get
nothing 10 eat in that vicinity. The lame
man had then inquired the direction to
the Great Swamp, which shs gave, and
the two went of. The shansy stands in
email clearing, surrounded on Ill sides
BY dense pine woods, with the exceptions
Of one side bounded By swamp. The 8th
Illinois cavalry and . regiment of colored
troops were Immediately sent through the
swamp in every direction. searching every
thicket, but without finding any truce Of
the asssssins. they having evidently ne
GREETED themselves in the pine woods and
made their escape.
While the swamp was being searched
on Sunday afternoon, Booth and Harold
crossed the Potomac at Swan Point, >
short distance below Matthews Point,
and PASSED through Port Royal en- route
to Louisa q. H., where they we're captur-
ed as previously described. Ia their stay
at! CARROTS place facts have come to light
which show conclusively that Booth and
his accomplices had, before carrying their
plans into execution. decided upon the
roads to be taken in making their escape.
Maps are understood to be in possession
of Government, aud which are known to
have belonged to these parties, with dis
tinct marks oil the routes laid out by them.
Booth and Harold we're to escape to relel-
, dom and seek JEFF DAVIS protection, who
was finally to assist them 10 leaving the
country.
"Harrold, In conversation with an &C
quaintance Of his, who resides ia Mary
i land, some time previous to the murder o
President Lincoln, made a remark 10 .h,
effect that there was no extradlton treaty
between the United States aud Spain. A
: remark that excited special attension n
= the time, but ia the light of subsequent
evenss, it would appear that Booth ans
. himself contemplated taking shelter some
where in The Spanish dominions.''
= Surprise has been expressed tina
A Booth selected such shallow Iblsbmouti
. as Harold as the neares: sccomplico il
i 80 terrible a plot. This ms stery may
= We think, be explained in this way: Har
n rold, young man OF Idle, vagabond hsb
its, was good shot, capital footmau
!. spending most of his time 10 gunnlng ant
fishing excursions in the lower counties
. of Maryland, acquiring in this way
n thorough knowledge of the country, ant
q especially its by-paths, forests, swamp
and creeks, scught ouly by the huu.s
! and fisherman. On the. outbreak OF tn
: rebellion this knowledge made his service
valuable in the capacity of guide 70
i blockade runners, and there ID no doub
!, that he has been actively engaged 10 ,ha
: business throughout Doubtless he wa
: recommended to Booth as suitable guild
! in bis wandering, and that the acquaint
!. ance between them was founded IN tina
way. But for the jrjury received b.
J. Booth 10 jumping to the stage, by whici
d he was crippled, it is possible that tn
: we'll arranged plan Of escape might nav,
. succeeded. But the outraged flag Of on
J. country, trampled upon by Booth in BIZ
e exit from the box, would seem to hav'
!. been endowed with powers of voli.ion
!. seiziug him by the spur and causing hin
!. to fall, crippled on the stage, whereby hi
e fight was interrupted, and his few day
/, OF Cain like existence made days of ago
i ny intense. Ii is believed that had b,
: MT been immediately captured. deatl
would have ensued from the modification
OF his broken leg, uncared for. as it neces
sarily was, and in constant use. Traces
at points OF his route indicate that be 1t
!, tempted to obiterate the teil.tale mark.
Z OF bis cruteh in the earth, whereby b..
q route might be traced, and that he hoped
j on one leg at other points. not using the
crutch, to the same end"