The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-28

head and killed, lingering about three
hours, and Harold was captured. Booth
body ald Harold are now here.
CSignedl Z. NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Further Particulars OF the Capture of
Fired-Booth Refuses 10 Surrender
and Fires on the Soldiers Tic As
sassin Shot by IA Sergeant.
[Press Dispatchl
WASHINGTON, April q. Yesterday
morning a squadron of the 10th New
| York cavalry traced Booth aud Harold
to barn between Bowling Green and
Port Royal, near Fredericksburg, Vir-
ginia The barn was surrounded and a
demand made for their surrender, which
Harold was i'll favor of doing, but upon
Booth calling him coward he refused to
| do so. The barn was then set on fire,
and upon its getting too lot Harold
again presented himself and put his hands
| through the door to be handcuffed.
While this was going on Booth fired
upon the soldiers. upon which u Sergeant
| fired upon him. The ball of the Sergeant
took effect in the head of Booth, killing
him Harold was taken alive, and he
and Booths body were brought to the
Washington Navy Yard last night
Booth was discovered in the barn by
the cavalry He declared his intention
never to surrender, and said he would
fight the whole squad, consisting of
twenty-eight men, if they would permit
him to place himself twenty yards dis
tant The scouting party was under
command of Lieutenant Edward Dough-
erty.
Booth was on a crutch and was lame
He lived two hours after he was shot,
whispering blasphemies against the
Government and sending a farewell mes
sage to his mother At the time he was
shot it is said he was leaning on his
crutch and preparing to fire again upon
his captors.
The Star has the following particu.
lars of the capture Of Booth: To 1t.
Col. S. c. Baker, special detective of the
War Department, and his admirably
trained detective force, and to the 9th
New York cavalry. active participators
in the seizure of the criminals, the conn
try owes debt ofgratitudo for this. time
ly service.
1t seems that detachment of the 9th
New York cavalry, numbering about
twenty-five men, was dispatched from
this city OH Monday, under the direction
of Colonel Baker. in command of Ser
geant Dougherty, accompanied by some
of Colonel Bakers officers. who captured
and killed Booth, and captured Harold
one of his accomplices, alive.
The cavalry, after leaving here, landed
at Belle Plain in the night, and at once
started out in pursuit of Booth and Har-
rold, having previously ascertaned from
a colored man that they had crossed the
river into Virginia at Swan Point, in q
small canoe, hired by Booth from man
| for three hundred dollars.
Proceeding on toward Bowling Green,
some three miles from Port Royal, Lieut.
Dougherty, who was in command of the
cavalry, discovered that Booth and Har-
rold were secreted in barn, owned by 4
man named Garrett, and were well
armed The cavalry then surrounded
| the barn and summoned Booth and Har-
rold to surrender.
Harold was inclined at first to accede
to the request, but Booth accused him of
| cowardice. Then both peremptorily re-
fused to surrender and made preparations
| to defend themselves. IN order to take
| the conspirators alive, the barn was fired,
and he flames getting too hot for Har-
rold he approached the door of the barn
and signified his willingness to be taken
prisoner The door was then opened
sufficiently TO allow Harold to put his
arms through that he might be hand
cuffed. As an officer was about placing
! the irons upon Harrold's wrists, Booth
fred upon the party from the barn. which
was returned by the Sergeant of the 9th
New York, the ball striking Booth in the
neck, frow the effects of which he died
| in about four hours. Before breathing
| his last he was asked if he had anything
to say, when he replied: Tell my moth.
er that died for my country"
Harold and the body of Booth were
brought into Bells Plain at o'clock last
night, and reached the Navy Yard at /
o'clock this morning.
| The statement heretofore published
that Booth had injured one ofhis legs by
the falling of his horse has proved to be
correct After he was shot il was dis
covered that one of his legs was badly in.
| jured, and that he was compelled TO wear
an old shoe and crutches. which he had
with him in the barn.
Booth was shot about O'Clock in the
morning anu died about o'clock. Booth
had upon his person some bills of eX.
change, but only Sl75 in treasury notes
1t appears that Booth and Harold left
Washington together on the night OF
the murder of President Lincoln, and
passed through Leonardston, Maryland
concealing themselves in the vicinity un.
til an opportunity was offered there to
cross the river at Seron Point, which
they did as above stated.
The man who hired Booth and his ac-
cemplices the boat in which they crossed
the river was captured, but afterwards
made his escape.
| Harold has been lodged in secure
place.
Bowling Green, near which place Booth
was killed, is post village, the capital
of Carolina county, Va, on the road from
Richmond to Fredericksburg, As miles
north of the former place. Port Royal
is post village in Fauquier county,Va.,
on the right bank of the Rappahannock
river, % miles below fredericksburg
Arrest Of Beosh,s surgeon.
Press Dispatchl
New YORK, April N-The Post says 8
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