Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-05-04
j. Wilkes Booth, the Assassin.

by the n. Y. Herald of the killing Of
Booth, the murderer Of the President,
End the capture of his accomplice, Har-
rold:
Col. Conger and Lieut.. Baker, of his
detectives, with Lieut.. Dougherty aud
his cavalry, on reaching CARROTS farm
were told by son of Garrett that there
. were two men in the barn. This was
al 2 p. m. Wednesday. Proceeding to
the barn Lieut. Baker was sent forward
and called upon Booth to come out, give
up his arms and surrender, and that
young Garrett would go into the barn
to receive their arms. Upon his enter
ing the barn Booth exclaimed, "get out
Of here, you have betrayed me.
A coiloquy then ensuea, Of which the
| following is the substance
Lieut., Baker -You must give up your
arms and surrender we have come to
make you prisoner, and will treat You
as prisoner; will give you five minutes
to surrender, or will burn the barn.
| Booth-"Who are you and what do
you want? q
Instructions had been given to Lieut.
| Baker not to disclose the character of
those who were in pursuit
"We want you. We intend to take
you prisoner y
Booth-"This is a hard case. It NAV
be that | am to be ken by my friends y
After some further colloquy Of this
sort, Booth, seemingly convinced that
he was in the tolls Of Federal soldiers,
said
''Give me a chance for my life, I am
a cripple with one leg, withdraw your
men one hundred yards from the barn,
and | will come out and fight you"
Lieut.. Baker-"We did not come here
to fight, but to take you prisoner, and
you must give up year arms and sur
render"
Booth-"Let ne have time to con-
slider"
A conversation in the barn between
Booth and Harold then took place,
which was not overheard by the party
outside. Tn about fifteen or twenty min
utes Booth called out
"Who are you? / could have picked
off half a dozen Of your men, while we
were talking I could have shot you two
Or three times, but don't want to kill
anybody"
Lieut.. Baker, Then give up your
arms and surrender. We have come
here to take you
BOOTH will never surrender alive"
Lieut.. Baker-If you don't Go so i'm
mediately we will set fire to the barn
Booth-"Well, my brave boys, pre-
pare a strctcher for me-"
After this a conversation took place
between Booth and Harold, during
which Booth was heard to say, ''you
damned coward, will you leave me now?
But 60, 60, | don't want you to stay
with me-
He then addressed the party outside,
and said:
sThere is a man who wants to come
out"
Lieut. Baker-"The let him hand
out his arms and come OUT Another
talk here occurred between Booth and
Harold, in which it appears that the
latter was begging to be allowed to take
out some arms with him, and Booth was
heard to say:
$50 away from me, I don't want any
thing more to do with you"
Harold then came to the door and
asked to be let out Lieut.. Baker said
mo, hand out your arms
Harold replied II have none"
Lieut.. Baker-"Yes you have. You
carried carbine when you came here
You must hand II out"
Booth-"He has no arms; they are
all mine. Upon my word as gentle
man, he has no arms. All that are here
belong to me-. !"
Lieut. Baker then approached the
door Harold thrust out his hands and
was pulled from the door, tied and pla-
ced in charge of a guard.
Col Conger was then satisfied that
further parley with Booth was vain, and
proceeding to the other side Of the barn,
he pulled out wisp Of hay and lighted
it. Within few moments the blazing
hay lighted up the inside Of the barn,
and booth was discovered leaning on
crutch which he threw aside and with a
carbine in his hands came towards the
side where the fire had been kindled,
paused, looked at the fire moment,
and then started towards the door
When about the middle of the barn he
was shot. Col. Conger and 1t Baker
at once entered the barn and brought
Booth out. After Identification, by or
der Of the War Department, the body
was privately inferred in the clothing
| which was upon it.