The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-05
DAILY LEADER.
ne Pur.uft and Denth Of Roofn.

he Pursuit and Death Of Ho0fns-
We extract from the London Times OF
May 18th, the following terse and very
dramatic account ofthe assassin. As a cap
itsl condensation it msy be worthy Ct pro-
fsssiOnsl study to many Of 4 own jour
nalists:s a1E
A dramatic death has been the let ofthe
man who murdered President Lincoln. A
fate too like s soldiers has ended the ca
fetr of one whose deed has made every sol
der on both sides indignant or ashamed
The details which we receive from several
sources Of the death OF this man and the
capture Of bis sccomplice, form one Of the
most interesting accounts Of the wsr. The
act of itself was full of horrible audacity,
and the sequel is In keeping with it When
the murderer leaPed from the box on the
stage, a height Of nine or ten feet he broke
his leg. He is described a. having been
bsnt double with the shock Of his faH, bot
he had energy enough torise up and shout
out the mottoof Virginia IS the defence Of
his crime. Still the lesp probably proved
fatal TO him. With that disregard of pain
which is often shown in the first moments
Of q wound by men under the influence Of
strong exeitemenb he Was able with his
broken leg to walk across the stage, over
run those who were in the way, mount 8
horse an gslIop off. But in 8 short time
the hurt disabled him. He WAS obliged to
have his leg set, and for the few days thst
he lived must have been in great pam and
nd nearly disabled. All the resources Of
9 Washington Government were EN-.
ployedso find him. His refuge Wss st first
unknown. Whether he remained hidden
in Washington or its suburbs, or was lurk-
ing in Msrylcnd, OF had contrived to creSs
the Potomac, and had pushed into the iu-
terror of Virgins with the intention Of
escaping southwark, could only be gussed.
Those conversSnt with the state Of the
country seem, however, to have formed q
shIewd Judgment as 70 his conceRlment-
In the low lands OF Maryland which lie 10
the south Of Washington, bstween the Pc
tomAc and Chesapeake Bay, exists 8 popu-
lation which is said to be strongly Oonfsd-
crate in feeling. They are not very nu-
merous they cannot be very rich their
country is swsmpy and unhealthy, but
such an asylum a. they had they we're
suspected Of being wiling 10 offer John
Wilkes Booth In this region, accordingly,
the United states cavalry and police made
strict search. They were furnished with
that potent instrument of detection, q pho
togrsph Of the criminal, and tor ten days
they pursued him necessarily. A little
sImy Wss employed on this service, and at
lsst success rewarded the exertions of
Colonel Baker, to whom had been COM
mitted the task of discovering the sssas-
sin, The details of the capture will be
in our columns to day. Booth, it
wss discovered had really secreted him.
self in the Peninsula, but fading, doubt
less, that bot pursuit wa made after
him, he had crossed the river into Virginia
al q place called Port Royal. He was
followed, and in the night Of Tuesday, the
75th of April, q party arrived at The hodSe
Of an old man named Garrett who,it proved
had hsTbored the fugiives. The old man
and his son were forced by threats TO re-
veal their place of conceaiment which was
q neighboring barn. Then followed 3
scene. For more than sn hour
did the pursuers psrley with the assassin.
The correspondents of the New York
papers tells the story with little variation,
there can be no doubt that it is in the
correct. Booth preserved his bravs-
do to the last and is reported to have asked
the soldiers to retire to q distance, SO that
there might be q fair fight between them.
His companion was less obstinate, and
gave himself up. Booth, in the end,
shot by 8 certain Boston Corbett 8
man of English descent.