St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20

Judge Bates, Gov. Oglesby, Gen. Meigs
Col: Haynes and 1 few personal friends,
with surgeon Boris aud his immediate
assistants were around his bed. The
President is in . state Of syncope and
totally insensible.
4 The3blood oossd slowly from che back
kof his head. The surgeons showed ev-
ery possible effort Of medical skill, but
Fall hope was gone. Y r.
The parting Of his family with the
dying President is too sad for descrip.
ton. The President and MIS-. Lincoln
ail mot start for, the theatre until Is
minute. after s,eeleek|,
Speaker Colfax was Ct the " White
House a the time. The President2sta-
led e Him that be y. was going, although
Ms. Lincoln had net been well, because
y the papers had announced that General
Grant was e, be ;pre.ent, and as Gen Sc
Grant had gone North, he did not wish
the audience 70 be disappointed. 7.
He went with apparent reluctance
and urged Nj. Colfax to go with him ia,
kbut that gentleman had made; other en.
gagements with: Mr, Ashmun, Of Mas.
sach usetts, and babe him l,' goodbye.
After tho President was shot, Lieut..
Rathbone, who was in the box with him
caught the assassin by the arm, who i'm:
mediately struck him, with a knife, and
jumped from the, box as before stated.
:. As the assassin ran across the stage,
Col. j. B. Stewart, Of this city, no
was occupying one of the front seats 10
the Q, chestra, on the same. side Of the
house as the one occupied BY Mr.. Lin
coin, sprung to. the stage and followed
him, but be was obstructed in, his pas
sage across the stage BY the fright q
one Of the actors, and reached the back
door about three seconds, after, the al;
ksassin had passed out. Col; Stewart
i got to the street just in time to, see him
mount his 'horse and ride away. ".ss1
This operation shows that the whole
affair was 2 ,preconcerted ;plan.s ,...;5sss
The. person who; fred the pistol was
e man; about thirty years Of ago, about
five feet nine inches high, spare built
fair skin, dark hair, apparently, With
large moustache. Laura Keeuet and
the leader Of the orchestra declare that
they recognized him as J. Wilkes Booth
the actor, aud a .rabid seeessionist. Ia
Whoever he was, it is plainly evident
that he thoroughly understood the the
|atre, and also the approaches and modes'
Of escape to the stage. a person not
familiar with the theatre could not pos
|sibly have made his escape as, well and
quickly. ......,., s;,.:,<i,..:. sf.;s,s asr.
When the excitement at the theatre
was at its widest height, reports were
circulated that Secretary Seward had
also been assassinated. On: reachipg]
Secretary, Stewards residence 2 crowd
and . an, military guard we're around the
door, and on ,ent :ring it was found that
the reports were, based on truth G,! .asa;
Everybody there vas - excited that
tIc:a.lrcely an III intelligent word could be
yathereEd, but p the facts are substantially
Re ..' follows tNq::s $40 hrn .1s. 9AD o5r; ;'s,
About 10 .o'clock, z man rapga bell and
|the call having been answered by col-
bred servant, he said he had come from
pr. Viede, Secretary Stewards family
physician, with q prescription for the
Secretary, at the same time held in his
bend '|d 9 small folded paper, saying 10
answer 2 70 ref refusal sat, thtt be must see
|th e Secretary, as he was ! entrusted with
particular instructions concerning the
me el NE. .tr5= enazz, si,tG was .aeo
B. B. He insisted on going up although re-
epectfally informed q'1 that no ono could
enter the chamber: He pushed the
| ssrv 'sps aside and rs walked heavily to
Yard the BE- see'retary's room. ss1ssss ,'11,
4 /! Re was there met by Fred Seward
g whom ela!:: he , demanded to see the Sec
|1eta,y, making the same representa-
|tions which he did to the servant. 4; 10
I. y; What further passed in; the way Of
|Soloquy Isl ,not, known, but the mani
struck him on: the bead with = billy
severely injuripg the, skull and telling