The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-03

point, curiouIy ciDagh. not far distant
FROM that IN wiich his Victim, ON lnnonttd
President, wes shot
No orders have yet been given as to
what dispositiou VIII bc made OF the body.
! Large Numbers Of persons have been scck-
4 tug admih sion to Tie Navy Yard to.dfy to
] got a sight Of the body, apd to hear tho
I PARTICULAR, bnthone excepting 'the work
men. the officers of the Yard aud those
holding orders from tho Department, are
allowed 10 enter.
A.spcnccr carbine, which Booth had
with Him IN tho barn ut tic time le was
shot by Sergeant Uorbctt aud large knife
with blood on Il, supposed to no the ohe
will which Booth out Major Rathbmn ~
tho thcater l,Ux, or thenight of the murder
OF President lincnln an1 which was found
on Booths body. have been brouyln 10 ilis
city. The Carbine aud knfo are now IN
the possession of Got. Baker, at his olRcc.
NEw YouK, April est appears Ny Tho
HorUhFs account that Colonel Baker sent
Lieutenant Colonel 'Conger and Lieutenant
Baker of his detectives, with Lieutenant
Dongbcrty aud his cavalry. On reaching
Gnrrcts lunn they were told by spn Of
Garrett that there were two men IN the
barn. This was al \. NJ, Wednesday,
Proceeding TO thc ba7n Lieutenant Baker
wiis sent forward and called upon Boefl TO
come out give up his arms and surrender.
and that young Garrett would go into the
barn To- receive tho arms. UpOu entering
the barn, Booth exclaimed, "Get out -Ui
here, you have betrayed me.
4 colIoquy then ersued, of Which the
following is the substance:
Lieutenant Baker, on must give up
your arms aud surrender We have come
to take you prisoner and II treat you
rs prisoner. We will givo you five
minutes to surrender, or will burn the
barr.'
.Booh-''Who are you, and what do you
want?'
Instructions hail been given to Lieuien-
ant Baker not to disclose the character of
| those who were in pursuit.
Lioutonnut Bator--"Wo want youi wo in
| tend to take you prisoner g.ia.
| Boeth.-,"This IL n ,hprd case. II may be
I nm to be tul<en lry my friends
After some fnrthur cellogGy of this sort,
Booth seemingly convinced that he was in
tho tolls OF Federal soldiers. said;
Give mo a chancellor my life. j am q
cuipplo with one leg. Withdraw yom
men 100 yards from the barn and i will
cumc outnnd fight you.
Lieutenant Baker--"We did not come
here to fight, but to take you prisoner.
You must give up your arms and sunren-
der.
Booth-sI.et me havo timo Ito coneiIer.'
A conversation in tue barn between
Booth and lIhrrohl then took place, which
was not overheard by the party outside.
In about 10 or 20 minutes Booth called
out. t
/ t.lXV I oil "a
] halfa dazet of your men whilo we were
talking. | could have shot you two ul
three times, but don't want to kill any
b ldy.n
Baker -"Thcn give up your arms aud
surrender. We have come here to tuke
you"
Booth--fI will never surrender. | will
nevor be taken alive
Balier-'.lf you dln't do 20 Immediately
we will set fire to the barn"
Booth--"Well, my brave boys, prepare q
stretoher for me-
After This % conversation took lilndc DE.
tween Booth and Harold, during which
Booth was heard to say:
"Ion damned coward. will you lcavo me
now. But go, so; | don't want You 10 stay
with me.
lie thon addressed the party outside:
"rhcre is man here who wants to
como ont"
Daker--"Then let him hand out his arms
and come"
Another talk here occurred between
Booth aud llarrod, in which it appeared
the latter was begging to he allowed t,
tako somo arms with him, aud Booth was
heard to say
"G0 away from me; dent want any
thing moro to do with you
idarr,ld then came to the door and asked
10 bo let ont. t
lie, tenant Baker---"You carried a car
bine when you came in heres yUu nu 81
hand it out"
Booth--lIe has 10 arns, they are a,
miuc; upon my word asa gentleman IA,
has no arms; all that arc here bel1rg tC
me,
4 Lieutenant Baker tken. approached tl,
door. l1n,r6ld thrust oHt his hands ant
was pulled from the door, tied and placed
in charge Of a guard.
Colonel Gonger was then satisfied tina
further parley with Booth was vain, an,
! proceeding TO the other side of the barn
hopulod out wisp of hay and lighted il
Within few minutes tho hAEing hs)
lghtod up the inside of the barn. Boot
was discovered leaning on Il eruteh, whiol
he threw aside and with u carbine in hi
hands eaae TO the side where the lire ha,
been kiadled, paused aud looked at the fir,
u m0mont, and then started towards th
door Whon he was about the middle o
the barn. he was shot
Coloael Cohger aud Lieutenant Baker y
! once entered tho barn aud brought Boot
out
STATEMENT OF rnE MN wuo SHOT Booru.
/, WAsniNGruN, AprIl ~, The follbwinj
is the statement ol Scrgt. Boston CHrhot
the soldier who shot the assassin Booth "
Tuesday afternoon, % inst.
1 "My superief officer, Lieutenant Il lwar
/, T.. Dougherty received information tina
two persons answering to the description
5 Of Booth aad his accomplice Harold wer
concealed in barn ON the pl0ce OF lleir
/ Garrett, about threo miles from Port liaya
. in the direction OF Bowling Greer. rher
/ we captuh ed a man named Sect, who ierre
Booth and his cemlnniou across tlto pett
! mae. AZ first he dcuied knowing any thin
A about the matter, but When threatened wit
/. death il he did not reveal the spot wher
5 tho asSasSins were seCrcted, he told u
. where they couli be found aud piloted u
\ tn the place. Booth and llarrold reucho
4 the barn about dusk on Tuesday ovonag
, The barn was at oncc surrounded hy Ou
\ cavalry, aud soNo ol our party engaged !
n conversation with Booth from the outsid,
\ Tie was commanded several times {
lar Ina Il A., sl, Il