The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-19
THE TRAGEDY.
Capture of a Conspirator.
Condition, :, Of Seeec'yy I Seward.
George T.. Robins0n's Relation Of the
2 Proceedings in Secretary sewarAs,
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| y WASHINGTON, April n Geo II. RvL
inson, a soldier and Nurse who, was in at.
tendance on Secretary Seward'on Friday
| night, has related circumstantially the
proceedings in the chamber, from which
| it appears that it was through his brave
and determined endeavors that the con-
Summation of the muTderOHs7 designs of
the fend were frustrated. According to
Robinson's narrative: Fredrick w. Sew
ard, Major Seward aud Mr.. Hansell were
all wounded on the, stairway, as hereto
fore mentioned. AS Robinson opened
the door to learn the cause of the distnr-
bance without, the man struck at his
breast. In his hand he had long knife,
the blade of.which appeared 20 be about
IL inchesin length and oheinch'ih width
Robinson determined to oppose his pro
gress and crossed his arms to- parry the
blow. The consequence was that a wound
was inflicted in the centre of the fore
head, close to the hair which he wears
turned back The knife glanced and the
clenched hand in which the man held
the dagger came down upon Mr.. Robin
sOn's face and felled him tO the floor Miss
Seward at this juncture escaped from the
room and ran to the front window,
screaming murder, The assassin leaped
to the bed where Mr.. Seward lay, still
apparently in helpless condition, and
gave a tremendous blow at his face
He missed his mark, however, and al
most fell across Mr. Stewards body.
BY this time Robinson had recovered,
jumped on the beds and caught hold of
the assassin's arms. While hc,was TINS
attempting to hold the assassin, the
latter struck Mr.. Seward on the left side
of the face and then or the right side
The assassin then raised mp, and he and
Robinson came to the floor together
They both got on. to their feet. Robin
son kept firm hold of him. The assas-
sin reached his left arm over Robinsons
shoulder and endeavored to force him to
the floor, Finding he could not handle 4
Robinson in that position: he dropped
his, position, which had been forced
against Robinson's face in the hand
which was around his neck, caught hold \
of Robinson's right arm with his ileft 4
hand, and struck behind Robinson with
the knife. They still continued to strug-
gle for, a few minutes, Robinson forcing
him towards the door, which Was open,
with the intention of throwing him over
the bannistors When they had nearly
reached the door, Major Augustus Sew
ard entered the room. Robinson called
on him to take the knife out of the assas-
sins hand. Major Seward Immediately
the assassin. The latter then
struck Robinson in the stomach, knock |
ing him down, and broke away from Ma
jor Seward and rushed down stairs.
During the scuf1e, when he cannot |
say, Robinson received wound, quite |
serious, some two inches in breadth, in the /
qR5Btaafl Pat tlftte 1T th lower down on the
side, and slight one in the left shoulder.
While struggling with the man near the
bedside he had seized the wrist of his |
RIGHT hand, in which was. the dagger, and
did not release his hold until knocked |
down by the assassin near the door, and
after Major Seward bad come to his AS
sistance. He;returned to the room after |
he found that the assassin had escaped,
and found that the Secretary had got OH |
the bed on to the floor, dragging with |
him the bed clothes, and was lying in q
pool of blood Upon going to the Sec.
retary he found no pulse inhis wrist, and
stated to Miss Seward, who had re-en7
tered the room and asked if her father
was dead, that he believed he was; but
r,non a second examination Robinson as 4
certained that his heart wasstill beating.
The Secretary then said; Iam not dead;
send for the police and a Surgeon and
close the house. He then placed the
Secretary in bed, telling him not to talk
Mr.. Seward did not speak after that
Mr.. Robinson remained with Mr.. Sew
ard until eleven o'clock the next morn
ing, when hojwas removed TO the Dong
las hospital. Every. attention is being
paid to this brave man by the attendants
Of this institution, and his condition is
very favorable. ! Il Z a /
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