Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-25
Kvid cmce Concerning Booths Accom-.
pliccss

Mr.. v s. Burch. of 1888 F. street. gives
us the following information
His residence, above named. fronts on +
street, opposite the Catholic Church, be
tween 9th and 10th streets The lot upon
which his residence stands rms back to a
vacant lot which extends to the rear of the
buildings ,adi,ining Ferd's Thcatre) on
10th street northward, and also directly in
tn" rear of the theatre. Adjoining his resi-
ience on + street. eastward, is vacant lot /:
fenced in (Which we shall designate as 4. }
which runs back tn line with tue north
crn boundary of the vacant area dir, city
in the rear Of the theatre. the eastern tercr
of which runs n little beyond the western
| wall of the green room of the theatre
! Considerably east OF the residence Of Mr..
Burh, a paved alley opens upon + street,
and runs back in the shape Of an L. which
leads to the vacant area in the rear of tn
fenced lot fronting on r street. AMI also of
Mr. Burch's residence In said vacant area,
on the night Of the murder of President
Lincoln, within few feet of the doorof the
green room Of the theatre, stood Booths
horse
A person standing close by the wall o,
the grecn-roo would not be readily OBJ
| SeTVCl ITUII cIlueT III tue ttuscS Oh +
or 10th street north Of the Theatre.
On + street, on account Of the deep exca-
walton made by the passenger railway
there is board fence, erected by the cor
poration along the edge of the sidewalk, to
prevent persons from walking off During
the afternoon or evening Of the 14ti,. a
board was removed from this fence in from
of the vacant lot fronting On + street, and
at 10 o'clock two dodgers at 33l + street,
observed a horse standing tied in front OF
said lot, IN the street, opposite where the
board had been removed from the corpor.
alton fence. The fence around the vacant
lot is near six feet high.
Shortly before the shooting II President
Lincoln by Booth, the family at the resi-
dence Of DIR. Burch heard shrill whistlinu
in the rear Of the theatre, several times. AM
finally one whistle sounding much louder
than those preceding it. In few second,
after, they heard considerable noise ut the
front fence If the lot adjoining the house.
and iinpand run across tile pavement
in front of the lot. and Immediately after
the sound Ofhorses' hoofs on the bed nr the
railroad track, as Of person riding very
rapidly along + STREET toward 9th.
Beside the means Of tgr,ss from the rear
Of the theatre 10 the adjacent street, as
above stated. there IL als0 communication
eastward to q vacant lot running at right
angles with the rear Of the theatre, and
coming out on street near Ninth.
immediately after seeing Booth jump
from the Presidents box, and run 10 the
rear Of the theatre, Mr. Burch made his
way rs quickly as possible to the front Of
the lot last named, coming out on E street
watching as he turned the corner of f and
Tenth sfrets. to zee If any person came out
onto Z. through said vacant lot; and after
reaching that point, waiting some time and
seeing no One come out there, cohcl uded he
must have gpne out, ae he did, through thr
alley on to F street
His theory is that Booth rode out ON to
street, through the L shaped alley above
named TINT AN accomplice -stond in the
vacant lot, which We have cslled tn dis
peeCa eny one sin tsiRht bursne n.ssth. -
10 n s,o honth in % doinR. and when H. fonrd
BOOTH nad escaped. that he ran n,r., .''u"
acroee the lot. jumped the 6sncr. ,.sn;n.r
nol,s hearsl q above sisted, and. rscrp x sne
his horse, RIDE down toward n ,,sss. u naes
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