The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-04-20
The HEASSASsINAFI0N ON
AND DEATH D F. f. PRES
IDENT LINCOLN
ITTEMPTED 3 ASSASSINATION, OF
h SECRETARY SEWARD
Chicago, April 10Th.

President Lincoln was sho
,through the head last night a
lFord's Theater and died thi
ssmorning. a,.ss., i, ,,.s y .'T -. 80
\ The assassin isasupposed to b,
J Wilks Booth, theeactor. Abou
kthe same time desperate callet
Vat Sec,y Stewards, pretending tt
kbe a messenger from his physi
-kcian. Being refused admittance
he attacked Fred Seward, son ol
the Secretary, z knocking him
down, then passing on t. the
kSecys. rooms, when cutting dowr
etwo male attendants, he cut Mr.
kSeward's throat. The wound
swas not at last accounts consider
Fed fatal. ao~ baa b.a9s0 rsesnn4 9a.s. q
4 Letters found in Booths trunk
Fshow that this assassination was
scontemplated before the 18th o
ssMarch, but fell through from
!: some cause. be - ,,.....
\ The widest excitement pre-
walls at Washington. Vice Pres
e.ident's house and residences of
.different Secretaries are. closely
suazs~sg So
81 WAR DEpART~EST, D. d
q ~ Washington, April Is. e
ITO Maj. Gen. Dix. u. .n,ss77yrg sssar
! Abraham Lincoln died this morn.
sing at % minutes after I O'clock. o' ~
(sisnsd) Z. n. srASros,
M -a.at.-~, ,...s.., Sec. of War.
Washington. April l5.-The assassin Of
President Lincoln left behind him his bal,
land sphr. The hat was picked up in the
PRESIDENTS box and ha. beenr,shown as, the
Zone belonging to the suspected man, and
accurately described by other parties. not
4 allowed to see it before describing it. Thei
Espdf was dropped upon the stage, and that
also, has been identified as the one procured
lat = stable where the same man hired q!
Ih4rss III The gssy:aMG- ~ :, n n ,apprise him of
! The attack on Mr.. Lincoln; they met at thei
residence Of the former man muff}.G up in;
Ia cloak, who. when accostcd by them. hast
,,ened away. 1t had been Mr.. Stanton's m
stcntion to accompany Mr.. Lincoln to. the,
sThea,er and occupy the same box hut the
I spress Of business prevented it. II therefore
seems evident that the, aim of the plotters|
! WAS 10 rarslyze the c,untry, by at once:
sstrikme dowr the head, and heart. and arm!
sof the country. Az soon az the dreadful;
ssevents were announced on The streets. Su
Epe,intcndsnt Richards and his assistant s
swere at work to discover the assassin. In,
ssa few moments the telegraph had announced
athe event 10 the public fo-ccs Of the city
q Mayor Wsllsck AMI several members of
= the city government were s,on on the s?r',
I land every precsnion was taken to prcscrye
1 q, Ier and qnict inHthe city. Every street
siu Washington was p rolled. At the rcquisi
s6on &c 81, Richards, Gen. Augur sent
khorses to mount the police. Every road
leading out Of Washington was strongly
. rckrted and every passib'e avenue ,of exit
! was thnoagh,y guarded. The Steamboats,
Es bentte depart down the Potomac were
Esstoprcd. ~ ssor fe v'rs sn
A The daily Clnon ;cle says MS it ia suspect,
Fed that This conspiracy originated in Mary
Eland. '"'g 'n4sf ssa
B The telegraph fss he'd the mournful news
sto Baltimore and all tae cavalry was imrue-
sdaiely put upon active duty. Every road
E~as picketed and every precaution taken to
kprevent the escape of the Assassin. A pre-.
Ehm;nary exami nation was made by Messrs.
Richards and his assistants. Several were
gcailed in to testify. and the evidence wa,
felicited before an informal trihunaI and 10,
knnder oath. and was conclusive to this point
s The murderer Of President Lincoln was
EJohn w iIks Booth. His hat was found in
ia private box and identified ny several per.
sons who had seen him wear II IN the ias'
Etwo days, aud the spur which he dropped
10y accident after he jumped to til. stage
l4was identified a. one Of those which he
chad obtained from the Livery sable
where ne hired his horse. This mar
Booth has played more than once At Ford'l
Theater, and is Of course acquainted with
Its exits and entrances and the facility witt
which he escaped behind scenes Is easily
understood. The person who attacked
Secretary Seward ieftbehind him slouche,
. hat and an I'D rusty navy revolver. Th'
chambers were broken loose from the barre
as IL done in striking. The loads wer
drawn from the chambers, one being but
, rough piece of lead. and the other ball
, smaller than the chambers wrapped in pa
psr as il to keep thom from falling out.
Washington, April Is. II q. nth
Star Extra says at 7:sO a. m. the Presiden
breathed his last. closing his eyes as if fall
ling asleep. and his countenance assupin
IAN expression of perfect serenity. Ther
(were no indications Of pain, and il was no
sknown that he was unconscious until tn
DgraduaIly decreasing respiration had cease
la,toeett,er. The Rev. Or. Gurley, Of III
!. New Avenue Presbyterian Church, immed
o lately on its being ascertained that life wa
= extinct, kneeled at the b, dside, and oGere
an Impressive prayer. responded to by a
|present, DR. Gurley then proceeded to tn