The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-20

The Washington correspondent Of the
Pittsburgh Chronicle writes as follows in a
recent letter:
Ihaye talked with an intelligent eolOred
who 8 "she was in the crowd 81 Secre-
tary Stanton's door on the evening of the
assassinstion-thst she was in charge Of
several children and 70 prevent their be-
ing hurt, placed them in the angle formed
By the steps and wall of the house, SO that
che and they were almost behind Mr..
Stanton while he stood on the steps speak
ing TO the people; that 8 man In s
heavy, dark coat, with his hat drawn
over his face edged his way in among
the children, and kept moving his hesd
from side, as if trying to get a good look at
Nj. Stanton, while he kept his right hand
downs 81 his side, and she thought he had q
pistol in it She beesms alarmed and
spoke aloud to s, colored man near, asking
him to come and stand between her and
this msn, for be had q pistol. The colored
msn came and took the position she de-
sired, and the other moved eff. The story
was hard to believe but ~herdsughter sssted
that she came home that evening quite ex-
cited, saying there wass ''spicious chsrse-
ter in the crowd, and she thought he want
edto shoot MI. Stanton" l have reason
70 believe Nj. Stanton knew OF this, and
expected to the last that she would be ex-
smined before the Commission.
On q visit to Mrs. Lincoln, the dag she
left for Chicago, l said 10 Der that always
expected Slavery would poison Mr.. Lincoln
as it did Presidents Harrison and Taylor.
The idea appeared new 10 her, and recalled
| the fact that her husband had been very Ill,
for several days, from the effects of 3 dose
of blue pills taken shortly before his second
Inauguration. She said he was not well,
and appearing to require his Usual medicine,
blue pills, she sent 70 the drug store IN
which Herold wss employed last and got 8
dose and gave them TO him at night before
going 70 bed, and that next morning hls
pallor terrified her"
"His fsce," said she pointing to the bed
beside which she sat was white as that
pillow case, as it lay Just there" she ex-
claimed, laying her hand on the pillow
"White, and such q deadly white IS he tried
to rise he sank back sgaiD, quite over
comet"
she described his anxiety to be up, there
was so much to do, and her persistence and
his oppressive lsnguor in keeping him il
bed for several days; said he and she both
thought it was strange that the pills should
effect him in that way they never had
done SO before, and both concluded they
would get no more medicine there, IS the
attendant evidently did not understand
making up prescriptions. Could this have
been the time spoken of in that letter pro
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and had failed once2
1 know an officers widow who spent
some time with her husband in Georgia
while Gen. Mitchell was in command.
She has told me Of q pretended Union wo-
man, in a small town where they were
stationed, who kept 8 boarding nous Tor
Union officers; OF the large number Of in
vslids among these bosrders, and her espe-
cislly remsrking the excessive and peculiar
psllor of these invslids soon the number Of
deaths attracted attention, and sn investi-
cation was ordered of the charge that this
female tiend had been poisoning her board
ers. While the case was pending SOME
order changed the troops occupying the
town, and my informant never learned
how the matter ended, but her description
Of the psllor of the victims so comedies
with Mrs. Lincoln's account of our Mar
tgr,s sppearanee after the taking of the
blue pills, that It has OCCurr5u
monsters may have some peculiar method
of poisoning. Moreover, it is highly pro
babe that U political assassinstions are
not yet over.
A conversation wss overheard the latter
part Of last month, on a dark night, be-
tween q knot of men who distinctly de
tailed q plan for shooting President John.
son on the Fourth. The speakers were Il
station themselves at different points il
the crowd, and while he should be speaking
at Gettysburg, at q signal, fire simultsne-
lo1-a 80 rr1rnpefv -
ported to Colonel Baker by Judge Day
who told me of the fset.
The person who heard it was a colored
woman, late a slave, who knew of judge
Day as the slaves lawyer, and unbutdened
herself 10 / i'm of her great secret. Aftel
he had reduced her statement to writing
he sent her with it to Col. Baker. An in
telligent white woman on the evening o.
the execution, overheard one man say L
another that "the id blue-legged Yam,
kee had moi made much Of the conspiracy
cut, and we're not done with it yet"
Such conversations have become by nj
means uncommon here during the pas
four years, and that sgaiDst Nj. Liucoln'i
life attracted but little attention here once
but such threats seek the cover of darkness
now.