Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-06-08
Strange Affair.

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1 the Sunday after the death Of the presi.
| dent, nan, whose mana was Afterwards
discovered 10 be Lemoss stpfpeI at khel
Central Hotsi IN Ibis city. He grpeagod
| 70 be about thirty years Qf age, sas5
about hfe faat sayea inehes Ia hsIght, Of
Light lplexlon, rery bashy hal, D hawk
shaped noe, cray eyes, . hawk shaped
/ nose, heavy scar on the right slas Of
hiS meek and another o. the faes, sap-
posed 10 Lave been sabre cals was weil
! dressed and was laken fer GGrman Jes.
| During The night hc stale what change
there vas ia the money dsaNaF aDd de-
eanpcd. In the mprning, the Tobbefy
being dlseeyesed, be was chased and 0ysa
sytaken ii MIIfasd hy tie proprietor sf
7 ths botess and rho ssoien maney Bas re-
covered. The man begged hard to bs re-
leased, and produced and offered aa 81
! indncement a gold gatch HorEh $50,
/ which vas accepted, and be vas suffered
to 90 At liberty. On being released, he-
told the hotal proprietor be had. left q
carpet bag al the hotel, which be desired
TO BE- sent to one Myers At Southport.
The carpet bag vas given TO tha polic1.
who on obtaining it, examined It's con-
teats and found that il contained s9me
very singular articles Whioh at osee made
further acquaintance With the ruu-
away seem highly desirable. There vas
fouad, frss, y car9s d. Uisiie Of lady,
apparently about s. gears oi sge, plain
looking, rhtLer feshy, and wsaying q
stylish dress. This photograph was COP
| taincd 10 an envelope, and an the back of
The photograph was written these yoFds
fsMees mu in Washington on the l1th.
I j. ". B00TH.n
| On comparing tLis signature With these
maaa by Booth on the books Of the New
/ Haven House, i. sas fund to be genu
! inc.
| There was also found in tbe carpet bag
. card Of the 0dgen Hotel, y. Y, With
The name Of Jane Tipping on tbs back;
also cad Of the MoTspa Iiosal Liver
pool England, With the following writ
ten on the back i: ''Joha Norton cafe of
John Mlrlsy," ua,ssEneath -. w.
Booth" " which also proves to be the gen
| uine signature of the assassin. There,
WAS also card Of the Albion Hotel, n.
l., Kith the name OF Jean SehiiesEer, ID.
c., written on the bsek; also a dis
! charge Of Samuel Tirney, from the Brit
ish ship ae8 Brunswick and Last, bat
not least Important, there were two pass
es signed by. III, S. Parsons, General
! SAerrilan's .Adjutant General, one of
which bore date December 8; 1864, end
vas to permit II. Lernos, q scout, to pass
out Of the liaes and rseafni while Ghe
Other bore date Dec amber ., AMI gas to
permit u. Lemos, q scout, to pass out of
| the lines With two men an1 AeE<es, to %
- Char!ottsbusg ant sesura,
/ Upon fnding these suspicious papzrs,
| tAs police started in pursuit of The laan,
gaipg aoTn on tho Sew York railroad Us
fsI az Southport. but failed to fnd auy
TRACES of hafn. Returning, they infoTmed
! Capt. CLARK, Provost Marshal, Of the
Iaets, and ha Immediately went to New
foFk and set tha detectives 70 work.
They fauni that the man had hired ont as
clerk to the proprietor Of tbs Albion
IIouse, and vas 70 coma on duty on Sat
arday, the day On xhich ha came up bare.
Learning nothing else satisfactory, Capt.
| Clark returned and set his force at york.
! They succeeded 10 tracing lin to Derby,
from thence - Zoax Bridge, across the
| uousatonic.
On tho opPosits side ara four roads,
| leading of in difs.rout directions, and no
one knew which road be took. All tho
roR.is were thoroughly searched !; ,6lI the
local authorit lies about that ghsle region
! we're set to work tho inhabitants Wsrc
reused to action By ths samor lhat The
man Was John Surrats, for whom large
reward vas offered the whole country
was completely rakcd over, 90 70 speak,
| but, strange to say, net the least trace Of
the man, after be crossed Zsar Bridge,
eas yet been found Officers continued
/ the search into New York, Massachusetts,
aud Vermont, bat without avail.
Six or seven different men arrested, one
in Pauline, On the Harlem Railroad, and
Two or three were brought to this city,
one securely handcufed; but none
answered the description, and soEno Of
them had no resemblance at all. After
two weeks OF unremittiug search, all
hopes Of securing the feliox were given
up. But the sudden disappearnncs Of the
man is one of the mast unaeeountabIo
things on record. There appears to be
no doubt among those who are aoquaint-
cd with the facts that the man was in
sone way connected With Baosh In bis
terrible plot.
Wsplieye that In another instapce, as
the evidence shows, tho back of a young
lady's photograph was used by Booth 10
write o similar message. Possibly eam-
paEisdn Of the two may caas soms furth-
er light upon the matter. Tho signature
which Ia pronounced 30 ba unmisEakably
genuine; the tiEae, the hack sf money,
and the possession Of a fne gold xatsh,
together With his still more strange dis
appearance, all indicate that kis capture
Eoald bare bean bighly desirable.
About two weeks afseE ths man left
this city, soldier called at the Provost
Afarshal's Office and asked fer transporta-
ton home, saying that ha was o scout
ia Sherridanss army. On bsing asked If
he knew scout BY the aama Of Lemos, |
he replied that be guessed b ought to, |
for be spent lw0 na0nlhs ia prison With |
him ia Richmond. Il ia thought, jaag. |
ing from the other facts, that this man
became Uninn scout in order IS more /
readily accomplish o trsacAeraas pus- |
pose,
The faets in this strange case were /
kRawa TO as when tbs search Grst CON.
maneed, but hare been thus far wisbcli |
in the hope that lEie suspicious person |
might be captured. The papers left by /
bin, with full, statement Of fhs case, |
will Dow be sent 10 WashIngtoa.A~Nss I
Haees Joufnaas hay p.
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