Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-29
Booth-Further Details of the Cap.
ture.

Booih-Further Details of the Cap
ture.
's's' New York, April 2S.-It appears by tn
yHerald's account that Col. Baker sent Lieut.
C Col. Conger and Lieut.. Baker, Of his detec
tives, with Lieut.. Doherty and his cavalry
On reaching CARROTS farm they were toll
by son Of Garrett that there were tw
men in the barn. This was at 2 A. NJ
= Wednesday. Proceeding to the barn Lieut.
Baker was sent forward and called upol
Booth to come out, give up his arms AM
surrender, and that young Garrett woult
70 into the barn to receive the arms. Upol
his entering the barn Booth exclaimed
.'Get out of here; you have betrayed me-
A colloquy then ensued, of which the fol
lowing Is the substance:
Lieut.. Baker-You must give up you
arms and surrender. We have come Il
take you prisoner, and will treat you a:
a prisoner. We will give you five minutes
81 TO surrender, or we will burn the barn.
Booth-Who are you, and what do you
want? 'ras7t ~
Instructions had been given to Lieut.
Baker not to disclose the character of those
who we're in pursuit. feaf. s.
Lieut.. Baker--We want you. We intend
to take you q prisoner.
.faI.
that I am to be taken by my friends.
After some further calloquy of this sort
Booth, seemingly convinced that he was in
the tolls of Federal soldiers, said: "Give
me a chance for my life. am cripple,
with one leg. Withdraw your men 100
yards from the barn, and will come out
and fight you"
Lieut.. Baker-We did not come here to
fight, but to take you prisoner. You must
give up your arms and surrender.
Booth-Let me have time to consider.
A conversation In the barn between Booth
and Harold then took place, which was not
overheard by the party outside. In about
fifteen or twenty minutes Booth called out !
"Who are you? could have picked off
half dozen of your men while we were
talking. could have shot you two or three
times, but don't want to kill anybody"
Lieut.. Baker-Then give up your armsI
and surrender. We have come here to take
you.
Booth-I will never surrender. / will
never be taken alive.
Lieut.. Baker-If you don't do so immedi-;
ately we will set fire to the barn.
Booth-Well, my brave boys, prerare al
stretcher for me.
After this conversation took place be-
tween Booth and Harold, during which.
Booth was heard to say, "You damned cow
ard; will you leave me nowP But go, go.i
/ don't want you to stay with me-" HeI
then addressed the party outside and said:.
There is man here who wants to comeI
out.n ~ 1f4lt -ai .T
Lieut.. Baker-Then, let him hand out his
arms and come out. -
Another talk here occurred betweenl
Booth and Harold, in which, it appeared
that the latter was begging to be allowed to-
take out some arms with him, and Booth
was heard to say, "Go away from me. II
don't want any thing more to do with you.''
Harold then came to the door and asked to
be let out. tsJ rut
Lieut.. Baker said-No, hand out your
arms. ...-..,e.
Harold replied-I have none.
Lieut.. Baker-Yes you have. You car
ried a carbine when you came here. You
must hand it out.
q Booth--He has no arms. They are all
mine. Upon my wo 4 as a gentleman he
has no arms. All that we have belong to mel
80 Lieut.. Baker then approached the door !;
Harold thrust out his hands and was pull
ed from the door, tied and placed in charge
of q guard. Col. Conger was then satisfied
that further parley with Booth was vain,I
and proceeding to the other side of the barnI
he pulled out wisp of hay and lighted it,
Within a few minutes the blazing hay light
ed up the inside of the barn. Booth wasI
discovered leaning on a cruteh, which bel
threw aside, and, with carbine in hisj
hands, came toward the side where the fire.
had been kindled, paused, looked at the fireI
q amoment, and then started toward thei
door. When about the middle OF the barnI
he was shot. Col. Conger and Lieut.. Bakeri
at once entered the barn and brought BoothI
out. eeg .i1l.e
N After Identification. by order of the WarA
Department, the body was privately inter-
red In the clothing which was upon it.
The Herald's correspondents says: TheI
parley with Booth lasted long while; that
Booth told Lieutenant DOherty he had a.
bead drawn on himTand could shoot him III
he chose; that Booth could see those out-I
siue plainly, while they could not see himj
inside; that when the fire was lighted Booth
could be seen, and then Lieutenant Doh-i
erty ordered Sergeant Corbit to fire, which,
he did, through one of the crevices. BOOTH
was armed with two six-barreled and oneS
seven bafreled revolver. When the partyi
etarted to return with the body, HarroldI
refused to walk, when rope was fastened
to his neck and the other end of it to sad,
die OF one of the cavalrymen. So soon as i
a horse could be procured be was mounted. !.
The Worlds correspondent says: 1t Isl
learned that Harold Joined Booth just af-
ter the assassination, and it is believed
brought the horse into the alley.
The following Is the statement of Ser-f
geaut Boston Corbit:
On Tuesday afternoon my superior offi-1
Ger, Lieut.. Edward Doherty, received in
formation that two persons answering tos
the description of Booth and his accom-
plice Harold, were concealed in q barn on
the place Of Henry Garrett, about three1
miles from Port Royal, In the direction of
Bowling Green. There we captured mani
named Jett, who ferried Booth and his conf
panions across the Potomac. At first he2
denied knowing about the matter, but whent
threatened with death If he did not reveal
the spot where the assassins were secreted, I
he told us where they could be found, andt
piloted US TO the place.
!. Booth and Harold reached the barn'
about dusk on Tuesday evening; the barnt
was at once surrounded by our cavalry,
and some of our party engaged In convert
sation with Booth from the outside. Hel
was commanded TO surrender several times,
but made no reply TO the demand, save that
"If ybn want me You must take me- WhenN
first asked to Surrender he asked, NV hol doX
you take me for ~ A short time after, inY
response to the question as to whether tileret
was any body else with him ip the barn, hek
stated that he was the only person In the
building. that his companion Harold bad
taken another direction and was beyond thet
reach of capture. At three o'clock, or q
little after, the barn was fired. Before theI
flames were kindled Booth had the advant-
age of us in respect to olight. He could see|
as but wec0uld not see him. But after that
the tables WERE turned against him; we
could see him plainly, but could not