Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-16

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q SAFELY you u.v hin on The evening q he
itih q April q wha, hour, and yha, occurred
ints ne theatre, walked In and ont again, he re-
turned IA abqut two or three minutes, came 10
I me and asked what time % vas; told him 10
sep into tho lobby leAdlnE 70 The street and he
door leadlng 70 me parVaette. came out mime
diately. and walked W ne sfuirwsT leading to
the dress circle; that was the last saw q him
The stage viii a knife IN hls hand No vas vlisr-
Ing SONG senthes, but could not hear what u
q IL weki isie the Prssldsal'. box, ala hsi
a INC drsss circle ex'ehds ever my door, %
rnsrxosr on JANIS n. yERStsoS
l. q state your business. n
A. The rcslaarant business, asa Tenth strsss,
4 D. yes Know J. ~ w sa Ne s:g sEP'' nee
q DID 70. .. hin q. .y,uisr Of the ..a..i-
A. saw him thai afternoon do not reeOi.
leet exactly what time ID wAs-perhaps between
aud o'clock. He came up Just below my
door. In the street. Ne ives sitting on horss.
| walked out and saw M. MADDOX standing By
the horse, With bic baud on hiA name. lie looked
around aud said 10 mel "ferGuaon. see what q
nice horse have; he win run lust like . cat ,
on, and saw no more o. him till that night, At
10 O'clock. THIS was along In the Atsnoon.
About 10 o'clock was told that my favorite,
0enetal Grant, Was gciHg 70 Be- At ths theatre,
a scat directly opposite the Presidents boz, In
the drosa elrcie. saw the President aud his fam
ily whoa they came 10, with some gentleman In
citifen.' clothes, whom Idid not reccgnit.
supposed thai General Grant hpd remained out :
side, Intending 10 como In alone, aud not create
an excitement In the theatre, aud made up my
mlnd that would see him. watched every one
who passed round on the side ot the dress circle.
somewhers Hbout 10 o'clock q saw Wilkes
Booth pass round In that direction. some
thing attracted my attention toward the
stage. then saw him pash oPen the door
leading to the boxes; did not see anything more
Of him until saw him rush 70 thu frcnt of the
! box Add jump over. and ~ be jumped l could
zee the knfe cleaning IN his hAndsi At that tlnie
the President was sitting, leaning on his hand
toward the right, ioaklug down On some person
10 the orchestra be was not looking on the stage
he WAS looking between the post aud the hAE
decorating the box; ash jumped over I saw u
heard him exclaiIn, ''Sfc Semper THrunafsf' he
ran right across. The stage TO the door where the
actors como In, &c. saw no more Of him ran
round as quick A. could to the police oflee on
. Teuih street. and told tho Superintendent Of
Police; | then ran up Tenth street, for the par.
pose Of seeing General Augur or Colonel wells
. him had seen Il ali; he told the guard to Pas.
mo Ia, and went 10, aud tcld him the story;
went home. aud went 20 bed thu next morning
got up, and Nj. clifford said 70 me, twas hell
u a statement mad made last nigh about seeing
the fash Of the pistol IL The boz, when the pistol
was Ared outside ~ tho door; told him Il was
fred inside the door, and Afterwards went round
ne SaS" Ss Ss
!, hole was evidently bored with large gimlet
! aud whittled with aknife the scratches u Che
knife could plainly be seen,
y. IL Mr. Gifiard tho other cArpcnterf
! A Yes; hs bad charge o. the theatre alto.
gether. He was the chief earpeuter, aud had full
ehArga there, a. Always Understood.
Q, Was me Presldsnt's boa tho south side o.
a Yes; b. alwAy. had III. sans box ever,
| tune saw him thsrr. 49,.
a pld you hear any other sspres,ion sxeep,
> A. heard some one halo out Of the boz, d.
: not know who, but suppose u must have beef
! Booth, Revenge br the sonth ~ Just As b
Tho President Talss hia head, and saw Mrs. LA
coin catch him BY the arm Then understoo,
Mr.. Lincoln had been shot aud hurt, by tina
time Boeth Was across the stage.
. Q, Did Booths spur catch into the hagi
4 A. His spur ehnght BY the hag u was the blu
4 part of the American dag; a. he went over hi
spur caught The moulding On the edge Of the boz