The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-21

.ioeed door of the box I'm Wind
ne >;". alter winch he went TO tha, A.
lired through 1t, and then rushed ;,,,, :,
box 10y The other door. There : Ill
ilole III Inc closed door, which Is splin,,.~
ed on the inside, about the hight of a ma
hand IN the attitude of pistol sb,o,;,.
from the floor. This bullet hole j. IL.
TOUR feet from where President Linz,
SAT, and If Is asserted that had nor a
course OF he bullet been partly ,rro.,-l
10y the Resistance TO be overcome IN -
in% through thin pine board j, Will
have ;.cne entirely through the pre,i5,.,,,
sku'l.
The other theory Is that the ri.,a -,
loaded with two balls of smaller ,~.l,.
than the HAIRED. and that while an.
compli>hed It's deadly mission. Nh. o,I.
went through the unopened door or d
box. Miss Harris. who was In H..
Is confident that the murderer MAS IN >
box when the shot WAS fired.
Booths escape Is no, strange. cn,,i3,
i'm the precautions taken 10y him. san
weeks ago lac hired stable IN IA al.
WAY at the back of the theatre. and oo -
afternoon of Friday he rode There 90, d.
small bay mare which he had iu~1 ui,ai,-
ed al livery stable, having often rod, l.~
before The mare was tied in the -ial,l.
uns;a'idle'l. and about ten minutes b,f,r.
the murder wls committed Booth had h.,
brought 10y a stage carpenter 10 the doc
behind the scenes.
From the spot where Booth alirhte,l ,..
ms feet after jumping from the box t. Il.
prOmpler's desk on the other side of -.
stage, and thence behind the scene, L. H..
private door AT the rear of the tb,str.
WAS onl y >iNtv-fiye feet. as measured 4.
rush along this distance flourisllinr D..
kniie WAS ;lh easy matter. for the the,,,r.
people there knew NOT what had laaes,-
e'L The leader of the orchestra. nj
vas i''iNancing in an opposite directiu,.
received Il cut from the knife which n,.,,1.
INN spring 10 one side. and the coast ",
clear On reaching the alley Booth fou,.d
iii'li The >ia@e carpenter left In charge a
hl> horse had gone AWAY. leaving The al,i-
mai with a new>boy. Striking this bor
with The iutt OF his knife. and cursine n.
Stage carpenter for having gone awa,.
Booth mounted and soon disappeared
1t l. positively asserted that prod a, 3.
REGULAR conspiracy has been di,co.rr,,l
and HAT the Vice President AND ear.
member oi the Cabinet were IL ha,,. A..
been victims.
Booths mistress, a girl manned FL.
Turner, attempted Ia commit S,liri,ls. "
ierday al the house of had repute kc,i h
her sister She took rhloroform. but ~,
discovered in time 10 save her life. ~.
mai Booth : = cture under her pillow. sai
expressed regret that her life had ls-n
preserved.
An extra Sur has the following:
'-Dc,olopneni> haze been made NIL
IA axe pa>l iwentv-foar hours -huRi,
eoncln>iNoly The existence OF deep E..i
plot "n the Part of gang OF coll>,,irsr.. .
lhcin'lln@ members OF the Order 81, Il
knights oi the Golden Circle 10 mu~s
Mir Lincoln aud his Cal,inei. w i.,-
reason 10 believe that Secretary Sra..rl
received notice several months since liz,
something "f :; Very desperate cifaI=ir.
WAS 10 lrs,n>pire AT Washington. a,l r :.
more Than probable that the iniiIn..1i 8,
had Reference 10 The plot of si~-.l->llisisar.
| h i'lrketS ciiclrcling thu eli, o,l F.idi,
AN al, 10 prevent the escape ,i lie nlrr-
icrer>- Mere fired upon tax conc,a'r,l f,>
Arrests OF parties charged wiil tie oi,cles
viii he promptly made.
y number of rebel Officers wha :rr,a,,;
here this morning l.y the mail l.r.1 IRON
Ciir l'oint .,>hed permission TO take Ia,
"alh of 'tlle"ianoe- which Request Ms ao,,
granted Tor the Present. and 1hev ,yere
1" the Old Capitol prison.
Ii l. a~c,r1ained from the per>,aa.
friends al ihe laie Prl>ident Than. ~ol.lr
Weeks age he had Received several jri,a.c
lsiter>. warning linn illai am ..iie,,sr
would probably he made upon hi> liz.
l'li io them he did not seem 10 at1aca
mach If amy Importance Ii has alwa,-
been Thought thai he was nor sufficient
careful ior his Individual safety on H.
hale visit 10 Virginia. 1t Is known lh.r
On irequent occasions he would start from
the Executive mansion Tor his ,,n,,,.
country residence AT The Soldiers Hone
without hi- usual cavalry escort. wlich
often hurried and overlook hin ieiorr hr
il;id proceeded far II has .tlna1- l,n
thai this escort N.- accaa,d
by HIM Unly on the importantly 81 IL
friends. ils a matter of precauiion Tie
l're>llenl- before n-tirin" 10 he'd. waua 4.
when Important military events were PR
crossing, visit the War Department, e,a.-
orally alone. passing over the dark iuI.r
sening ground N hale hours. un Repeated
occasions. and after warning letlrrs Id
been received
Several close and intimate friends. arnl-
I'd i"r any rillersency. were careful thai
he should moi continue hi visits withoq,
their COMPANY For himself the Pres
lent seemed TO have no fears
The Assault; on Mr.. Seward.
he person who attempted 10 a--3>>i-
laie Sl'rreiarV Sewarl Jeff Aal,;r,; nm q,