The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-07-13

VlslI u. camp, ana lhey proposed to
capture him, coach and an, drive
through Langold fields TO 4. B., ten
miles in Maryland, where the coach
was to be left, and fresh horses were
ttobe.got5 5and-the party woWld proceed
TO the river to take boat. Harold
tooka buggy to T.-B., in anticipation
that Mr., Lincoln would be captured,
and he was to go with the party to the
friver., Slavery had put him on the
side of the South, He had heard IL
preached in charch that the curse of
God was upon the slaves for they were
turned black. He always hated the
negro, and he felt that they (the ne
igroes) should be kept in ignorance
lie had not received any money from
Booth, although he had been promised
that ifthey were successful they should
never want; that they would be hon
ornd throughout the South, and that
they could secure au exchange Of pris
oners, and the recognition of the con-
federacy.
Atzeroth's brother has occasionally
visited him, and this morning his aged
mother arrived in town and proceeded
to his CELL
At II o'clock the preparations for
the execution were completed. The
scaffold had been finished an hour be.
fore. The privileged persons were
admitted to the yard where it was
erected. Some sat on the platform
almost prostrated by the heat. Gen.
eral Hancock, who had charge of the
execution, did not arrive till halfpast
II, having been detained in Court, in
making return to the writ of habeas
corpus in Mrs. Suratt's case. which he
was directed by the President to re-
fuse to obey. .-.t
Within the prison wall at this hour
the condemned were making their
final preparations for death. One Of
the Catholic priest administered the
sacrament to- Mrs. Surratt. A few
minutes to one o'clock all of Harold s
sisters had bade him farewell, and
were borne fainting from the room
Atzcroth S left about the same time.
1t was now after one o'clock. Some
of the spectators thought the delay
meant Il rcpricvo for Mrs. Surratt, but
in five minutes the prison door near
the scaffold opened and the prisoners
appeared, with u guard of soldiers
hcaGcd by General Hartrauft.
| Each prisoner was manacled, and
Mrs. Surratt headed the procession
She was SO physically prostrated that
she had TO be lifted on the stops to the
scaffold. In addition to this her limbs
were so heavily manacIed, that hcl
steps were impedcd. She was accom-.
panied by two officers and two Catho.
lie clergymen. Once on the platform
she was placed on the northern end
and seated in chair. She seemed at
this moment to be in fainting condi.
ton, leaning on her left arm, and look
ing sorrowlulIy upward. A soldier
held an umbrella to protect her from
the sun. She was attired in plain
black dress and black bonnet. AS she
sat, and before the moose was adjusted
ono of the Catholic priests administer
ed tho dying service of that church, a:
Mrs, Surratt held the cross to hel
| lips. .',
Payne was placed next to Mrs. Sur.
raft, and seated on the samo drop. lIit
eyes were saddencd from weeping, but
his. face had much color He seemed
very much collected, He was clad in
shirt and pantaloons of blue, and wore
a sailors straw hat.
Over the next drop, Harold and At.
zcroth were seated. Harold looked
sovenly-his hair was uncombod. his
clothes were soilcd, and he appeared
in his stocking feet. Ho wore an old
slouchcd hat, with brim turned down
all around. Atzeroth was also in bis
stocking feet, and dressed in common
gray. lie was undemonstrative at first
but soon showed signs of fear. Payne
looked Mt the spectators, kept his head
erect, and maintained n balfd,fopt
air. ID 10" i'll
Thus arranged, the death warrants
were read, and the CLOSING religious
exercises took place Q
AT tho roonost ~ rorro,d p,rno
and AtzorotL II was stated thot y,ho o
nrisonors desirod 70 thont, % H. f 'atoa'.I ,"I
Who Ind attended ,hom 'lV A U.,r Uroy.o
was offered for eocb onH in which }}hc
condemned visihIv ioinodI Dr c;I
l,tte first provcd' f3r pavna whose