American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-05-03
Booth Brought to Bay.
Full and Interesting Particulars.
Special Dispatch to rItI.burab Commercial.

WASHINGTON, April p.
Late yesterday afternoon intelligence
was received here that J. w. Booth. the
murderer Of President Lincoln had been
overtaken by party sent out by Col l..
&. Baker, special detective Of the War
Departmcntapd mortally wounded in the
attempt to capture bin. The restrict
tive order Of the War Department, prohib-
iting anything in regard to arrests or n-
vestlgatlons concerning the conspiracy
from being sent by telegraph, prevented
the transmission Of this news last night.
This prohibition is this morning removed,
as far as the case OF Booth and his ac-
compllCe, David G. harold, are concerned.
The following arc the facts in regard the
affair, derived from those who partcipa.
ted in IT,
Information having been obtained that
on the morning Of the Saturday after the
murder, IA DR.. Mott, living in Mary
land, about twenty miles below Washing.
tn, had dressed an Injured leg for j. W.
Booth, Dr. Mott at that time not having
heard Of the assassination Of Mr. Lincoln,
detectives W re put on the trail and it
was ascertainei that Booth and lIarold
had crossed the river at a point in the
neighborhuod Of Swan Point on Monday
last. Lieut.. Il. =. Dongherty OF the 6th
New Hork cavalry, with detachment OF
twenty-five c,ya)rymen OF that regiment,
and accompanied by some Of Col Bakers
detectives proceeded by stream to Belle
Plain.
STATEN Mt OF LIEUT.. DoUGHERTY.
On Tuesday afternoon arrested a man
named Fell, by whom Booth and ltlr-
old bad been ierricd across the Kappa
mock rlvcrat Matthias Point Fell lives
about three miles North of Port Royal
on the Rappahounock At first Fell re-
fused to communicate anything, but up.
on being threatened with il stant death
it he would not tel. lie agreed to lead
the party to the place where Booth aud
Harold were -cuncealec. They were
found Tuesday night, in barn, on the
promises Ola Mr.. Garrett, about three
miles from Port Royal. They had,ridden
there from the Ferry, bu,h mounted on
one hose The cavalry surrounded the
barn and summoned the inmates to sur
render. At first Booth insisted he was
alone. He talked with the meu for three
houis Though the crevices OF the BAN,
through which he could see plainly all
that were outside, while they could dis
tinsuish nothing within. He told Lieut..
Doug herty he had "a bead drawn tpon
him aud could shoot him if he choosed,
but aid not fire. At last az the guerrl-
las were gathering in vicinity, and 1t
Doug sherty feared his little party might
be oyerpOwered and lose the prisoners,
he determined to burn them out. The
barn was then set OH fire when Harold
gave himself up, but Booth refused to
surrender and prepared to use his weap-
ons. Lieut.. Dougherty then gave the
orders to sergeant Corbett to fire, which
he did through one Of the crevices, and
shot Booth in the head On being shot
Booth exclaimed, 1T is up now; Pm
gone" He Was found to be wounded in
the head nearly in the same spot where
the fatal ball OF the assassin entered the
head of President Lincoln.
A. doctor was sent for, and brandy adj
.lninistered, but he died in about tw hours
after he was shot. He did not deny his
crime, but declared that he died for his
country. He was armed with two six
barreled and one seven barreled revolver,
aud a large knife, probobly the same
which he tiourished on the stage on the
occasion al the assassination. He. bad
also three packages of pistol cartridges
The capture occurred about a. M,
"Wednesday morning. His left lee was
much swollen from an injury probable
received when he leaptd from the Presi-
dents box upon the stage at the theatre.
although BE- had told DR.. Mott that hs