Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-04-20
pecial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.

BSo'H' t.S 10 no" III euS aeohico vi ueatii, o'i'
This physicians say no cannot live more tina,
Han hour I'll &i
n He is surrounded bysthe members of hi
NCabinet, all of whom are bathed in tears
HSenator Sumner is seated on the right of til,
Ncouch on which heis lying the tears stream
Hing down his cheeks aud sobbing like child
EAll around him are his physicians Surgeon
HGeneral Barnes is directing affairs. The
president is unconscious, and the only sigr
Eof life he exhibits is by the movement of hi,
Fright hand, which he moves feebiy. Mrs
I8Lincoln and her two sons are in the adjoining
kroom, into which Secretary Stanton has jus
@sone to inform them that the Presidents phy
Bsicians have pronounced his case hopeless
Mas pass through the passage to the from
Hdoor, hear shreks and cries proceeding from
Sthe room in which the griefstricken wife and
Hchildren are seated '9"' '1y
n obtained from Quartermaster-G Genera
NMeigs the following account Of the assassina
&tion: .a&t. ''u .'a9.9''I :"
! About half past ten o}clock, P. NJ, a mar
8dressed in a dark suit and hat entered the pri
;avate box in which Mr. Lincoln and his party
|3consisting of Mrs LINCOLN, Miss Harris
a(daughter of Senator Harris and Captain
2Rathbone of Albany, we're seated. Immed
lately on opening the door, he advanced toward
! Mr.. Lincoln with u six barrellcd revolver
lin his right hand, and a bowie knifein his left
)l'rhe President, who was intent upon the play
3did not notice his intrusion and the gentlemen
Awho were seated beside him, rose to INQUIRE
Hthe reason of his entry. Before he hail time
Ito ask the assassin what he wanted, he fired
dthe charge from his revolver, which took Eff
afcct in the back of the Presidents head. The
dball passed through and came out at the right
3temple. Captain Rathbone attempted Is ar
grest the murderer, and in trying to do SO, re.
aceived shot in his arm. The assassin then
aleaped upon the stage. Before he disappeared
abehind the curtain, be turned, and with a trag.
Sic flourish and tone, waved the knife and
shouted, "Sic semper tyrannis" So sudden
I was the affair, that for some moments after
its occurrence the audience supposed that Ii
was part Of the play, and were only unde.
$ceived when it was announced from the stage
5by the managers that the President of the
SUnited States had been shot. The shock fel!
supon the audience like a thunderbot, and
2loud cries were immediately raised to kill oI
capture the assassin. The scene which en-,
sued cannot be described Men. and women
rushed for the doors, crying and shouting for
vengeance on the murderer The murderous
aemissary of the slave power, escaped easily
land rapidly from the theater, mounted a horse,
land escaped The President, who was insen
asibln, was carried ont and taken to a house on
2posite the theater. Mrs Lincoln tainted in
sthe box, and was borne out after her husband.
The mass of the evidence tonight is that
III. Wilkes Booth committed the crime. Who
fever it is there are reasons for thinking that
3the same bold and bloody hand attempted til.
jlife of Secretary Seward His wounds were
made by knife as big as that waved on the
5stage, and the Virginia motto SIC semper tyr.
S1nAiS. '0f
MEASURES TO ARREST THE AssAssINs
JWar Department, Provost Marshal Generals !
Bureau, Washington, Apr Is, $40 A. NJ. {
CIRCULAR.
1t is believed that the assassins of tle Pres
sident and Secretary Seward are attempting to
escape to Canada.
J ou will make careful and thorough ex
animation of all persons attempting to eros
from the United States into Canada, and viii
arrest all suspicious persons The most vig
liant scrutiny on your part and the force at
|your disposal, is demanded. '. 2a
A description of the parties Supposed to be
Implicated in the murder viii he. tclegraphcd
3you to-day, but, in the meantime, be active IL
preventing the crossing of any suspicious per
!sons. 'N '..''''" ~ 41 '"G
By order of the Secretary Of War % 'lFt
Signed N. 1. JErrE!Es 1
Bevet Brig. Gen. Acting Pro Mar. G,eu
DETAILS OF THE ASSASSINATION.
The Hcralds Washington special sends dc
tails of the events preceding the assassination
|of the President, and his last hours. Abou
|half past seven, ?, M, Hon, George Ashmead
jcalled at the White House, and was ushered in-
Ito the parlor, where Schuyler Colfax was sear
led, waiting for short interview with the Pres
| ldent on business which had a bearing upoif
This proposed overland trip A few moments
selapsed, when President LINCOLN entered thi
room, and a short conversation took place
touching upon various matters. The Pres
sdent was in happy and jovial frame of mind
| Mr.. Ashmead desired to see him on special
business, and there being no time to attend to
lit then, the President took out card, and
placing it on his knee, wrote as follows.
ALLOW Mr. Ashmead and friendto. come t
!me at 9, A. NJ, to morrow, "
[Signed] ..- A. LINCOLN.
April ID, 1861 Ids gI ,t..tu
These were the last words that he penned
1t was the last time that he signed his name
Ito any order, document or message. Mr.. Lin
icoln finally stated that he must go to the the
1ater, and warmly pressed Speaker Colfax and
Mr.. Ashmead to accompany him, but they ex,
!cused themselves on the score of previous en-
|gagements. ...s.- l...., -, .e,.,.s ..
At about 8 o'clock this. afternoon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln started for the, carriage, the lat
ter taking the arm Of Mr. Ashmead the Pres
ident and Mr.. Colfax walking together. As
soon as the President and Mrs Lincoln were
seated in the carriage, the latter gave orders
Ito the coachman to drive around to Senator
Harris residence, for Miss Harris. As the,
carriage rolled away, they both said "Good
ibye,' Good bye" to Messrs Ashmead and
IColfax, and the carriage had in moment
more disappeared from the ground in front of
lthe White House.
A lew moments LATER party of four per
SONS, the PRESIDENT and Mrs. Lincoln, Miss
Harris and Mr. Rathburn, of Albany, step
son of Senator Harris, arrived at the theater,
land entered the front and left hand upper
private box. A moment before the attack was
made, the President was leaning forward, rest
ling his head on. his hand, in bis accustomed
careless way, his eyes bent upon the stage, and
enjoying hearty laugh. ,..5 q..s s51 ;, i
Miss Harris, who was in the box with the
President, makes the following statement:
"Nearly one hour before the commission of
the deed, the assassin came to the door of the