Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-05
Cahture Of AtyerOth,
SUPPOSED ASsAILANT OF SECRETARY
SEWARD.

SEWARD.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
On the evening of the 10th instant a
party of scouts of the LIST Delaware cav
airy, Captain Townsend, returned to
camp from a scout, and reported that a
suspicious character had been seen in
the neighborhood of Germantown, n
small village about wenty miles toward
WashingtonafiohI here, and from what
they could learn he answered the de-
seription of oneOf the suspicious char
acters concerned in the assassination of
At first but little attention was paid to
the matter, but on consultation of the
officers it was resolved that the party
should be sent for, Major Arseman COM
manding the post. co.. ~ +-.'
. Captain Townsend, commanding the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Immediately set to
work, and Sergeant Zachariah w. Gem
mill, of company ID, Captain Town
send'sh 1st Delaware cavalry, and six
men, were ordered to proceed to the
house where it was understood Atzeroth
was staying, and arrest him and such
other men as might be found on the
premises. The scouts, under command
of Sergeant Gimmell, left camp about
two o'clock on the morning of the 10th
and marched to Germantown. Upon
arriving at the house of Reichter, the
cousin OF the accused, about half-past
three o'clock i'm the morning, the Ser
geant disposed OF his men about the
premises to prevent all chances of es-
cape, and in company with some of his
men, knocked at the door for admit
tancc. '.. s.....' o.. ...
After some hesitation on the part OF
the inmates, the door was cautiously
opened, and the Sergeant pushed hia
way into the room, where they found
Reichtcr's family i'm bed upon the floor,
and the room presenting very confused
appearance. He stated his business to
Reichtcr, and asked him and his wife If
there was such man as AtzerOth in the
house. At first they denied that there
was, but upon the Sergeant informing
them that he was going TO search the
house, they informed him that cousin
from the lower part of Maryland was up
stairs i'm bed. Sergeant Gemmill imme-
diately assembled to one of the rooms
above, where he found Atzeroth in bed
with two young men, all quietly Sleep
ing. They were Immediately aroused,
their clothing thrown on, and taken
down stairs, where the Sergeant made
sure of his man, and made preparations
for leaving with his prize.
D AtZeroth is German by birth, but
having come to this country when quite
child, he speaks English with as much
fluency as q native. He is about five
feet seven or eight inches high, with q
well-knit and compact frame and about
twenty-nine years of age. His complex
ion is dark and swathy, with black crisp
hair and moustaChe; eyes dark grey,
deep set and piercing. His forehead Is
low, and the general contour of his fea-
tlres stamp him as man Of low char
acter, who would stoop to any action,
no matter how vile, for money.
During his examination by Lieuten-
ant Runkle he manifested considerable
of devil-may-care" sort of spirit,
and seemed to look upon himself as
to deal with all ordinary cir
In conversation with a
guard he asked if he would he allowed q
trial, but as the guard could give him
no satisfactory answer, his face assumed
a troubled expression, and he seldom
spoke except when spoken to. :|'
At the Relay House he was taken UNI
der the special charge of General Tyler,
and was doubly ironed. Soon after his
arrival a dispatch ordered him forward
to Washington, where he was taken by
General Tyler, and delivered over to the
proper authorities. -r....... ...... ...
AtZeroth is evidently the paid assassin,
hired to do the deed by those who had
money but not the courage to do it them
selves. In what relation he stands to
Booth, or any Of the others, for believe
It a regularly organized and planned
will no doubt be made pub
lie at the proper time. 1t is reported
hat he said to one of his friends some
weeks since that he was poor now, but
IN q few weeks he would have plenty of
gold" 's'#
! cannot youch for the truth of this
remark, but I have no reason TO disbe-
ieve 1t. learn that Atzeroth's state
nent, as well as his Cousins, has been
to rthe Secretary of War,
through the proper military channels
ilso quite a number Of pistol balls, per-
,ussion caps, etc., that were found upon
ais person at the time Of his arrest. The
are i'm possession of much
information in reference to the
but for prudential reasons
I is withheld from the public at present.