The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-21
IL .Hy. Gen. Dir:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED THIS
AT TWENTY-FIVE MIN
[ TIES AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK.
+. VI. STANTON.
The Press Account.

The metropolis has been Tonight tn,
scene of Il double attempt at as>asSinati,l
. President Lincoln and Secretary Seward
havin" been the Victims OF an evidently
leep-laid plot. which has no parallel in
e American history.
1t has been the custom of President
Lincoln TO frequently attend the theatres
here, TO escape from the otiicc-scekcr> and
5volmtccr-ad, iSer> who have haunted him
At the White House. In the papers OF
this afternoon il was announced that he.
with Mrs. Lincoln and Lieut. Gen Grant
would tom ght attend Ford'> Theatre. 10
witness Miss Laura kecnc in the part oi
Alice Trcnchard IN - Our American Cou-
sin" The house was crowded. Mr. Lin
coin enjoyed the performance. and was in
unusually good spirits, chatting with Mrs.
= Lincoln and Miss Harris, who was of the
party. During the third act. and while
there was temporary pause for one OF
the actor, to enter, Il sharp report of Il
pistol was heard. which merely attracted
attention, but suggested nothing serious
until man rushed TO the front of the
Presidents box. waving Il long dagger in
his right hand, exclaiming Sic Smper ty-
,u"nis!" Thus always with tyrantS. y and
Immediately leaped from the box. which
was in the second tier, TO the stage beneath
and ran across TO the opposite side. max
ing his escape amid the bcwiIdcrmcnt of
the audience from che rear of the theatre.
and, mounting Il horse. fled.
The screams of Mrs Lincoln first dis
closed the fact TO the audience that the
President had been shot, when all present
rose to their feet. rushing toward the
stage. many exclaiming: Hang him
: hang him -" The excitement was of the
widest possible description, and of course
there was an abrupt termination of the
theatrical performance.
There was a rush toward the President :
box. when cries We're heard ..Stand
back and give him air." :. Has any one
!stimulants ~ On haSty examination il
was found that the President had been
shot through the head above and back of
the temporal bone, and that some of the
brain was oOzlng out. He was removed
to private house opposite the theatre, and
the Surgeon General of the army and 9TH
Ter surgeons were sent for to attend to his
condition.
On an examination of the private box
Ia common single barrelled pocket pistol
was found on the carpet.
A military guard was placed in front off
THE private residence to which the PreSi-
dent had been conveyed. An immense
crowd was in front of it, all deeply anx-
ious to learn the condition of the PreSi-
dent 1t had been previously announced
that the wound was mortal, but all hoped
otherwise. The shock to the community
lis terrible.
AT midnight the Cabinet, with Messrs
Sumner, Coltax and Farnsworth, Judge|
Curtis, Governor Oglesby, Gen. Meigs,
COL Hay and few personal fri, ads,
with Surgeon General Barnes and his i'm
mediate assistants, were around his bed
side.
The President was in state of syncope,
totally lnsensible and breathing slowly.
The blood oozed from the wound at the
back of his head. The surgeons exhaust !
ed every effort Of medical skill, but all |
hope was gone.
The parting of the family with the dy-|
ING President is too sad for description.
The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not