Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-04-27
The Washington Tragedy.
THB ASSASSIN ATzRRorH.

Atzeroth was taken at Germantown.
Md, on Thursday morning, while in bed
at the house of his cousin, who has also
been arrested and held as a witness. At
zerOth is Misunderstanding man, and
a German by birth. He has been in this
country about twenty years, and has re-
sided most Of the time at Port Tobacco,
on the Potomac. He is on intimate
terms with the Surratt family, and there
is but little doubt of his criminality. In
his statement to Lieut.. Runkles, who
examined him, he was equivocating and
unsatisfactory. He takes his capture
Bi Bditth In little ff1t1Ie concern. He waS .mspiests
to the Relay House, heavily ironed and
guarded 1t was with difficulty that
the soldiers could be prevented from
lynching him.
THE ASSASSINATION PLANNED FOR THE
STREET.
Sergeant J. NJ. Dye, of Battery c,
Pennsylvania artillery, discloses some
new facts in the following letter to his
father in New York:
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1865.
Dear Father-With sorrow | pen
these lines. The death Of President
Lincoln has deeply affected me. And
| why shouldn't it, when | might have
! saved his precious life? l was stand
ing in front of the theatre when the
two assassins were conversing. heard
part of their conversation. 1t was not
sufficiently plain for an outsider to I'M
| derstand the true meaning of it; yet it
apprised Sergeant Cooper and myself
| that they were anxious that the Presi-
dent should come out to his carriage,
which was standing Just behind us. The
second act would soon end and they eX-
pected he would come out then. | stood
a while between them aud the carriage,
with my revolver ready, for / began to
suspect them. The act ended, but the
President did not appear so Booth
went into q restaurant and took drink,
and then came out and went into the
\ alley where his horse was then standing,
though | did not know that any horse
was there. He came back and whisper
ed to the other rascal, then stepped into
the theatre. There We're at this time
two police officers standing by them. |
was invited by my friend G. to have
some oysters and we went into saloon
around the corner, and had just got
seated when AMMAN came running in and
said the President was shot. This SO
startled us that we could hardly realize
it, but we stepped out and were soon
convinced.
THE ASSASSINATION ORIGINALLY FINED FoE
THE FOURTH OF MARCH - BOOTH on
HAND AND READY.
(Co,. PhHadelpbja b,qauer./
The 4th of March was fixed originally
for the assassination, and Booth was or
the ground, but either through fear o
not being able to effect his escape, or be
cause of the failure of his accompliCt
to meet him at the time, the attemp
was not made He is now known Il
have waited for the President on tina
; day, OF the embankment near the nOrtl
, wing of the capitol close to which Mr.
Lincoln would pass. He was dressed
, shabbily in slOuChy suit, his panta
looms crammed into his boots, and al
4 old felt hat pulled down over his face
, One of his acquaintances passing
hailed him, but Booth pretended not t.
hear and refused TO speak until clOsel
approached. When the President passet
him, he hurried away, evidently disar
pointed, and during the day was CRU
i and moody to all who had addresse
> him. Being coward, he hesitated t
= strike the blow then, since he knew tha
= he would have instantly been torn t
Y pieces by the thousands present to wit
/ ness Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration. TIL
q more investigation prizes into the mui
/ der the more dastardly it appears.
4 was as cold and deliberative assassina
k tion as the world ever knew.
n VARIOUS PARTICULARS.
e The need of vigilance and precautio
seems to be felt at Washington, not onl