Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-04-22
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tire, asd mounting horse Acd.
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 towards the stage,
many exclaiming chang him." The OK.
element was Of the widest possible dcscrip.
ton. OF course, there was an abrupt in
PERMISSION Of the performance. There was
rush towards the Presidents box, when
the cries of 'Stand back :" "Give him air "
ALIAS any one stimulants ?" On hasty
examination it was found that the Prcsi-
dent had been shot through the head,
above and at the back of the temporal bone,
and that some of the brain was oozing out.
He was removed to a private house oppo-
site the theatre. The Surgeon General Of
tho army. and other Surgeons were sent for
to attend to his condition.
On an examination of the private box,
blood was discovered on tho back Of the
cushioned rocking chair on which the Pres
idcnt had been sitting. also on the partition
and on the floor. A common single bar
rel pocket pistol was found on the carpet.
A military guard was placed in front Of
the private residence to which the Presi.
dent had been conveyed. An immense
crowd was in front Of the premises, all
deeply anxious to learn the condition Of tho
President. It had been previously an.
uounced that the wound was mortal, but
all hoped otherwise. The shock to the
community was terrible.
At midnight, the Cabinet and Mcssrs.
Sumner, Befcy, Farnsworth, Judge Bates,
Gov. Oslesby, Gen. Mcigs, Col. Hays, and
a few personal friends, with Surgeon Gen.
cral lIarnes, with his immediate assistants,
were around the bed at the side of the
President, who was iu state Of syMcopc,
totally inscnsible and breathcd slowly
Blood oozed from the wound at the back Of
his head. The Surgcon.G General exhausted
every possible effort Of medical skill, but
all hope was gone. The parting Of his
family with the dying President was too
sad fsr description.
The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not
start for the theatre until Ii minutes after
8 O'Clock. Speaker Colfax was at the
White House ut the time. The President
stated to him that he was going although
Mrs. Lincoln had not been we'll, because
the papers had announced that Gen. Grant
vas to be present, aud as Grant had gone
North, he did not wish the audience to be
disappointed. He went with apparent re-
luctance s.d urged Colfax to go with him
but that gentleman had many other en-
gagements, aud with Ashman, ofMaryland
babe him good bye.
When the excitement at the theatre
was at its widest height, reports wore cir
culated that Secretary Seward had also
been assassisated. On reaching this gen
tlemau's residence, crowd and military
guard was around its door. o. entering
the residence, is was aseertained that the
reports was based on truth. Everybody
there was 80 excited that scarcely an intel
ligible word could he gathered. The
facts are substantially rs follows:
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and the call having been answered by ,
colored servant, he, the caller said that h
had come from DR.. Viede, Secretary Sew
ards fAmily physician, With prescription
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