Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-17
o,edinR from the room in which the grief
stricken wife snd children are seated.


oseding from the room in which the grief
stricken wife and children are seated
MRS. LIEcoLN's GRIEF.
When the istAl shot was fred, Mrs. Lin
coin, who was alongside her husband e1,
claimed. HOhl why didn't they snoos me
why didn't they shoot mei
THEPLoT AGAINST STANTON.
Tbara Is evidence that Secretary Stanton
WAS marked for assassination. On the re-
caint of the intelligence at the War De-
DsItment of the attack on the President,
two employees OF the department we're
sent 20 summon the Secretary. Just as
thew approached the house man jumped
out from behind tree box in front OF the
house and ran away. 1t is well known 70
be the custom of the Secretary to 60 from
the Department 70 his house between 3 ana
y o'clock P. n, and usually unattended.
It Is supposed that Che assassin lniehqea
to shoot him as he entered the ponseI DuI
failed from the fact that Mr. Stanton re-
mained at homo during the evening.
A HORSE FOUND.
The horse of the man who made the at
tack on Secretary Seward has been iouao
rear the Lincoln Hospital, bathed IN
sweat, snd with blood upon the saddle
clothes.
Ur I'M the Yez 70 K Tribune, Saturday.
THE SCENE IN TIE PRESIDENTS BOX.
The assassin is said to have gained en-
trance to the Presidents box by sending IN
his card requesting an interview. Inc
box was occupied by Mrs. Lincoln and
Colonel Parker, of General Grants stan
The villain drew his pistol across Mrs;
Lincoln's shoulder, and fred. Colonel
Parker sprang up and seized the assassin,
but he wrestsd himself from his grip sno
sprsng down upon the stage as descrloso.
His spur caught in the American hsg rs ne
descended, and threw MIN at length. ne
unloosed the spur and dashed 10 the rear
brsndishing his knife and revolver.
[From the New York World, sAturcay'l
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Immediate steps we're taken to ferret
out the assassin; the police stations were
notified, and everybody aided in the effort,
but sll TO no purpose, up to midnight. An
examination of persons who noticed the
assassin to be 8 man with black whiskefs
and moustsche, shows that he entered the
dress circle and passed around to the en-
trance of tho private box, where without
waiting q moment he fred st the back OF
the President through closed door. He
then rushed into the same box through an
other open door, the two boxes being
thrown into one, and jumped on the stage
as described. The pistol shot in the door
showed the fact of firing through q closed
door while the pistol sound dropped on
the stage, shows that il wss Derringer.
The disbolical plot seemed carefully ar
ranged, for the man knew we'll the crook
ed way behind the scenes of the thester to
get out, for ne escaped the observation OF
those on the stage.
Everybody who knows the man, say that
J. Wilkes Booth, the actor, is the assassin.
The evidence is concurred at this late ez-
cited hour to that effect.
THE ATTACK ON sEwARD-vIVID DEscRIP-
TIoN.
A man on horseback rode TO the Secre-
tary's house, rang the bell and told the
servant attending upon the door that be
had q prescription from DR.. Verdi, Mr..
Stewards attending physician, for the suf-
fering Secretary, which he must asliver In
person. The servant took him up stairs
and ushered him into Mr.. Frederick Sew
ards room, where be delivered the same
message, but was assured by young Mr..
Seward that he could mo- see his father.
he then started to retire. when he turned
with an inaudible mutter and levelled 8
blow at Frederick with slung shot. A
scufie then ensued, in which the sssssAn
used his knife and very seriously wounded
the Assistant Secretary. Then rushing by
him be passed through the door into the
fathers room. He found the Secretary in
chsrge of his male nurse, and with an in
rush he drew his knife and cut
the Secretsrys throat from car 70 ear,
then, lunging his knife into the nurse, he
dsrted out when he encountered young
Msjor Seward, who seized him and endes'
vored to detain him, without knowing the
horrid tragedy he had enacted. He again
used his knife and billy, but was most
sagor to escape, and as he had cut himself
loose fed to the outer door, mounted his
horse snd was off before the inmates could
give anything of an alarm.