, 1865-04-15
THEIR WOUNDS ARE PRO
NOUNCED NOT FATAL. =
Full Details Of the Ter.
ribfe Affair.
UNDOUBTED. PLAN TO
MURDER SECRETARY:
STANTON.
Very Latest'"The President is
:. Dying. ::

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wAsH1ssros, April II. 1865.
Tho President AMI, Mrs. Lincoln we're at Ford75
Theater listeninA 10 the performance of-ths
American Cousin," oceuny2ng box in the Ecc-
ond tier. At the close Of tho tolrd act pefson
entered the box occupied By the Presid ent, and
shot Mr. Lincoln in the head, the shot entering the
back part o: his head, aud coming out above the>
temple. The assassin then jump:d from the boz
pp,n the stage, and ran scro:s to the other side,
exhibiting a dagger in his hasa, ;1ourishiug. I:
in tznslcal manner, shouting the ssme words r.
pested hy the desperate at seward's h6use, add
irg to II, "the. South ts aycngel,H and then e.
capped from the back entrance 10 the theater; but
In his pas.irg dropped his pistol and his hat.
Mr.. Lincoln fell forward from hts scat md Mra:
lincoln tainted. The moment that the a.toniehed
spdicDee could reaiIsp what. Ind happened the
President WIS taren ont aud carried to HRS. pet.r
sons hopse in Tenth stres< opposite to The thaa-
n.. Mcdiecl a1d was immc mca:ately sent 70. and
the wound was at first supposed to ba fatal and It
.wns announced that he could not live, bat at half
past T. be Is still alive though in aprecarious con-
6it:on, \s.> >. :.
4. the aesss.in ran ac1oss the g!age, Colonel J.
B. Stewart, Of this city, who was occupying one Of
the fuut seais in the orchestra, on the same side
o. the house ~ the one occupied by Mr. Lincoln,
sprung TO the stago and followed him. bat he fas
obst,ucted In bit paseage across tho et:go by the
fright Of tho actors. and reached the b1ck door
about three seconds altar the assass!n had passed
cat Colonel Stewart gut to tie etrert jasttn time
to see him mount hi. horse and ride away.
This operation elbows that the whole thing was a
prccobctrted plan.
The person. who. fred the pistol was a
uan abont thirty ye&sS-+-of aga, 0boat
txe fcot ninc inches high, ep,re bullt,
| fAr fktn, dark hair, apparently with large
mouataehc. Laura Kccne. and the leader Of the
orchestra d4afze that they recognized him as J..
Wilkes Eod the actol,ahd a Eabid eecesslonta'.
Whoever ha was, It il plainly evident that he
| thoroughly understood the thcatcE andalso tue
fpproachc. and modcs Of escape to the stage: A
person not familisr with the theater could
not possibly have made his escape a. yell and
| quickly. =.
| The alarm Tas sounded IN every qaartar.: stan
ton was notified and Immediately left his house.
All the o:hef members of~the Cabinet escapsd at.
tack. Cayelrymen we're sent out IN all directions,
and d1spatchc. sent to Ill the Notifications, and Il
| Is thought he will be captured.
h Especial Dispatch 10 theIhicaso Tribnne.1
\WAsu1sozos, April II.
The President, Secretary Seward and 1fa'o.
Seward have been aa=assinatcd By some despcra.
docs tonight, evidently under some preroneested
| arrangement.
About haltpast ten o'clock TIT, evening well
dressed person appeared at the house Of Secretary
Sewa1d, and asked to SEE him. He 1as informed
that hi could not, upon which ha said that be
had q prescription from Surgeon General
Barnes, which be was ordered 70 deliver In per.
| son. The servant referred him to Fr2d, Seward
The latter told the suangct that he WIS Haster oi
the house. and would take charge OF tho mcdi.
cine, but the desperate refused to deliver it, and
immediately PUSHED past Fred. Seward and struck
Seward with daggex In the throat and breast
bat upon examination by the Surgeon General he
ia pronounced eafe, the dagger not having cut the
jugula1 vein or penetrated the breast deep enough
| to prove fatal. He is NOW. pronounced SAFE.
Ms}. Seward, Son o! The Secretary, and Pa5n1s
ter in the Army was also badly cut In his effort.
to defend his father. The ASSASSIN had hor6:
at ,he door, and as he was mounting. he pro
ponnced the motto OF the Stata o. Virsinia," 81:
Sfnptr 7yraai.is."~ :. -
simultaneously with this, snothef desperate
appeared at: Ford's Theatsr aud oh
| taIned admtttance to the box occupied
hys MT. ,Ilncoln~- and ehot thu
Prcsidcntia il the back OF the head, then jumped
from the boz to the etsge, repeated the mosto c:
Virginia, !" Sic senper 7yranais." In mom2u
more he had disappeared.
-ATRn-l2:3g a. ID.
Secretaries Stanton, Wclles, Mcc1'locb, psn
nison, Speed ind Usher, have just arrived at The
place where the President Ii lying. There Is nc
hope Of his recovery, The attending phssictaps
prtcounce his Ease hopeless. lis bruins arc
oozlng from his wound, and he Is now rapidly
sln11ng. His vile and children arc at bis bedafGe
| 4 A. a,-The President -fs perfectly esnscless.
and there Is not the sightesthope Of his recovery
Physicians believe that be wi1l do. before morn
ing. All of his Cabinet, except sccretary Seward,
| are with him. Speaker Colflx,- Senator Farwell
Of Maine, and m4ny other gentlemen, are also al
| the house, awaiting the terminatfon.'
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.J
WASHINGTON, March 14-1:16 u. m.
The President is slowly dying; the brain Is
oozinR through the ball hole In his forehead. lie
is, Of course, 1nsens1be. There Is an occasional
lfdDg Of Ills hand, epa heavy stcntoEiona bssath'
Mrs. Lincoln and her two sons are IN q room oil
the house opposite to Fofd's Theatcr, where the
President Was taken, and at]xning that where he
is lying Mr. Sumner is se1ted at the head OF tie
bed Secretaries Stanton, Welles, Dennisoa, U.her
|. and McCulloeh und Mr. Speed are In the room, A
T large number of surgeons, generals and personal
and family friends OF Mr. lincoln fill the house.
All are in tears.
Andy johnson IL here. He was In bed when the
desass1natlor was committed In hi9 room at the
Kirkwood. lie was Immediately app:ised Of the
event and got up. Theaprecaution WAS taken to
provide guard Of eo1defs for him, and theso
we're at bis door before the news was we'll through
| the avenue.
Capt. Rathbone. Of Albany, vas IN the boz with
tho President. He Tas slightly wounded. y
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1b1ne.l
NAsH1HaTS.7, April 15-1:3o A. Il,
Tho street In the vicinity Of lords theate.