, 1865-04-20
sT momETsTs OF TA1
AAsA PRESlDENT.
.,<,,r Letter FRI m Maunsen ~
Antefes Field, Esq.

sFrom the New York Times:J
r.1sav cvening. Ap1il IA, 1850, WAs
,esdinp tie c7ening piper IN the 1eau y i ten
of ii,epd,. Ho}el. at about hall pass ~
=, o,c,och when vas startled b. INC iepptas
that an attempt had been naoe 70 - Fnrd,s {
beforc to assaRsinate the ffsloen., assd;t It.
Theater. At first eon,a a atstts1t rstg vas con.
firn,ed iy number Of people who cane ~
sen,rate}v' ali telling the same !tory. Aocus
fticcn minutes previously hadpartcd Wlta
Mr.. Mcllen, Of tho Treasury Qep& tmens, IT., ana ~
he had rttired to bis room: lmmtas 1anaa ~ XIII
and we 1oo~thcr proceeded to the scene OF
The ALLEGED assassination. We found not only
cons}d efablc crowds on the streets leAilne "
to the theater, but very large one II nois
Of the The theater. aud oi Inc 4o9e1 un9 ea5
RED, aiter the attempt upon his life. MIN
some difficulty / obtained ingress TO @ tno
house, Twas At once Informed BY Miss HAT
ris, daughter Of Senator Harr1s, that tne
President WAS dying, which stA1emen. % Mss
confirmed BY three 9r l1u1 t IVA. wa, fd fdss;red
not to communicate hts condition to Mrs:
Lincoln, who was in the front patlor. vent Ven
into this paIlor, vhera found Mrs.
Lincoln no oti1ner lady being present.
except Miss Harsia.; -; aneaay men.
tioned. Shs 1t once recognized me, and
begged ME to run for Dr.. Stone, OF some 9TH
er medical man. She WAS not weeping, ous
appeared hysterical, and exclaimed y rapid
suggestion, over md over again. Oh! Why
didn't be kill moi why didn't he kill mes'
was starring fram the house to 60 Tor VI.
Stone, when met ut the door Major Eckert,
Of the War Department, who informed ne G. ne
WAS going directly to Stones house, STONE
having already been sent for, hut not ha7ing
| yet arrived. then determined to go Tor DR..
| Hnll. whose precise residence did not know.
! Upon inquiriug of the crowd, MAS told It
| was over Frank Taylor's bookstore, on tho
| avenue. This proved to be mistake, and
| was compelled 10 return to his actual reai-
dence on The avenue, above Ninth'stroet: L
| found The doctor at home and dressed, and lie
| pt once consented to accompany mo. AZ.
| rived in the ueighborhood Of the house, had
great difficulty "a passing the guard, and only
| succt teded at last In having the doctor intro
duced, admission being lef0sed to my1el1. -
returned to Wilhrd's, 1t now being about two
o'clock in the morning, and remained
there until between threa and four O'CLOCK,
whtn l again went TO the mouse
where the, Plcddent was lying, N company
Of New York. l obtained ingress this time
without any difficulty, and was enabled to
lake MIR. ADd1eTs in with ne. l pEoceeaed
at cnce to the reom in which the President
was lying, which WAS "a bedroom IN an e e
tension, on the dIet Or RatloT aoor o. d, the
cd with prints--a very fauilfar one Of Land.
secr's, u white horse, being prominent direct'
ly over the bed. The bed was a double one,
and found the President lying diasonailJ
across it, with bis head at tho outside. IN Ihs
Vas considerable blood upon the dooE imne
d,ately under him. There was PATCHWORK
, coye1iet thrown over the President, Hhicl
Was only 30 far removed. from time to time
as TO enable the physicians In attendance u
, feel the arteries Of the neck or the ne9ft, an
!; clothing. His eyes were closed and ioiccte'
with blood, both the lids and the portio'
surrounding the eyes being as black as II the
= had been bruised by violence. He was breath
, T Ing regularly, but With effort, and did no
> eeem 10 be struggling Or suffering. :.
The persons present iu the room we're IN
: Secretary Of Nar, the Secretary Of the Nav
!, TIE Post Naste. General, the Attorney Ger
. ctal, the Secretary Of the Treasury. tWh:
= however, remained only TIL 5 o'clock), th
. Secretary OF the Interior, the Assistant Be-
: retary d the lptsrior, myself, Gen: Augs
: last moments. Capt. Robert Lincoln, ana NJ
!, John Hay. On the foot Of the bed sat Q
- - Stone; abovs him, and directly opposite Il
-, PrctldtnI's face, IN army surgeon, to me
- kt,engcr; another army surgeon was STAN
~ ing, frequently holding the pulse, and anot
4. er gentleman, not In uniform, ont "noln
=. understood also to be an army surgeon, sto:
: good deal Of the time leaning over the hei
N board Of the bed,
u For seyelxl hours the breathing above
!. ecribed continued regularly AID apparent
- without pain or consciousness; bus ABOUT
~ o'clock q change occurred, aud the nreatniu
~ ~l1icb had been continuous, was interrupt
- at intervals. These intervals became nc
,.a II. oucut and Of longer duration, and !
~ ~ h1eatling more feeble. Several times the
-. te1Yal was so long that VIC thought him de
~ and the surgeon applied his hnser 10 !
- - nulse, evidently to ascertain If such WAS 7
n. hct. But 1t WAS not I'LL - minutes past
- o'clock In the msrnlng that the hame alck
80 ed out. There was no apparent suffering,
~ a1 convulsiee action, no rattling OF the thro
~ ~ none Of the ordinary pIemonitory sJmpto
~ T." Of death. Dra,h IN this case was mere
-: eation Of breathing. .-...,
IN IN The fact had noi been ascertaiaed one nj
''t. ~. ute when DR.. Gurley offered up praJ
1 ,at The few persons IL tie room we're al
1et fD..aiy aft"ctsd sr3scn1orty nT TIC riyht it
1on rntiIelr closed. ! closed them myself v
~ nv fingers, and one Of the surgeons brou
sn ~. rcnnies and placed them on the eyes,
'on t,tseouently substituted for them silver
~ ~ dollars. In 4 very short Time the laH 6
~. ~. minced slightly falling, although ne 3
a., 90, was still warm. l called attention to t
aao and had it inme ediately tied up with POT
,,,a handkerchief. The expression immed!a
~. p after death was purely negative, but IN
1pic tesu m. s5 ~. hin . xmi,e that zee
~. almost m effort Of life. I had never
arm upon Ho -1.ss;nr Thc hodv urtw
n.I yery craduslly, and left The room heio
~. Lad entirely stiiIened. CURTAINS haa
see' previously drawn down by the secreta
r,ov War. $780,.
ANY INN ,diately after the dcccase, met
ntss wss he'd Of the members Of the ca
y IN n,osrri, in The back parlor, adjacent to
tnsy Tcoln III which the President died, to u
!" ue meeting !, OF course, Was nn.. admi
htna About Aftee1 mjnutes before the dec
Mrs. Lincoln caue into the room, and
I 80 - herself upos her dying husbands body.
80 was allo5+ed to remain there only few
Wv utcs, when she was removed in sol
atlas, condition, in which, indeed, she had
IsIa ~ during ali the time khe was present.
y ~ ~ Af,er completing his prayer In the cha
.o,x lor, where Mrs. Lincoln was, With Mrs
gong Mis- Kinney. and her son Robert, Gen.
aaste Of Dacotaf,( Il cousin Of hers), and Gen.
worth, Of Illinois. Here another prayel
..x offered up, during which remained |
114'' hall. The prayer was continuity 1nte'
ed BY Mrs.. Lincolu's soba. Soon AT
conclusion went into the parlor, and
80 h.r in chair, supported b. her son 3
Presently her carriage came up, and ah
removed to it. She was in state Of
~ tne Die compoBurc At that time, untl! sne
ult.- ed the door, when, glancing 1t the Il
4 cor opposite, she re pcated, three or four t
who "that dreadful house! - that d.
,o..,, housens
peeen Before myself left, guard had bee
Z aris- toned at the door Of the room In Nhi'
ender remains OF the late Preaident were
h}cb Mrs. Lincoln had been communicated
;. - TO ascertaiu whether she desired the ht
be embalmed or not, and the Secrets
tanu Var had issued various orders, aecess
lh:s consequence Of what had occurred.
ur az Ileft the house about $3.50 O'Clock
Win mcrning, and shortly after met Mr.
nen Justice Ihase, on his way there He =
'rase; tremvlv agtated, a., indeed, nJse
y, II been all through the night. ! afte
bum learned that at The Cabinet meeting ze
WY, 10, The Secretary Of the Treasury and Il
Hlsh iutart General vera appointed . com
rttcu. 10 Vait on the Vice President, which tl
1s are and be was sworn into Office early
l5oals morning by the Chief Justice.
d you THE A. ASSASSINATION
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