White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

The Death of Booth, the Assassin.
A correspondent of the New York
World has seen the detectives and caval-
~ who found and killed Booth, ard gives
some particulars of the last hours and
movements OF the murderer that are new.
We quote the last words Booth said be-
fore the barn in which he was found was
fred. which were:
"Captsin, give me a chance. Draw
of your men. and / will fight them sing
". l could have killed you six times
to- night, but / believe you to bs brave
man. and would not murder you. Give
lame man show"
After the barn was fired:
Behind the blaze. with bis eye to the
crack, Conger saw Wilkes Booth stand
ing upright upon crutch. He likens
him at this instant to his brother Edwin.
whom he says he so much resembled,
that he half believed, for the moment.
the whole pursuit to be a mistake. AT
the glesm Of the FIRE, Wilkes dropped
his crutch and csrbine. and on both hands
erept up to the spot to espy the inceudi-
ary and shoot him dead His eyes were
lustrous, like fever, and swelled and roll
ed in terrible beauty. while bis teeth were
fixed, and he wore the expression of one
in the calmness before frenzy. In vain
he peered, with vengeance in his look :
the blaze that made him visible served
to conceal his enemy.
After he was shot, they dipped rag
in brandy and water. and this being put
bstwean Booths teeth. he sucked it
greedily When he was able to articu-
late, ne muttered to Mr.. Baker the same
words; with an sddends: "Tell mother
l died for nv country. | thonght l did
forihe best" Baker repeated this. say
ing at the same time. Booth, do re
peat it correctly ?" Booth nodded his
head.
Twice he was heard to say, "Kill me.
kill mel" His lips often moved. but
could not complete any appreciable
sound. He made once a motion, which
the quick eye of Copger understood to
mean that his throat panied him. Con-
ger put his finger there. when the dying
man attempted to cough, but only caused
the blood at his perforated neck to flow
more lively. He bled very little. although
shot quite through, beneath and behind
the ears, his collar being severed on both
sides.
Booth asked to have bis hands raised
and shown him. They were SO paralyzed
that he did not know their location.
When they were displayed. he muttered.
with sad lsthargy, "Useless, useless"
These were the last words he ever uttered.
AS he began to die. the sun rose and
threw beams into ell the tree tops. 1t
was of mans height when the struggle
of death twitched and flickered in the IA
ding bravo's face. His Jaw drew spas
medically and obIiqnely downward his
eye-balls rolled towards his feet and be-
gan to swell llvidness like a horrible
shadow fastened upon him, and, with
gnrgle and sudden check, he stretched
his feet and threw back his head and gave
up the ghost.
In getting the body to the Potomac.
an old negro carriage was used. drawn
by negro. ana. "whcn the wagon start
ed. Booths wound, till now scarcely drih.
bling, beganto run anew. Itfell through
the crack OF the wagon. snd fell dripping
upon the axle. and spotting the road
with terrible waters: It. stained the
plauks and soaked the blankets; and the
old negro. at a stoppsge. dabbled his
hands in it by mistake; he drew back in.
stantly, with shudder and q stihed ex-
Plctive, Corr, dat'll neber cum off in Je
world; it's lnurdere: IS blood Hs wrung
his hand and looked imploringIy at the
officers. and shnddered again: Corr.
wouldn't hab dat on me for tousand dol
lars"
THE END.
Yesterday, the Secretary of War, with
out instructions OF any kind. committed
to Col. Lafayette G. Baker. of the secret
service, the stark corpse of j. Wilkes
Booth. The secret service never fulfilled
its volition more secretly. "What have
you done with tie body?" said to Bs-
ker. THAT is known" be answered.
ito only one man living besides myself.
1t is gone; will not Tell yen where.
The only man who knows is sworn to
silence. Never till the great trumpeter
comes. shall the grave of Booth be dis
covered" And this is trne. Last night,
the 9th OF April. small row-boat re-
ceived the carcass of the murderer two
men were in it; they carried the body of
into the darkness. and out Of that dark
ness it will never return. In the dark
ness, like bis great crime. may it remain
'orever. inpalpsble, invisible, nondescript,
to that worse than damna,iou,