Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-17


aad saia, ~ s.ppo,s you are raising eohm,ui
Ne fhen said, eve are he aaaasslnafeu of nc
PrI.iacni.'f uoath then e1lna 40 aud nerold Ia
trbtnect him ~ usi We thsn vent aurose The
s.dss.,s .is' sos sler - Ia DooiS 4 earsti q:
Hcrsid fkaa veDt a lhe road with u .ad ~.
turned " Carreif'a he next day Hcroid intro
daeed Boob 10 us By tho name Of Boyd, and
hIs liam ns$s ssd soosS., Sut ssls iksy wanted 70
pass under the name Of Boyd; 90 Wednesday,
llnrnid len NJ nbonia haif-pa.l tive e,eloek
did not zee them any more until the morning az
Ter they were caught; ihey saw we wefe cqn-
fsdsraiss, having on the coufedsraie anilgfih.
croas- s-examinsd ---Herold wanted ne 10 aid him
In getting further South and seemed much DIS
appoinisa vhea We ield them We eeule noi Do ~
Booth said he onehi not 20 have inld q. lierpld
aid 1--WE are the nsaaaanafor Of the Presidenf.
Thea he pointed 10 Booth ard said, "youder Il
dent. Witness stated Ne had never taken the
Bath Of allseiAnee, bat was perfectly willing to
col. cosann,
havlna hssA sallsd and sworn, stated that hevss
President weat into . s0om IN hotel Al
Bowling Green; found tee men IN . bed one Was
named Jett: asksd hIm where were The two nsn
sho sams oyss ihs ! Flys. With him ron rsri
aAld, ''I know who you are, and will tell you
where they ean be foand. They arc on the
road 70 Port Royal, Il Mr., 0arrstt'a housf
w s,S ,hep 80 Sss, % ~ ,-as..,s sna % See,s Ss.
tore We got 10 Garfclt'a house Jet said we ere
neAf the house nov, we had better 90 around;
No went IN the Eaie and up % the house Li.ut
striko q ikht the afst pe-.oa We saw was an old
man, said 70 be named Garrett; Asked him
where are the tive men Who .ioPPed ntyour
house he said they had s2ne % the va9ds
you where the lnsn are thoy are ia the barn. , :
We went 70 the barn Aad stationed the men
around, Bieut Baker aaid to one Of the Oar
,s... yoa mus; r. q y. barn barr, ssd s.: the arm.
very soos and said /. This maa says d----n you,
you have betrayed me, and threatened 70 shoot
him. ] then directed Lieut.. Baker % tell them
% cone sas or We y0a,e nrs 80 .ts sos, ss!a II n. %
Baker said, ''wc know who you are and we want
you = Booth replied, let US have some little
iime 70 consider Il.
some ten OF hftoen minutes intervened between
that time and any further conversation. said
10 Lieut.. Baker, "Don't 4 allow him to know who
We are n he thinks We arc his friends We will
get him. The reply wa. made, I'VE want %
may Be that am being taken By my friends ;
lie said, 'Csptain, I know you to be q brave
msh believed you TO be hOnorAbis and would
Heul Baker said; ave did not come 10 aght. .
Booth said, ''rake your mon any yards from the
door, and We will come ont and hghtp Booth
.Aid, well, my brave boys, prepare streieher
for ma. =" ta attr
Booth said 20 HsrOld, 100. 60, you damn fool /;
would not have you stay with me - Baker de-
inAndod his eArbine, and Booth said, The arms
are nins upon tes honor of = gent; he has
and pulled ont some hay and lighted i heard
-oInething drop on the 1oor supposed II was
booths eruteh he came along with earbine
raised, locking At the crack. Ispldly looked
u put; in = few moments heard pistol and
witness then said, " tie has shot himself -
Baker replied earnestly ho had not We got
bafn 10 sec n the Gre could be put out; saw no
chance for that, aud returned TO Booth; heard
him say, "TelI mother died for my country,
Berepeated u: Witness described the last mo-
porch Of the house. Booth said two or three
times ',Klll melt "KIll mei'' Had sent for
physician took Booths things away and len
him with Batsri soon afIer the doctor, who
twltnesa here identified belt and weApsna
tahen from Booth. The earbine and pistols
were loaded the bIlls of exchange found on
from Hsroid pIsss q nap q the STATE Of vir.
ginia. embracing the country who're they were.
Booth WAS shot three miles from PORT Royal, In
Caroline eouniy. Pocket compass found with
cross-exsmIned by Hsrold's sounsol.---r think
We got IN the barn about two o'clock, and Booth
was carried out, AFTER being ahot, at AftecA mln.
utss past three o'clock, q m We were there an
3; What aid booth ssyin rsfsrsaee % Hsrold
4 IL SAID tAsr,'s /. man in here who want, 10
come out have the Impression that 10 also said,
''he had hothIag to DO wiih t."
sBRo'T BOSTON coRBKfT
with his hair parted In the nlddls) was called
he testified TO the part he took in the eApture
as.I ol NJ an ~ -
reached the house, ordered me 10 surround the
house. We then found Booth was In the barn.
aud weinvesied u closely. Booth made many
replies 70 the ofAcern, who demanded him 20
sTrrsndsr. He asked them who they took him
fct, but they didn't repy lie said At ono time,
for me- AT anoshsf tme he said, Captain,
make short work Of mo, " showing him 70 bs ea-
when Hsrold was taken out and the are light :
ed, I, stAndlng BY . wide crack In the barn,
watched his mOvoments; eonld have shot him
some time before, bat did not desire 10 do soAs
long as there was any prospect Of taking him
without his doing harm % our mon. Booth had
SAID that there Was man In the barn whom he
declared before his Maker was innooant Of any
crime, He seemed 70 be anxious to take upon
himself all the consequences. Witness had Of-
fered twice 10 go into the barn and take ,Aim out
/ JOIN PLErcHER,
| sNoTn-Liyes with Mr.. Naylor knows At1erodt I;
he came to MAYORS stable and wanted 10 sell
with a mare; asked where his own horse was ;
/ ho said that he had sold him and had
bought the one he had brought In.
lie went out and came again, leaving the mare,
saying he would call again at ten o'clock be
came back, asked witness out TO drink, went
with him 70 Union Hotel. went back, and says,
III this thi1s happens tonight you will hear Of
a present - frra
| fold him would not like 10 ride through the
/ city that night, she looked 20 sklttish he said
''she was good on the retreat y asked him why
his friend (Henoldl did not get back with Mr..
noon be said he would be there soon.
and he went on with the bay marc
witnesA thea went IN search Of Herold and
and Naylor's horse, and found him near the
put spurs 10 the horse, and witness, after follow
log him through d 10 Tenth and theroe 20 2
street, 40, horss from the stable and Parsred