Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-20
LITTLE TRoT KLsHIYGTON.
The Recent Assassination Of the Pres
tdent-.FaeIs and umOTs'
TgpeciaI c rresnondsnoe Cleveland LEADER.l

The Recent Assassination OF the Pres
tdent--FaeIs and umOrs.
Especial rrespOpdsnoe Cleveland LEADEA'I
WAsH1EeroE, April l6, 1865.
EprToss LEApER;ZYesterdsy Saturday
was a day cf gloom and universal sorrow
mingled with rage and indignation among
all classes, in this city. The heavens, as if
ia sympathy with the Nations grief, we're
shrouded with a fombre pail, and the
streets, notwithstanding the frequent show
en-, we're crowded with people eager to OBJ
tain further details of the terrible National
calamity.
A thousand Fumors in reference TO the
murderers were in circulation, each more
plausible than the other.
The murderer of the President is uni
versally conceded TO be j. Wilkes Booth,
willing tool of the rebel leaders, as accu-
mulsting evidence proves, and his early
capture wss generally anticipated from the
various measures Immediately instituted to
prevent his escape by pstFolling every ave-
nue. leading from the city. a man named
5urratt is suspected as an sccompliee, snd
Portuguese, blockade runner, who had
received rough usage from the Secretary
Of State at one time, is suspected as the
assassin at Mr.. Stewards, and it is said the
detectives are on his track. Up to this
evening, the Secretary was improving,
though Frederick Seward remains In the
same unconscious state ss st first.
Rumors and denials of Booths capture,
we're current on the street all day yester-
day and today, and though not actually
denied by those competent to know, yet it
is regarded by many here as true, that
be is In the custody Of the Government,
out OF the reach Of she populace, who it is
feared would lynch him were his where
stouts known. Wednesday is the day an
nounced for the funeral, the remains to be
temporarily depositedlin the Congressional
Cemetery, after which, at such time as
shsll be designated by the Illiu ois delegs-
tion, the body will be removed to Spring
field for final sePulture.
The Vice President was sworn in st 10
o clock A. NJ. on Saturday morning, sssum-
ing with becoming dignity the awful go
lemnities of the Office. His brief inaugural
hss doubtless ere this reached you.
A rebel General (Payne) wss brought
in to-day, who has been detected in st
tempting TO re-orgsnize The psroled men
of Lees army-st least so Tumored. The
general indignation was SO great that 8
regiment was detailed 10 guard him.
Beside the public buildings, all the stores
on the avenue, and large proportion oI
the private dwellings, are drsped in mourn
ing.
A guard has been detailed for the pro.
lection of the residences of the Cabinet
Ministers and Of Chief Justice Chase, since
the tragedy of Friday, and guard Of
officers for the personal protection Of the
President, some Of Yhom are constantly
with him.
Arrangements are in progress for tht
presence, in the procession of Wednesday,
of the delegations from the different StsteI
in the city snd to arrive. The body
will lie in State at th'
East Room in the White House
AS yet no programme Of arrangement
have been made public.
LATER Six suspicious characters hsvu
been arrested, among them Surratt, it is
ssid-two of them being arrested in wo
mems clothing, al Georgetown. A mai
called Sam Arnold is said TO have been ar
rested, supposed to have been implicated il
the Seward assassination.
Col Baker and detectives are busily en-
gagged in every direction, and escape 70
the murderers seems next to impossible
Four or five days will develope more full.
the extent of the conspircy,and if il is no
brought directly home 10 the rebel leader
ss the instigsiors, let us hope the natio
will award il as the result of the rebellion
and the universal verdict be DEATH To TIL
TRAIToRoUs LEADERS of the Southern Con
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