Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-07-14


known Of the four persons who died
fclons death, and for crime, Which will
go down in history as without parallel
i for its wcckcdncss and utter restitution oil
any sort of apology. or reason.
Lewis Thornton Powell, who will 90
into history as Lewis Payne, was the only
bne of these men worth saving. He had
character He was frank and generous,
simple and honest. and, under other in
| huenees and surroundings than those his
boy hood knew, would have grown into
worthy and commanding manhood. While
giving thanks that his crime has met its
just punishment, give also pity that sla-
very wasted his young life. clothed his
heart with garments of hate, and put into
| Ills hand the assassin's knife. When his
sentence was read to him yesterday, he re-
ccived it as he has received every thing
since the day Of his arrest. lie thanked
| all the officers Of the prison for kindness
shown to him. He told one Of them that
on the night Of the attempted murder he
was pursued by the cavalry while attempt
ing to leave the city: that his horse
stumbled and partly fell upon him; that
fields that he lay under tree less than a
mile from the city limits and slept till
morning that on Saturday he went out
two or three miles and laid i'll the woods
that he remained there without feed till
| Tuesday night, and then came to town,
fixing his disguise and picking up his pack
on the way; that he believed Mrs. Snrrati
knew about the plot and would help him
through. but was not sure she would not
| give him up that he was almost indiitcr-
cnt to his fate. and had even coufdeniially
given himself MP on the following morn
| ing. and would not therefore have blamed
Mrs. Surratt If she had caused him To lie
arrested. He never has either said that
she was guilty or innocent but has more
| than once said that the conversations oil
Booth and John III. Surratt led him to be-
| licNc that she knew i'll general terms what
the plot was He condemned John ii
Surratt in strong terms for running away
and said he was sorry if any act OF hls
| had proved harmful to Mrs. Surratt.
David T.. Hcrold seemed utterly devoid
Of manhood from the first, and his supper
ing trivolity in court was. ut times. alb
solutely shocking TO any one who consider
ed his probable fate. The scenes of the
| last twenty four hours of his life did not,
| either. develop any manhood in him.
| Daring Yesterday afternoon he wlincd and
| simpercd by turns. though he broke into
childish tears when his sisters visited him
early in the evening They were with
| him several hours, aud afterwards called
| at the White House to see the President
| in his behalf: but, like Miss Snrratt, were
4 l.. A. H.
ing two of them again called there. and,
failing Ia see the President. they address
ed note to Mrs. johnson, and expressed
hope that she would no, turn deaf ear
TO their plcadings. Mrs. johnson being
| quite sick, ii MAS deemed cXpedicnt by the
ushers not tn deliver it, and they then re-
turned Ia the Arsenal.
| Ierold slept about four hours during the
night. He said to one of the officers in
! charge OF him tina, the part he was Ia take
f IN the abduction plot was to shut oft the
+ gas in the theatre at the proper moment.
I and asserts that he refused to have any
/ thing to do with the final plot: but AZ last
consented to sec that Payne undertook lis
work. and then to aid Booth and Payne IN
/ their escape through Maryland. He also
SAYS Atzerott MAS assigned 10 the murder
of the Vice President, hut that Booth was
afraid hc would not accomplish any thing
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