The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-16

ny, APRIL Is, 1865.
thought that Mr. Lincoln had fallen out and looked 70
see shs could him tho noor and barely the
cuprit jump TO the stage when al WA over she turned
eyes 70 the box and that Mr. Lncolns head had
dropped forward upon his breast and as once realized
what had transpired Thus II 10 that In an unexpected
hour great calamity has fallen upon the nation. All
feel the aieton ffom the highest to the lowest and
bow with grief at the sad and lamentabe event.
ooHrusIoN In The 1nBATRh
Ths most intense excitement snsued In the theatre
Every enort was made to quiet but TO avail rush
was made for the door, and the theatre empty
W. BOOTH IDENTIFIED THE ASSASSIN.
The circumstances Of the murder, the air. manner and
movements Of the such that almost every per-
son who had known J. wilkes Booth declared at once
that was him. Some Of the actors on the stage and
or the orchestra declared that they would bet
their life upon its being Booth In making his escape
hs lost his hat which identified Bootha spur
was recognized a. obtained by Booth at stable
that day In fact the evidence momentarily accumu-
latng hxes beyond doubt the author Of the bloody
gedy.
MS PRxnpHr RExovxD FROM rm rHEArRH
guard Of soldiers rushed TO the box occupied by the
President a. Il known that he shot, and
eterson, on the opposite side Of Tenth street
rm MURDER TEE rREnDESf ANNOUNCED 10 soN.
The murder Of the President at once announced at
Growers theatre. Little Tad lincoln In attendance
there and the moment that he heard tho statement he
seemed to 90 almost crazy shrieked and sobbed in
heartrending manner the poor boy was taken 70 the
White House. and was soon quietsd whom Il was ascsr-
tanned Ii at his father was still alive.
THE ASSASSINATION or Nh. SEWARD.
simultaneously with the tragic 1t Fords thea
re and near be ascerained At the precise
ment another nend entered the house Of Secretary
Seward after some pareyng with the servants and It
seems there dealt out his blows in a directions ssme
six seven persons who in attendance upon the
family during the night have made their positive state
ments Of the manner in which the assault was made
here, but no two Of hem agree II 10 well established
that he applied at Stewards residence the pretended
bearer Of prescription Of medicine. Having succeeded
evadng the servant the door he rushed Ssward
chamber but was confronted by Fred Seward when he
had quito . parey for . moment about the medicine
which he had been directed to deliver In person Find
ing that he could not succeed In that way he made
' attack upon Fred Seward The desperate was . large
and powerful He determined TO enter the bod.
chamber and drew his pistol and snapped twice. but
did mot succeed In dischaTgng IT, He struck Seward
twice upon the head with such force that
Il not only fcllcd him 70 the floor and crushed the
skull In two three pacss BIZ also breaking the pistol
separating the chamber from the barrel. He then i'm
meda&ey rushed into the and applied his knife "a
Secretary Seward who was lying PROSTATE in bed II ID
cvdont from the wounds that he tried 70 cut tho secre
tsrys throat He succeeded in inncting gashes
upon his aoe laying opsn both Checks bus his blows
were partially warded on by the bcdclothes about the
Secretays neck and BY the additional fact that Mr.
ard rolled out upon the oor soldier BY this time had
entered the and sprung upon the assassns back.
He stabbed the soldier in the side and succesded In
breaking away and after wounding Major Seward ano
Of the Secretary and IN attendant succeedsd In
making his escape from the house. mounted his horss
and rode away, shouting "Sie smpsv syrawnisr hs
sprang into the nddls
TN AsaAanb wEAPoW.
Tho pistol was largo navy revolver and brokon !,
pieces uy tns rorrs or ths blows and ~ Whit
ney's (of Conncctlcut) make The knife ten
twelve inches in length, and also LEFT In the house
The only dangerous wounds inflicted there those
upon Frederick Seward.
I1 CABINET NyoRMED % M TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.
Word was Immediately sent 10 the War Department
give the alarm Two Of the attaches Of the department
started for Santon's residence As they arrived front
Of his house man with cloak about him from be-
hind the box Of and loft Stanton, upon receiving
notice, immediately FASTENED 10 Stewards residence,
where he Of the other members Of the Cabinet
t there that he received tho intelligence Of the
assault upon Lincoln.
"sEwARD SAFE"
Surgeon General Barnes, who was at wilard's
Hotel at the tme was sent for, and but few mo
elapsed before half dozen physicians arrived
Stewards residence. report started that Seward was
dead. messenger came for DR. Barnes, summoning
him into the presence OF the President He had barely
time TO make examination Of Secretary Stewards
wounds when he left An he passed out Of the house he
whispered to friend "Seward is safe"
| rTh PREHpKsr's WOUNDS MORTAL.
This furnished relief and tended to centre the anxiety
upon Mr.. Lincoln. Mr. Stanton and other members Of
the Cabinet hastened the side Of Mr. Lincoln Med
and surgical aid obtained and everything done
that could be % relieve, and II possible, restore the
President to lfe but II ascerained that
impossible for Mr. Lincoln to survive the only question
being how many hours he would lingcr.
THE EXCITEMENT WASHINGTON.
Guards were stationed the corners of the streets
leading to the house where tho Presidents body lay
The excitement In the locality intense Loud cries
vengeance uttered, and at time feared
that attack would be made upon tho Old Capitol
prison, whore were confined large number OF rebel
prisoners b. under the precautionary Of
Of the consderac all such demonstrations
prevented.
TIE rKIKoRATT wIRE CUT.
The telegraph at the time with tho attack upon
the President and Secretary Seward was interrupted.
This necessitated the despatch Of coure In all direc
tons The wires restored and communication
with the fortincations In all directions secured
GENERAL GRANT RnoRrKp KILLED.
About this time q rumor was started that General
Grant had been killed, but there foundation
whatever for the statement Colonel Bowers teegraphed
General Grant, which reached him just he arrived
at the depot In Philadelphia He replied that he was
safe and would Immediately return.
oRcrsrANtAL xvipEsox AaAIrsr THE nuRpxaEss
Thus passed the slow hours. Rumos, vague, contra
dictory cous startling. floating about the
|cy. Every few moments strong circumstantial evi.
denoe turned up pointing directly 10 the parties who
performed the atrocous deeds Long before the Prcsi
dent expired the authorities were perfectly sat.s-
fed 1 10 who committed both the deeds.