Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-15
THE AMFuL MURDER.

THE AWFUL MURDER.
Confusion now hath made his masteIp piece!
Most sAcrilegious murder hath broke opc
The Lord = Rnointed temple, and stole thence
The life o. the building
Never before hai nation been called upon
20 bear such transition from the most 'etp
t,crant Joy 10 the deepest voc Us VIC have o.
fenced during the present week. Yoster
Jay we were rejoicing and praising God for
7 the happy results Of the efforts Of our hon
ored Chief Magistrate and his generals, nd
miruls, and his civil co-lhborers In crushing
'vsF INC fS5sn10h ma restoring the Uuiob
purified, more free than eyer, and with brighter
prospects in the future. in.
To.daywe are called upon to deplors the
foul murder Of the President under circum.
stances calculated TO horrify the nation
Coupled, too, with the assassination Of the
President is a bloody attempt upon the If,
Of the Secretary Of State, lying in his bed
helpless from recent injuries that had we'll
nigh killed him, and upon the life Of his son,
the Acting Secretary, and another SOD, wht
vainly stroYe to oppose the depcrRdo who had
stolen into the sick-roOm TO carry out his fell
design.
When was such chapter Of horrors writ.
ten ms that Of last night! When did suel
1tupendous crimes stain human nature Il
-->this land before The heart grows sick and
faint; the pen aipost refuses to trace the de i
tails Of this tragedy What has this nation
done to deserve shch calamity If anything, /
in Gods name, let us minglo with our mourn
: inEs this day such repentance as shall wald
4on fron our children u like visitation.
- the Presidents Murderer.
From all the facts obtained this morning II
teems, perfectly evident the murder Was com
, nhitted by JONI WILEEs BOOTH lie, in com |
pany with another man, passed over the East
ern Branch bridge before half psst eleven
o'clock His companion gave his name a,
SNIrH, but undoubtedly his name l. SuRR,rI,
FROM Prince GeOrges county, Maryland. Al
the papers found in the trunk Of BoorH are
= In the custody Of the Attorney General, and
they show beyond'R doubt that the murde,
was In contemplation for come time and tina,
II was his intention to have committed IL be
|. fore the fourth of March, but postponed III
for some cause.
" Az this time we are not nj liberty to pub !
, bsh the fncts contained in thsS-
Three minutes after tbS,-'->0 - pap
suDerintsndsnt RIs snooting occur
! over the whole s.aApps had tolcgrap
aiaf,s city. Officers were im
l.Ay dispatched in every direction, and
= -tfains Of cars and boats to and from the /
we're stopped. Orders were semitic the r.
mac AotillA TO guard the river closely.
u, officers, mounted, are all out aud Il IL deer
certain that BOorH will be captured be-
.unset.
Various Incidents.
In the alley back Of the theatre BJDtn
horse, which was held by two boys, wi
he employed. Mrs. DAVIS, who lives o.
street between Ninth. and Tenth sire
some months ago rented the stable to Do
for the purpose of keeping n horse, wi
stable he has held ever since.
I Last evening he had the horse saddIed
Y employed a servant Of Mrs. DAVIS to 81
by him for short thnc. Mrs. DAVIS
covered the horse had suddenly disappea
SSnd she was under the impression he had
oa, until she heard Of the murder.
WDooTH has been in Washington. stop
at the National Hotel, since the 9Th ins
This morning We were shown the hi
BooTH which has been identified by se,
PARTIES, also the pistol with which he
the Presidenr. IL a Derringcr the b
about three inches long. Inthe stock d
pistol were three Gaps. The pistol Is Al
~ fashioned one, silver mounted and Of Fir
IsQF1sTi ssan-st thsiflYas found
~ Hrhe I
~.
Manner oriiLs sho, 70
ara from the way In =.
trough the box.door. IN,
yPp'OAehed the boa, Opsu,d
tainsd lhe position of n. !
slssing tins door, he rut
'sand fred the bali y
N the ir''a'- pIaipI
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