Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-04-28

Nf nan UNO kttttd ITcotUtW btH'
coin.
FROM the Loui'viile Democrat.
On the 18th of last month, Ster-
ling King was presented before tho
Police court upon the charge OF hav'
ing stolen II horse and buggy from
the proprietor of.a livery stable in
Cincinnati. The proof was clear
against him, and he was committed
to jail to await requisition from
the Governor of Ohio. He is charged
with having stolen several horses
from the neighborhood of Porkopo'
liz King, after his committal to
Jail, made q statement, or what might
be called confession, ofa most hor-
rible crime. namely, that of the mnr.
der of the President of the United
States. King states that he was
the man who killed President Lin
coin. He says that he entered the
theatre AS any other person, pur-
chasing a ticket and paying for it.
At the appointed time he entered
the private box in Ford's Theatre,
Washington. where Mr.. Lincoln was,
and he shot him with single bar
rel pistol, which he let fall nt the
time he leapcd from the box. He
gives as his object for using single
barrel pistol, that he was compelled
to leave it behind him, and if it had
been a revolver those in the box
might have used it against him.
He further says that after he shot
the President and leaped from the
box, he passed by several persons,
but one of whom he knew, Miss
Laura Kpene. and she did not know
him, According to his statement,
]. Wilkes Booth, who it was said
was the murderer of President Lin
coin, was in the rear Of the theater
waiting with horses. From the vi
cinity of Ford's Theatre, he states
that he went to the residence Of
Seward, and after forcing
an entrance he made an attack up
on the Secretary himself cutting
him in the throat with a bowie knife.
lie says that after young Seward
was knocked down, the old man
begged not to be murdered, and that
he struck the blow to silence him.
His only regret seems to be that
he did not kill the Secretary. He
says that the statement published in
the paper, that there were two per-
sons in the affair, is false, as he is
the man who shot President Lincoln
and made the attack upon Secreta-
ry Seward. He says that there was
person in the affair who has
not yet been apprehended who was
70 have killed Stanton, but he failed
10 fulfill his pledge.
In regard to Booth, he says Booth
,ad nothing to do with the killing,
with the exception of assisting him
o make his escape from the City Of
Washington. lie gives in his writ
en- statement, which is now in the
lands of the military, the route he
pursued after leaving Washington.
lie says that he man killed in the
Darn. and who is said to have been
Booth. was prisoner who escaped
rom the Ohio prison. He claims to
nave gone. in company with Booth,
rom Washington to Canada, and
rom thence to the Island of Cuba.
He states that his object in return
ng to the United States was for the
purpose of rele ising jeff. Davis.
In regard to Mrs. Suratt, who was
executed rs one of the conspiratOrs,
he says that she knew nothing of
he conspiracy. The parties who
the affair, three Of them
nave ever been heard of, met regu-
arly at the house of Mrs. Surrat,
,ut she knew nothing Of their de-
'igns. He says that he was stop
ping at the house of Mrs. Surratt
'ome ten or twelve days previous to
he exccuti, IL Of the plot.
We give the above statement OF
King without vouching for the truth
If the same, though there are some
plausible circumstances connected
With his statement, and it would ap-
pear that he had some connection or
knowledge of the plot. His confess
sion has been semitic Washington to
be acted upon by the President.
The above statements were made
to Generals jeff. c. Davis and Wat
lsins, at the Jail, on Tuesday, after
having been related to two or three
Of the prisoners and Policeman
Bligh. Finding that his statement
was likely to get MIN in a very Sc
rious difficulty, King determined to
put an end to his miserable exist
.nce. He asked the privilege of
having u small penknife, which was
granted him. With this he opened
he veins Of the left arm, and would
nave bled to death, had it not been
that the attempt was discovered by
his cell.mate and an alarm given -
We yesterday paid visit to King
in his cell and found him too low to
speak. The alarm in regard to his
attempt to commit suicide was CIV
EN- about four clock in the morning
after he had bled for several hours.
Referring to the above statement,
the Washington correspondent OF
the New Orleans Picayunc says.
A singular statement has recently
been received here from the military
authorities in one of the Western
military departments, to the effect
that the real murderer Of President
Lincoln has been discovered; and
that Booth, although an accomplice,
49,. -, H. man vrho fired the fatal