Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-03-31

the Nan ,cho ht"e" freS'o''" Ian
49,. reference 10 the following curious
,,s'"c,l was made by telegraph DAY ur two
hut lhe most important part OF it-nime-
o. hat the man Price coufesses to have been
~ murderer uf Pre- sident Lincoln, was cunt
~ From the Louisville Democrat
On the l2lh of last month Sterling Ming was
presented before the police court upon TIE
charge Of having stolen horse a bugGJ from
The proprietor of livery stable in Cincinnati
The proof was clear against HIN, and he vas
committed TO Jail TO await reQuslon from lhe
Governor Of Ohio. He is charged with ha'inc
stole i several horses from tue uelghooIhoou %
Porkopolis kug, after his committai 10 Ji'.'
made a statement, OF what might "e '@ile"
confession, of most horrible c'lme, i''ITH'
that of the murder Of the President % t'' o".-
ted States Hing states thai ne was "'' "t'
WHO killed President l.,ucolh ne say a'
lie entered the theatre as any otnei Pei''u'P"'
chasing a ticket and paying Tor IT,
AIN snnnir,e6 time he untered the private
b,x u Fordis Theatre, Washington, where MT.
Iiucolr was. and he shot hm win Single oS'-
rel nistol. which he lei fall al the tine lie reap
ed from The box. He gives as his onl"t LOT
u>irg single barrel pistol, that he " as coMpei'
led t1Ieaye il behind HIM, and II II had been q
r-ynlver tyose in tho box might have used IL
a-3.p-t hIm.
10 further states that after lie shot the PTesi-
4 nj and loaded from the box, he passed by sew
OIL ter,oa>. but one of whom lie knew, Hiss
I.,.ra kerue, and she Did not know him. Ac-
c.rd.ns 10 his statement, J Wilkes Booth, who
i :, >1iA vas the murderer OF President LIn-
c.iu was N The rear Of tie theatre awaiting
10 nt
atre he states that he vent to the residence of
Secretary Sew ard and after forcing an entrance
he made an attack upon the Sscresary himself,
cutting him IN the throat with bowie Enhe.
lilo saws that after young Seward vas Knocked
DORM the cid man begged DOT TO bH murdered,
and that he struck the blow to silence MN.
III, only regret seems to DC that he did mol
Nil lie Secretary. lie says that the statement
published in tie paper, that taer. were Two per
e,rs in tie affair, is iase, as he Is tie man VINO
shot Tie President and made the attack lyon
Secretary Seward. Ne saws that there was an
other person IN TIE affair y h0 has not let been
apnr. hrr,dyd who " az 10 have killed Stauntoh,
y Ar failed to fu!fi' his pledge.
f. resar3 TO Booth, he says that Booth had
nothing 10 90 with killing, with the exception oil
a,sis,iug him to make hls escape from the city
OF Ns~hi. gton. He gives 10 his written slate
meut. which IS now in the hsnds Of the militia
n, the route he pursued after leaving Washing
Ton lie saws that the man killed IN the barn,
aud y ho is said TO have been Booth, wss a PII>-
oncr who escaped from the Ohio prison. he
G ams 20 have gone IN company with BOOM
from ashngion 10 Canada, and froin tence
10 the island of Cuba. He state Eas nis object
in returning TO the United States wa, for the
purpose of releasing JEFF, Davis.
In regard 10 Mrs. Surtatt, who wss executed
as ose Of the conspirators, he says that she
knew nothing of the conspiracy. The parties
who planned the affair. three Of them have nsv-
er been heard Of, met reguall, a, the house OF
Mrs, Surrstt, bat she knes nothing Of their de-
signs He says that ne was stopping al the
house Of Mrs. Snrrstt some ten or twelve days
p evious to the execution OF the plot.
" : give the above statement OF King wIlh-
GU, vouching fly tire trI!h OF the same. though
thtra ere l" plausible i'enms'srces connect
cd with bis Sistcncut and il would appear thai
lie had soH1e c, nrec'ion or huowlcdee Of the
Not. BIS confession has been SEM 10 WISH
ineton 10 be acted UPON by the President.
Thee s'e two prisoners nov IN tle lai',
llewCiIG and Grimes, DO say hat they know
something Of Tue affair, and it NAV be that the
t-le has bsen coucncted Tor tne purlos Of get
tnS The three rtleased from the charges 'o~
saint III, III s:l haze tn u .Hrecd over 10 tie
military authorities.
King il e nan Who, during The war. figured
in bob armies, being cone,ciri by military
c.mmi,siun in each aud sentenced TO des n
Al the time he made sescsIre from CoVingon
ne was Under sentence OF desth as gnerr'ith
and spv He CAV as sn object Tor making the
confession that his name would be published
SCI s,ed Tor horse stealing, and as there we're
,hc Sc in Washington who knew hin, be would
BE- sent for.
The above sta 'emrnt mas made 10 Generals
Jeff. G.. Davis aud Watkins at the jail. Oh
Tuesday, after having been re'aed 10 two or
three OF the prisoners and Policemen bhgh
Finding that his statement as likely to get IN.
10 a very ser Gus difficulty King determined -
nut an end 10 his miserable existence. He
a,keG the privilege of having a sn'ali reukn,fe
wi ich was granted him. With tbs be opened
The veins Of his lett arm, and would have bied 10
death, had it not been that the attempt WAS dis
covered hy bis ell mslc, and a.. aiarm given
We Yesterday paid visit 10 Ming 10 his cell,
and found him too low 10 speak. The alarm IN
regard % his attempt to COMMIT suicide was Civ.
en- about four o'clock in the morning, alter he
had b ed for Sc, eral hours.
LATER.
from the Louisville Courier Of Friday
Yesterday morning, about o'clock, the pr,
oners in the cell of The city prison, sjoining
ths; in which Sterling Kne was confined heard
orosning from The direcioa of his apartment.
The p donors INN ediately gave the alarm and
twas soon discovered that Sterling King had
made most desperate attempt 10 Kill himself
With small knife he penetrated the branchal
artery in his arm just above the elbow, whence
flowed a current of blood to the amount OF iul'
" a gallon ard half He was found in an
entirely unconscious state. Dr.. Knight was
sent for, who applied the proper restoratives,
and succeeded, after great difficulty, IN re'ivlng
animation. During yesterday King remained
in state of partial Inconsistencies, but last