The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-12-22

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these afc Ne cummoncsl piciufes, aud
vet there u une more terrible II Il
that of man nying ftom The land
where be WIS born flying from The
nyengef Death, from The body Of hia
victim, from the corpse of hismoiher
on the scallold, seeking In vain Ia
lose himself IN the great world and
10 blot his name from the memory Of
man. This is John Harrison Sur
ratt, Of whose equal guilt In the
crime there Is no doubt, and by
whom, Il Ia believed, much that i
hidden may be revealed.
The evidence taken before The mil
itary commission In June, 1865,
proved John II Surratt TO be one Of
the principal conspirators. II wa.
At the house Of his mother that the
meetings were held, up to the week
of the assassination he had been
iourncying between Richmond and
Montreal; Booth was his constant
companion; Mudd concealed him in
the woods near his house Payn,
consulted with him; Atzerodt con.
iessed that Surratt induced him tc
Join the conspiracy; one Mott, ,
rebel, when he heard Of the murder
il was sworn he exclaimed; an,
God ! John Surratt knew all abou
this, and do you suppose he is goinl
to stay in Washington and let then
catch himW His name was the frs
in the indictment. Had there beer
any doubt of his guilt his flight woul,
, have removed it, for though none o
the principals were more frequent,
| seen up to the Sd of April, on tn
afternoon of the 18th he was seen TO
the last time, booted and spurred
t ready for his escape. From tha
: time the very existence of Surrat
I; was a mystery; il was believed h
/ was dead that he had revealed tn
4 names of his fellow conspirators t
D the Government, and had been al
= lowed to escape; that he was secret,
3 imprisoned. II was noted that n
| reward was offered for his arrest
e Yet, as time passed on, John Surrat
G was forgotten, till the other day cam
o the startling news that he had bee
y arrested by the American Consul
!, General in Egypt.
!. De Quincy, in illustration Of III
!, vast empire and power Of the Re
i mans, imagines fugitive from III
i vengeance Of the Emperor, vainl
b seeking TO escape his grasp. Nortl
G South, Fast or West, wherever tll
wretched man may fly, he tread
/, within the circle of Rome, and he
# hand is raised above him; though b
o fly to the uttermost parts Of the cartl
d Cesar will be before him. In th
!, age, justice is hard to escape. I'll
o great criminal hides in vain in foI
cign lands, changes his name or di,
d guises his person. Surratt's perso
n was not very easy TO disguise.
st tall man, with a prominent forchea
y and a very large nose, with dcepl
70 sunken eyes and long black hai
It Thus he was described at the trial.
m OF his wanderings little is know
II is said that he was recognized on
y Liverpool steamer shortly after ii
d murder. Then came the rumor TIN
E. he was serving as a private soldier
nr the Pope's Guards at Rome. "
v, know now that he had been a soldi,
W in the Papal Zouaves at Varoli, an
e, served under the name Of John Wa
p son. The fact became known to NJ
Rufus King, our Minister at Rom
who telegraphed to our Govcrnmen
and was instructed TO secure his a
l. rest. Mr.. King conferred with Ca
5 dinal Antonelli, who issued an ord
be for bis seizure. Surratt was takeI
~ be was imprisoned, and on remov
to from Jail, guarded by Ave soldier
H. broke from their hands, jumped, Il
ne said, over a prccipice more than Of
81 hundred feet high, and escaped in
&c the Italian territory. Mr.. Mars
H. our Minister at Florence, obtain
We telegraphic instructions from the IL
,te ian government to have all the SC
he ports Of Italy watched to prevent !
its escape. He was supposed to ha
,st embarked in steamer for Nal
he and a dispatch TO that island arriv
80 too late TO detain him; another "
sr- sent TO Alexandra, and when Surri
he stepped upon the shores Of EgyI
lth he was seized by the strong, &
he reaching arm Of America. Unit
fed States detectives, Il Is said, hs
lad watched him since October. i
Old long before this he must have bC
Of overtaken by speedier, surer I
Ies, Fear was ever at bis back; from
nj, morse he could hardly escape,
inr evyn II he could forget the crime
its had committed, how could he e
ing cease to see the phantom Of bis mo
Of er on the gallows2 Coward all
ave world believed him, since that ,
and when he hed and lcft her TO suil
in. coward, Il was said, she held b
gin and in her last moments refused
,wn hear his name.