The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-03-30
singular Confession o6 y Pris-
oner Ia LOuisvtnc, concerminm
the seasnimntsom oG LimcwnnS.


the Assasslnntsom 81 LimeWHfi.
An extraordinary statement comes fron
Isouisville, to the effect that man named
Sterling King, in Jail 10 that city, has con-
fes 'ed that he 10 the sssaaein Of L1ncoLs;
aud the attempted assassin Of Socrstary
sEwAKD, last April. The Louisvillo Dsmo.
Graf gives the following particulars of his
confession;
King statos that he is the man who killed
President Lineoln. lie says that no cntered
the theater Rs any other petsNn. purchasing
ticket and paying for Il. At the appointed
time he entered tho private boz, IN Ford's
Theater, Washington, where Mr.. Lincoln
was, aud ho shot him with a single-barreisd
pistol, which he let fall at tie time he
leaped from the box. He gives as his
object for using a single-barreled pistol
that he was compelled to leave II behind
him. and il II had been revolver thoae In
thO box might have used II against him.
lie further rays that alter he shoa the
President and leaped from the boz, he
passed by several persons, but one Of whom
he knew, Miss Laura Keene. aud she did
not know him. According TO his statemant,
j. Wilkes Booth, whom il IL said was the
tho theateT awaiting with horses. From
tho vicinity Of Ford's Theater, he states
that he went TO the residence OF Secretary
Seward, and, after forcing on entrance. he
made au attack upon the Secretary himself
cutting him in tho throat with bowie
knife. He 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, Ills only regret seems
to DO that he did not kill the Secretary. He
says that the statement published In the
papers, that there were two persons in the
affair lie false, as he is the man who shot the
President aud made the attack upon Secre.
tnry Seward. lle says that there was
another person in the affair who has not yet
been apprehend06, who was TO have killed
Stanton, but he failed to ful6!l his pledge.
In regard to Booth, he says that Booth
had nothing to do with hekilling, with tho
exception OF assisting him to make his ss-
cape from the oity of Washington. He
gives in his written statement, which 10
now in the hands Of the military, the route
he pursued after leaving Washington. He
says that the man killed in the barn, and
who is said to have been Booth, is q priso-
ner who escaped from the Ohio prison, He
claims to have, In company with Booth,
went from Washington TO Canada aud from
thence to the Island Of Cuba. IIe states
that bis object ia returning to the United
States was for the purpose Of releasing
jeff Davis, tie President of the Confederate
States.
In regard TO Mira. Surratt, who was exe-
cuted as one Of the conspirators. he says
that she knew nothing Of the conspiracy.
The parties who planned the affair, three Of
plt ba. II
larly at the honse of Mrs. Snrratt, but shs
knew nothing Of their designs. Hs says
that he was stopping at the house Of Mira.
Surratt some ten or twelve days previous
to tho execution Of tho plot. (. - ;.1Hfld
There are two prisoners now in the jail,
Liewellyn and Grimes, who say that they
know something Of the affair, and it may be-
that the tale has been eoneocted for tho pur-
pose OF getting the three released from ths
charges now against them, and have them
turned over to the military authorities.
The above statement was made to Gener.
ais jeff G. Davis and Watkins. at the Jail
Tuesday, after having been related to two
or three OF the prisoners and policeman
Bligh. Finding that his statement was
likely to get him into very serious difficulty,
King determined to put an end to his mis-.
cradle existence. he asked tho privilege
of having q small penknife. which was
granted him, With this he opened the
veins Of the left arm, and would have bled
to death, had IL 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. Tho alarm in regard TO his attempt
to commit suicide was given about o'clock
in the morning, after he had bled for sev.
eral hours. - .,r