Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-09-11
J. WILKES BOOTH Is ALIVE /,
Amdavits Ready to prove Facts
Baker Charged with a COnsplr.
cy tO obtain the Reward for
the BOdY Of llOOfln.

As"ACT SuuTBeO WISu II COnSplfs
cy To obtain the Reward for
the Body Of Booth.
The following extraordinary statement Of
the actual existence Of John Wilkes Booth,
is taken from the New Orleans Sunday
Ners. A correspondent says:
l have no doubt the smile Of incredulity
will play upon the countenancc Of many o
one who, otherwise in bis own conceit is
constrained to reject the voice Of truth when
proclaimed in language which shallow in
tellcct renders it impossible for him to COIN.
prchcnd, who, aping the wisdom Of Solo
mon, dcnounces everything that to him
sccmsto portako Of mystery, asa ''humbug," !"
simply because his mind is incapable Of
grasping it, therefore proving himself an
owl, and others Of that numerous class Of
automatons whose minds, thoughts, ideas,
synpathies, and actions are swayed only by
prejudice who were never known to have
an original idea in their lives, or give an
expression to an opinion that was not Dor.
rowed who have the most implicit faith in
all the sayings and doings Of the party in
power, its agents and representatives.
/ have no doubt the faces of some per-
persons will wear an incrcdulous smile when
l boldly and fearlessly proclaim through
your columns Brother Americans, you
have been deceived! John Wilkes Booth
is alive!
The delusion has continued quito long
enough. 1t is time our people were ava
kening to due sense Of their simplicity
and susceptibility Of being duped by the
shrewd and cunning parasites Of rascality,
who have been and are still prowling about
Washington, growing fat on the spoils Of
war, and drinking to the dregs the blood Of
the innocent victims, whose lives they have
rccklcssly bartered for filthy lucre," and
that it might rebound to their credit and
selfaggrandisement.
1t is time that we were made fully aware
Of the foul and most damning schemes that
have been concocted by these EVOLVES in
sleeps clothing" to dcfraud an over gener-
Gus public. 1t would be folly to recall in de-
tail the tragic events Of the night Of April
IA, 1865 They are too indelibly stamped
on the memory Of every American citizen.
Suffice it to say, the President was assassin
ated, and j. Wilkes Booth denounced by
common consent as the assassin.
That he made his escape firm Washing
tor, none will deny: that it was his lifclcss
body that was brought back to Washington,
and so mysteriously disposed of-many
doubted, and but few individuals believed
who saw the strange conduct of the officers
in charge that it was not Booths body,
but the manglcd corpse Of a person rescm.
bling Booth, who has been brutally murder.
cd and substituted in Booths stead, can now
be proven beyound dispute that General
L. c. Baker knew that it was not Booths
body, can be shown-that he claimed the
reward offered for Booths captare,, and the
one hundred thousand dollars were paid out
of the United States Treasury, are well
known facts.
But it may be asked, "How do you know
these things? From what source has your
information been derived? p TO all such
questions 1 would reply in this wise, and
before doing so have weighed my words
well, and know full well the purport oI
what l say: II know them iron, diligcnt
inquiry, and having kept my eyes open
and my information has been derived from
q thorough unprejudiccd and perfectly rcli
able source. "
There are three men in the United State!
who have sccnJ. Wilkes Booth since wha
purported to be his mortal remains wal
dragged by those infuriated blood hounds
into Washington.
lie was recognized through his disguise
on the 9th day of April, 1865, on board o
q vessel which carried him beyond the reacl
Of his supposed avengers ; again he wa
seen by gentleman in the month Of Sep
tembcr, 1865; and there is young man il
this city to-day who saw him no longer agt
than August, 1866, and then convcrsed will
him. The names Of these individuals, dull!
signed to tho respective affidavits, nigh
possibly DO obtained upon application t
Judge Advocate Holt, or the notorious L
Y. Baker, chief of tho national defective
police, as it is probable they may have for
gotten to mention to their friends or in pub
lie matter of such trivial import" l
not would venture to say the men refer
cd to would not object to repetition O
their names to documents of similar ma
ture. ..rt
Be it known that do hereby charg
General Lafayette Z. Baker, and his asso
ciates, with having willfully and malciousl
conspired to swindle the United States treas
ury out Of one hundred thousand dollars
! vengeance is mine, saith the Lord" Ma,
the hills and mountains throughout tn
. length and breadth Of the land re-echo tn,
cry of -.
JUSTICE.
bO- Three dogs supposed to be mad hav
been killed in this region within tho las
. twelve davR -tw0 in tho WCok,o.I -,