The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-10-04


as her merits justly entitls her to expect. On
Monday evening, F. s. CHAsFRAU opens tho
dramatic season In his eccentric "Sam."
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REIYTERMEST OF THE CoysPIRAToRs'
BoDEs-BooTn's BoDY AND Irs SECRET HIS
ToRY.-on Tuesday last, In accordance with or.
ders received at the Washington Arsenal, by
General Ramsey, commandant Of the post, from
General Grant, Secretary Of War, the bodies Of
the assassin conspirators, as also the body OF
Henry Wirz, the Andersonville jsilor, were re-
moved from their graves and reinterred in an
other portion Of the grounds. This removal
was rendered necessary In consequence of the
projected improvement Of the Arsenal grounds;
the contractor for the removal Of the old pcni.
Tertiary building, Mr.. j. T. stoekbridgs, being
about to commence work.
II will be remembered that after the execu-
tion Of Mrs Surratt, Lewis Payne, David L.
Herold, and George A. Atzerodt, which took
place on the 9Th of July, 1865, tho bodies were
lowered and placed In white pine boxes, and
were Immediately inferred In graves just south
of tho scafold, near the east wall Of the In.
closure, Mrs. Surratt being placed In the north
grave, and the others In the order In which they
stood on the scafold. Subsequently q plain
white head. board was placed at each Of the
graves on which the names Of tho parties were
painted In black letters. Afterwards some posts
were planted and a slight fence was erected
around the graves. Tho body Of Henry WirI,
the Andersonvile jailor, who was convicted by q
Military Commission which sat In the Court Of
Claims rooms, at tho Capitol, and who was hung
at the Old Capitol prison. Nov, 10, 1865. was
also taken and buried just south Of the grave of
AtEerodt.
The body Of J. Wilkes Booth, the principal of
the consprators, who was killed in the attempt
to capture him at CARROTS farm, near Port
Royal, on tho Rappahannock river, on the Goth Of
April, 1865, was buried In what was known as
the ware.room Of tho Peuitentiary building, CHAT
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the warden and the prison proper and In this
connection It seems to be the proper time now to
give the following particulars. heretofore un.
published, concerning the secret interment Of
the remains: The body Of Booth, with Herold
and the captors-Lieutenant Colonel Conger,
Lieutenant l.. b Baker, Lieutenant Z. P. Dough.
erty, and detachment Of the 18th New York
cavalry-arrived at the navy yard at half past
two o'clock on the morning Of the 9th Of April,
when the body OF j. Wilkes Booth was placed on
the monitor Montauk, on which others charged
with being concerned In tho conspiracy were
confined, and Herold was assigned to quarters on
board. No visitors wero allowed on board the
monitors, but during the day large numbers Of
persons visited the yard and saw the body from
the wharf, 1t being laid on 4 carpenters bench
on board the monitor placed near the turret OF
the vessel. Surgeon General Barnes, with Sur
geon Todd, Of the monitor, and one or two army
surgeons, made q post norton examination Of
tween which the ball which caused his death had
passed. We can positively assert that this was
tho only portion Of the body removed and that
tho various reports put In circulation at the time,
that his head was taken of, his heart taken out,
&C., were entirely unfounded.
pine box had been made previously, In
which to bury the remains, but this was not
used, and about O'Clock on the day Of Its ar
rival up river, the body was wrapped In gray
army blanket, placed In boat, In which was an
officer of tho monitor with four sailors, Gen.
Baker, and two detectives. The boat proceeded |
down stream, and finally stopped at tho lower
Arsenal wharf, on which the body was placed |
after which, the boat returned to the monitor, |
leaving Gen. Baker and his assiEtants In the |
Arsenal grounds. Some few persons employed |
at the Arsenal saw the body lying there during |
the evening, but q report being put out that 1t |
was the body Of a soldier who had been drowned,
but little attention was paid to IT, Two men,
who had occasion to remove the body, having
got some blood on their hand, came near spread.
ing the report that 1t was Booths body, but
being admonished to quietly wash the blood of,
and keep their mouths shut, they did so, and
but few persons became aware that the body was
other than that Of a drowned soldier, as had been
reported. The body remained on the wharf until
after pightiall, when preparations were made for
the interment Secretary Stanton, Gen. Dyer,
Chief of Ordnance, and Col. Benton, oomms and.
ant Of the post, were on the ground, a. we'll as
Gen. Baker and his detectives. Three men of
the laborers gang were sent for, and they were
nrst directed to dig grave In one Of the peni.
tontary cells, but after taking up the brick door
ing they came to tho granite foundation laid In
cement, and they pronounced the work imprac.
ticable A spot was then selected in the ware.
room, ave or six feet south Of the iron door
openiug into the prison from the warden's de.
partnsnt, and they were directed to dig tho
grave to the depth Of about ten feet. The grave
being ready, tho body, enclosed in an ammuni.
tion box, (arm case,) was brought in by four of
the ordnance men in charge Of a sergeant, low.
cred into tho grave, and it was filled, the brick
fiooring being mostly replaced, and the surplus
earth removed to another portion OF the ROOM |
Tho burial having been accomplished, the win |