Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-04

IRe aPOAAntIon - Ills SDAoSy.
Washington MAY pa Disr ssch 10 the New FORK
Herald.
So much has been sald about the alleged
spsliaton Of Booths diary that every little
circumstance connected with the subject
wili prove interesting 10 tn public and to
the agita,ors engaged in working up i'm
parchment. At the risk Of making sens.
alton. intend to call attention % a fact
which msy or may not prove useful 10 ID Q
men who persist ia asserting that Booth 4
diary was spoliated, notwithstanding the
recent authoritative Asoials. II tho Herald
Of MAY 4, 1865, And published that part
Of the diary written On . separate piece Of
paper, end supposed b. Judge Advocate
Holt - hoso esea TEN FROM ~ diss1.
The part referred V vas obtained BY the
sesSeepoodsnA a ~ 0xo1 = tAoe tine
1tsQ besshse Of Gen Baker, The Chief
DotepdtA. / hare osen The esatlsaD4n whe
msdS ~ - & thsa sins, and hs Assutuu
ms M Is "a literal copy lsem ,hs
original. The two copies differ in 80 many
respects that Gen. Butler will no doubt see
enough evidence Of spoliation to elevate his
spirits once more. In ths frst. place, the
pepper published 10 The Herald Of Nay 4, II
addressed 70 DR.. Stewart, medical gentle
man, Al whose house Booth and EaraJd are
supposed to have stopped for food and i'd
vice. II is dated "Apsil "a, 1861" and
signed stranger" The copy furnished by
Judge Holt 10 addressed TO no one, has no
date, no signature, and contains many omis'
sions, besides differences 10 language used.
The alterations and omissions are not ma
teriai, though somewhat remarkable, and il
is difficult to discover any useful end they
would subserve, supposing Them TO have
been contrived purposcly by some one un,
known. As published in the Herald two
years ago. the paper appeared TO bea letter
sen. by Booth TO Dr. Stewart to pay the latter
1.-TWO dollars and half" and not 'five dol
lars" for his reluctant hospitality. AS fur
nishod by Judge Advocate Helt. Il 10 given
- part Of tho diary itself. The best wav 20
show the variance Of the two pApsss WI De
by publishing them toGsttef. The follow
ing 10 the letter - polished IN the Herald
Of Nay 4. 1886:
"DR. SrxwAsT
"DsAa Ss-Heeglvs me, but hsss eons
little pride. haes = bloos yea r. PEER
went u houpltality. Yea knew 49, go
Affairs. I was - ed died, VIII : tsetsn
Leg, nd in iced It medical a6stcs. I
would - hass tssssd deg ftsa'oy dsss
in such . esaditiQe. However, yeu ~
kisd enesgh y gfts % selnsehto6 y 81,
for which not ealy thank you, ~, - ~
count Of the reluctant mannsg il which Il
~ ~ e "a s e! ssse& = ~ II y
which MADNESS y extended the'"nee y
ono happy 10 The scospta9os makei
The sauce 10 asaa T. seeaCGsss teesees.
t !, {. bare zlla ]. s sssy ..ssss !:
| accept the enclose ~ lsllAss and = BALI
though hard 70 spaseA-fcs what W have 70
csived. Yours respectfully.
"Apsil ~, 1865. ''srsAneEs."
The following 10 the paper - fusnahsd b
Judge Holt and published in The Hseald o.
Tuesday last:
my Dear (piece torn sut.1 Forgive me
but have some little pride. cannot blame
you for want Of hospitality; yes know ysal
own Affairs. was sick, tised. with bro,
ken limb, and in need Of medical sdvies.
would not have turned dog from my dooi
in such plight. However. You were kind
enough 10 give us something to cat, fol
which | not only thank you. but on account
of the rebukc and manner in which 70 fpcc,
torn out. IL Is not The substance but 9Th
way in which kindness is extended tina
makes ono happy in the acceptance thereof
The sance in meat is ceremony. Meetin:
were bare without It, Be kind enough /,
accept the enclosed five dollars, although
hard to spare, for what we have received.
Most respectfully, ircm your obeden
servant"
In Judge Hollis copy. il will be noticed
that in two places it is marked "Pisce TORI
out, and the words +" Ia which il was he
slowed / feel bound 20 pay for it' were lei
out altogether.