The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-06-06


of the train, to assassinate him in the
cars. Hence the extra precaution above
m en,ioned, regarding the telegraph In
due time the train with Mr.. Lincoln
! reached Washington The public, and.
| above all the conspirators, awoke on the
morning of the oath, to be astonished
with the intelligence that Mr. Lincoln
| had arrived in Washington. 1t may be
well to mention here that the story OF
i his disguise in . I" Scotch cap" and cloak
i was untrue He wore his ordinary
/ travelling cap, and was in no sence of
the word disguised.
son one OCCASION" be adds, Il car
ried to Mr.. Lincoln two anonymous COM
munications in which he was threatened
with assassination. In a laughing. jok-
ing manner, he remarked, Nv ell, b aker,
what do they want to kill me for? Ii
they kill me, they will run the risk Of
getting worse man
The narrative Of the pursuit of Booth
and his accomplices is given in the
words Of correspondent of newsr a.
per, and need not be repeated. But the
following statement about Mrs Surratt
is new:
During my visits to the prisoners,
| before their execution, Mrs Surratt con-
fessed to me her completely with the
/ conspirators so far as the intended ab-
| duction was concerned, but affirm ell that
Sic reluctantly yielded to the urging of
Booth in aiding the plot of assassination
He insisted that her oath of fidelity
bound her to see the fatal end of the con
spiracy."
The following passage sets at rest the
dispute as to the final disposition of
Booths body
In order to establish the identity of
the body Of the assassin beyond all ques-
ton, the Secretary of War directed me
to summon a number of witnesses resid-
ing in the City of Washington, who had
previously known the murderer. Some
two years previous to the assass ination
of the President, Booth had had a tumor
or carbuncle cut from his neck by Il sur
geon. On inquiry, l ascertained that
DR.. May, a well known and very skillful
surgeon, of % years practice in Wash
ington, had pcrforme ed the operation.
y, 1
before seeing the body, minutely des
cribed the exact locality Of the tumor,
the nature and date of the operation, &c.
After being sworn, he pointed to the
scar in the neck. which was then plainly
visible. Five other witnesses were ex-
amined, all of whom had known the as
sassin intimately for years. The various
newspaper accounts, referring to the mu-
tilation of Booths body, are equally alb
surd- General Barnes. Surgeon General
Y y a, was on board the gun boat where
the post nortem examination was held,
with his assistants. General Barnes cut
from Booth S neck about two inches of
the spinal column through which the ball
had passed, this piece of bone, which is
now on exhibition in the Government
Medical Museum in Washington, is the
only relic of the assassin's body above
ground, and this is the only rItiiation Of
tAe remains that ever occurred. Imme
diately after the CO lclusiou Of the exam
ination, the Secretary of War gave or
ders as to the disposition of the body,
which had become very offensive, owing
to the condition in which it had remained
after death; the leg, broken in jumping
from the box 20 the stage, was much dis
colored and swollen. the blood from the
wound having saturated his under cloth
ing. With the assistance Of Lieutenant
L. b. Baker, l took the body from the
gun boat direct to the old Penitentiary.
adjoining the Arsenal grounds The
building had not been used as 4 prison
for some years previously. The Ord
nance Department had fill ed the ground
floor cells with fixed amnunition-one of
the largest OF these cells was selected as
hal h,rr rialr r,la Of tf,a
ton was removed, a large fat stone was
lifted from its place, and rude grave
dug; the body was dropped in, the grave
filed up, the stone replaced. and there
res to this hour all that remains Of John
Wilkes Booth H i@ E#
The final scene in the assassination
conspiracy is indirectly connected with
the famous case of Mrs Cobb. the Wash
ington pardon broker, who, it will be re-
membered, caused General Baker to be
indicted for extorting money from her,
and for false imprisonment Our read
ers may also remember that the trial re-
suited in verdict OF guilty. an3 General
B.zwas sentenced to pay Il fine OF one
dollar. He had encountered Mrs. Cobb
and her husband several fines IN the
course Of his daty. before the celebrated
pardon case His narrative of this affair
is SO extraordinary tnat we give it IN his
own words:
I Idecided to bring such a record of
facts before the President. with respect
to her case, as would satisfy him of her
unworthy conduct, and the nefarious bus
mess in which she was engaged To ac-
complish this, determined to manufac-
t1re fictitious application for pardon
To represent an application, selected
Captain III. III. Hine, formerly Assistant
Provost Marshal General at ST. Louis
then in Washington endeavoring to pro-
cure the revocation of . sentence passed
upon him by military commission un-
der General Rosecrans-- It seems Capt
Hine had been tried, convicted (unjustly