The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-06-26
An Authentic History Of the Capture
Of ]. Wilkes Booth, at the Gar.
rett p" Farm, in Caroline County,
Virginia.


and signed by Mr.. Richard II Gar.
reit Of Caroline county, Va;
On or about the Goth day of April.
1865, a rcpor, was brough, to our
neighborhood from Richmond, tina,
President Lincoln had been shot aud
killed, in thea,cr in Washington
City, BY an actor. whose name was
supposed to be Booth but no cir
cumstances attending the murder
were stated. On the 23d of April /,
heard the report confirmed by a gen.
tleman from our section who Ind
been to Richmond. and he stated
tina, il was reported in RichmonJ
that Mr.. Seward and Vice President
johnson had also been killed On
the 9th day of Anril. about 4 o clock
p. NJ. three men rode up to the edge
Of my yard wen, out to them
and they were all strangers 10 me
The one that was in from, introduced
himself TO me as Cnptnin lett lie
then introduced the two men to me
the one as Lieutenant Rugales. and
tho ether az his friend H. Rovd
Ue stated ,b,, Mr. EovJ was A., Con.
,oao,a,o soIJ;or who LojoraoJ 20 o.
eral A. p. Hills Corps, kat he was
badly wounded in the leg below
Petersburg. n few days before the
surrender of our army. that he and
Lieutenant Ruggles were going on a
little scout toward Richmond to see
how matters were getting or and
that his friend BOYD was suffering so
much from his wound tina, he could
not accompany them on horseback.
and that he would thank me to take
care Of him til Wednesday morning
A, which time they would call for
him As il had always been one of
the nrineiples of nv religion to en-.
terrain strangers. especially any in
distress | a, once consented and
promised | would do The best could
,or him fund ,hcn he alicbted
from nj. horse he was an cru,cbcs
and could not put ope Of hi. legs to
,be g,ourd lie ven, with me TO
nv hensc and .Jen AID Rueples
rode "A le,dinp the horse ua which
noyd had ridden when A.. .ome
They wen, toward. Bowlune ireen.
and + saw M mara oe them Royd
took sumner with nv family and
silent ,hat piobt in an npper room in
which nv Two sons John NJ and
Willie II and two of nv children
silent
H.. s.n Iobo Al u.s IN ,ho ho,se
-, whan ia ,h,ao mon woro
a. ra,I ha oama 10 tho window
al T., 49, .hom hn, w,s no, nc,r
""u 81" '"'"i ~ n
."o"S !" " "e"' 49, 49, " Wv I",, aaa
''o' .''"' ", u'"s ~ - S 49,, ~ ,ha
n'e, "o' ~ ~ 80 soo. ,har. haco,o
Sn . :u," .na, h,oasGs, on Tuos
IT, 49, ~" ia,n AT rada 70 shao
aa1 % H. 49, .hon, onc md
"' a,e ~ ~, F. -, ~ ~, 90" :. ,",
H. .haas mandoJ nd ,om.;nea
-, ,,.a ,o,rs, hill ,hora
NJ 80 80, ill., o.nar ~ ia /
- hi H. Annvs ,os;deJ
a.wo in and he had bv some means .
op'n'neo "'v'''"o'''' ~ y. ~.
in TINS paper !, was s'a'eu '""' 10
ward oil eio',"'o "au pes" ,s 49, y,
Tor INC a,res' " Wv a;anas ae,sr
PRESIDENT L,heoin' ~ a'""',, ~
MS return, nc s"''" '""' ~ VS."
seen TINS paper anu a,, ,"' ''a'' n n'
about the teWaro' '"e """ 3i
looked at him, ana sal" NC suo"'.
not have been surprised IVA.
OF soo,ooo had peeh o"e'eu, ~"
That ne had near" " NY VI ~ 80.
that the murderer ' naa p p.Sn su
between pa'''n " "" ~ ana, ss"n
! asked MN II ne nau es'' s;s
Booth, the ,epu'ed 'nu''I ~, ~ ~ H.
he was a" eiue''y ma" p;.Smand
had seen MN once ~ n''" n
aboufthe tune Of inc 'ohh 10 n'o~n
raid, ana 'hat NC '"o'e", "o va"
rather young man ..o"En n ~
the time the murderer was vi ros'"
Booth, never having hea'1 u "",
other Booth, as an ac,oi; w.. was s no'
much with the man curing Wv "a,
as | WAS attending to my 'np9'ers
he seemed to be resi- restless ,' anu. anu ~, my
family Informed me 'na' nc sps i;', Wv
greater part OF we IN, "a r.a 'ot rarJ
on the grass in inc 'roh1 ys'.,
After got my Dinner : N'' "a u
where my iaborers were at "o' "''
some time alter TWO men ,i Oh h nv
back with a 'bira n'an ria'nR o' ,' inv
one of them rode TO my e''S y" sas
main road, and Tho mnn ihai was