The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-02-26
LINCOLN.

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The AoAuesSsn ~ As.esss ~
lies Ceo.0assey.
Aests Ds0s - AvroaA a. HI,
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Confession Of Atzero61t.
rIAns or n. coxs,,aAro.s.
New that tie trial Of JsAs Hurrsa,
ies psstieipatios 10 srs assassissaiss
II Psssi@sss Lissela, ~ hsss
throws ess " esust slresgA ~
sssAsisslitiss u The lev, "a h b
ssssusesd y psspss;se IT. pssss .
sssvstivs Il Tie vkols tssssesiiss, II
ssy sssvs esod psspsss 10 give
Dsslisisy 70 H. ssllosisg ststs9aas
II oAnssi B ArasiA, oss Of ~
pssss~s a Ne Dry Tsssseas, aAas
II Bslhnees vslsstssiiy. ibss days
! ef>ss ~ ssssssisssioa. W slss Civ
tAs sosftss;ss Of Atssreat, nals 10
Ais ssll % The sight hsfsss The ere
| sssiss. Dssh Il thsss essfsssioss
~ Asvs il or possessions 10 the AssA.
vrAisg q tie trisoner-, ss1 they
Asss Hitherto cot been made pvslie
Ssass The expectations that they vould
b ~ IL tie TRIAL Of jobs Ssrrs.s.
m soaflssaos Of Arnold Wv
| nads II tks o4es Of Marshal McPhail
~ The 18th. II April. 1855, isnsdi.
stsly on his bsiag brought 70 thk
city from Fortress Aosros. lie sat
dovs 1t . desk snd volustsrily wrote
II without aay qssstioaisg.
The tosfessioa Of Atissodt VA
nsds IN BE cell a Wsshisgson, on
tie night before bis sxscotion. lie
asked for paper, sad Il Vas written
with lead pencil, the disconnected
manner Of 4 indicating the stsss Of
misd Of the prisoner:
cOnrh1sloN ov SAMUEL u. ARNOLD,
AApR APRIL, IS, 1868.
To Whom IL may Concern Know
TIA, l, Ssusel b. Arnold. About :ae
latter part Of August or Arst Of Sep
ssubsr, 1864, Vas sent for BY J.
Wilkes Booth, Who vas . eusst u
Barssn's Hotel, il the city Of Bslti.
wors, MasylasA to cali to ~ hin.
hsd not seeA The sans J. Wilkes
Booth aiuce 1889, whss ~ were both
sohoolnstss ct u. Timoshy's Hall,
President i. Van Bokslin then hsv.
Jog ssid hall - q place Of tsitioe.
His receptions OF ne wss warn. Call
Ing for vine and cigars, ws convsrssd
ior . shoss tine spon our for'sss
sohosl boy days. We we're is,srrspt.
ID BY . kao~k ., The door. whss
NisAssl OLausAis vas ushsrsd 10.
Aitsr formal introdvstion, ~s sst
sippisg our wine add ill three smoked
a cisss. Durisg smoking, be having
heard previously d ~ political feel
ipes Of ssntinsssss, h. sP"hs IL glow.
ing terms Of TIA Coniedsrssy, ssd
The nsmbsr Of sssplss psisoasrs 10
the hssds Of The Usi,sa States. Thss
sasssd The proposition ~ J. Wilhss
Bso,h. and vhisA ~ J: Wilkes
Boo.A) thosgh, ceula b sessnplish
u, Wis: Of kiAssppisg Frssi1sss
Lisssls. - ~ fssqssstly west 90.
guarded oct 70 tAs solliss's Heos
s.d b. thosshs be could b picked
up, easrisd 10 Rishnssd, SD, for
BIZ sssAangs, produce The sAehssss
to- tAs President IT ell Tie prissssss
i. .hs Federal hssds.
He, J. wilkes B,oth. the osigisa
tor Of The sehsns, asked II ~ would
enter iato Il. Amer psisuaR the
chances Of sseesss 10 sveh elovinr
colors, ~ CONSENTED, Wis: Michel
O'Lasghlis asa nysslf We were
bsusd aot 10 dlsuiys il 70 living
soul. I saw hin once more 10 bslti.
more, SD thss he Il. Wilkes Beeth)
lsfs, u ssssses bis bssissss up North.
ar,t to New York, thence to The on
r,e;sus, cad from thsses 70 Boston,
sd 1ssMy htoe there 70 Csssda.
Q~ vss 10 b hack 10 month. |
rs>>ivsd . letter. wkisA l Destroyed,
s>aase tAst he wss laid Up witk cry
sapslss II Nh am, ssd ~ soon - h.
Va sbls b would b With ~. Moaths
rolled svousd sd 10 did not nats
bis appearance ussil sems iims in
January. In lis trask hs bad I've
suus, CAP cartridges, which were plae-
Cd in The gun .ssoeks-spsussr rihss,
| I think, they we're oallsd--rsvolvsrs,
knives, bolts, cartridgs>bozes, car
tsirss, caps, csntssns-sll fully 6xsd
for ,erviec-which wero 10 be used
in case Of pursuit, and two pair Of
h.ndcuHs' 10 handcuA tho Presi'
dant HE trunk being 20 hesvy, he
gave the pistols, kaivss and hand
eua, 70 Mlohssl y Laughlin and NY
self TO have shipped or brisg to
Washington. IL then returned
from wasAisg.os, 70 which place he
had gone, bought = horse, harness
and Suggy wagon, leaving the team,
ETC., with 10 70 drive o. " Wsshiag-
ton. We started from Baltimore
about twelve or oss O'Clock, sf,ss
hsviag shipped The boz ccau'siss
tks ksives. hssdes1s, ssd pistols, ~.
r;yinr in Washington about >svss Of
half past ssvsa the ss.s svssiss'
We net hin o. he street - - wsrs
p.ssirs The thsstss. We aliRhssd.
lock : driat. aad he told " Of the
,hestsr plaa slightly. ssyiss he would
vai. sili W pat sl'e hosss swsy, and
.sd ,ei, ~ nsss fslly. He had pre-
viessiy, - ~ rsss.ssr, spoke"
Of the chances u the thsssss u ~
could ~ succeed in the other plan
II ths Holdisr's Howe, We vent
to ~ shssssv that light BE- y.
Wukss Bsoth) telling ~ sScss The
The iiGsssat bsct satsasess, sad how
f.ssibls sbs plas ~. No As1 rest
Il . .aahh IL he rear Of ~ ttooteS