The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-19
The Remains of the "Conspirators. -
A despatch to the New York Sun, dated
at Washington, february Sth, SAYS:

A despatch to the New York Sun, dated
at Washington, February Sth, says:
By order of the president, the remains OF
Mrs. Surratt Were disnterred at the arsenal
and delivered to her friends. The under
stanaIag il that there shall be no pphli5
demonstration over the remains, ani that
whatever funeral service takes place shall
be private. She was, everybody knows,
convicted by military commission, or
which Gen. Hunter vas president, at the
arsenal, In the summer Of 1859, of being
one of the consplrators OF the assassination
OF president Lincoln oil that year. Immed-
lately after the hanging on the 9th ofJuly.,
OF llrs. Surratt, her remains, with those OF
Payne, Harold, and Alzrodt, executed ar
the same tune, were placed, IN common
to-es and inferred in graves pear the scat
fold, Mrs. surratt 5 body being at the norm
end oi the row, aad the others adjolniag
her remains in the order named. la tho
oax with each body was placed the name OF
the pets0n, enclosed IN q bottle.
Booth body was a.so placed near there,
| that Is 10 say, inside The old penitentiary
bultIlug, near the main d or Of the ward.
el.'s RESIDENCE The burial of Bo0th was
quietly mode in presence u general Lafay-
cite e. Baker and two Of his officers, and
Col Benton, .conimauJaut Of the arsenal,
AID after the grave bad been filed the
pavement OF brick was relaid over 1t, the
WiuGoWs ofthc wareroom were boarded mp,
and the door was locked, secretary Stanton
taking the key.
The body of Wirz, the AnderSonvilld
| jailer, was placed in the yard adjoining the
body OF Atzerodt. For some tluie the bod
les were allowed to remain In this position.
A wooden fence was erected around the
graves, and wooden headboard with th5
name OF the person buried below was placed
at each grave. In the fall OF 1867, when
the dcmoItlOn OF the penltentlary was det~
ermined upon, 1t became necessary to re-
move the bodies and they were buried IN
the warehouse known as No. l-tAe sec
ond building be,ow the principal Office
the bodies beng placed under the flag@
ging.
lIrs. Surratt's body was laid next to tho
north wal Of the building, and the others
adjoining IN the fot'owi ~ order Payne,
Harold, Atzerodt, Wnz, and Booth
There the bodies Of all have remained un-
til to>day. Since the interment Of the re-
mains in this house it has not been uSeds
being kept closed at all times, and the
locality OF tbs last place Of burial has been
caleiuIy concealed.
A later despatch says:
The remains OF Mrs. Surratt we're dis
inferred on Monday afternoon Sth INST, at
! the Arsenal grounds, and were rclnterred
/ in Mount Ciyet Cemetery on Wednesday,
afternoon lOth inst, IN the presence OF her
| daughtee Annie aud son Isaac No display
or parade took place on the occasion. The
! box containing Mrs Surratl's body was
opened and, although the body was somo1
what decomposed, it was not offensive.
The dress, CATERS and back silk bow at
the neck were ali in perfect state OF pre-
ssrvation The hair was also perfectly pre-
served, aud did not appear disayFangen IN
the least. A STEEL arrow pin, with which
Annie SurraLt fastened the bow about her
mother neck just before she was led to
execution, was a'so in its place. Il lock of
her hair was clipped off at her own re-
quest. The order for the delivery of the re-
mains TO Mrs. Surratt's relatives was OBJ
tanned from the President by Rev. Father
/ Walter of St. Patrick Church. f"