, 1869-01-21
the ASSASSINATION.
Confession Of AIasI an1 Asztrsdt,
NeW First Made Public.
The conspita,ors'4 Plans and
- Places Of Meeting.
Wilkesa Rsoah Supplied with
Muney In HsW York.

11nfntn hts been thrown out OF court
through the technlcs1lu.s of the Law, sud be
il announced u preparing for press nara
tive Of the whole transaction, It mas ser7ea
good purpose to gtvu publicity to the b,-
lowing statement Ut samuel B. Arnold
o1e Of the prisoners at the pr
Toftukas, made n Baltimore, Tolua'arf1y.
four days aGez The .asaassi Alton We aho
elve the confession OF Atze1ods urads in bis
cell on The night before the execution. Both
Of these conf ssions we have IN our posses
DIN ta the haadHEling OF the prisoners, and
they hsEe hltneFto not been made publtc un-
des The e1pcct4tion that they you'd b. used
tn the tsial Of Jotn SuErart- Tho eonfesslnn
Of Arnold Wa: made In the office OF Ma1sha!
AePhail, on tho 18th Of April, 1885, tmme.
atatel% On bis bei:e brought 10 this city
from Fortress Monroe. He sat down 1t
de- ssd volpPtar,y ..o.e i Witaogt .ay
made 10 bis cell. st Waahtngtou, gu the night
before bis execution. He asked for paper,
and It Is written with a lead pencil, the Dis.
connected manner Gift indicating the state
Of mind oi the prisoner:
CONFESSION or SAMUEL 3. ARNOLD, MADE
APRIL ~, 1865.
20 Whoxn.it Hey Conee7n:
Know that I, Samuel B. Arnold, about the
latter part OF AnKnak bs Inst pArt Of sepien-
| Der, 1861, WAS sent tor BY ]. Wilkes Booth,
Who was guest st Basuum'e Rotel, in shs
| / bad Tot seen tae same j. Mikes Boole,
s1rce 1859. when We were bath schoolnates
| at Ht. Tlpoth{'s Hall, Preeiden. L. Van
| BoEeiin then having Ea1d Hall ts place Of
tnitl T.. His reception Of me wAs HAfm.
shors tiree s upoa @ cur ios@sz sehoel.SoI dsys.
the door, when MIchael OF .u9nlIu
vas ushesed IN. Altar 4 formal ID
ssoducaion, ws at tipptnz our xioe. md u
having heard previously OF my political feel
/ lngs or sentiments, he spoke in glowing
terms Of the Confederacy AMI the number ot
surplus prisoners tn the hands Of the Uniled
aIales. Iten ensusd ths proposition hy J.
Baoth) thought could be accomplished. viz:
ot kidnapping President Lincoln; as be went
freqr. ntly upguaIded out to the Soldiers
Home and be thunght be could he picked
up, csr1ee 10 Richmond, and bis ercaaage
ihs prisoners il the Federal ha1d5.
He, H., Wilkes Booth, the originator
Of the eche1De, asked If We wonld en-
ter into 1t. After painting. the chances Of
success In such glowing colots, We consent
! We we're bound not to dlsulge 1t 70 LIVING
soul. / saw. him once more in Baltimore,
md then be H. Wilkes Booth) Left to ar-
11sEe his business up Sossh, dzet ~ Ne*
| ToEE, thtnee to the o1 reg ons, and from
there 70 Boston, and finally 10 Calads. He
was 10 be back In q month. ! received \
letter, which I destroyed, stating he was
laid up With erJtipelas In hla arm, and as
. | soop Is ho Was able he Neula be With u.
Months rolled an und. and be did not msko
| In hts trunk ho had two guns, cap cartridges,
:. = htch wezr placed tn the gun stocks-3pen
Ger rides think they werr called d--feyolvers,
klH.s, bei.e, cartridge ho1es, ca1tiidess
winch were to be used in case OF pursuit aud
:. two pairs Of handcucs to handcnH the Prssi
: dent. Ills trunk being 70 heavy be g1re The
: pistols, knives aud handouts to Aichae
4 VLaughlin apd myself to hare shipped ol
. bring to Washington. He had returned Gou
bright i horse, harness and buggy, Wagon
!. leaving The. team, &c, With u5 to drive on It
d Washington. We started from Baliimo
about II 10 | o'clock, after having shlppet
: the boz containing tho knives. handouts aus
2 pistols. atxiTipx In Washington abont o
d hall-past teven tha same evening. We ne
Q him IN thu street as We were passing ID
r theatre. We all2hted. took drink, sad b
=. T. told us ol the theatre paan slightly. ss5ip
u he would wait till We put the horae away
ae as now remember, spoken Of ths chance
IS At the the1t1e II ~e Htu]d uot succeed
ihe other plan at the soldlers' Home "
wc1t to thc theatre that rlsht, be II. Wilke
BOOTH telling ps about ,,1 re dibersnt bac
He had rented stable Ia the rear OF II
n theatre, haytpg bought two horses dow
(. the country. DIE was IL tho stab
fehbd the thratrs, the other 1t liFe5F. Nc
h nfs1 @ ~a .ss3s pssthsF p1e.as 70 -,
y businees with = ran unknown to rs the,
"a BY ths name o{ John aurr.tt most Of b
= {Booth's) time was spent With him. We WEI
70 ieftna.lfe'y In tho dark Atehael o'Lauel
~ 40. and obtstned meals It the Franki
u u House, on tho corner OF D and Eisht
he &treat. No thus Tired for neatly tv
- ~ months, EeeinR him perhaps three or fo
r. s!rnee duE1ng tha week, aud, when seen, I
~ ways but for short tine, hsElnE still pres
O'Lauehlin and mysoli drove ont occ
=, sionaliy the horse Hsened At Sir. Naitol
ns " stabtr- Nc drove always thut once) In t
Il. city SD Gee.getoTni tne Gsse exsepte
u. welt upward for aye miles, | suppose, a
he returned. 1hi. was the only time / e.
81 vent over tho bridge. How often J. VIII
oA Booth crossed cannot state, tut, from
~ own x9Eds, oi,se. Thus ~ Mich
al. most part-down at knllmanx Hotel {nt
aek S!ncla1r Houpe}, on PeunsylYanla avenue s
al ~. Louisiana avenue, IN drinking and anu
W ncnt&, with other Bsitlnoteans beside o
I Ht!fE2 E2AX&EAAtlAk tlS4Ep MI Ot HAi
Ut Ut knew nothing Of orr hasiness hut q
sea 81 ol seIlirg oil stock. Oil stock Was the bl,
4tu Tor them Is we'll as my family. During
~ =. latter Part ot March, while standing
esas sas RulIman's pereh, between IL and = o'cl<
M n carnet remember nsraes-about a1e feet l
se Or sl1 inches high, thick set. 1ouE q
80 sharp chin. wide che ks, small eyes, {gTa
III think j dark hair and we'll drested-co1u
~ don't Irmember-ealed Michael U'Lsugi
III
H.. pe eco ~ both 1t Gotie1's sa1ooD. on
~. avenue. ! WAs then Tor the arss t
AZ introduced 10 him. but forget his ra
r. We walked np. toxeshef. Michael O. Iau
=. liz, this unknown and mrself, y
3,o 33 ushered Into the presence Of J. Vii
4t1src1t, .atias Port Tooaecs, --, O
,a< Nnstby, making IN all seven persons.
Wilkes Booth bad sent word to Mlcl
srta oLsughlin to bring me up Il good bun
vi 81, The plan for telxrg the PresIden.. Each
'os bis part 10 perform. First, ras to rust
- - to the private box and seize the PresId
7 ited "a while Atzerodt, altdS Port Tobacco, sut
H. WnktB Booth were to handtuu and 10
1es M him On The staze; While = y
,sps ,gers h:n tu. We got down. Sur
1as.a aEd the unknown were to be on the O
r.. hide Of The Eastern Branch bridge. 10 b
snv tats escape: IL was Afterwards change
!
~ ~ and 70 lower him to ne on the 3.
It go ~. i-ht. ~ 49, W. W. S-Ns,* 80 W
alias Pert Tobacco, to be on the Other III
Ten- the bridge. was O. posed to The "
uhI,e proceeding. and sstd It could not De ae.
- = Psa.hed. If ever, which vas IN Impcs
it,e i'y, We could get him out Of the box AZ
r bs- the bridge We would be stopped BY the
snot tAuel "shoot the senttnel>' sud Boot
/ fhe raid that would net do, far II N alarm
ri fEHF hA
aua, a. for me, + wanted
q; shadow Of a chance Tor escape and sue
Aichasf OLAuGhlfn wanted 10 argue
aone VAT. rfereuccn J. Wilkes Booth
~ about IT," said no; thasI warted to
cbsnec, lnd / intended to have It :; ID:
II. could be The leader Of The nstty, but
Of q my eIe c9ticner; whereupon J. Wilkes
ltye, renx.tEt, In stern, commanding aud q
cum. volce. bo yoz krow Jou are liable /
ahots Remember -FOUR ca:h.'' i told
70 or tht p1aa Of basis had chan. cd, nud
amp. pact o1 the part Of one bruken l. broke
lle T. al II sou feel inclined to shoot me,
ks h hare 70 tu1ther to q; shall defend ID
man 1Mh. II reHenbef affehf. H2a On 4 r.
.pfon | cr may be 1hursday night, when I
yallo. Gentlemen, II this Is not accomplished
irun week forever wlihdzxw from Il 1t
up TIL Khou. E Or osc.tck next Nor
amp Friday or Saturday, aud then went to
fam. l remained indoors until l. Eheu l.:
deed and went to get my breakfast. HI
body .o'LaughatA and myself TOO med toEs
. the both Rreee 1t the same tltne, and Wfi
} man Hays, in measure, together. went t
snsp!. t that evening abont ':V O'Clock Iht
sur that went to bed 70 early &e met I
decd. snsr1ly tie night Of meeting; said l
Itod7. been 1fif4nF- Ato1o MA no; was
nulng sober eenses and meanI every VIC
Itself. taids lot accomplished THU We
I'd his W3shdtAW: Next daJ the thing Wa t
j., was accampnane1 On &Ge esseoIh street
1pped and fa'1ed. on SUNDAY stared IN Wa.
ton, snd On Aondsy oz TuesdaT ret'
.oEfnl . the. ttJ Of Baltimore, aud thent
lily, u .HeokstoWn., j: WEke. Booth IN the I
ricken time Went to New York, aud return