The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-26

box holding Booth had not the latter been
covered up immediately afterward. In
this sort of extra importance was given
to the leader His friend remains were
left for the time exposed. His were Garth
ed over as quickly as the succeeding dlsln>
termentss revealed them, until the word
came to have himself borne to consecrated
ground. The party once In the room,
Captain Phipps courteously and quietly In
formed US OF the relative position OF the
remains of each of the dead. The specta
tors were only three undertakers, military
officer, and journalist, but despite the
hardness which the familiarity with catast-
ropbes and death may be supposed to work
upon such minds, there was something OF
solemnity and sadness and awtulness at
these graves which toned the voice to low
utterance, induced each man to remove his
hat, and made conversation begin with and
end on the merest necessities OF the case.
As much Of respect as could be paid to the
presence OF the dead. In five minutes
file OF soldiers came in, and, IN reponse to
an order of captain Phipps fell to work at
the unburial. Booth lay last of the series
of victims. To get at him it Vas necessary
if the trench be pursued at It's existing
opening, to take up Atzerodt and Payne.
That was tried, but the work it was soon
found would exhaust the daylight, and the
soldiers We're ordered to come out of the
grave, throw back the right hand Pile OF
earth upon the collins, so called, Of Atzer-
odt and Wirz just visible, and to open the
trench from its farther end so as to reach
Booth directly. The work thus tar hat
been useless and had consumed an hour of
very precious time The soldiers, howev
Ell, with style OF diging which betokeDed
them as Of the old army Of the Potomac,
in fifteen minutes threw up about three
tons of earth, and IN fofty>hve minutes
more Lad dug all around the Booth box so
that it was pulled up by box books inserted
under its two ends 1t came to the surface
the boX-in sound state of preservation.
The rich dry soil having even hardened the
wood, which soil largely persisted IN cling
ing to the box as if 10th to dispart from the
body which had so long been EMBODIED by
it. The box Was carefully lifted to where
the stone flooring had not been disturbed.
The soldiers with shovcls, and with bro>
ken sword which lay near by caref ully
ped the adhering soil from the wood,
and when the head end of the case was
reached the broken sword removed several
layers of soil and then shone out the name
j ohm Wilkes Booth, in capital letters about
an inch long each, painted on the white
| pine 10 black paint. Tue name had been
evidently painted on across a sheet of tin
as packers mark their boxes, because the
letters were as printed and not as written
| letters. The remains were not exposed,
but single general look was given the box
after it had been thus partially cloansed. 1t
was then borne by four soldiers on their
shoulders to the little red express wagon,
into which it was placed gently and almost
impressively. A blanket was thrown
across and carefully secured underneath it
so as to cover up even semblance OF 1t.
Not a word was said by single person.
The negro voter who drove the vehicle
could not read hence the name on the
box when be saw it before it was covered
over was as Greek to him. At a sign he
drove off. Good day and thanks to Capt
! PhlppS and his soldiers were exchanged
! The little stubby sorel broke into brisk
trot, the negro whistled Champagne Char
lie, the gentlemen kept up strong and 81
lent thinking, and the body of John Will
| kes Booth was borne on to the city, finally
| In the custody OF his kindred to rest for
ever by the side of his father, the great
actor of tragedies, ne It to the son whose
deed and whose death constituted in them
selves the greatest tragedy of the time.
The streets OF the capital were crowded
with people coming home from work. The
little wagon attracted no attention, for four
men and small box covered with stable
blanket were not calculated to excite even
curiosity. Tomorrow at ii ctock, prob
ably before Baltimore knows Of it, Wilkes
Booths body will rest in Christian gronnd,
and the long war of the government OF
the United States againsta corpse will be
ended.
DISINTERMENT OF HAROLD
The facts relating to the disinterment
companion are as follows On Saturur,
Afternoon Rev. j. Vaughn Lewis, Of
St. Johns Episcopal church,
john Johnson, np' in behalf of the mother pnraand aud
sister of DAVID E. Harold, who was execu-
ted with Mrs. Surratt Payne and Atzerodt,
July 6, 1865, for Harold remains, and the
order was Immediately given The order
was placed in the hands of Mr. Joseph
Cawler, undertaken, who presented it to
the commandant at the arsenal, Gen. Ram
sey, and the detail was made who socn dug
the box containing the remains, lying be-
tween the cases containing the bodies of
Payne and Atzerodt, and they were deliv
cred to Mr.. G., who at once took them to
his establishment on Pennsylvania avenue,
between Seventeeth and Eis hteentb street..
The top of the case was found TO have de.
cayed and fallen in.
REMOVAL OF ATzERODT'S REMAINS.
This morning the mother of Atzerodt,
Mrs. Victoria Atzerodt, arrived here from
Baltimore, to be present at the re-nter
ment of her son Mr.. Schade, with the
brother, john q. Atzerodt, called at the
executive mansion this morning, and wait
Ing on the president, received .he order en-
dorsed The secretary Of war will order
the delivery of the body of Geoage Atzer-
odt, to hts brother, John e. Ajzterodt. A.
johnson" The brother, John G. Atzer-
odt, Immediately proceceed to the war de-
partment to procure the further necessary
order. 1t was procured the same time
the order in Booths case was issnea. To.
morrow the body will b, taken up and de-
| livercd TO the mother and brother. Next
week Captain Wirz's body will be taken TO
kentckey; that will leave only Payne, ali
as Powell, at the arsenal. Thore appears
to be no one soliciting his boey. Since the
] execution his father, a Methoalist clergy