Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-12-16

! Joun darrlson.' IneGolloWfng DAY
went to work and made complete sketcl
of the prison and surroundings. Abou
ten o'clock on Friday night I retired. lit
tie thinking that on that night blow
would be struck which would forever bias
my hopes. and make mef~wa4derer in /.
foreign land. L slept II night through
and came down the nexp morning little
dreaming of the storm then brewing a.
round my head.
snrratt Hear.ehs News.
When took my seat ct the table about
9 o'clock A. NJ, a gentleman to my left
remarked Have you beard the news?'
mo, I've not. " replied. a'.What is it?'
why President Lincoln and Secretary
Seward have been assassinated 1 real
ly put so little faith in what the man said
that made remark that it was too ear
ly in the morning to get of such jokes as
that. ITS so." he said; at the same
time drawing out paper and showing it
to me. Sure enough there I saw an ac-
count Of what he told me. but as no names
were mentioned, it never occurred to me
for an instant that it could have been Booth
or any ofthe party, for the simple reason
that had never heard anything regard
ing assassination spoken Of during my in
tercourse with them. I had good reason
to believe that there was another couspi-
racy afoatin Washington. In fact we all
knew it. One evening as / was partially
lying down in the reading room Of the
Metropolitan Hotel two or three gentlemen
came in and looked around as if to make
sure that no one was around They then
commenced to talk about what had been
done, the best means e: the expedition,
&c. It being about dusk and no gas light,
and partially concealed behind & writing
desk, l was an unwilling listener Of what
occurred. I told Booth Of this afterward,
and he said be had heard something to the
same effect. s.ss 3 s5
Eager to Carry ont their Pi.nr,,s. e
It only made US all the more eager to
carry out our plans i an early day for
fear some one should get ahead Of US
We didn't know whas they were after ex-
actly, but we were we'll satisfied that their
object was very much the same as ours.
Arising from the table fhoughtover who
the party could be, or 1t that. time no no
names had been telegrxhed. j was pref.
TANKS 81 Eaaslsl lss7 15F BOON.
I approached the telegraph Office in the
main hall of the hotel for the purpose of
ascertaining if j. Wilkes Booth was in
New York. I picked up blank and
wrote John Wilkes Booth" giving the
number of the house. [ hesitated mo-
ment, and then tore the paper up. and
then wrote one u. w. b." with direc-
tions, which I was led to do from the fact
that during our whole connection we rare
ly wrote or telegraphed under or proper
names, but always in such a manner that
no one could understand but ourselves
One way of Booths was to send letters to
me under cover to my quondam friend,
Louis J. Weichman.
Louis j. weichman a good Southern Man.
Doubtless you all know who Louis J.
Weichman is. They were sent to him
because be knew of the plot to abduct
President Lincoln. [ proclaim it here
and before the world that Louis j. WEIGH
man was a party to the plan to abduct
President Lincoln He had been told all
about it, and was constantly importuning
me to let him become an active member.
1 refused for the simple reason that told
him he could neither ride horse nor
shoot pistol.
always thought him a good Southern
man, because he had furnished informa.
ton for the Confederate Government, be.
sides allowing me access to the Govern.
ment records after Office hours. [ have
very little to say of Louis j. Weichman
But | do pronounce him basc.born per.
jurer, murderer of the meanest hue
Give me a man who can strike his victim
dead, but save me from a man who, thro
perjury, will cause the death of an limo
cent person. Double murderer! Hell
possesses no worse fend than character
of that kind. Away with such charac
ter.
The Despatch.
I telegraphed Booth thus:
81. W. b., IN New York:
IF you are in New York telegraph me
=: John HARRISON, Elmira. N. Y"
The operator. after looking over it. said
els it j w. B. p to which replied
Yes" He evidently wanted the who'll
name, and had scarcely finished telegraph
ing when door right near the Office, ant
opening on the street. was pushed open
and I heard some one say. Eyes, ther
are three or four brothers of them, John
Junius Brutus. Edwin. and J. Wilke
Booth" The whole truth flashed on NJ
in an instant, and I said to myself, IN
God what have I done !' The despatc
was still lying before me, and I reache
over and took it up for the purpose of de
stroying it, but the operator stretched fort
his hand and said, I'VE must file all tel
egrams." My first impulse was to tear
; up. but I pitched it back and walked of
The town was in the greatest uproal
} flags at half-mast. bells tolling. &C.. &c
Still I did not think that was in danger
and determined to 60 Immediately to Ba
timore to find out the particulars Of th