The sun., 1873-07-25

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All this took less time 10 happen than u takes
To relate.
on THE raAu.
J. Wilkes Booth, the arch assassin. eduoated
! to theatrical tableaus, must play the Drutue; he
assasslnates the President before two thousand
:,mpcr tvannisr lie dee, but u wS"e army is
sfIer him, and he is rln. down like cowardiy
knows there is no clue @ to to his G Identity Al xl % she
% %dGtect,yes arc at work upon all sorts Of impos-
For three days all attempts to get a trace Of him
are vain.
booth, having thus exposed himself, gave the
detectives point at start In tler plans oi de
trcIiun: Ih.ys soon learn h2oth strange oiliIia-
tlon with John Surtatt and his family, Accord
the sg,ratts At II y; =, Of the iith the Officers
sion. While they are waiting IN tho hail Tor her
t.ret ready Knock = heard at the door. IN
III, cr opens, and a laborng man. with pick.
onCers' saws. Think nin mistaken"
~ tpm do y1u want to see Z" tho officer In
"Mrs surrott"
"".Nou are not ml-tah en- then, wink in"
llv Wdlh+ .u. o., door !. locerl i,llnd him.
y" Nrr want to s.e Mr-. SIrrait;'
"NIr.t ro-.".
=, Snc "a; engaged me t. di- a gutter for her
"Mh,tc have YOU workcdy"
~ II t'r worked about The streets
~ hCtc uid Mr.. irFnt. 'nS.-c y'uF
the street aud engaged me"
INA YOU come to dig a gutter to-nirht?"
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An oiuccr gocs and asks Mrs surratt II she
m, euc iEcd man to dig futicrf
excited she fears III .;Licf she Is $50 So FAD
She comes in the hall looks at tho man and
dcc.arc7 she never saw him iu h,rie. Vet, ~
~ i proven by the evidence IN tho trial. this
/ man had been for three days. March Il. u. aud
10. a guest at her house ate al her own table,
went To the theatre with her son, Ac.
TIL ARHrsr.
This man gives hls name as Lewis Payne.
/ circumstances. William Wells. the cplored lad,
wRs sent for; being shown to ~ room contain az
several people, he ls asked " he recognizes the
assassin among them.
No; ne docs not sec him.
Several other people are then brought III.
when suddenly he walks toward Lewis PAYNE
and IN an excited manner eSclaims, ' rhrrr re
! is knew could never forget that lipl' Tho
Next morning accompanied Miss Fanny and
I Augustus Seward to the Monitor. where Payne
| was held prisoner. What n feeling must have
/ pcNaded the bosom ~ this girl white she WIS
/ going To meet this nssassir. who. before her
! own eyes. had 50 brutally assaulted. and all but
! killed, her father. She had seen him IN dimly-
I lighted room. under great excitement. Would
she recognize him now The idea of meeting
tins man face To face, although where he was
many girls heart but she was composed, and
her demeanor expressed only the dignity ~ her
on the Monitor with the same calm and
gentle manners 81 natural TO her. The Officers,
on 's p,ner e hsna. ls ~ anJst % sesSrenSe Tor
ton OF her narrowing grief, was commanding
self, and In her own unaffected manner roreivcd
the expressions of their respect and sympathy
with unfeigned gratetulness.
Payne gradually rose from the hatchway, and
with mock exposed. head uncovered. showing a
serious II not stolid face and colue sa frame. he
stood unmoyed before this frau giri, who would
also knew what passed In those two
% hearts At tina, moment s'rsnseiy quiet
tney overwhelmed hy the magnitude Of
acume that wAs beyond mans redress TIE
scene was a solemn une-tou solemn for man -
utter a ound; u silence, broken only by the
n,s-ins wind aIi sari.ns wayc. lcr,adlns the
nation from mysterious power.
PAINFUL scene.
Mss Fanny was hln.n; un nv srm. Did
feel "a puiyerp Probably did, Tor I gently drew
at this trying moment. she could not Identify the
man her idenuacsti"n. she thought. might 10
his death. She had only seen nm bv dim
light as If frishtful vision. ruat Is all she said.
10 the questions Of the detectives Payne an
Had Il" ever seen the lady before No. Could
he pronounce pr Nc-dl's name lie pro-
nouncci II so well that II made me shudder.
stranger To me. Had no over seen Dr. Verdi be-
tor"f SO. such was the as-ass sin Payne
head ana lace that - Apressed a prep"nderating
criminal element There was a vacancy IT, that
face. amounting almost to inbocll.ty. IIs
a,-"c to~r"ke nuy l-ht drtrre "f fear. not
"i iHtclus. nee. His ph, .ique wa Ilcdu he
for the Use OF "a renued brain Ike lioutu's.
Booth, &C tistical Ia his plot wanted No intel
h1tUtc to share tho rrprs OF this self Imposed
hcruim. lie only wanted blind instrument 20
aid him In hi- diabolicll scheme. All his accom-.
! plreS were of that character.
! True 10 his nature, Booth had prepared means
81 escape for himself faNnc, a strange 10
thesr parts; had been left isu rant Il the Npo-
ut sssicuau'c. Booth had taught him well the
habits Of Mr.. seward he had taught HIM tie
physician name that was TO bring him To Mr.
Seward's couch, hut had not taught him how TO
escape from the ayengins hand Of Justice. and
Payne fell victim To his own ignorance and to
MS masters satanic egotism.
For three days Payne roamed about the coun-
Try in the vain attempt t. conceal himself.
Huncered, friendless, restless, he wandered
mack TO the only one " no could and should offer
rats. \ mysterious power was dragging him
there. Ths criminal, whom man did not know,
wa led by necessity to the hous" ~ Mrs. sur
ratt at the very moment that the functionariee
o. tbe law were arpren"nd,ng his a,es,omlllce,.
There they stood, selfaccu-ed!
cool MAN.
| An illustrative instance of this mans insensi-
| blity was related 10 me by Major Doster, one uf
one nieht Frederick seward had had one of
| those terrible hcmpTrhugeS from his wuuid ds
Major Do,ter visiting Pay ne the following norm
ate: il il feared thai Frederick Seward MAY die
at any moment he has had another hcmJrr-
Tayno remained silent for a moment. IN IN
made This remark " think owe Frederick
ward an apology
Mr.. seward lay PROSTATE his wounded check
had received such IA sAuc h that, even without
the excessive loss of blood, had diminished
the natural resources for reaction. His sleep
was restless and interrupted by terrible dreams J.
We feared that even his strong constitution
would finally yield. But nO-his power Of re-
sistance WAS truly extraordinary; i was princi-
paly due 10 his mental strength This man, SO
f'ully dealt with. would struggle and conquer
in adycr7ity lie treated his case from nigh
standpoint of philosophy. lie spoke Of it as Of
al historical fact, avoiding indiyidualisIn, and
treated IL another instance OF the mdducs
that overcnmes weak minds In great national
convusions, II was sublime to hear this striCk- -
. en- down man, with Jaws screwed together 10y
! surgical art, speaking through a hole made in
1 the apparatus that held his mouth fast, not a
| word for himself, but the words OF a sound phi
| losouher who win not despise human nature
for the act OF madman. With nothing but
misery, suffering agony, and with death starr NJ
, him IN the face, he was calm, submissive, even
forbeTing. All his sollctude was about his
| son. uf the calamity to his fellow iaborer,
Mr. Lincoln, he knew nothing for several days.
THE AFFLICTED FAMILY.
] The wounds Of Frederick excited the grea. est
! soil tude. Tho brain exposed in both
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