The sun., 1873-07-25

7 y IOfm, fOWnfU The
mouth. IL was probably Ave inches hong and
| twn Inches deco. twas q friestfui wound. IL
,ernTI rs, as the iuEuar vcn or the car9ila ar
blood. was greatly relieved 10 ind that they
Mrs. sew rd and her daughter. almost nara.
! wed were waiting and watching foe my htst
word hclic,ed to see that the Secretary had ~
V Ts sa sswnr OF even ,a"s IL y"r sw2
| mistortulie. must congratulate you; the asss,s-
! s'n hes failed, and your life Is not In danger"
u. could not spcak. but he made sign with
/ the hand tor hi wife and daughter to approach,
/ t."f holi a., ihe,r hands and his eyes only
had h9rdly sponged nis face from the bloody
/ win an Intense lOos. called me To her. "Come
and sec lrcdeiici,.' size said.
S.ncM lit rltls d. | said What I. the
/ she mdtuIcd, ." lie H. badly wounded, fear
Tng OTHER VICTIMS.
without adding another word, followed her
~ the neNt tut Ut, where found IrCdcri. bleed
! M r'oin'cl rom me head llc h'd ehas'ly
! aIr..idnce' was NHd"' ~ artculltc. save inr Z,
/ snila " rec, cnitidn, and pointed to his head.
! gucrr i1und 4 'atre wound q uttiY above tho
iuehcai and sonirwhat on th left - ia" riedian
Nuc, ana another further back. ON the sauit eide.
/ lh9 Uranium had been crushed In In hoth places,
N rlee ling profusclv. hat the application uf cold
water riedse's soon siopprd The hemorrhage.
tcyrcd th - wounds would prove fatal.
NJ. Seward M I'm was haunting ne with that
. Intense / ok Of silent anxiety. I gave her words
J ~ encouragement 1 feared they were unmean-
I Ac1iu shc drew me to her with that look had
F seen ~ t.c other room. As | approached, 1l.
h Wo~t heN Ndercd; she said, Come aud see Au-
| Nor heavens sake" Mrs. seward, what
J 'uilpNed Lcr ilto anot her -oor'. on the same
I noor. au' There found Nucus u~ with two cuts
WEI" superficial.
! A. turutd jo Mr.. seward to give her a word
| ~ c'mfort. she said, come and see Mr.. Rob
/ / ceased wondering; my. mind became as u
t aninrd SIR ltpbiusun. lie had four or hve cuts
. on liiS shoulders. ihcl t"owcrc superficial.
! Aluin turned to Nrs;; seward, ~ Il asking.
! ANY morcF yet uuhclieNing that any moro
could hc Wounded. she answered my look.
/ yes. one mure."
lS grouning ou the bed. lie said he was " ound-
IN TIE back. sthprcd him. aud found a deep
gu~h Just above The stual OF tae back. near tho
4 spine. thrust my Ginger in tho wound, evident
J y made 10y a larcc-nladrd knife, and found that
/ It followed rio, but had not penetrated the
. Vi-crra. Here wa, another mira,t ,tlut- escape.
Eycr here was glad to he able TO give awotd
Aud all this the worl, Of one man yes, ~ one
80 one In that house knew then that at that
. Yer, moment, more fatal. II not So extensive
I tragedy. was being pcrpetrated In that theat. .
where We thought people we're Rejoicing.
We were 90 e. gared with tie psriuus condi-
! ton uf the victims Of this terrible slaughter,
thai we had not time eNen To ask for All ex. lana
, tiuu.
A blight ss n from a athunderbolt, had passed
over this house, LAYING IL inmates low with
stricken bodies. Win parAlb bIcd SOUS.
What human passion, what frantic revenge,
! could md n vent in such - nonstruus deed
what could MIR. seward have done, in the
course Of his life. TO have awakened such ce-
! mouIaCsl Nas-ion3
These questions each mind put to itself, yet
. no ans wer ,oud be given. Yet. one man. man
: unknown even to Mr.. seward himself, had done
1t all!
Mt cuurrrh uiinE eitner object, cause. ur
sxtent. We lad the doors o. the house locked.
rHE As~,~-iNAr'oS or THr pRrsGutNr.
In 4 fCw in'n.tes the CITY was fuil " the
wi'de.t rumor~ horrihed and excited. the
peptlc ran through the streets. giNir ?
! uttrfHucc % EXPRESSIONS OF Crief and alarm that
grew deeper and deercr aud rose higher and
higher. until the unusual sounds Surged INTO an
uninterrupted n. Attracted by this unusual
cunInntiuu, W. lent our ear tu comprehend the
meaning oi tu. mysterious AMI frantic echoes
tI.t Mr. Lincoln huI teen shot and killed 30 the
tnidst 4 hi fiends. hS the side Of his wife, at
the acme II the pc ole lov.
The mystery was solved II was hcll-h
u.Uuinatlun Of political madness. The di,-
cuVcrs. although oVerp1wctiu.. was a relief
Iuc victims u the tragic act were Innocent the
cI.se~ wgrc not personal. Thc o4ious act sancii-
Ia ;Ae face - - gre { q national c,llu,ity, the
calamity OF Mr seward pa.ed Ip comparison.
T ul-at Tor the people - Washington. Tho decd
WA as dark a. the night TIE people were CON
' yu.sed with rtce with .orr,v, VITA fear.
Tread. tread. tread The people cNctsily
pa.-,i To and iro. a. If iu search ot an unknown
sv-r,hlc questions, aud to relieve with groau.
their surrow-stricken hearts. shutters we're in
uurully thrown oi'n hy the fcarlr 3, doom
were lu, Ntd by the tinid. anxiety wa~ On every
face. Were we walking GA v"lcnnoy li"ure
holds rose from their beds. Mothers folded
, . their clIldren wi min their arms a. IL the,
feared dan n-er In the very air. Men returned e
, th ir homes 10 shed tears with their grief
l INCIDENTS.
let US now recur 20 some ~ the chief inci
denis ~ the attempted assassination.
At or about l0o'c!ocN ~ tue evening Of The
lith ~ April, thirty minutes after had left Mr
liam wells, a colored lad, who usually attended
the door. answered that ring. man holding a
little package In his hands presented himself
saying | must 60 up to Mr.. seward, 20 deliver
him he medicine and - message from llr, Ncldl
. The ID tells him ho cannot - dp but would
deliver both medicine and message himself.
so; the stranger cannot trust the important
message, he must =" NJ himself
In vain the lad rrm"nstrntcs. In his testi
mol ny before tie court ho states " ! told lin
, he Gould not gu Np; II was ~ inst tuf orders
IN II he would give me the medicine would
/, do; he started 10 70 up Find NJ tra' he would
20 up, stepped past HIN, and went up th,
n lit be tie orders Of pr Verdi. and that va,
mtr,fcring, begged him, T.. excuse me. hc
came afraid he might tell Nh seward aud the
; doctor Of my interference. lie am weIed Al
. r..1t. As he stepped heavily, told him I,
walk lightly. 40 ~ not Ia disturb toe >ecrc AIRY
In tie adjacent room to Mr. Sew ards, Fred
. erck is lying On the sofa resting. He hears
% steps aud voices ascending he comes out oI
the landing and there meets the stranger,
Frederick Inquire, what do YOU want t''
80 want To SOC Mr. seward. ] nave mvdltln,
. aud a message 20 deli yer from Dr. Verdi"
NV father IL asleep, give mo the medicine
and The i I, Ctiuns viii take them to him. -
so, must see him | must see him." he re
- peuts IN "A determined manner.
% You cannot see him; yoh cannot see him,
J am the proprietor here, am Mr. Stewards son
, II you cannot leave them with me, YOU canno
leave them At all.
THE ASSAULT.
The man still insists; Frederick still refuses
The determined tone Of Frederick causes tn
, man t. hesitate; he even turns to 20 dow
= stars, the lad preteding him, telling him 4
walk lightly. He deaccnds four or five steps
/ when suddenly lac turns back and sprin.s upOl
. Ere derrick, giving him a blow doubtless wit
: the heayN pisrol-on the head thut fells him &
/ the ground. The lad seeing the brutal assault
runs down, crying "Mur cr, murler!' He Nj
10 the corner Gen. Ausur's headquarters. III
y ! nnds no guprd.
. ln the meanwhile pbinson, the nurse in At
I tendance on Mr.. seward, hearing the unusuH
noise, opens the door End sees the stranger, am
. ! Frcdt rick thrown on his hands and bleeding
! before he has time for thouEht the assassin /
! on him, striking him to the ground lie qulcN
: rises, but before he can cllnch with him the a
= ASSN II IN Nj. Seward, who, having aWRl<cne
: / md comprehend the scene AT once, had rise
: in MS bed. The assassin plunscs an tmmcns
y / knife In Mr.. Seward ; face, he attempts al
~ | other stroke NJ HI neck but Robinson Is o
- HIM, and the knife t. partially arrcs ed. III
u tries 10 discngage himself from Robinson b
- strlking him with thc huife over the shoulders