Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-07-03

The man yells like tiger, 81 am mad
| am mad!" Augustus pushes him oui
and follows him, locking the door be.
hind him toprevent his return.
Augustus quietly goes back to his
fathers room, only to discover tina,
his father and brother have hardly es.
eaped death from the hands Of ar, as.
sassin.
Mr.. Hansell, a messenger Of the
State Department, was sleeping in q
room above Mr.. Stewards. He is there
to help if wanted. He hears the
screams of murner; not being much OF
hero, he tries to make his way out OF
the house: as he asceads the assassin
is behind him, who, thinking that this
man is going down to give the alarm,
springs on him, plunges his knife In
his back, fells him, and passes by.
William, the eolored boy, in the
meanwhile had run about crazily to
get assistance, and returns with three
soldiers just in time to see the as sassin
mount his horse and rode off.
All this took less time to happen
than it takes to relate.
j. Wilkes Booth, the arch-assassin,
educated to theatrical tableaux, must
play the Brutus he assassinates the
President before two thousand people,
leaps on the stage and exclains, "Sic
semper tyrannis He flies, but a
whole army is after him, and he is run
down like cowardly fox. But the
assassin of Mr.. Seward no one knows !;
there IS no clue to his identity. All
tue detectives are at work upon all
sorts Of impossible theories this man
battles their acuteness. For three
days all attempts to get trace OF him
are vain.
Booth, having thus exposed himself,
gave the detectives point at start in
their plans Of detection. They soon
learn Booths strange affiliation with
John Surratt and his family. Accord
ingly an order is given for the appre-
hension of the Surratts. At IL p. NJ.
of the 18th the officers go to Mrs. Sur
ratt and inform her of their mission.
While they are waiting in the hall for
her to get ready, q knock is heard at
the door. An officer opens, and lab
oring man, with pickaxe on his
shoulder, appears. He, seeing the Of
ficers, SAYS, "Think l am mistaken"
"Whom do you want to s"e:" the
officer inquiries.
MRS. Surratt."
"iou are not mistaken, then, walk
in"
He walks in; the door is locked be.
hind him.
ado you want to see Mrs. Surratt!"
"Yes,"
What forl"
"She has eagaged me to dig gutter
for her in the garden"
where have you worked"
IL have worked about the streets"
'Where did Mrs. Surratt engage
you?"
"She knows work BY jobs she saw
Inc in the street and engaged me-"
"Did you come TO dig a gutter to-
night"
NO; came to ask her when she
wants the job done"
An officer goes and asks Mrs. Sur
ratt if she has engaged man TO dig a
gutter!
Oh, no; not she; she engaged no
man gets excited: she fears 1t is a
thief; she is SO glad the officers are in
the house!
She comes in the hall, looks at the
man, and declares she never saw him
in her life. Yet, as it is proven by the
evidence in the trial, this man had
been for three days, March IA, 10, and
l6, guest a. her house, ate at her
own table, went to the theatre with her
son &c.
This man gives his name as Lewis
Payne. Lewis Payne is arrested un-
der the suspicious circumstances.
William Wells, the colored lad, was
sent for; being shown to room con
tanning several people, he is asked if
he recognizes the assassin among them:
No; he does not see him.
Several other people are then
brought in, when suddenly he wa.ks
towards Lewis Payne, and in an excit-
ed manner exclaims There he is! L
knew l could never forget that lip"
The recognition was complete.
Next morning accompanied Miss
Fanny and Augustus Seward to the
Monitor, where Payne was held a pris-
oner. What feeling must have per-
vaded the BOSOM of this girl while
she was going to meet this assassin,
who, before her own eyes, had 80 brut-
ally assaulted, and all but killed her
father. She had. seen him in dimly-
lighted room, under great excitement.
Would she recognize him now? The
idea of meeting this man face to face,
although where he was harmless, would
have excited vain fears in MANY girls
heart but she was composed, and her
demeanor expressed only the dignity
OF her own strange position. She met
the naval officer on the Monitor with
the same calm and gentle manners so
natural to her. The officers, on the
other hand, felt almost reverence for
this girl who, instead Of making de-
monstration of her narrowing grief,
was commanding self, and in her own
unaffected manner received the express
sions Of their respect and sympathy
with unfeigned gratef1lness.
Payne gradually rose from the hatch
way, and with neck exposed, head un-
covered, showing a serious if not sto-
lid face, and colossal frame, be stood
unmoved before this frail girl, who
would not even utter curse upon him.
God alone knew what passed in those
two hearts at that moment. Strangely
quiet they stood before each other.
Were they overwhelmed by the mag
nitude Of q crime that was beyond
mans redress! The scene was a SOL
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