Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-06-25

The man still insists Frederick stil
refuses. The determined tone of Fred
erick causes the man to hesitate; he ever
turns to 60 down stairs, the lad preced
ing him. telling him to walk lightly. HI
descends four or FIVE steps, when sudden
ly he turns back and springs upon Fred
erick, giving him a blow-doubtless with
the heavy pistol-on the head, that fell.
him to the ground. The lad, seeing the
brutal assault, runs down crying, "Mur.
der, murder = He flies to the corner
General Augur'. headquarters He fluids
no guard.
In the meanwhile Robinson, the nurse
in attendance on Mr.. Seward, hearing the
unusual noise, opens the door and sees
the stranger, and Frederick thrown on
his hands and bleeding; before he has
time for thought the assassin is on lin,
striking him to the ground he quickly
rises. but before he can clnch with him
the assassin is on Mr. Seward, who,
having awakened and comprehending tie
scene at once, had risen in his bed The
assassin plunges an immense knife in
Mr.. Stewards face ; he attempts another
stroke at his neck, but Robinson is on
him, and the knife is partially arrested
lie tries to disengage himself from Rob.
inson by striking him with the knife over
the shoulders.
The daughter. who, too, is watching in
the dimly lighted room, screams "help''
and murder"
Augustus Seward, who is taking an
early sleep to be able to watch his father
later in the night, is awakened by the
heart reuding screams of his sister. This
room is on the same floor; and undressed
he runs to his fathers room. His mind,
hardly awakened, does not take in the
situation be thinks his father delirious |;
he sees a man in the middle Of the room
he thinks it is his father; he takes hold
of him; as he grasps him he perceives,
by his size and strength, it cannot be his
father he thinks it is the man servant
drunk or crazy; he grapples with him to
cast him out; he receives blows with
some instrument about the head and
hands. The man yells Ike tiger, "
am mad am mad p Augustus pushes
him out and follows him, locking the
door behind him to prevent his return.
Augustus quietly goes back to his
fathers room, only to discover that his
father and brother have hardly escaped
death from the hands of an assassin.
Mr. Hansell, messenger Of the State
Department, was sleeping in room
above Mr. Stewards. He is there to help
if wanted. lie hears the screams of
murder not being much of hero, he
tries TO make his way out of the house !;
as he descends the assassin is behind
him, who, thinking that this man is going
down to give the alarm springs on lin,
plunges his knife in his back, f.lls him,
and passes by.
William, the colored boy, in the mean
while had run about crafty to get assis
tance. and returns with three soldiers
just in time to zee the al sassin mount
his borse and ride off
All this took less time..o happen than
it takes to relate.
J Wilkes Booth the arch assassin,
educated to theatrical tableaux, must
play the Brutus he assassinates .ke
President before two thousand people,
leaps on the stage and exclaims, "Sic
semper tyrannis p' He flies, but 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 lis identity All the de'ec
tives are at work upon all sorts of i'm
possible theories this man battle, 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 apprehen-
sion of the Surratts. At ii p. m. of
the 18th the officers go to Mrs. Surratt
and inform her Of their mission. While
they are waiting in the hail for her to
get ready, knock is heard at the door.
An officer opens, and a laboring ran,
with pickaxe on his shoulder, appears.
He, seeing the officers, says, think 1
am mistaken
"Whom do you want to see ?" the
officer inquiries.
"Mrs. Surratt
You are not mistaken, then, walk in
He walks in /; the door is locked be-
hind him.
"Do you want to see Mrs. Surratt T.
"Yes."
What for T. !
She has engaged me to dig gutter
for her in the garden"
Where have you worked T.