The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-04-12

dressed in Fl Tin blaek broadcluth
bare headed, with full head o
glossy, raven hair, ai!tl his eyes, like
some mad animalss flashed Will
light and resolution. yet with Ger
tain strange G,,lmicss, holds aldft il
one hand large kD'fc-walks along
not much back fror" the foot lights
turns fully toward the audience
his face of statuesque beauty; lit b,
those basiliak tycs, flushing Will
desperation, perhaps illsahity-
launches out iii Il firm aud steady
voice the words, ".Sic sen'pcr tyrun
mis- " and thon walks with neither
SLOW nor very rapid pace diagonall,
across to the back of the stage, and
disappeared. (Had not all this tpr
riblc sccnc-maliing the milnic ohes
prcpostcrous-had it not all been
rchearscd, in blank by Booth, be,
fore hand ?")
A moments hush. incredulous-a
scrcam-the cry of murdcr-AIrs.
Lincoln leaning out Of the box, with
ashy cheeks and lips, with involun-
tary cry, pointing to the retrcating
figure "He has killed the Presi
don't" And still a moments strange,
lncrcdulOus suSpense--and then the
dclugc !-thcn then that mixture OF
horror, noises, uncertainty = (thc
sound somewhat back of horse s
hoofs clattcring with Spccd)-thc
! people burst through chairs and
Rulings, and break them up-timt
noise adds to tho qucerncss of scene
there is incXtricabic confusion and
trrror---woman faint-q,,ite feeble
parsons fnll. aid arc trtmplcd OH
many cries of ngony arc hcard-thc
broad stage s,''ldcnly fills to sulto
, cation with IL dense and motloy
! crowd, like some horrible carnival
the audience rush generally upon it
ut least the strong men dp-thc
actors und actresses are still there III
their play costumes and paintU
faces; with mortal fright showing
tlroHah the rouge: spmc trembling
some III tears-the Streams and calls
confllsGd talk-rcdpublcl, treblcd-,
two "r three manage to pass M
water from the stage to the prcsi
dents boN-othcrs try TO clam'rer uJ
--ctc., etc. etc.
Iii the midst of this the soltlieas ot
the Presidents guard, with Others
suddenly drawn to the scene, burst
in.-somc two hundred altogether
they storm the house, through nj
the tiers, especially the upper ones,
inhamcd with fury, literally charging
the audience with fixed boyoncts
muskets and pistols, Shouting
"Nl"ar out clear out YOU SONS OF
b" Such the wild scene, or 4
suggestion IF it, rather. inside the
playhouse that night.
! Outside, too, in the atmosphere OF
shock and craze, crowds oi people
filled Will, frenzy, ready to seize out
any outlet Tor It. came near commit
ting murder several times on inno
"cnt individuals. One such rnsc was
especially exciting. The iifmiatcd
Crowd, through some channn, got
started against one muL either
for words he uttered, or perhaps
without ally rn1se at all, ntih were
proccn,hnS TT once to actually hanG
him on ncighboring la,"p post,
whci' ne was rescued Try few heroic
policemen, who placed him in thd,
midst md fought their way SLOWLY
and amid great peril toward the
statiol'honse, 1t was II fitting cpl
sOdc of the whole ci1nir. The crowd
rnshiiig and eddying to md fro
the night, tho y"lls, the ltnlc faces.
many frightened people trying in
vain to cXtricatc thclbsHlves--the
attacked man not yet freed from the
jaws of death, looking liko II corpse
the silent, resolutc hnlf:lozcn
policemen, with no wcapohs but
their little clubs, yet stern and
steady through all those eddying
swarms-madc indeed II fitting side
scene to the grand tragedy of tn,
murder. They gained the station
h usc with the protested man, whom
tney placed III sHciirity for hight
md discharged him in the morning
And in the midst of that night
pandcmonium of sr1lsclcss hate, in
fnriated soldiers, the audience and
the crowtl-the atnse and I'LL Pits
actors and actresses, it's paint pots
rpangles and gaslight~the life blood
from those veins, the best and sweet
est Of the land, drips down, ant
deaths ooze already begins it's littl
bubbles on the lips
Such, hurriedly skctchcd, wcr,
tin accompanimHnts of the death Q
,, President Lincoln. $50 suddenly
sid in murder and h'trror rnsu,
passed, he was taken from us. Bu
his death was tMinless.
What afi atiny to bf UtarttIu
Upon the taxpayers OF the cOitntry
at the beck aid call df thc President
10000 federal officials in this repul
lie Itis gratifying to know that
democratic cofigress Is cutting DEW
the supplies for feeding this raae'
9 ous horde of lecchcs.
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