The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-17
MAD MARK GRAY.

Queer Antics Of the Man Who Shot at Booth
in Chicago
tChicago Tribune Report
Gray, himself was then put upon the stand
| He said his name was Mark Gray; that he
was born In St. Louis, and was about twenty
| five years OF age. He last saw his mother In
keokuk In September last. He has been en-
gagged In the dry goods business for ten years,
and for five years prior to that was news.
boy on the streets of ut. Louis. He started
drinking when he was about sixteen and quit
entirely somewhere In the neighborhood OF
his twenty first year He believed drink had
his head (here put back his tangled black
locks to show the jury the scarf. This was
caused by the bullet from the cylinder OF
revolver which he dropped upon @ hot stove.
He attempted suicide because he could not
stop drinking, and he thought there was no
other way out OF it but to take bis own life.
He believed that the wound had affected his
| head.
OBrien- What do you know Or think you
knew about Mr.. Booth2
Gray-I haven't known anything about him
except as an actor. Three years ago / saw
him on the street. and knew him at first
sight 80, ,>,x,,y
i II knew him by his pictures and the descrip-
lions given Of him. / had thought about him
for q year or more, because everybody saw
"Well, what do you think about him; what
were your feelings toward himP'
II thought about him as on actor, and COM
pared him with Lawrence Barrett
"What conclusion did you arrive at2'
sob with cOntemptuOus smilel when you
see Booth you see an actor, but when you see
Barrett you see the lnan he playing"
"del US about the shooting MI MI, G1ay ,ant
to the theatre and saw Booth play Ificheheu
He acted In a peculiar way, rs III he was
mocking me and initiating some one whom
''show US what he did"
Thus adjured, Gray gravely dismounted
, from his chair, and, folding his arms In q
: queer style, assumed what he intended for q
the grin OF an imbecile. Then he made two
Of three rapid strides up and down in front Of
!. The Jury. "That Is what he did. He Knocked
me. He said, Mark. Mark twice, as II he
was initiating a party.
"Who was that party
III decline to say"
"WaS 1t your mOtherf
II decline to say. 1 have nothing to say
about that now"
"Did Mr.. Booth use brogue on that occa-
sion while speaking?"
"What followed this2"
81 went home, and all next day was ma
MAC. / had promised the boys In Ut; Louis
that would write them criticism on Booths
acting. but could not write It, So wrote to
q young lady instead. don't remember
what wrote to her.
aWbat did you 60 on the following evening
for?n
aWell. suppose to snuff his CANDLE as the
boys SAY" ,,, ,u othor ohiect - ehoot,r.
DID you naHa any o',, .,, amaht h tras
at MN Inan ue ~ No. ~" ''Aoos' No ""'
m1mlcklhR you VI o0heA9t
D mo" .~tm5,.,
8 "Have you been laborinR under the ,in n,
preston that you were related to Mr.. Boothf
II won't say anything about that decline
. ever to say anything. 1t is over now"
"You promised to tell the court about IT,,
: and you are In honor bound TO fulfill your
, promise. Your mother Is here, ana she wou,d
g would the court and jury. Have you nothing
to saw"
+ ~ don't know OF any other object except
that it was an insane freak OF mine. could
= have been kept back Il there had peeh any.
t. body else there with me. 1 don't know
+ whether wanted to kill him or not put dld
want to shoot On the second night Booth
4 looked up several times to see II was ap
preciating his acting. He didn't mimic me
% that night, but he did the night before. an
/ sorry ! shot now. ! would not SHOOT hia
again.
= THINK, now f..,,,
u can say anythlllg aoouI ,. GhaS. - oan
swear Whetner my ialheI 10 1tv.a9 y, 10y 10y
is nalhs wa hli, hs lnsta ~ yat a
y name ls gray, ana l aaopgea a anac ma hame hot
~ Msvea .ur uit NJ s;,nams IN the a
= ea u anvthing more ahnit whather r Thought
1uae wronnei or not
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mother Of the prisoner, an ordinary lookin,
10 person OF about fifty, sald that Mark wa