St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-05

ier y Capt. Doherty replied, cit don't
make any difference Who take yOu Tor.
I'm going 70 arrest sesn '''rSf, az
---rse,i, -h.ys, Fetch noe = stFai.s-
cri ai.oib,sr stain on our glorious ban
ner.' Capt DoheFty he=ra whispered
conversation between Booth and Har-
f0id from the inside, after which Booth
said aloud 81 am crippled aud alone.
give mo a chance for my life; draw
your men up at 25 PAGES aud will
come out Capt. Doherty replied ~
didn't come here to fight, but 10 capture
you. l have fifty men here, and can do
IL" Alter a dead silence for about five
minutes, Booth said in very sarcastic
tone, "Oh, captain, there's a man here
that wants 90 surrender awful bad.n
Capt. Doherty replied, You had bet
ter do the same and come out.n Booth
NO, j have not made up my mind.r
capt. Doherty, partly opening the door
Let him hand out his arms.n Booth
He has no arms" Capt. DOherty-
Il know exactly what you've got"
BOOth-"I own all the arms, and may
have to use them on you gentlemen
Harold had approached the door, when
Capt. ik1hcrty said to him, "Let me see
your hands" Harold put both hands
out through the door, and seizing them,
handed him over to the corporal.
While Capt. Doherty was taking H=::=
-"!tii 5It Of the front door, the barn had
been fired In the rear. The flames burst
out suddenly, and Booth took a posi-
tion in the center of the barn facing the
door. He pointed his carbine in the
direction Of Harold and Capt. Doberty
when Sergeant COrbett who was sta
toned at one of the openings in the
barn to the left of Booth, observing the
movement, leveled large sized Colts
revolver at Booth and fired. He intend
ed to hit Booth in the arm to disable
him, but the ball entered his neck,
about one inch from the same place
where Booth shot President Lincoln.
Capt. DoheIty supposed that Booth had
shot himself rather than surrender,
and the officers rushed into the barn.
Booth stood with the carbine between
his legs, one of his crutches having
dropped, and as he was about falling
forward, Capt. Doherty caught him
around the body and carried him out
side of the barn. The heat becoming
too intense, Capt DOherty ordered him
removed under the veranda of the Gar
rett mansion. Soldiers were then dis
patched in different directions for doc
tors, but only one, DR.. Urquart, could
be found. He arrived about a. M,
and, after probing the wound pro-
nOunced it fatal, the ball having ranged
upward, cutting IA vital part. From the
time Booth was shot, at 5 o'clock, until
he expired two hours later, he spoke
but once, and that was to Capt. Deher-
ty shortly before 6 o'clock, when he
said, "Hands." Capt. Doherty lifted
up his hands, Booth looked at them for
an instant, and, shaking his head, ex-
claimed, ''Useless, useless A short
time after he became unconscious and
so remained until he died.
The government had offered 100000
for Booths capture, and Baltimore and
Washington $50,000 more. Washing
toms reward is now in litigation before
the supreme court, the district court
having decided against the claim, on
the ground that the city had no au-
thOrity to offer the reward. Baltimore
refused to pay her reward point blank,
and the claim against her has lapsed
by limitation. The government paid
$75,O00 of its reward, Capt Doherty
receiving $500, the two citizen detec-
tives $4,000 each, Sergeants Boston Cor
bett and Wanell $4,000 each, Chief De-
tective Lafayette C.. Baker of the war
department $3.50, and the cavalrymen
the rest of the $4,000 pro rata.