Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-15

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ED WIN II. ,STANTONiS FATE
In the thirteen years since the as
sassination Of President Lincoln and
the hideous vengance wreaked upon
the supposed accessories TO tho crime
many attempts have been made tC
trace the motives that led TO the mur
der and the influences that operated in
the so.called judicial proceedings that
followed it. Some of these have con
tanned hints Of the ghastly truth, but
little more. None Of the participants
in the murder-plot save one, survived
the terrible rctribution visited on in
noccnt and guilty alike who had beer
in any way associated with the -fatec
Booth, and that one by his own trca
son to all principles Of manhood ant
Justice has been for ever doomed tC
/ popular execrahon and distrust. The
parties to the foulcr plot by which al
/ innocent woman was deliberately put
to death to appease the passionate cry
of a terrified multitude for blood, kept
their secret well tin remorse had driy
en- tben, ono bv ono TO madness or mn
natural death, and even then only one
told even in part the terrible secr1t
partc nol;cv hod shiclded tho partici.
nants in tbe conspiracy 10 murder
| Morv Snrratt and the terrible patbos O
! ,bc remorsef,il deatb of Edwin M. Stan
,on bas Iong DELAYED tbe exnosure .o
M crime RAJ drove him N snicide
and tlo rendition Of Justice 10 the mem
ory of his victim.
The American people have long beer
convinced that an innocent woman
was put TO death when Mrs. Surrat
was HANGED for PARTICIPATION in th,
murder Of OF President Lincoln, but NJ
authentic account of the conspiracy O
which she was the victim has ever beef
made public. A gentleman now livin,
in WASHINGTON. and who was connected
officially With the War Department
and personally intimate with Secreta
nv stanton at the time of the tragedy
- I believe the only person now liv
! ino who knows the whole inside histo
nv of the Mot From Secretary Stan
, TOMS own lips he had the confession
that Mrs. Surratt was deliberatel,
murdered and from Stantons own lip:
ogonived with remorse, he heard th
e story of the terrible punisbment whic
followed him and finally drove him {
y selfdestruction. He was one of th
very few who could talk famiIiarly wit
the War Secretary. and he knew fror
arst In last tbe secrets of the stranp
series NJ crimes On his authority iii
). following facts Of tho case are now ft
= Tho frat iime disclosed
!, A few weeks before the fatal Goo
! Friday nigbt Bootb had conceived tb
wild ;doo of ohducting President Lii
onin I ana toLing him 10 Ricbmon,
III ,nharo ha n;aht bo hold no a nrisone
Viii the v;ew n, Tho Termination of n
'rar This cray vision was know
w. ros, of Rooih,s nersonol friend
oonn ,ham We;chmann PAYNE A
80 ,Iarold RI, ,ho nlsn ado,
,. ,oa rnnld not work and felI tbrongI
~ w. cos "s poo,l,,s omnanions were 90,
al ~ "' " poo,h howovor nod n,
,nsono;dao whor n
T. ie,.o saaoh saoh III u wosh;nn,on tbot Ricl
-" .ls Ia couon 7, wos thon IN,
pon,h oonolrded 20 Mil Mr. IincoI
ia H. rion ~ do,o;l ,yoa o,lv commur
y n,o P'a" ~ D. 49," 'a"ro, Harold or
To;oA.oan w. ~ =" Thn neonle arrested ,
a. Iaa,r" i,now natthing whatever
lie liz ,ianS or novoments 6ut were sir
ni,, nis H. N ;nnocen, victims of the drea
fbai ,sas,adn IL wos bn, a lew hon
,. hara.a ,ha ,nrrdor I'M, Rooth conooi
~ M a. a. nris;Il;na NJ Jincoln ar
ec ~ ~" IL ;s,an,;ons Ms On
~ ~ ",s rasJ ;,,,oran, 90 was b;s victi,
~ Sar a Roth had shot tbe Preside,
and mado lis escane from The thcatr
nnrsni, wos mode bv C,ol +, G. Rake
H. Wa nonor,ment detcct;ve n,
nfhora who failed tn 0pt anV inform
Y. ,;on os 10 Tho rou,e taken or The wber
r. ahan,s - poo,h or b;s comnanior
en- RaLoy and b;s men returned TO Was
II, ;nn,on u,,erlv without n clew and b,
a. a. asd in their search for the ASSASSIN
y, tn aon,Iemsn who informed mo
es, 80 tsc,s here narrated was then d
v" .a;loJ ~ ,ho worL of hunting doy
i poo,h " and Tho other consniraters |
"a. hod vJ'" NO., a"a conc tar in bis work when
n , @ o;,sd on bv zadoc Jenl,ps
h.n,hos w., w." or Ms Warv "a surratt W
[ ,;rnd somo miles ont, Of Washinpte
and I Who ;mnar,ed 10 him the inform
snr t;nn wh,ch % ipd ,o Tho overhaulinq a
Rs, doa,h don !" ., Roth and Tho can,nre Of /
oea." oea'noo;ons y; ~ poo,h Ind s,onped in /
sg. AN, p"p ,n ho,e INs loo set which h
=. heen Fractured in his fall at the th,