, 1879-04-25
m still Declines to Give the
~ Reason Which Made
Him Fire.
..,+har Batch Of Letters.--More
Facts Regarding His
Early History.
MIN prbllc IIcart Beats Sym
pathctically with MR.
Booth.

on.y PLEADS GUILTY.

GRAY PLEADS GUILTY.
!, somcthtng like twelve honra, Mark Gray,
n. ,mht!ous young man who tried to shoot
rsrl, nooth INTO tho death, Was arrested. left
II nIobt IN the Armory, Eiycn preliminary
h.,,inr md sent across to tho inil to spend bis
,tnc nnlfl he slla!l be given full and formal
t.,., TIN roupr man was himself instrumental
IN facilitating tho COURSE Of Justice In iL pro-
,1n1n,ry stages by his plea Of guilty md hts
tlure 10 placc the least obstacle in the way.
0f ooursc, With thc extended publication IN
,.,,.ru,'s TelBuN. Of the shooting affair Itself,
md Ill tue supplementary Information that
.ouM be obtained, 1t was out natural that tho
uprnirg performance at tho Armory should
trss 40 unusually largo crowd, since 1t was
r.ncyallY understood that new act, with
souolo Of stars 10 tho leading parts, would ho
on and thus servo to render the business rather
uore Interesting than lisunl. Tho ordinary
ea.es were run through With In good atylc. when,
,hottl, aftcr 10 o'clock, Detective james Morgan
entered Into the judicial presence and stated to
1n.tica suumc.acld TINT Mr. Edwin Booth, tho
intended victim OF Wednesday evaning'B shoot
fnr, With the other witness to tic attempted
assassination, wcrc in the other room, prepared
ia testify as to what happened at McVtcker's
the orcnlng previous. ,..-........-...
Tbs Justice directed the detective to bring In
The prisoner and the Witnesses; and tho crowd
leld Itself In waiting for tho Developments.
Tie letccttyo returned in few minutes, lcad-
!ng GtaJ. anil followed by tho witnesses,
and handed n slip to tho CEork,
On which was written tho following mcmoran-
dun: "Mark Gruy, g., American, clerk, as
.art With deadly weapon With intent to k!ll." !"
ibis brtet record wnB transferred to the docket,
lhs prisoner WAS accorded q place in tbs box,
and forthwith he wRs the GynoslEo Of all eYes,
ihe crowd crel surslug ~ nga'nst tue @ raii iof
tito to Gct good look at the young man, who,
tos The time being, was "biggor' thau Booth
hlmself.h lie bore the curious, qutzztng gaze
t! ths crowd In his own fmperturbablo way, md
quttlr awaited the carrying out Of the Pro,
rsanme, The Clerk read tho charge and asked
!!ua, !n tho toru,nl way, whether he considered
himself guilty or not guilty. -......
"tutlty," he repliel, without O moment q
hesitation, and In voice clear and distinct and,
N[thal,a trle dramatic IN It's torc, MS though he
nent'a wait ho rubbed his hunLs togothor as II
10 eradicate some OF Chicago's rcat estate that
clnng to them, md clung all the moro persist
enstyt for the reason that tho cell hcconisnoda.
tlns at tic Asmory do not provide the most
eiaburate menus Of securing. and maintaining
tS4eoual tlcAllilUebos 4HQaU AaliAnf ~ hAo IN
are tho bands OF bumpkin and not q
drggoods clerk. They are large, tll-shapcn
eoatse, nnd gr!mY, md Indicate great famil!arl
y With tho plow or tho haudlo Of a dung.forA
o. sold-morning than they do q ycr1
Intimate acquaintance with the Yard.stlcl
CT the soft surface OF ribbons md other gov
Raws. But, then, GRAY has been on vacation
ios tesesal days, has roughod II on tho railroad
bM "taken In the town." ind all This may in {
measure account for the popularity.