River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-17
4 PEEP AT THE PAT.
The Assassination of President Lin
coin by Wilkes BootE.
The Goodness of Andrew Johnson
The History of the Terrsbie
Tragedy.
Milwaukee Sentinel.


Tragedy.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Nothing is more natural taan that
prospective pleasures should scause To
pass in review the pleasures of the
past, and as the panorama urswinds to
the imagination, the sorrows IS well as
the lows stand out in all their IividnesS
unencumbered by the routiRe detail
which rob the pictures of theie graphic
colorings and tone them down to ma
ture. Not all the pomp and splendors
in preparation for the Inauguration OF
James A. Garfield as the twentieth
president of the United States, can
approach the scene presented by the
national capital on the few weeks fol-
lowing the induction of Abraham Lin
coin into the presidential chair for a
second term. The nation wa& emery
ing from the throes of civil stsife. The
city needed not the erection Of trlum-
phal arches to proclaim the giones or
the gratitude of the people. Victory
after victory was proclaimed5 Thou
sands upon thousands of flags floating
from housetops and windows welcomed
back from the victorious fields of Nir-
ginia, the heroes who had redeemed
| the nation. Sherman had accom-
plished his q march to the sea-" Lee
had surrendered, Richmond l&ad fallen
and the war was over. The popular
air of Dixie had lost its reasonable
| significance, and at the invitation of the
president the serenade band Of Wash
ington played it for the frsE time in
five years, on the occasion of the sur
render of the confederacy. And yet at
this time the assassin lurke3 in the
capital. Barely twenty foar hours
rad elapsed" says Gen. O'BiGrne, who
for the first time publishes, as provost
marshal of the district on that mem
orable occasion, the narrativesof
THE ASSASSINATION,
latter the people had ceased their
demonstrations of JOY and settled down
to the routine duties of life, pale,
youthful, light haired young man,
| Walter HELEN, the son of a banker ny
that name, rushed into the MetrpOh-
tan hotel, almost breathless with excite
ment, and gasped out: President Lin
coin has Just been shot while in Il box
in Ford's theaterp"
Among the people that heard the re-
mark were the provost marshal and one
of his detectives. The marshal jump
ed into his buggy and drove tc the thea
ter where the terrible reality was re-
vealed, where all was confusion. A
| few minutes latter a group of men
were seen carrying the inaninate and
apparently lifeless body of Mls Lincoln
up the steps of small house opposite
the theater, now occupied by Mr.
Louis Schade, editor of the washing
ton Sentinel He was carried into the
rear room at the end of the hsll, which
had large double bed in It. This
apartment had little other furniture in
it than a bed, few chairs, small la
BILE, and washstand of II cheap kind.
The floor was covered with Il kind of
grass mating. After describing the
scene outside, the general says: Mr.
Lincoln was laid gently on ths, bed, af-
ter having been partially disrGbed. DR.,
Charles A. Teale was holding and eX-
aiming his head, from the side of
which, near the left ear, blood was ooz-
ing with some parts Of the cerebral
matter mixed with it, which trickled
over the pillow and counterpGne.
LIFE SEEMED EXTINCT
but under the influence of brandy Mr..
Lincoln revived Proceeding to place
guards at the door to keep the crowd
back, the provost marshal Observed II
gentleman in the hall, bleeding pro-
fusely from wound i'll the.arm, and
manifesting some signs of fasntness a.
he slowly moved toward the HALL door,
This proved to be Col. RathEone, who
had accompanied Mr.. Lincoln to the
theater that night, ard sat III the box
with him and the rest of the presiden-
tial party. He had come over
when Mr.. Lincoln was carried to the
humble back room where he then laid.
He was suffering from stab wound
in the right arm, inflicted by 4he same
hand which fired the fatal shot at Mr..
Lincoln. 1t was received white he was
in the act of selling hold Cf Wilkes
Booth as he sprang from the theatre
box to the stage to make HIS escape
when he inflicted the deadly Injury.
The provost marshall exchanged few
words with Col. R4thbone, WHO did not
speak of his own wound in fhe grea {
and overshadowing presence of the
more serious damage to Mr.. Lincoln;
but he was observed to grow suddenly
pale and faint, then staggered little,
when the provost marshall remarked
that he, too, was injured, butt he only
responded in reply: cit Is only a
a mere trihe." 1t being evident that
he was growing weak from loss of blood
the provost marshall led han down
the front steps of the house, and assist
ed in placing him in a carriage, which
was rapidly driven to his residence,
some friends accompanying tlim and
administering restoratives Sto cope
with the effects of the : pro!use
bleeding. Through the hurEying and
AGITATED CROWDS
of people now in the streets. when Mr..
Lincoln was found to be well cared for
as possible, the provost marshall drove
rapidly to the houses of Messr3. Seward
and Slant, n, the secretaries ofState and
~ar, who were reported also to have
been assasinated. AT the first place an
excited and angry crowd of loyal citi-
zens were found and the information
obtained that Mr.. Seward &as then
Though just recovering fromc injuries
reCelNeu III CdTTldSc dCClutIIJ pleeu-
ing and almost lifeless from the blows
of an assassins knife. His soh, too, in
the attempt to save the father, had
been struck down and both We're lying
insensible in an upper bedehamber.
A man wearing a confederate uniform
was met Immediately opposite the
house, and being questioned said he
was a paroled prisoner His gray
jacket was instantly torn fromzhim and
thrown into the park, and he ordered
on his way. In the agitated condition
of the crowd it is likely that, in mo-
ment of blind fury, which then pre-
vailed on all sides, had he nos quickly
obeyed the provost marshallS orders
] he would have been lynche6 on the