Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-01-12

which the detectives would hold to
Booths lips, and he would suck it ca
gerly. This would revive him for the
time being, but of course nothing could
help him then. can never forget the
sad scenes of that night. They fixed
themselves indelibly upon my mini. l
remained around during all the hustle
that attended them, and looked on,
little realizing the meaning of what
was passing. Booth died as the sun
came up.
"Where was the barn in which Booth
and Harold were secreted, where Booth
was shotp"
"Yonder, to the left of the orchard"
she replied. Sand here is where Booth
was brought and laid upon the porch"
she said, pointing the spot near the
door where Booth brtathed his last.
Looking in the direction in which
she pointed, the stains of the blood
which gurgled from Booths throat, as
he lay in the death agony were still
plainly visible.
"They say that a murderer's blood
can never be washed out" she said
ut seems to be true. For years the
stains upon the porch where he died
remained very distinct, and you see
that they can yet be easily traced
STORY OF ANOTHER EYEWITNESS.
TThe correspondent then hunted up
the young Mr.. Garrett, one of the boys
above alluded to, who gave the follow
ing account of the incidents as he saw
them:
Those were serious times indeed.
And it has always been wonder to
me that the facts about his sojourn at
our house have never yet been truth
fully told. | was Booths constant COM
panion nearly all the time he was at
our home. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on
the afternoon of the 18th of April Capt
Jett brought Booth to our place. He
told father that Booth was a wounded
Confederate soldier; that he had sur.
rendered with Lees Army, and that
he had gone to his home in Maryland
where they had demanded that he take
the oath of allegience; that he would
not do this, and was now making his
way back to JON Johnston's army in
North Carolina. Father said that he
would, of course, do wEat he could for
him. and took him in. | came home
shortly afterward, and was with Booth
almost constantly until he was shot.
Whatever he had to say was about
the war. lie never alluded to the as
sassination of the president. He re.
iterated the story that Capt. Jett had
told my father, and he also said he had
been engaged in the riots in Baltimore
when the Massachusetts tIoops were
fired upon. Although he talked so
much of the war, | could not ascertain
what regiment he belonged to. ! had
beena Confederate and had Confeder-
ate uniform which he wanted, and l
agreed to exchange with him."
"I am going back to the army and
need your uniform, and you are going
to be a citizen and need my citizens
clothes, he argued"
He had on very good suit of clothes
for those times. thought was max.
ing a good bargain by trading my old
Confederate uniform for them.
He played his part to perfection
The first night he was at our house he
slept in the room with my brother and
me, but he had very little to say. The
next day he and l were around all day
together, and yet 1 suspected nothing
"Were you the one that brought tht
papers in announcing Lincoln's assas
sinatiOn%
"No, sir; that was my brother Jack
We were all at dinner when that oc
CURED. Brother Jack said that tn,
president had been shot, and tina
100000 reward had been offered fo
the apprehension of his murderer.
, said, Gracious! don't wish he woult
come this way and could captur
him. Booth turned upon me, ant
said, with great earnestness:
"Would you betary him for 100000
if you couldP"
II would, indeed, / replied; $4,000
l is a great lot of money"
, "Booth turned away and becam
. thoughtful, and had very little to sa
] after that. Some time after Harol
Q came from Bowling Green, and the
5 went away to the woods together. Bt
A fore they returned father had deter
0 mined that they could not remain /
= the house over night. He had becom
| convinced that they were some kin
z of suspicious characters. We imagir
ed that they were members of Mosby'
|. gang, and might steal our horse
t When he told them they could nc
{ sleep in the house they asked if the
Q could not 60 under the house. Fathe
said that would not do, as the dog
t would get after them.
d "Let us 60 into one of the outbuilt
i ings, said Booth. Father finally col
s sented to this, and they went out int
}. the barn, which was filled on one sid
It with corn-blade fodder and on tn
IS other with farming utensils and lC
d of furniture belonging to refugees, frol
d Port Royal. After they got in Il
/ barn / went and locked the door wit
It a paddock on the outside, so that the
4 oouid not no ont xuithnut makinu