Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-05-02

annoyed to find that on bis a.
tle ass siD' 0f p esil NJ -, ~ were
inc war Sas all over. Tia, 80 - ancF
not invited into the house bYt we've
to an ou'-huillipg Of some had az .. sent
tle negro grrers or III, L... '''"eI
banth w'ss ~ much chasrincl :, = 81 If'
welcome to Virgnil that he t.a =, vas va,
ufry Wh'ch was found on his deal b, ',le
ana wrote letter in head pcnp;l ;, nv, IVY
Stewart. sorrowfu Father tbrn W Ut
saying that lac would not take Lo.a;, 7,
" extended IN that Wv withon, n p''a''-
TOR 1t, AMI sending three dollars !'os
Booth procured CONVEYANCE o.
was procured for him. irjm Dr. SUI. = ule
u Port Conway: it was dive, h., n"''' )
gro named l.ncas. He probably snae,
sunday IN Bryan's honse, and goi u ~ y
Stewnte house, it Is sal /. on Non5a ~
where he asked for breakfast md -
same y reach, d the Ran, han. Il
river AMI went across with Captain IT,
IhiS CT ssing was made IN N,,l.a
the twcnty-lourih Of April T,a,as
uoon he was loIgel at e. ,rret,.. e.
three mites buck. lie spent tho no",
day at th 5 house lut SLEPT in tie b,r',
Being Informed that lar.e b,Ir g.
Federal c-'d.ry hal g.ne up The ro,I
thus Tues lay. he b a ne much d.,trr..
ed. ga wednesday morning, soon ,for
midnight, the cavalry re'urnel cn;lej
by Captain Jett The barn was IL ,e.'
anu Booth sIOt som after three o',Jo,.
in the morning. lie died little aftn,
sunrise on We lnesd,y.
| my recLptu ate Boot diarr Jnr.
Ing those days AS Jones has in licai,d !,
At ten o'clock Fiday night. April II
Booth shot tie President. 4 iittr ,r
ter midui 9ht he was at Slrratt's tavern
where he received his carbiue an wli.ky
q forgot to say that, among tue artI..
Of com ort given to B,oiu by Jones when
he went to the boat, was bottle of
whisky In gray dawn Of SATURDAY.
morning Booth was at Dr. Mulds whcr..
he had his leg st, aul i .aboriug wole
man there whitfield him cru ch. On
SATURDAY, night, near midnig t. he was
at Cox 5 house, AMI sohe time be;we. 4
that aud morning was logged in the
pines, where he remained Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday; and Friday night, between
eight AMI nin1 O'clock, he started on
the boat, spent Saturday in Nanicmoy
Creek, AMI arrived some time Saturday
night or before light on Sunday at Ms
Quvsenberrys II is unIcrstoo oil hat
on the Virginia sidehe was welcome BY
two men named Hardin an! Josepn
Bllieu, the latter Of whom is deal IL
TIE boat in winch B,o;h crossed the
river he gave Mrs Quseubcrry, who
was arrested. The boat was put on 4
war vessel ana probably carried to
Washington
A few days after Booth crossed the
river ana had been killed, suspicion
turned upon both jones an OK The
negro who hal t,&en the fugi ives L.
Cox's gate gave information. Negro,
near Jones's farm sid he BAD recently
concealed men, alnl saowcl tie ciJc /.
sort of litter or camp ABOUT two nun
DIRE ymds from his house. Her
in reality, quite df.reu; tu-itiye hau
hidden some Time before. ,Juurs LOOK
eli at it IN his rnou:nful way. ouI *
pressed the opinion that il was hotLn.
but where hog had been pchncd W.
lie VS. arrested an taken to Bryan
town. and kept there days in lie sccona
story OF the tavern VIII re- Booth ha
stopped, ami in sight Of The country
C1thohc c1urst where Il 10Th hr,t mel
D. VI qdd AMI others, SIX III n. h .c,ra
Cox WIS also there. bu1 was m W.. -
three dlys sent to Washington The dctec
tiycs from all the ci les o. tie Et,t ,ar
in the street under Joaey, an tIv,crib
ed how he was to BE- hanged He re-
marks Of C,.oul WcIs: lie were
most bloodihir>ty man, and tried t.
scare oIt Of me- iu wat I'm tgiiin' o
you now In eight days Jouc, VS. SEM
to the Old Clro! prison. Washington.
There he contryai 10 communicate Wit, |
Cox, who VS. cotapetely brokea H. I
spirit, aud told him by no N ans % ad
mil anything; and when Jones, in about
month, saw Swan, the le5ro witness.
going past his win.Iow toward tho
Navy Yard bridge with a sa'chel, Jon