Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-05-02
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I'LL = 70 10 frvfuf1
c"nld have medical a,tcnd,p.o =" y,
T. 'o'd bun frankly that he wonlls..-
" medical a'ten lance in Nlar,i.aI
70 Snid he ''Thecuanirv i r,,li tl,T'
b aud al tlrat I can Do er ~ s,',' I.
: grt you off, # can, for CIV, -,
/ um ani my own. and e. ~
safety. That ! will DO for yoa g - !
lsany way in the world 10 ia :,
When | received Ills -. /.
Nr Jones, ! asked him opos.i''.. y
question to see if / could ev,.a,.. !,
'iiermfiIn'r as to what Booib =.
about willie in shat wilderness ny
u he spoke Of his mother. Of cha
was gong when he reached VI,
OF whether he meont to act On =, 81.
again whether lac hla,uaI ~
jumping from the theater boz.
he expressed any apprehension. e.. n.
Surrat or his friends in W,.b;..
10 these anil to many other o,,ss.
Jones uniformly replied. ma L.
not speak abont any Of thoso -.
Tie wanted fool. inI 10 eros. H.
AMI TO know what WIS silab n, ,
iced . Booth, he thinks. worc , L.
ed hat. AT first meeting R,or n Il
pines, he p. owed himself 10 be tba ".
sln BY showing upon his WI, ;aTE
lux, the initials j. w. y. IT, sLa,.
The same to Captain Jctt in Viro;p;',
Jones says Booth was dctarp,n9oia.
not Boosting, but one who Womb 10y
soil his life dear. He sill bewl
not be taken alive.
Mr. Jones went pp to pot, rah y,
IN day or two tt hear about ,Ta ~,
der and heard a detective tbnr e t s,an
Alexandlia say: Il will give one / ~.
bred thous nj dollars and guaran,ae -,
the man who can tell where Roo,h ;.e
when we consider that the end of ~
war had come, and all the Cone.d,.r.,,
hopes were blasted and every ,nan.
slaves set free. we may reAee; IMAM II
hdelity Of this poor man. whoss I,cI
was not his own, and with inoy;,.bi.
poverty before him perhaps for tbo rs.t
Of his days, when the next morning h.
was told that to him alone wonld h, N
rusted that man for whom The Go,,.n
"ent had offered fortune, and was IN
'reaSlng the reward Mr. ,Jenes ,.,. /,
leVer occurred to him for one no1co,
hat it would be good thinr 10 b,y.
hat money On the contrary his sem.
'athles were enlisted for the p,lr.6c.l
Dung man, so ardent to get to V,rojni,
nd have the comforts of doctor
Sand he to Booth: you mu,t =,
laln right here, however Ion, snI
'alt tlii can see some wqy to ret van
ut; and | do not believe | can eet y,g
way from here until this hue and ere +
over. Meantime | will ,ee
ou are daily fcd " He then c,ntinus,
VISIT tlcm daily, generally about ten
clock IN the morning. lie alw,1,
ent alone, taklng with him such foI
the country had-ham, whiskg
cad, fish, aud coffee Part of the W ~
ones had to go by ,he publioroad bp-
generally worked into tie pines as
'ickly as possible. His intercourse At
ch visit with the fugtives was Short
'cauSe he was in great personal dan.
r himself, was not inquisitlye. and
's wholly intent on, keeping bis faltb
tn his old friend aud the neg - i
Z says that Ilerold had nothing to Say |
the least importance, AMI was nth
9 but a pilot for Booth. Not imp.oba
= ssss~sSant his own oyerseer into the
M samcrrH-4e- to see these men or to
i've Them sometime, but be took no
.tive part in their escape The 6,ao>els
hcy possessed came either from COX or
rom DR. Mgdd's
Booth, as has been sad rode S,na''
,.y mare from The rear Of Ford's Inca
.rr to Cox'> pines IIeroldrole Horse
r another color. These horses were
hired Al difTrrcntliycry stables ia WASH
ino,on Jones is not couyersant win
All the facts about the shooting Of .hese
hor..s. but the testimony Of Cox b.tore
!, died was nearly as follows: Aiter
Booth entered the pines lie distinctly /
heard tie next day or the day following
A band of cavalry going along the road
At no great distance, aud the ncighlng
Of those horses lie said to Ileroid
IF we can hear those horses they aau
certainly hear the nclghng Of ours,
which are uneasy from want Of food aud
,talInt" When Jones on Sunday
morning came through the WOODS and
found one Of the hors loose lie told Cex.
as well ~ Booth, that the horses ought
to he put out Of the way. Cox had
Uerold advised to take the horses down
into Z.kiah Swamp, aal shoot them
both with his revolver, which be did,
The weather daring those days and
sights was Of Go-gy misty character
not cold. bW uncomfortable, although
there was no ram Atregular intervals
the farmer got on his hofse aud went
through the pines the two or turee miles
) tc,thc spot where still lay the yorning
. man with the great celne bek.nl blm
: and the great wish 10 see gium. -
. Booth had sympathetic aature and
. seldom failed to make GOOD impression
anil that he made this impression on
Jonc, will presently appear Noiaci-
dent broke the monotony Of these visits
! for days. jones seutbis hithfuiuesro OUT
= with the boat to isb with gdl-uets so
that it should not be broken up IN the
precautions used by the Fedcrals to pre-
en- vent Boeta's escape Jones was now
Y reduced to one poor boat, which had
of cost him eighteen dollars in B.ltimore.
lie had lost several boats il the war,
y co>tin. him from eighty to one hundred
, a and twenty-five dollars apiece This lit
er- ,lc gray or lcad-coored .kif was tbt
res ouly means by which the fugitycs ccult
ieN gei across the river Every evening tn,
man returned Il to he mouth oftbe IT.
tic GUT or marsh called Dents Niyalow
ev- in frost Of the Huckleberry farm Tht
.els is net two miles north Of pop,s Geek
,0n and from that spot Booth and ILpoI
, Il, allv eS,anod