The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-11-06
The story OF the Woman whom
.John wilkes Booth Loved

Birmingham, Aid.' O0l"
rhe Aqe. of this city, prints tue he
following interesting story concern az
ing john Wilkes Booth: al
The story printed in the Atlanta It.
about John Wilkes
Rooth. has evoked much criticism la
here. and the statemsnt OF the h0 al
bamian that he was alive has pee" u
demounced as "A long drawn lmaglh' N
stion There is in BirminghaIn, "
LII who knew Booth Intimately u
anG reporter called on her. sue r
said: ,ld coll :
do not care to be connecteu WIN
this affair, aud VIII not open my ilPs
nnless YOU promise to 6eep NY
;dantit5 sacred.H On being assured
that her request would be acceded
to She benan an interesting story;
in thetecital OF which she dlSplaNe"
some emotion. During the course
~ the story. she sad: 81 first met
Mr.. Booth at the Plhnters ho'e,'
ST. Louis, in 1859, and was Wltn
him enough to know him We'll ms
Grst star engagement was oe@un al |
Colnmhus, Ga, under the manage
ment of Mat Canning. Tue pay
have torootten. 1t WAS III looV anu
Iee1 II was in Columbus that
Booth was wounded by a pls'o.
SHOT. and the papers made great
= sensntion about il. 1t was saldthat
. La was badly cut by the woman
l with whom he WAS III love- al
Z, that story was not true'
= TWAS THE WOMAN
Il he loved aud this truth has never
bpen pritcd before. he "nd Mr
f, Canning, his manager, were e%ah
inipo n small pistol. ItexPio jed anu
RS slightly wounded Mr.. Bno'n.
10 She was shown the Morning Ag'
- with the anthoi's story IA 1t aho
was asked if sue thought he story
,o Us trne MS related by him. oht
ys said in a mysterious manner:
IL tSome of it may be true, some 0
-, II may not ne, but have never Ell
rh ter,aiued the first idea that ne !
at dead, and have never seen a si"e''
narson who ever saw him dead, no
over card one say positively un'l
Mr ]. II. Ford said to the Atiant'
w Constitution reporter, ana 20 no
{" h.liave now be ever saw Mr.. bootl
da.d as he says he dld. L nav
"o never seen person who ever say
him dead that could swear 10 u
Ill statemeut. / was in the headquai
Ioh TORS of Gen. Banks in New Or!ean
.m during the excitement oil the III III
'll inr and leaned over the General
la' sbonlders when he received teI'
nm from Washington anuouneln
tue the death of Mr.. Booth. Nheh
ent read the telegram he called a nua
'aS' har of staff officers to him aud rea
a,e r. The telegram was dlscTedlte'
ell Charles Barton Hill aud Mr. boo'
ah- made their debute together, an
alu; ei knew each other intimately. -
heu 1851 I was visiting friends ID NJ
ere hiln and met MIR. Hill, who W
lah- with Edwin Forrest at the tia
TWO Mr.. Hin showed me a letter Eo
tot and travelled without date and 8
% nTe natnre. that be had received tn
LII al lay aud he said it was trom
"'' JOHN WILKES HtsoTH.
ootb ua hnew the handwriting, a
,son. there was uu-auaSt40u out "baU
a. - oa.ns from Mr. Booth. Do you
shsn r,ember the story of Il steam |
no Sa;I;ng nv New Orleans ouce, ao'
aLan 60 months after the shooting
) the president Lincolnf Wei,
and always believe the story was l
that Me-. Booth was on Ooaru' :,
n "Dou't you know positively !
- 80 On that tugp was asI
~ us her She evaded the question,
. ~ I'D, tq never believed be
wi,b killed f; he was too smart a na. M
;l,;,a he caught like. that. DO you n
,,b 80 that Mr. Booth was victim OIL
:, xt cumstapces in the shooting oil
! a;s colnq Well, he was. The org
,orar plau was TO capture blucolh
: "a hrinq him to the South and
.xcite. exchange him for all tue Coo'' 'H
c,tcb ate prisoners. The meu who
e,oId % to help carry out the plot y
'ad - and Mr. Booth determintd u
as not be deteateu' anu ,l.L S'u .;,br
D look be was aecfrul'eN ~ ,,eb n
ipr a ADO you remember ul"S" =
Is not Booth ln tue oo"." -, oe him
81, 900 II saw gIeee NJ, woo,rome,
-tion of on one occasion - 80, Low ol
ard of aurora Oorea,is rs. o''s' Tso Gre
worth, capitol ooililhE. -, thouol
n big rang, anu ano ns.oo1 vii
D Mem capitol on hre. l = The SO
rrested and a. We giIeo - - sn,tol ,
emphis said I'll that i '"0