Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-01

Incident Recalling the Assassina-
rlon " Presidsnr Lincoln
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One coli "a .rllng ni ls-een years ago.
as tne hack rolled into ths GerIuan colony
" artburg, Tenn. stranger stepped
olf, carry la.g oa l.s 50 3alder a square BOX
an1 val 81, appr0ached the lnn ~ the place
and asked fer board and 4 ,Iag lie " as
eysi sGspillo ely ga accoaug ~ his roagh
appearance. seaat baggage and nsrgoas
manner. he wAs taken Ia AMI gwen
room When be sot inside he locked the
do securely, a1d fastened the wind -
shutters. M aat hs id in the room aud
nat ns cam there for has not bsen re-
voaled O. the pabllc until stranger came
through ths place a few days ago after
nineteen years " companiouship with
him he occupied the room and always
locked BE-, carrying the Key with him
A ter being with the people some
time he ~as asksd o. par iclpats IA their
pleasures aud assemuLes- lie give bis
name As Sinclair, and would enter-
tain them with mary slous talss Il travel
and adventures claiming O. have bssn
sst cap Tain he soon became a great IA
' rite with the people, but his mysterious
ways and manners kept them away from
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temperament, ald vas always " atching
Tor some one. " hen the hack would ar
rive he would always leave the crowd un-
rii 10 had < one aud the passengers housed.
His dress vas Of the coarss sst material lie
~ore his beart long, aud large hat with
tri-n 1wu over his ewes.
The VILLAGE gradually grew larger, aud
new arriva were made daily. His anx-
iety Increased. and he bsyan u lead tAs
life Of recluse, aud whom he came out he
woa 4 always listen and never utter
word
one of his peculiarties was 70 always
leave party that tegan u discuss the
war. one day he became almost crazy
tn fear, and seemed 10 be searching for
something h b, had lost tie was seen to
have dropped a paper. which was picked
up. Ia it was contained the account OF the
assassinat on Ot Lincoln by Booth. When
be was asked what Il was be had lost, he
replied something that Interested him az
much a his life. The paper was aft rward
slipped near his door. When he discov-
er.d Il the sh lck made him i'll. he took T.
his bed. and was dsliriOu. for several days
Ia his room was the square box hs had
been seen O. bring with him. It was a desk
OF this be raved in his Will delirium and
stated that In she drawers were disclos-
ures that would aston.sh ths whole coun-
try bat tho keys were tied around his
neck He callel the names Of Spangler.
Harold. Atzsrott, Payne and Muld, and
said his name was Booth.
Whe1 he got we'll and was told OF his
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having said such words He lived after
ward in the same my sterious manner until
one day last week, VII n a gentleman fro n
Fredericksburg, ' o, was pass NJ throu gh
the mountains with party inspecting the
coal deposits and stopped at the hotel.
Sinclair was walSlns across the street
when the wind blew his hat oR.
The gentleman who was standing at
window uttered an exclamation and said:
Heavens! can that BE- Erast 5 Booth, tho
brother Of J. Wilkes Boo,h? Tue last time
l saw him was nineteen years ago in
Washington, dur n the excitement of tho
assassination of Lincoln"
The people gathered around him TO hear
his story o. the last time he saw him, and
20 tell Of his mysterious coming nineteen
years ago. After listening TO the two
narratives the conclusions were that he
was the man The next day, while out
walking, Sinclair was passing a party,
when one OF the number called: Hello,
Boot 3" tie stopped suddenly, involun-
tarily turned his al, caught himself and
proceeded on his walk
That night he quietly stole away in tho
darSness with his desk aud baggage. His
going was "a mysterious as his coming.
he has not been heard Of since