New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
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ave at once surrounded the barn lsad Captain
F. p Dohertyl went to the door and tried to open
p t Il kew T TO Se paddock with & and when he u.
Locked il, called out to the men ln-lde;
'.I have come here 20 take yOn KNOW VINO you are,
and want you. II yon do not come out, nave men
enough to take you, dead or awe. NIT. l., ,,,
AT first there no answer Finally, IN Iouu,
strong voice Booth replied Who are you, and what do
81 said: IT'S no matter what we want; deliver up
your arms and surrender your'elyes'
lie called out again: Who are your -
al replcd: That makes 10 difference we know VINO
you are and want you have 90 men here armed
and you cannot get away a., 49,, 49, 4,
by his friends and then lie asked for time to thnK inc
thing over. Finally said to him: We have, waited
long enough: IL Is time for you 10 surrender Bo"h
called out: Il am crippled and alone Take your men
back fifty yards from the door S ana WIN come out You
~ told him that we had not to fight but to
capture him. aud he had better come ont AFTER aWlc
Booth called; There is man here wants to surrender
and wants to surrender awful BAD q, ~.
me- ont want TO surrender SAID: Hand out your
arms and Booth said he had no arms took my pistol
did So and caught him and pulled him out Then Booth
made some stagelke speech that could not distinctly
understand but remember he SAID BOYS, prepare
srecher for me. Another man Is slain under our gl0r-
ous banner few minutes later he called out 10 me
again TO take my men from around the barn ana give nun
a chance for his life Just at that moment somebody
whether one OF my or one OF the detectives, am
rcar NJ Inc barn In an instant the whole place was
lighted up. We Booth standing on the moor OF tho
barn leaning on his erutcb. On the Moor was the
straw. and outlining Booth "a he stood there glaring
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think he intended 10 shoot at u.s. but had made up MS
mind 10 Kill himself. IL was hardy moment alte te
fire burst out before Booth dropped his cruch ana look
his carbiDe in both hands still garng aDoutne Darnau
rea looked he about 10 shoot Al thls lhslat
we heard shot. Booth yell aud for the moment
stood with carbfne between his legs, MS head Dct
over the butt aud then, he about to f caught
him nader the arms and pulled HIM out OF the barn
some one called lie has snOt himself ana IL was LOT
acme time my impression that that was the case buI
COrbet soon told me tnat he nan shot
intending only to disable Booths arm. n
"BOoth lived about two hours. took tine DanKet on
my horse sewed him In IT, took an Ola negro WIN hs
8 Ide Captain Wilson, waiting for me; returned 10
washington with the corpse OF Booth anu JaNIu ~.
Harold as prisoner and at a. In on Apfli 20 loOo,
turned the naval authorities III charge OF inc
iron-c lad monitor Moutauk at the navy yard ma,
Booth had ON an old business suit-back Win ttle
white spots In his pockets were lot Of little onions
diary was pocket did not read IL careldily
Several pages had been written after the ASSASSINATION
He alluded 10 himself the greatest patriot KNOW" W
modern history. turned the diary over TO the Wal
Department think II was never published
The prize money OF $751; 900 was divided on the plan
was regarded captain of vessel passing from one
squadron TO another, and making capture on the way
received $500 Colonel Baker $500, COuger SfouO
L. Il. Baker $4,000, Corbett and the other sergeant
545 corporas got S2291 and eighteen pfivaes
got $2063. Nearly all the live now near Platts-
burg N. Y, where they invested their money III farms
live In Louisiana, and am engaged on government Worh
on the Red river. am happy 70 say have multiplied
| my share OF the $4,000 several times"
SECRETARY ENDIOOTTS FAMILY AND HONE
"Corp's Warrington letter to The CLereIdnd Leader
| 1t is said here that he makes very gentle
manly Cabinet Minister. Endicotts house mere VII
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