The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-03
THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH.
HOW ABRAHAM LINCoLNS ASsAS-
SIN MET HIS DEATH.
Gagged i'm n Barn-E7aroId's surrender
-Thc hTarn Fired - BOOth shot
Dead will, Carbinc i'm tzand.

Gagged in n Barn-E1 arOld's SURRENDER
Fine aTarn Fired - BOOth shot
Dead with Carbinc i'm Hand.
Captain +. p. Doherty, who was with
the Federal force which pursued j.
Wilkes Booth, tells in the Baltimore
Herald how Lincoln's assassin was cap
tured in the barn on CARROTS place.
''We at once surrounded the barn, said
Captain L. p. Doherty, land | went to
the door and tried to open it, but it was
locked with a paddock. Young Garrett
had the key to the paddock with him,
and, when he unlocked it, l called out
to the men inside:
4 have come here to take you. |
know who you are, and | want you. If
you do not come out | have men enough
to take YOU dead or alive"
cat first there was no answer. Finally,
in loud, strong voice, Booth replied:
who are you, and what do you wantF
~ said It's no matter what we want;
deliver up your arms and surrender your
selves
''Hc called out again: who are youV
81 replied: That makes no difference.
We know who you are, and we want
you. have fifty men here armed, and
you cannot get away
Booth made some answer about his
being captured by his friends, and then
he asked for time to think the thing
over. Finally | said to him: we have
waited long enough; it is time for you
to surrender Booth called out: Il am
crippled and alone. Take your men back
fifty yards from the door and will come
out. You ought to give me a chance for
my life
Il told him that we had not come to
fight, but to capture him, and he had
better come out. After a while Booth
called: There is man here wants to
surrender, and wants to surrender awful
bad
"At this, Harold came out to the door
and said. Let me out. | want to sur
render | said, Hand out your arms,
and Booth said he had no arms. l took
my pistol and told Harold to put both
hands out at the door. He Gid so, and
caught him and pulled him out. Then
Booth made some staGe-like speech that
l could not distinctly understand, but
remember he said: Boys, prepare a
stretcher for me. Another man is slain
under our glorious banner. a few
minutes later he called out to me again
to take my men from around the barn
and give him chance for his life.
! Just at that moment somebody, wheth-
err one of my men or one of tho
] detectives, | am not sure. lit ;
match and dropped it in the straw in the
rear of the barn. In an instant the whole
! place was lighted up. We saw Booth
! standing on the floor Of the barn leaning
over on his crutch. On the floor was the
straw, and then outlining Booth as he
stood there glazing around rs if tryin!
to see us on the outside. do not think
he intended to shoot at US, but had mad
up his mind to kill himself. 1t was hard
" a moment after the fire burst out be
fore Booth dropped his crutch and tool
his carbine in both hands, still glarin!
about the barn. and really looked as i
he were about to shoot. At this instan
we heard a shot Booth gave yell, anC
for the moment stood with the carbin
between his legs, his head bent over tn
butt, and then, as he was about to fall
| caught him under the arms and pullet
him out of the barn. Some one Gale,
out lie has shot himself, and it was 70
some time my impression that that wa
the case. But Sergeant Boston Corbct
only to disable Booths arm.
Booth lived about two hours. | too
the blanket off my horse, scwed him u
in it, took an old negro with his cart an
returned to Belle PLANE, where tn
steamer |. S. Ide, Captain Wilson, wa
waiting for me; returned to Washing
ton with the corpse of Booth and Davi
Z. Harold as prisoner, and at three 4
NJ, on April 2G, 1865, turned both ovC
to the naval authorities iii charge of til
iron clad monitor Montaull at the Nav
Yard
"Booth had on an old business suit
black, with little white spots. In hi
pockets were lot of little onions.
diary was in one pocket. did not rea
it carefully. Several pages had bee
written after the assassination. lie ALT
dcd to himscfS as the greatest patric
known to modern history. | turned IL
diary over to the war department.
think it was never published,
The prize money of so, 900 was d
vided on the plan governing the distr
button of prize money III the navy.
was regarded rs captain of vessel pa
, sing from one squadron to another, an
, making a capture on the way. receive
5 81, 800, Colonel Baker 81, 80, Cong
, 81, 900, l.. b. Baker 81, 600, Corbett an
9 the other sergeant 50, 565, seven corpo
ais got 50, Psi, and eighteen privates q
t s., OG3. Nearly all the men live no
near Plattsburg, y. y. where they il
vested their money in farms. | live
Louisiana, and am engaged in COVER
ment work on the Red river. am hapI
to say have multiplied my share Of il
> So, 900 several times.
=. A Brass Band Composed of Lun ali
les, sir; that is one Of the best cur
n tiycs known, said DIR. Chase, as a bra
i band marched in front of the NorristoN
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