Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-25

hay and other combustible material il
the loft, and it was by the light of this fir
that Boston Corbett saw Booth through
crack and fired, his unerring ball striking
Booth just under the left ear, penetrating
! the neck and coming out on the righ
side. Booth fell, and they supposed hin
dead, and they forced one of CARROTS
sons to go up into the loft. then in a ligh
blaze. and bring Booth out. In doing this
the young man was terribly burned.
Booth was taken to the porch of Mr.. Gar
rett's house supposed to dead, but was
J not. He opened his eyes, and they pro-
posed to put pillow under his head, but
he said: mo; let me die here. just as ]
lay" They offered him wine, but he re.
fused it. They sent to Port Royal for a
physician, hoping to revive him. DR.. Ur
quahart came, but he was too late.
After refusing the wine Miss II. dipped
tie end of her handkerchief in a goblet Of
fresh water, and put it to his lips. He
sucked it, opened his eyes and said: "Tel
my mother died for my country, and did
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but short time. A little struggle, just
as he died, threw lock of his jet black
hair over his marble white forehead
which DR.. Urquahart clipped off at the re-
quest Of Miss H., she thinking it would
be sweet memento for some friend or
relation of his, who might in time call to
learn something of the last scenes of the
! life and death of J. Wilkes Booth, for
then she and all the family had learned
from the soldiers that it was he, and the
assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
j. Wilkes Booth died on the naked
porch floor of Mr.. Richard Henry Garrett,
of Caroline county, Va, Lieutenant
Baker, of the United States detective
force, who accompanied Lieutenant
Dougherty. commander of the squad,
wrapped the body in an old army blanket
and it was placed in an ox-cart, driven by
Fred Freeman, negro, to the Rappahan-
mock river. Its disposition afterwards,
though for long tune, and with many is
to this day. mystery, is well-known to
the United States Government and to the
family of Mr. Booth.
Miss H. informed me that young Jet be-
trayed the confidence reposed in him by
Harold in Port Royal, who told him and
Lieutenant Ruggles who Booth was and
his secret, and that he placed him at Mr..
CARROTS in order to get time to inform
the authorities at Washington Of Booths
whereabouts. This he did by telegraptiag
from Milford, station on the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad.
twenty miles south of Fredericksburg,
Va, and while waiting fer the authori-
ties to capture him he spent most of his
time in Bowling Green, Va, paying court
to his lady love. But young Jett never
spent happy day afterward. He had
caused the death of his fathers old
friend, Mr.. Garrett, from treatment re-
ceived at the hands of the Federal SOL
diers; had his two sons imprisoned for
year or two, and brought recuniary ruin
upon the entire family. These things prey1 4
upon this mind till reason was dethroned.
and he died early in lunatic asylum,
constantly muttering the prayer while he
lived: ''Oh, Mr.. Garrett, forgive me for
having done you so much wrong"
Miss III. says the blood spot where
Booths head lay on the porch at Mr.. Gar
rett's has been visited by thousands of
curiosity seekers and lovers, and that
large sum was offered for the plank where
the blood spot was made. She gave me
part of the lock of hair taken from
Booths head wrapped in a piece of the
black silk in which the hair was wrapped
when clipped. She has given away nearly
all of it, and said she would not dispose of
any more. as she would like to keep few
hairs as relic.