The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

where they found him in bed. They ordered
him out of bed, allowing him only to put on his
pants carried him into the yard and fastened
him to a block in his half nude condition, and
kept him there till s A. NJ. From the effects of
this exposure and brutal treatment Mr. Garrett
never recovered, it bringing on disease which
brought him to premature grave.
After taking Mr. Garrett to the yard
and making him secure to the block, the house
was searched for the objects of their pursuit,
and not finding them, they demanded of Mr.
Garrett where the men were he had been har-
boring. Mr.. Garrett stammered so badly that
it would take him several minutes to articulate
word. and this very much apgered the soldiers,
and was the occasion of much abuse and i'll
treatment to Mr.. Garrett. The old gentleman.
not being able to tell them where the men were,
one of his sons coming up, said: Father STAN
mers badly. He is trying to tell you, but can
not talk. If you after the two men who
have been staying here, I can tell you. They
are yonder in the tobacco-h house in the loft. and
went there of their own accord for some reason
last night to Sleep"
They ordered young Garrett to accompany
them to the tobacco house, unlock 1t and made
him go up the loft TO bring Booth out. Booth
said to Garrett: 'Tell them / shall never sur
render to them-the word surrender is not in my
vocabulary" They then began to pile pine
brush from a turnip patch near by around the
tobacco house. threatening to burn it down with
the two men in it. At this time Booth came to
a crack in the house and said TO the men: ~Do
not burn down the barn and destroy the
mans property. He is in no wise responsible
or to blame for my being here. The
owner of the property has no knowl-
edge of me at all-who l am or what
am. You can burn me alive, but will never
surrender" Miss FL. said Booth had four pis
tolls and could have killed twenty-four of the
federals, but said to them: Gentlemen, will
not hurt hair of your head, but if you are
brave men you will give me chance for my life.
| will come out If you will give ma sen steps"
This being refused, he said: II will doit if you
will give me five steps distance, and this is all
the chance Of my life will ask of you" Both
propositions were refused. Booth then said:
There is man up here who wants to surrender.
Let him como down before you fire the barn"
Harold then went down and surrendered to the
officer in charge
Just after this ono Of the men put fire to
bundle of dry hay and threw it INTO the loft, and
this set fire to some loose hay and other combus
tibe material in the loft, and it was by the light
of this fire that Boston Corbett saw Booth
through a crack and fred his unerring ball
striking Booth just under the left ear, penetrat-
ing the neck and coming out on the right side.
Booth fell, ard they supposed him dead, and
they forced one of CARROTS sons to go up into
the loft, then in light blaze, and bring Booth
out. In doing this the young man was terribly
burned. Booth was taken to the porch of Mr..
CARROTS house. supposed to be dead, but was
not. He opened his eyes and they proposed to
put pillow under his head, but he said: mo,
let me die here. just as lay They offered
him wine, but he refused it. They sent to Port
Royal for a physician, hoping to revive him. DR..
Urquahart came but he was too late.
After refusing the wine, Miss Fl. dipped the
end of her handkerchief in goblet of fresh
water, put it to his lips. He sucked it, and
opening MS eyes, said: "Tell my mother died
for my country and what thought was best for
it." He lived but a short time. A little strug
gle just as he died, threw lock of his jet black
hair over his marble white forehead which DR..
Urquahart clipped off at the request 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 in
she and all the family mad learned from tt sol
diers that it was he. and the assassin of Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln.
j. Wilkes Booth died on the naked porch floor
of Mr. Richard Henry Garrett, of Caroline coun-
ty, Virginia Lieutenant Baker, of the United
States detective force, who accompanied Lieu
tenant Dougherty, commander of the squad,
wrapped the body in an old army blanket, and
1t was placed in an cart, driven by Fred Free
man, negro, to the Rappahannock river: It's
disposition afterwards, though for long time,
and with many is to this day, mystery, is we'll
known to the United States government and the
family of Mr.. Booth.
Miss II. informed me that young Jett betrayed
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 MIN at Mr. CARROTS in order to get time
to inform the authorities at Washington of
Booths whereabouts. This he did by telegraph
ing from Milfords, station on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg e. Potomac railroad, twenty
miles south of Fredericksburg Va. and while
waiting for the authorities TO capture him,
he spent the most of his time in Bowling
Green, Va, paying court to his lady love.
But young Jett never spent happy day after
ward. He had caused the death of his fathers
old FRIEND Mr. Garrett, from treatment
ceived at the hands of the federal soldiers; had
his two cons imprisoned for a year two. and
brought pecuniary ruin upon the entire family.
These things preyed upon his mind till reason
was dethroned, ard he died early in lunatc
asylum. constantly mutterng the prayer while
he lived: "Oh, Mr.. Garrett forgive me for hav
ing done you so much wrong"
Miss FL. says the blood spot where Booths
head lay on the porch at Mr. CARROTS has been
visited by thousands of curiosity-seekers and
lovers, and that large sum was offered FOR the
plank where the blood spot made. She
gave me part of the lock of hair taken from
Booths head wrapped in 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 a few hairs as relic.