Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-30

badly. lie u W he W ~ US ~. -
w.. n you are after the two men who
an ssen staying here can tell You. They
ha'. ..'rder I'm the tobacco house In the loft,
my went there OF their own accord for
sn,ae reason last night to sleep"
,rtav ordfred young Garrett 10 accom-
,bem 10 the tobacco-house, unlock 10.
Psha' made him 20 up the loft 20 bring
18th out. Booth said to Garrett: "Teii
~, 7 hall never surrender To them-the
,rord surrender Is not In my vocabulary"
T'bav then began 10 pile pine.brush from
,,,rnin. match near by around the tobacco
house. threatening TO burn 10 down VITA
thc tHo men in IL. At this time Booth
ean,r 10 a crack in the house and said to the
mon. $40 not burn down the barn ana
DESTROY the mans property. He Is IN no.
,.,se rcspouible or to blame for my being
srre The owner Of the property has no
trovledgc OF me at all-wbo am or what
-, You can burn me alive, but 1 VIII
Ter surrender" Miss II. said Booth
IA four pistoS and could have Killed
,,venty.four Of the FedeTals. but said 10
tben "Gentlemen, win not hurt hair
"A your head. but II you are brave men
you will give me a chance for my lie.
wijl e. me out II you will give me ten steps
This Icing refused, he said 81 viii do 1t
II Won will give me five steps distance, and
his is all the chance for my life will ask
oi vou.- Both propositions were refused.
Rooth then said "There Is a man up here
who wants 10 surrender. Let him come
down before you fire the barn." Harold
tbeu vent down and surrendered to tue
officer in charge
lust after this one Of the men put fire 70
hurdle OF dry hay and threw it into the
loft. and this set fire 10 some loose hay ana
other ccmhustible material in the loft. and
Il was BY the hight Of this fire that Boston
Corbdt saw Booth through crack and
fred. his unerring bali striking Booth Just
under the lett ear, penetrating the neck
and coming ont on the right side.
Booth fell. and they supposed him dead,
aud they forced one OF CARROTS sons 10
20 ND into the loft, then in light blaze,
and bring Booth out. In doing this the
young man was terribly burned. Booth
was taken 10 the porch OF Mr.. CARROTS
house, supposed TO be dead. but was not.
lie opened hrs eyes, and they proposed 10
nut a inflow under his head, but he said:
"No; let me die here, just ~ lly." They.
offered him wine. but he refused il. They
sent to Port Royal for physician. hoping
TO revive him. Dr. Urquahart came, but he
was too late.
After refusing the wine MISS II. dipped
the end Of her handkerchief In goblet OF
fresh water, put il 10 his lips. lie sucked
il. aud opened his eyes and said: Tel NV
mother died for my country and what |
thought was best for it," He lived but
short time. 4 little struggle, just rs he
died. threw a lock OF his-iet black hair
over hi. marble-white forehead, which DR..
UrquahaTt clipped off Mt the request OF Miss
H., she thinking IL WOald be sweet me.
mento for some friend or relation OF his,
who might in time call 10 learn something
Of the last scenes in 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 Abra-
ham Lincoln.
j. Wilkes Booth died on the naked porch
floor Of Mr.. Richard Henry Garrett, OF
Carolre county. Va. Lieutenant Baker,
OF the United states detective force, who
accompanied Lieutenant D0ugherty. cons
mander II the squad, wrapped the body in
an old army blanket, and /, WIS placed In
an oX.csrt. dIi'ea by Fred. Freeman.
negro. to toe Rappahanlock river. Its
disposition afterwards. though for lo1e
time, aud With many Is 10 hi, day, myS-
terry. is well known to the United States
Government and 10 the family OF Mr..
Booth.
Mss II. informed me that young Jet be-
trayed the confidence reposcd ia him by
Harold il Port Royal. VINO told him and
Lieutenant Ruggles who Booth was and
his secret, and that he placed him at Mr.
Garrct's in order to get time to inform the
authorities az Washington OF Booths
Whereabouts. This be did by tcicgriphIng
FrfF s.fffnvf a - af on m Va ia.
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad,
twenty miles south VI Fredoricksburg. Va.
and nile waiting FOR the authorities 20 cap
ture him be spent most OF bis time in Bowl
ing Green, Va. paving court % his lady love.
But young jet never spent happy day
aitcrWarG. He had caused the dceth ~ his
fathers Old friend, Mr.. Garrett, from treat
ment received at the hands of the Federal
soldiers; had his two sons Imprisoned Tor
year 90 two, and brought ppctmiary ruin
upon the entire family. These t1ings
proved upon his mind till reason wa. de-
fbrOuei, and he died early in a lunatic asy-
lum, constantly muttering The prayer while
be hved ION, Mr. Garrett, forgive me for
having done YOu 50 much wrong
Miss II SAYS the blood spot where Booths
head Ky on the porch at Dir. CARROTS 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 q part Of the
lock Of hair taken from Booths head
wrapped IN a piece al the black silk in
which the hair was wrapped when clipped.
She Las given away nearly all OF il, and
said she would not dispose 0i any more, as
she would Ike TO keep few hairs as
s.qiig