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

Tues Lnat could befall u.s." Booth, up &c
this time silent and without emotion,
little excitedly said: "Do you think that?'
Mr.. Garrett replied: 'Y es, do" Booth
said: II cannot think so. rather believe
II it is so, that good will come of it to the
South He asked one of the young Gar
retts If be heard any OF the particulars o.
the assassination and if there was reward
offered for the party doing it. Young
Garrett replied that he had heard thai
$25 900 reward was offered. Booth re-
marked that he thought that rather pitt
full reward for the slayer of the Presi-
dent.
Miss Fl. says that after Harold came
he and Booth would walk and sit togeth-
er, and seemed very much engaged IN
conversation. She noticed that they
watched the main road very yigilantly
and when they would see dust, as il
there was some one passing along, they
would hurry to the house and come in
side, but never was the suspicion of sin.
gle member of tie family aroused as to
their being other than Confederate so /.
diers trying to get home.
On Wednesday there was big dust in
the road as if there might be passing bod
les of troops. Booth seemed somewhat
excited, and asked one of the ladies',
"Please be so kind as to step up to my
room and get my pistol" which has hang
ing on the head of his bed. She went and
brought it to him, and in raising his coat
to buckle 1t around his waist she noticed
that he had On three others, making four,
each carrying SIX loaded chambers. Jett
and Ruggles called this day "wednesday
and Mr.. Garrett wanted to know when
they were going to take their friend Boyd
away. This they promised to do that
afternoon. but they did not return. They
had quite lengthy talk with Booth
and Harold before they left, after which
they both seemed to be nervous and rest
less.
Night approaching, Booth asked if there
was not vacant clubhouse that he and
his friend could stay in during the night.
This aroused the anxiety of the family.
and Mr.. Garrett propounded some very
critical questions suggested by this request.
He told them he was afraid there was
something wrong about them, and he had
been imposed upon. Booth assured him
he was mistaken. They were gentlemen,
and had not done anything of which they
were ashamed. He told them if they
wanted to hide out, they had better go to
the woods or down to the marsh. They
were the places for runaways. He finally
consented that they could stay in an emp
ty tobacco barn, about fifty yards distant
from the house. and to this they repaired
Booth had tried the day before to buy the
horses of the two young CARROTS, but
having no other means of cultivating a
crop, they efu5eG &c, sell. Their going to
the barn to sleep aroused the c.pprehen-
sions of the two young men, who thought
their only object, that they could possibly
see, was to steal their horses So they
| locked the tobacco house door, took the
key to the house, gave it to Miss H., and
she hung it on a nail in the mantel piece
of the cham Der. The young men arming
themselves, secreted themselves in anotn.
or clubhouse fronting the barn door to
keep watch over their horses.
1t must have been that at their inter
view Jett told Booth and Harold that
they were in danger, for Jett knew, as
will be shown. This is why Booth did
not want to remain in the house with Mr..
CARROTS family.
About O'Clock that night the squad
of United States troops, under command
of Lieutenant Dougherty, arrived at Mr..
CARROTS. They did not wait for the
door to be opened, but knocked it open
and entered Mr.. CARROTS chamber.
where they found him in bed. They or
dered him out of bed, allowing him only
to put on his pants, carried him into the
yard, and fastened him to block In his
half nude condition, and kept him there
till s A. NJ. From the effects of this ex-
posture and brutal treatment Mr. Garrett
never recovered, it bringing on disease
which brought him to a 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 pur-
suit and not finding them they demanded
of Mr.. Garrett where the men were he
had been harboring. Mr.. Garrett stam-
m9red 50 badly that it would take him
several minutes to articulate a word, and
this very much angered the soldiers, and
was the occasion of much abuse and ILL
treatment to Mr.. Garrett. The old gen.
tleman not being able to tell them where
the men were, one of his sons coming up
said: FEATHER stammers badly. He is
trying to tell you, but cannot talk. If
you are after the two men who have been
staying here 1 can tell you. They are
yonder in the tobacco house in the loft,
and went there OF their own accord for
some reason last night to Sleep"
They ordered young Garrett to accom-
pany them to the tobacco house, unlock
it, and made him go up to the loft to
bring Booth out. Booth said to Garrett :
Tell them shall never surrender to
then-the word surrender is not in my
vocabulary" They then began to pile
pine brush from turnip patch near by
around the tobacco-house, threatening to
burn it down with the two men it. AT this
time Booth came to 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
being here. The owner of the property
has no knowledge of ma at all-who 1 am
or what am. You can burn me alive,
bus will never surrender" Miss H..
SAID Booth had four pistols and could
have killed twenty-four of the Federals,
but said to them: "Gen.lemen, I will not