Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-01-13

Ho then snld: MY hands, raiood on,
of thom, bathed It, and held IL whore bt
could look upon IL, lie seomctl TO be sink
ing, his eyes closcd; but ho rallied again
and very family whispered; useless, use
less.' These were his last words on Garth
and twenty m nutcs later, with fow con
vulsivo movements, ho was dead, having
lived mn hour and a quarter aftor tho shot
was firod. u
"Wo then wrapped the body In n blanket
| took personal charge of IT., procured Il
farm wagon and had it driven across tho
country to BelloPlain Landing, arriving
that evening, whore tho tug had remained
In waiting. Colonel Conror had previous.
ly pushed out directly 10 Washington, car
lying the news and Booths effects, and wo
were met half way up tho river by General
Baker, tho Assistant Secretary OF War,
tho Surgeon General. and other officials
upon steam tug. On arriving ut WASH
| ington in the forenoon tho remains were
| placed on n gunboat" H...
| "Lcutcnant, what constituted Booths
effects, and what disposition was made OF
thcmn
ellis effects wcrc Spencer repeating
| rifle, two rcvolvcrs charged, bowie
knife, belt and holsters spur, pocket
compass, diary and bin of exchange,
dated October 27 drawn at tho Montreal
Branch Ontario Bank, upon Glynn, Mills a.
Co., London, for E6l 12i 1Ods sterling, pay
able to tho order OFF. Wilkes Booth. They
were NIL carefully preserved and delivered
to the Secretary of War. They are now
on exhibition ut tho National Museum,
Washington"
did tho diary contain nny memorandum
of importancelr mo. but upon a careful
examination of IL at Washington ono leaf
was missing. 1 was subsequently com.
mssioncd by the War Department, mud
with un escort went over the entire route
of Booth aud Harold TO make up the ro-
cord, and found the missing leaf in the
possession of Colonel Stewart, in Virginia,
an old friend of Booths, but who having
heard of tho assassination refused thom
shelter, but ordered supper for them apart
from his house Booth tore leaf from the
diary and wrote Stewart n very caustic
note "a copy of which havoc sending with
it five dollars to pay for their suppers,"
Lieutenant, do You know how Booths
BODY was disposed Off"
mot finally. The excitement was so in
tense Mt Washington Secretary Stanton
deemed it best to make secret disposition
of It, nnd charged General Baker with the
details. So toward evening of tho day of
our arrival with tile body, General Baker
and myself went TO the gunboat, placed
the body IN n small boat and rowcd down
tho river until the darkness hid our move.
ments from the shore. We then rowed
back to the old pcnitentinry,' Mt the mrs
nal on tho cast branch and took it inside
through private door Tho old aban-
doned cells had been used for storing nm
munition and were full One of them was
cleared, the largo ilag-stonc Covering the
entire floor) was taken up, an excavation
made, the body placed therein, tho stone
replaced and ammunition returned. ] un.
derstand, however, after the execution OF
tho other conspirat)rs the body was or
dered buried with them aud that sub.
seQuently President johnson permitted
the removal of Booths body by his
fricnds.n
Lieu enant Bakers account is given sub
s'antinlly in his own language, dvosted of
the many startling side episodes which
can not have place in this article. He has
the little telescope hard rubber emp that
he placed to Booths dying lips twenty-five
years ago, and II large number of other
historic relics The Lieutenant has pre-
pared n lecture based upon his personal
"reminiscences of the affair which he will
offer TO the public If he is able to inter-
est nn aud cncG us ho did me in the narra-
ii IL h success is assurol.--Ld,Si,ig( .Uich.)
Cor. Chicago AHcy Ocean.