The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-09-28
TATTooED BOOTHS ARM.
The lau Who Put the Letters that
Identified the Man.

baltimore Americana ~ ssefl vi
In the American,s Washington COZ.
q few. days ago was an Ac- y.
cunt Of the identification -ofthe' corpse
4 7. Wilkes Booth, the assassin OF
resident Lincoln, stating that DR.. 4
nav. his family physician, and one OF
he Identification comnnittee chosen ny
Judge John A. Bingham, judge advo-
ate. remarked, Just before viewing
he remains. that q scar would be found
,e found on J. Wilkes SBoothS neck,I
md on his arm would be found tat"
Iooed letters 81. w. B." The rematns
were examined on board the Monitors
and. the scar and tattooed letter. were
found az DR.. May had said they would
he. DR.. May, Just before the EXAMINE
lion. made the abatement that he bad
heen treatibe Booth f6g the q
the ne3k. swhichshad Asise1 ,Sageorliegl
10 the actorss statement, &ffom asofe +
having been ruptured BY Charlotte
Cushman, when, 40 required In GER
tain performance, she threw her arms
heavily around Booths neck. Mr..
Moore. then private secretary Of Secre-
tary Stanton, now mejor OF police OF
washington, was one Of the identihca-
ton committee. - s-s.z
A sentIeman Of Mount Winans sent
the American the following postal In
regard to the tattooing: sh5Sif SO
1The man who put those letteEs on
IL. wilkes Booths arm ID now In the
soldiers Home at Arlington. His
name ia Frank La Favre." -
! A reporter of the American went toi
the ex.Coniederatei Home, at PKG
willie. to hunt up Frank LasHerves butt
| M snch man was in that Institution. |
! He talked with number Of ex-Oon-l
federates In regard to the subject OF his'l
| visit. and after much search, In which
he was ably seconded by the brave
soldier boys, who appeared to take
quite an interest in the matter, he Yves
introduced, mot to the man who do
. the tattoing, but to the father Of the
} man. Lieut.. M. A. Favre. of Breth-
, ards battery of artillery, Gen. Stew.
, arts command. The reporter found
8 the lieutenant in an invaiid's chair.
He had been SO badly wounded as to
be entirely disabled in the lower
Q limbs. Otherwise Lieut.. Havre 10 the
3 picture of perfect health. He is over
q sixty years of age. The lieutenant
+ was shown the postal, and he made the
= following statement
h tsYou are partly right in seeking me
3 to give you an account OF the tattOoins
of J. wilkes Booths initials. ~. w.
& b.. on his arm. II was not l, but my
h soon, WaIlace-poor fellow WHO dlo
It the tattooing. Wallace was at the Time
n a mere boy. He was naturai aIus'
- and an excellent hand at marking
es with India ink the human SKIN. ne
III made the ACQUAINTANCE Of Booth, and
n 70
ly All that / know about the tattooing II
~ that he came home one day and re
Id marked that he had done some tattoo
of inc on j. Wilkes Booths arm. .
ap think he said he put Booths initial
ny on the arm. MY son died about Nv
Ais wears ago. He was crayon and o.
lily artist-the best In Washington at tn
ny time of his death. He studied thre
ny wears in Rome. When boy my so
was very intimate with all the actors
on He was great friend OF old Joe Jeffe
be- son, 1 remember he gave Wallace
mp splendid meerschaum pipe, which co
av. S35. and he gave him quite nun
lin her of other presents. Here is pie
up of tattooing that my son did on n
Yep. arm"
urn Lieut.. Fsvre here rolled up the slee'
ave of his right arm aud displayed as III
I've a piece of colored tattooing as the eye
hol- man ever looked upon. 1t represent'
ing Confederate battlefag in colors re-
in ing against the breech Of piece OF :
the tiiIery, with the white part of the Il
ling falling over the gun. At one side Is
and sunburst. Steamers float from
,uld flagstaff with red tassels. Every
run tail of the picture showed the hand
rose the perfect artist. Even the spt
i'm point was clearly drawn In the lieute
tied ants skin, while the red color OF
he flag looked like a piece Of velvety 81
hat Lieut.. Favre followed the work OF
,uld artist. He still docs considerable Gre
too on work, aud has lately executed 81
eral fine pieces.
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