The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-28

little TN advance and Herotd wakes Win
slow, hut we finally reached my house and
i made the two men stay in the orcharu
w sn, h 4 ~.nt In to r. IT, them ss, n sT'% sne Hors go
and go I'm. hut l knew IL would never do,
as there were too many negroes about. His
appeals were %litiful, hut II was the best !
81 had already told my negro. Henry
Woodland. where to leave the. boat, and
RIVER. Ne iifssed Booth from the horse
and carried him to the boat and placed
"ars. then iisi,sssi a candle aud showed
Bocth by his ompas how tn steer tn get
into Miachodoc crcek, and gave hmm iii.
Thought would take care of him.
Booth was profuse in his thanks to- me.
and gave me u few dollars for my boat.
He offered me more, hut Thought lac
would need money worse than 1. though
il was the only boat I had. That was the
last I saw of Booth.
"You remember my being under arrest
at Brayntown ."'said Jones tn the captain.
"Ies. and Jones. let me say tai you that
knew more than you would tell, but that
sanctimonious look of yours saved you"
"Wcll. I could sit there and hear orders
given and reports received which l knew
were lies. Some of b reports of the
scouting parties were lies made out Of the
T e"sw sI Rsa;h nr had 1f Si, the v l saI% sSnas.
l WAS cursed and abused until l felt l
could not restrain myself. Everybody
Set'n1cu 10 nave ~ SDNciNi sIlte AT Il1e.
When you posted the bills ordering ali
citizens to join i'm the search for Booth.
and tn furnish bread or water To him
meant DEATH, I felt Shaker than ever.
After keeping me there at the hotel for
several days ! was told that 1 would have
to come tn Washington. and was sent
tcctivc Franklint of Philadelphia, who
used every effort to- get me drunk and
n maes ne sv . ,f iany what ham, , k anT nn aH G, snr.
up and took il out in cursing me. re-
manned seven weeks i'm Carroll prison,
nobody knew that 1 knew anything"
,.Did You know that Booth was going tn
kill Lincoln: :"
did know that plans were made tn kidnap
the president and take him to- Richmond,
and, il the public roads had not been in
such an awful condition in the fall and
winter of '':, and "a, the plans would have
been carried out, too. The weather had
been very mild, and the roads were soft
and muddy, making il impossible to- make
good time. Everything i'm this scheme
was in readiness all the time. Booth was
i'm il. Lincoln could have been caught
most amy time at the navy yard or at the
war department where he frequently
until late at night. Ii would
Branch bridge. and, with relays
of fast horses, Port Tobacco could have
been reached, and across the Potomac he
men were in readiness all the time.
bullet put an end to this"
You were in the secret service OF the
~ was chief signal agent of the confed-
eracy north of the Potomac. and l may
say that ! b %Sr iksaddia day oa an mi nigh night for the
Inc boats along the river. l seldom missed
the mails into Richmond on time.
Richmond was evacuated 1 was
there to collect what was due me. $500.
and l did not get "a cent of il. | also had
about $500 in confederate bonds. II all
went, and ! was left penniless. The war
WAS al bad thing for me all the way
through. Itis pretty tough on me now in
Old age. but have never regretted be-
After Jones left, Captain Williams said:
~ have dealt With and am, sized up many
beats them all. He has changed very
little during the past twenty-five years.
is the first time i have seen him
since we met at Port Tobacco and Bryan
town, and yet l remember every feature.
is "a wonderful man, and one that,
change. II l remember right, when !
made that offer of 100000 in the saloon
he was standing next to me at the bar,
mcnt or change of his face. There was
which told me he knew where
was. or could give us information
couldn't he worked. No amount of
money or glory would have tempted him.
human being can read his face and
like a stone. He would have gone the
hemp route il the facts he now gives were
then. If he had only told me
where Booth was, Boston Corlpctt would
never have had IA chance to shoot Booth.
We wanted him alive.
"What "A tragedy! What "a tragedy! .
10 o'clock Friday night, April IA. lstl5.
Booth shot the president, mounted his
horse and dashed through the city and
across the eastern branch bridge; stopped
Al Surratt's tavern and got his carbine-
and whi.kcy Here he was ] ined by
David Hcrold. and the two proceeded To
DIR. Samuel Mudd's, where Booth had his
dressed. IA crutch made and shaved
pff his mou-tachc. From here he went to
I'ox's. and there was placed in the keep
ing of Jones. Great God, how my blood
boils. and yet ] admire the loyalty and
fidelity of Jones. His part was the
grandest of any that was played. Nothing
would tempt him.. In the pine thickct
Booth was nur-ed 10y his faithfu friend
until lac could be sent to Virginia. and
meet his death in CARROTS barn. While
the flames swept around him he stood like
som. wild beast bounded To its death, and
the bullet from Corbctt's gun.
Mrs. Surratt. Lewis Payne. George Atze-
rodt and David Hcrold paId the penalty
IN the. scaiiold. DIR. Samuel MusIh.
O'Laughiin and Samuel Arnold
were sentenced To Imprisonment for life
at Dry Tortugas. Spangler got six years
at thu. same place. DIR. Mudd was par
doncd aftcrward. and il NOW dead. John