Telegram-herald., 1890-05-04

How the Persons Connected WIN
Booths Crime were IreS1sd
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han Llncola the prisoners Mo were ar-
rested IN connecIioR sllh hat 2r4iF
sore eouhned on board II TIE United
States msnito-s anchored Ia Ehe PoIo-
uae river opposits TIE navy yard A
history q tae Washiagton navy ward
written b. Chaplain Henry B. Hibben.
which Las llst been Issued IS "A eKecu-
tive decumeus bY the senate. contains
The orders given - tne eommAndant OF
tie navy yard as % the care OF those
important prisoners, ana these orders re-
veal one ~ tao features 0f their treat
meat. which. IL Is believed. have never
before been made public
The hrst order Vas from the Navy De
partment % Commodore J. b Mont
gomery. command4nt Of the yard, and
dated April IS, 1865. the day OF Mr.. Lin
coln's death IL read as follows:
If the nsultary sutA9rties arrest the mur-
dereg q tae PresidenI ant t1-s hna . The
navy yard Pat Inn in moaitor ana Anchor
her out ia the stream 1ith strOag guard on
vessel wharf AID 10 navy yard Cal on com
martaat cf marine corps fer guard Have
vessel Immediately prepared ready % receive
t1s criminal a. any kegr, day or night lie
viii b. heavily ironed aai 50 guarded as 10 pre-
vent escape OF iHiurY 10 himself"
Two DAYS later the department noti-
fed the commandant that the War
Department wishes especial attention
called this afternoon 10 order Of Satur-
day. 18th inst. Keep a boat IN constant
readiness and have guard az the cato
that the prisoner can be safely got on
board
The first prisoners were received at
the navy yard that night, and the fol-
loving day Commodore Montgomery re-
ported that Mike O'Flaherty and Lewis
Payne had been delivered during the
night and were confined on board the
monitor Saugus, in double irons and
under strong guard. Samuel Arnold
vas added 10 the prisoners at $50
o'clock the morning Of April 10 Tho
same daT the commandant received or
ders 20 permit TO person 20 sec or hold
communication with the prisoners with
out a pass signed jointly by the Sec
retary OF War and tho Secretary Of the
Navy.
At lI:1o p. n April 20, two moro pris-
oners we're received az the navy yard.
They were James Andrew Atzerott and
Ernest Hartman Richie, his brothcr-in-
law. April % the Assistant Secretary
OF the Navy sent this order TO Commo-
dore Montgomery:
The Secretary OF War wishes Atzero'' sspa-
to -1a- Oh nut
ting ne former in another vessel unbekaown
10 the other prisoners, also that ball and chain
be put on each ankle Of Payne
On the following day the commandant
received directions which showed that
Secretary of War Stanton proposed to
neglect no precautiOn toward prevent
inr anv sort OF communication between
the prisoners. These directions were as
follows:
The Secretary OF War requests that the
prf-oners On board iron -clsds belonging 70 his
department for better security against conver
sation. shall have a canvas bag put over the
head o; each and tied around the neck with a
hole for proper breathing and eating, but not
seeing. and that Payne be secured 70 prevent
self-destruction-'
To this order, which is now brought
n light for the first time, Commandant
Montgomery replied on the same day:
The hoods were made and have been sp
Piled as directed. The prisoners are in al re-
spects entirely secure
Ned SDangler was taken from tho old
Capitol prison that day and confined on
one Of the monitors. Three days later
April 81, thecommandant reported TO the
Navy Department as follows:
David c. Harold. prisoner. and the remains
of wilkes Booth were delivered here al Ia,
this morning. The body OF Booth is changing
ropidly What disposition shall be made Of l.
1t is now on board the iron-clad Montauk."
Later in the day the commandant va:
handed an order, signed by Secretarie;
Velles and stanton. directing him tc
permit Surgeon-Gencral Barnes, Judge
Advocate General Holt and certain
other officers and civilians. including a
photographer, 20 20 on board the Mon.
tauk and 500 Booths body. The order
also directed that, after the Surgeon
General had made al autopsy. tho body
should bc placed in a strong box, care
fully sealed and delivered 20 the charge
OF Colonel L. c. Baker.
t4t la7H entry ~ 4 AttAAii- tlr ptlcpllflr
shows that Commandant Montgomery
was relieved from his troublesome
charge April %. In . communication tc
Secretary Welles, dated April so, he
says:
IN 0Ocdience % telegram received a. uiu,
o'clock last ni ght the prisoners in ny charz,
were delivered a. 70 % 2 n. % General Han
cock. ard under military C-ars they left 80
yard az eleven O'Clock
Immediately after this the Depart
mont ordered tho removal of tho ex
traordinarT restrictions that had beer
established relative 90 the admission o
visitors 70 the yard during tho timo The
prisoners were in the commandsnt %
custody, and this ended Tho connection
of the naval establishment with thess
state prisoners.
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