Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-19
IN BOOTHS TRUNKS.
DID THE SEVEN SOLD BY CASEY BE-
LONG TO THE ACTOR
Strange Story from Detroit which ha"''
Eooth Refuses TO Hear, and ~
Hardly Probable.
rspcc,a, telegram to the DIspatch.l

DrrRorr. MrcH., April 1s.--An echo OF tne
shot fred by J. Wilkes Booth in forus
Theatre, Washington. twenty-five ysa.S
ago last Monday, by which Abraham LIE,
coin received his mortal wound. was neeIu
in Detroit. Thomas Casey. typicaI i l..
men of sixty years or more. stoou ia lious
of the Opera-house yesterday aite I 49,
intently studying the show-eill lnaL DE,e
the name of Edwin Booth, VINO Is pay I'm ,a6
standing near him if Edwin Booth was any
relation to J. Wilkes Booth. Beng a.
sured that he was, Mr.. Casey repaired 70
the hotel to tell Mr.. Booth the foi,owins
remarkable story. now repeated for tne lis'
time:
cAsEy's STORY.
In June. 1865. while Mr.. Casey was an
auctioneer In Quebec. O schooner caiIeu tno
Emma loaded at Montreal with OIL LOT
Nassau. In the cargo were seven iarRe
trunks marked u. ". b., nassau, W oe
called tor" The schooner passed Quepeo,
but q short distance below that Guy =
storm struck her and she was wreckeu;
The crew and officers we're never seen puC
the derel:ct was plcked up by some Quebec
sailors. who claimed salvage. Inc go0ns
recovered were put into the AdmlraIIy
Court to be sold, and Thomas Casey was
the auctioneer TO whom the sale was H.
trusted.
ANAcToR's OUTFIT.
He opened the seven trunks and found
them filed with rich velvet suits, Jeweheu
daggers, armor. helmet, plumes, and yarl-
Gus othertheatrIcal accessories. Old Lel.
ters bearing theaddress u. Wilkes Booth;
and hundreds of tickets with the initials
ID. w. b." were also found. The goods
were much damaged by water. For some
Al al Mf GQgnv
them.
TO BOOTHS CREDIT.
The sailors realized $780, and 5000
was deposited to the credit of j. Wilkes
Booth or biz heirs Mr. Casey had never
heard of j. Wilkes Booth. Away down IN
Quebec. he took but little interest in the
affairs that were then interesting the Anne,
rican mind, and he made no effort TO f1nd
the owner, who he then supposed was
drowned on the Emma, nor had he any IN
terest in inquIring for Booths relatives.
In the lapse of time the affair escaped his
memory, and he did not think of 1t again
until to-day.
EDWIN WOULD NOT HEAR II.
Casey's endeavor TO see Edwin Booth was
futile. He was not in his room, and no re-
ply was delgned TO a note III which tine
writer ntimated that he might be able 10
impart some information OF interest about
J. wilkes Booth. subsequent interview
with Mr.. Arthur Chase, Mr.. Booths mana
ger, was equally fruitless, Mr.. Chase in
forming Casey that the great tragedian
would tolerate no illusions to or CONVERSE
tions about his brother from any source
whatever.
WAS THIS wI1KEs's IDEA?
The fact that the trunks were consigned
to Nassau leads TO the belief that J. wilkes
Booth evidently hoped to escape TO the
Bahama islands, and there resume his pro-
fession, believing no doubt that his Of
fence would be considered political one,
and that he would be safe in a foreign
country. Casey is native OF Montreal,
who happened to be visiting this city.