The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-16
AnaAnAM LInooLn,s Ann AnaIN.

The Century for January has an inter
eHllng narrative Of this efinle, pursuit,
capture and death OF j, Wilkes Booth,
tho aRaasaln 0f President Lincoln, The
contributors are Major NJ u lluggleh
formerly OF the Confederate sefYlee,
and Lient Edward r. D0herty, the
Federal officer who waa in command Of
ihe detachment engaged IN The puIRuit
OF Booth Extracts from liootha diary
are published Ia which he llkena him
aHlf 10 brutna aud william TEL, ana
hewailR The innppreeiailon OF the South
for his act OF hnppOhed maflyfdOm,
The comment and record IN the diary
are strange 0utpOniing OF the mana
motive, vanity repIOaoh and despair
Among other thinga he says
WI struck boldly, ! walked
with firm step through thousands OF
ha friendHi whA stopped, hut pushed
on, b . | shouted no Semper he
fore fred iu jumping broke my log
passed all the picktth Rode Sixty
miles that night with the bone OF my
leg tearing the flesh ~ every Jump, :
. After being hunted Ike u dog
through awamph, woods, and last night
ohaaed by gun boats OIL was forced
10 return, wet, cold, and starving, with
every mans hand against mo, | am
here In Despair . | struck for
my country aud that aloue-a country
that groaned beneath his tyranny and
prayed for this end, aud yet now be
hold the cold hand they extend 10 me,
The misguided man shows evidence
that he wAa sincere IN the hell'f I that
he Waa doing the South nobe service,
aud when he found his rot was not ap
proved hih despair led 10 seeming do
nuneiallOn OF the CRIME by hlmtelf ah
thu following language eylncea,
"lOd oanu0l pardon me II have done
wrong. Yet | caunOt tee any wrong,
except In serving u degenerate people.
me llltlt,-the very llttle-l lett be-
hind 10 clear my nam6 the government
viii not allow 10 be printed, For my
country / have given up all that makes
lite sweet aud holy, brought misery ~
my family aud am sure there 10 no
pardon Ia the heayrns for mt, since
man condema ms 80 God, try
aud forgive mel aud bless my molle
Major Ruggleb qneatlOnH the hlbtOfl
cal belief that n waa sergeant COfOettt
bullet that killed Booth, and advances
the the theory that Booth when he SAW,
Ia the burning barn, further struggle
was useless, shot himWlli one chamDrt
his revolver being found empty, since
the preparation OF B00la memorable
crime many reports have gained crcu-
latiOn and IN many cases oredence, that
he was never captured aud ipallll ~
large, The disposition Of HIS body, II
captured waa opened 10 question and
not until now does there seem TO have
been publication from an authentic
source as 20 the manner OF Booths
death IN the burning barn nor the ais
position OF his bOdy thereafter, The
details are best told In Lieutenant
D0heftia language:
Booth received ms death'ahOt In this
manner. While | was taking Harold
out OF the barn Que OF the detectives
went 10 thu rear, and pulling out some
straw, set lire 10 II, had
placed Sergeant Boston COrbett ~ II
largn crack In the side Of the barn, aud
h., seeing by the ignitlng hay that
Booth WAS leyeliug his carbine AZ either
Harold or myself, fred 10 disable him
The bullet struck Booth In
the back Of the head, about Hn inch be-
low the spot where his shot hud enter
ed the head OF Me Lincoln Booth
asked me by signs ~ raise his hands, ]
lifted them up aud hognsped, useless
Us lrssW We gave him brandy and |
water but hO could not swallow u, ana
at O'Clock he breathrd his last, lie |
had on his person diary, u large bOwir |
kuife. two pistols. u compass, and u |
draft on Canada for 600
took u saddle blanket of my horRe,
aud, borrowings dW1ing ntedle from
Misc Garrett, BeWed his body IN No.
We reached Washington ~ 9 |
u, m, April % | placed The body oi
Booth aud the prisoner, llerold, on
board the monitor MOntauk. y
The next morning IN autopsy wns
held, and measures were taken To ldsn
ufy The body of Booth, The p0rlion0 o
The neck aud head through which the
bullet had passed wns cut out, aud ~
To day preserved m the National Ma
scum Of Anatomy at Washington the
body was buried in cell m tho peui
tentiary, where II remained nearly -four
years, with the bodies Of the other ~
IL was then given 10 hit
friends, and now lies In cemetery IN
Baltimore.
Thus would seem TO be established
the fact that Booth was killed by Ser
geHnt Corbett, aud that eventually hie
body was surrendered 10 his friends
md TINT II has lnnR aInne deOlYpd 10 |