The morning call., 1890-04-15

"If the military authorities arrest the muir
derer OF The President and take him 10 the navy
| yard, put him IN monitor and anchor her out In
| the stream. with strong guard on vessel, wharf
| and in hayward. Call on commandment of ma
! rine corps for guard. Have vessel Immediately
! prepared, ready 10 receive The criminal at any
/ hour day or night He VIII be heavily ironed
aud 80 guarded as TO prevent escape or Injury TO
| himself"
! Two days later the department notified the
| commandaDt that 1.-The War Department wishes
special attention called this afternoon TO order OF
Saturday, 10Th inst. Keep a boat In constant
| readiness and have guard at the gate, that the
| prisoner can be safely got on board"
The first prisoners were received at the navy
! yard that night, and the following day Commo-
! dore Montgomery reported that Mike O'Elaherly
] 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 was added 10 the prisoners at
| ESQ O'Clock the morning OF April 10Th. The
| pei NIT no person 10 see or hold communication
with The prisoners without pass signed Jointly
by the Secretary OF War and The Secretary OF the
| Navy.
| Al 11:10 O'clock on the night of April 2Oih
| two more prisoners were received at The navy
yard. They were James Andrew Atzerott and
Ernest Hartman Richie his PARLIAMENTARY
April 23d the Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
sent Ihis order 10 Commodore Montgomery:
The Secretary Of War wishes ATzer0tt sepa-
rated from his brother-in-law. Richie. by put
ting the former 10 another vessel, unbeknOwH 10
the olher prisoners; also that ball aud chain be
put on each ankle Of Payne"
THEIR HEADS IN BAGS.
On the following day The cOmmandant re-
celyed directions which showed that Secretary
OF War Stanton proposed TO neglect no preeau-
ton toward preventing any sort Of communion
tlOn between the prisoners. These directions
were as follows:
The Secretary OF War requests that the prisoners
on board ironclads belonging his department for
better security against conversation. shall
canvas bag put over the head of each and tied
around the neck, with hole for proper breathing
and eating, but not seeing, and that Payne be Sc
cured TO prevent self-destruction.
To tniS order which IL In lfutt
for the nrst time, Commandment Montgomery re-
Piled on The same day:
The hoods were made, and have been applied as
directed The prisoners are in all respects entirely
Ned Spangles was taken from the old Capitol
Prison that Gay aud cOn1ued on one of the mont
tors. Three days later, April 27th, the command
ant reported 10 The Navy Department as follows:
David c. Harold, prisoner, and the remains OF
morning. The body of Booth is changing rapidly.
! What disposition shall be made of it? II is now on
| board the rouclad MOatauk.
| Later in the day the commandant was handed
an order, signed by Secretaries Welles and Stan
| ton. directing him 10 permit Surgeon-General
| Barnes, Judge Advocate General Holt, and GER
| tain other officers and civilians Including pho
| tographeT, 10 60 on board the MOntauk and see
| Booths body The order also directed that after
| the SurgeOu-Genefal had made an autopsy tho
| body should be placed III strong box, carefully
seated, ana delivered TO the charge OF Colonel L.
| L. Baker.
etier sent TO the Secretary of the Navy the
| following day 10y Conmandant Montgomery
| shows that lie had no chance TO carry out a part
! of this JOINT order. The writer Complains that
| the body OF BOO was suddenly and uneXpect-
| eddy removed by Colonel Baker to a tug and
| taken away before The maine officer had any
opportunity 10 report the proceedings 10 the
| cOmmaudant. The box prepared Tor It was left
on the MOntauk, and COmmandant Montgomery
reported that IL was ready for delivery when
called for. Other correspondence shows that the
| navy officers al the yard felt that they had not
been properly treated by The higher authorities,
and were disposed TO criticize the military au-
| tbUrities for the informal and unmililary"
way in which BOOTHS body was taken from their
custody, without any written authority for so
| dspOsing of II having been shown TO any officer
| Of the vessel. The orders leave no doubt OF the
| great tear which beset Secretary Stanton that
| the prisoners would escape OF be rescued and
| This fear seems 10 have extended even to the
| dead body of tie assassin.
| The last entry regarding the prisoners shows
| that Commandment Montgomery was relieved
| from bis troublesome charge April 29Lh. In a
| communication to Secretary Welles dated April
| 30Ih. he says:
- In obedience to telegram received at .
| o'clock last night the prisoners III my charge
| were delivered at 1880 +. NJ. to General Han
cock, and under military guard they left the yard
| at II O'Clock"
Immediately after this the department ordered
the removal OF the extraordinary res tTictIoDs
that had been established relative TO the admis-
sion OF visitors to the yard during the time the
prisoners were in the commandments custody,
| aud this ended the connection of Inc naval estab-
| liShment Will these State prisoners.