The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-26

ton had carefully rolled this ND and packed
away In It's Tin CASE, he brought forth
from the vault . small box sbous two feet
long Across the top Of the box lay what
seemed 10 be ciub-a piece Of scantiing
aoouf three inches wide by two
inches thick Il Was finger worn
and fail Of bruises. Drer one of its
surfaces we're hinge blofches of blood
STAINS Mr. Saxf0n with almost an
ar Q, ssc-edness, gently lifted the billet Of
1000 and land II aside until he could get
Al the box itself. Saxfon is lecturer as
ven as custodian, and he said. Il put
snaf suck away then because want 10 get
al the contents Of the box first. and put
them ali out before yol-" He laid the
cub down and fished ont an old-fashioned
Derrnger pistol Of exquisite make Very
AnpresSTvely he laid that down. then ont
OF the box came a hideouS dirk and two
little boxes of wood, one of them with q
gsass lace IN ii. Ike the crystal Of watch !.
1aen pocketbook, such as men carried
tnir1y years ago IN their breast pockets
INTENDED for money and memoranda In
one compartment was the place for the
Old carte de yislfe, which Was the pride
o. the early photographer
When Mr. Saxfon brought out the little
Derrngcr he said impressiyely- This Is
the wezp0n with which Mr.. Lincoln was
Killed Mr. Szxton allows no one 10
lake that II his hand II Is Al expensive
gunpowder toy-juzf as they used or had
Always ready 70 use, quarter of century
ago II Is an expensive weapon, as those
things we're IN those days The short bzrrel
Is sharply rlfed and studded with SILVER
ne hammer action is two clicks pulled
with the thumb. The hammer goes down
on percussion cap The stock Is OF rose
wood, beautifully carved, and the whole Is
arflsilcally mounted and decorated in sill
Yer. That old type of Derriager vas =
wicked shooter az short range. Booth put
II at President Llncoins head, within two
inches OF the skull aud death quickly fol-
lowed He threw il away in the box be-
tore making bis leap to the stage, and that
IS how the little weapon got into the hands
OF the government In the buf. end of
the little pistol are two oid-fashioned per-
cusslon caps They are miIdewed with
age and worthless, but Mr.. Saxfon saws
These little caps are just rs they we're
found In the butt Of the pistol When
M Saxfon shows them he gets sheet Of
glass, or pure white paper. and dumps the
LITTLE caps out No stranger Is permitted
10 touch them
Mr. Saxton next produced one of the lit
tie wooden pill boxes, and out of il came
the leaden bullet which had caused Mr.
Lancolnss death. II had originally been a
round bullet. but was slightly fsaffeued by
impact with the presidents skull, and il
Was shown just as il came from the hands
OF the army surgeons who had extracted
It II Is precisely the size and shape of an
old-fashioned oval lemon candy drop 1t
weighs about 3 quarter Of an ounce
This. said Mr.. Saxfon, as he took up a
little steel rod with Tine point lis the
probe with which they found the bullet
These, continued the custodian Of the
sacred treasures, fare the fragments of
bones taken from the wound They are
little scraps of the bony structure Of Mr.
Lincoln 5 skull The little box contain
ing them is lined with velvet and covered
with watch crystal, 50 they can be seen,
but not handled
Mr.. Saxton has next TO show . pocket
compass. which Booth used 20 direct him
IN his fight through the MARYLAND swamps
Though unused noE and carefully locked
mp. the needle sfial points une1ringly. 1t
is IN small leather case. lined with vel