The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05


Washington, .. @. after coming to the
United States. Thomas Wilson died in.
1924. and was buried in the old Presby-
terian cemetery in that place. William
Tone entered the United States army as
lieutenant, and married, in 1926, the only
daughter of an Irish exile, VIM. Samp
son, counsellor-a law. He died in 1928.
leaving daughter. and was buried in
the same spot. Matilda Tone Wilson
lived until 1849, and, was laid to rest be-
tween her son and her husband. The
Irish American Union of Washington
considered these graves their peculiar
care, end visited them, cared for them
and decked them with flowers. until in
the autumn of 1891, the old cemetery
having been sold, it became necessary to
remove the remains of those there in
tered. The ashes of Tones son, his
widow, and her second husband were
reverently removed and cared for by this
association until taken to Brooklyn, N
Y, to be placed in his granddaughter
lot in Green wood Cemetery. At the
same time there were removed to this
place the remains of William Sampson,
his wife Grace, and daughter Catherine
Anne Tone. The exile, William Samp-
son, ON account ct his talents aud char
acter, gained friends and reputation in
his adopted country, and when he came
to die in 1886, was laid at rest in the fam
lily burial ground of his most intimate
friend, Richard Kicker, Recorder of New
York city. His wife was laid beside him
in 1855, and in 1861 his daughter. On
October 81, 1891, the eve Of Saints
Day, in the presence of their descend
ants and of the widow and family of the
patriot, John Mitchell, their ashes were
re-interred with the services of the Prot
estant Episcopal church. The same
monuments and stones were again erect
ed over their graves" -
The living descendants of Wolfe Tone
are granddaughter, her seven children,
and six grandchildren.
Edwin and Wilkes Booth.
Gen. Adam Badeau has an interesting
contribution on the late Edwin Booth in
McCiure's Magazine for August, in
which he says: Wilkes Booth was once
more at his brothers house. He was
excessively handsome, even physically
finer than Edwin, but less intellectual ID
his manliness. I never saw him on the
stage but under Edwin's roof / tn ought
him very captivating, though not SO
thoroughly distinguished as bis greater
brother.
Two months later came the terrible
event which plunged the nation, and es-
specially the Booth family, into such as-
ful sorrow. Edwin was playing in Bos-
ton, but at once gave up his engage
ment and returned to his home in New
York. Numbers of the most eminent
people hastened to assure him of their
sympathy and their belief in his loyalty.
He had indeed been staunch for the
Union, and the only vote he ever cast
was for Lincoln in 1864 But he was
overwhelmed by this fresh misfortune,
this new cloud that had settled on his
house. His brother Junius and his
brother-in-law were thrown into prison
in Washington, and he felt himself an
object of suspicion. I had returned to
the field, and was IN Richmond when the
news reached me. I wrote to him at
once, but my letter was withheld. All
letters to: him for while were kept back,
and I suppose especially any from Rich.
mond. I could noe leave my post imme-
diately, and it was month Or mora be-
fore reached New York, where went.
of course, direct to him. The first shock
was over, but the Old gloom was greater
than ever. s.
He told me he had seen nothing in his
brother to excite suspicion, and I have
always believed that the awful act was
the result of disturbed brain. 1t was
SO theatrical in plan and performance;
the conspiracy, the dagger, the selection
of q theatre, the brandishing of the
weapon, the Cry "Sic Semper Tyrannis'
to the audience-all was exactly what a
mailman. brought up in theatre might
have been expected to conceive; man,
too, of this peculiar family, the son of
Junius Brutus Booth, used all his life to
acting tragedies.
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