The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-06-12
SAW LINCOLN SHOT.
Graphic Recital by an Eyewitness
of the Tragedy.
Pursued j. Wilkes Booth and
Identified His Body.

ihe"tte ut tue HanuS OF Booth. And
there now lives in Washington gen.
tleman who saw the whole scene and
was the first to reach the wounded
man in the prevailing panic. Mr.. Will
liam Flood is the gentleman name, and
he gives the following graphic &C.
count, which is taken down in his ex-
act words:
"At the time the president was
shot, said he, in answer TO query,
81 was in the United States navy, and
was acting ensign and executive officer
on board the steamship Captain Tea
zer Silas Owen was the commander,
and the ship was located at the navy
yard on April a. On the afternoon
of that day Mr.. Lincoln, accompanied
by Mrs. Lincoln, drove over to the
yard in carriage and sent for me. 1
came out to the carriage and Mr.. Lin
coin said the secretary of war had in
formed him that the ship Monitor was
at the yard and he wished to see 1t.
SO we went around and looked at the
Monitor. 1t was not until we arrived
there that anyone in the yard even
suspected that the president was any
where in the vicinity, and when they
did discover it number of salutes
from the guns were fired in his honor.
That evening Captain Owen, who
had been over in the city during the
day, came to to the ship and sug-
gested that we go to the theatre that
evening, as Laura Keen was to play
''Our American Cousin" and the pre-
sident was to be there. We went to
the theatre and secured seats in the
parquot or orchestra chairs. The
president occupied the second from
the stage. Just as the curtain fell on
the first act l heard shot and saw
man jump from the presidents box to
the stage. As he jumped his foot
caught in the folds of the flag that
drnped the box and he fell sideways
on the stage. 1t was quite good
jump and he came very near falling
back in the orchestra. He got up and
limped away across the stage, brand
ishing great long knife in his right
hand and shouted "Sic semper tyran-
MIS-.
''In less time than it takes to tell it
L was on the stage How / got there
over the heads of that orchestra /
really don't remember. Just as /
reached the stage Mrs. Lincoln looked
out of the box. She was crying and
wringing her hands and said: "They
have shot papa; will no one Gomez
answered that | would come, and i'm
mediately climbed up the side of the
boxes to the one the president occu-
pied. L don't know how / got up
there either, but just as my hands
touched the railing of the box young
lady took hold of them and helped me
up. The name of the young lady was
Harris, and think she was a daughter
of Senator Harris.
"The President was sitting in a
large arm chair, with his hands on his
arms and his head thrown forward,
just as if he had fallen asleep. He was
breathing, however, and we at once
laid him on the floor of the box. /
looked for the wound, but at first did
not discover it, Miss Keene brought
a pitcher of water. and / bathed his
forhead with that so as to revive him.
I then discovered the wound in the
back of his head where the bail had
entered, and the blood ran out on my
arm and down the side of my coat.
Some army officers brought in a
stretcher and he was placed on that
anu Cirrlcu out. Iueu went To the
front of the box and motioned for the
audience to remain quiet. Every one
was talking and there was general
uproar. As soon as it ceased for min
ute told them that the President was
still alive, but had been shot, and was
no doubt mortally wounded. Cap
tain Owens and l then went out
to the front OF the building and found
n platoon of police in the street. The
side walks were 30 crowded with peo-
pie that we had to get out in the mid
die of the road to get down the street.
We went 10 the National Hotel, and
by the time We got there the mob was
SO dense we could get no further, SO q
couple of police took us through the
hotel to G sSreet, at the rear. and we
got cab and were driven to the navy
yard. l was SO bloody from the wound,
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