The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-21

alone. Draw your men up at twenty-five
PAGES and give me a chance for my life
fifty men, and can take you, said
He waited a few minutes. Then he said:
oh, Captaini there is a man here who
wants to surrender pretty bad
You better follow his example and
no. 1 have not made up my mind he
replied,
9 own all the arms said Booth. He
has no arms. I may have to use them
again commanded him TO give up his
arms He said he had none. opened the
ou TOOK him ' b sVf the nl wrists IS u and turned
him over to Corporal Newgarten. Just then
I heard a shot / thought Booth had shot
The hay in the barn, which had been
set on fire at the other end. was blazing up
SHOT BY CoRBETT.
Sergeant Corbett had been looking
through the crack where I had stationed
him, and in the light of the fire he saw
Booth raise his rife to shoot me or Har-
rold 1 caught hold of the latter by the
wrists, when he surrendered. Corbstt put
his pistol through the crack and shot at
Booth, intending to hit his arm and dis
able him so that he could not shoot me
Harold. He n splendid marksman
But instead of hitting Booth in the arm,
he intended. he hit him in the head, within
an inch of the place where the President
had been hit.
Il rushed into the barn. Booths crutch
had fallen. He was trying to support him
caught him in my arms as he was falling.
I'VE carried him out of the burning barn
While he was lying there 's spoke n to HIM
He tried to raise his hands, He seemed
a5a to 9s de So bs nd took hold of his
he wanted them raised. But he shook his
head and muttered:
We picked him up again and carried
him to the veranda of the Garrett House,
because the fire was too hot to let him re-
to Port Royal for DR.. Urquart. He exam
ined Booths wound and pronounced it fatal.
morning of April 26, 1865, when Booth was
shot. He died a few minutes before.
o'clock the same morning. Although he
was conscious almost all OF, the time. he
did not speak after having shook his head
and said: Useless, useless
Those were the only words he uttered
after he was shot. All the stories about
the message for his mother were made out
of whole clot--f
ers about the country to get a wagon. l
took my two saddle-cloths, and had them
until nearly o'clock that the men found
a wagon, with a negro for driver. we
put Booths body III it, and covered it with
the improvised blanket. Then we started
back to Washington.
I'VE got to Bell Plain just the steam
boat John S Ide sailing away, ac-
cordng to my orders. But we sienaled to
her, and she came back. We went on board,
and sailed to Washington. There turned
over Booths body to the officers of the iron
clad AIontauk."
Congress appropriated $4,000 to pay the
rewards offered by the government for the
capture of Booth and Harold. 1t took
year for the hearing of the various appli-
oants for portions of this reward Every
man. woman and child who had given any
information of even the slightest value, and
many who gave no information at all. re-
ceived part of the money. Captain Doherty
received $500, the largest amount given
to any one. Colonel Baker received about
49, 200 The two sergeants, eight corporals,
and sixteen privates in Captain Bakers de-
tachment, who were the captorS of Har-
rold and one of whom, Sergeant Boston Cor
bett, killed Booth. each received sums
ranging from about .$1100 to 5000 each.
Two Washington detectives got $4,000 each.
Other claimants received smaller sums.
Harold was hanged with Mrs. Surratt,
Payne and Atzerath, on July T.
Captain Doherty has picture of himself
and Sergeant Boston Corbett taken the day
they got back to Washington. Captain Do
herty is big man. Sergeant Corbett was
short spare man and looked something like
an understood Uncle Sam.