Evening star., 1897-04-10

that these men must have been directed
| ward In the morning and accused by Mr.
! Garrett Of plotting the soldiefs there and of
deliberately bringing that troURS upon
him, made no reply. but hung his head;
his fathers perplexity, said: AGentlemeh,
II you want to Know where those men afe
I viii take you to the place. They didn't
sleep IN the house tonight, but In an OUT
house"
At once they compelled him to pile light
wood around the building. Then he was
sent IN after Booth, who warned him rot
to come in any more, and said to those
without: Gentlemen, who are you and
what did you come for?"
The reply was: I'VE want you; We came
for YOU.
Would Not Surrender.
Booth answered: Then prepare stretch
er, for will never surrender"
Jack Garrett said: There are nearly
fifty armed men, and escape is utterly i'm
possible. Act like a man and surrender
Rejoined Booth: Surrender? I have
never learned the meaning Of that word.
render
Then Jack Garrett was sent i'll after
Herrold. who was brought out and placed
Under guard. The light wood being set on
L
eighteen of you before l stop, but l have
acco mplished all l want to-
At once the fire was put out. Again
Booth cried out: Give me fifteen steps and
| will make good my escape"
The rejoinder was: NO. we will not
give you any
Give me ten steps, said he, land l will
escape
This was refused. "Give me fve he
said.
No, we will not give you any,
Thep Booth said: II want you TO take
notice of one thing: the gentlemen with
whom l am stopping knows not who l
am or what l have done"
After this lighted torch was thrown
INTO the barn, which soon set on fire the
nay and other combustibleS making a
great confiagration. Then, taking advan-
tage of the light within, and the uarknt IS
without, Sergeant Corbett thrust his re-
voiver through a crack and shot at Booth
the ball passing through the jugIlar vein
and taking in one of the cervicai vertebrac
As soon as it was discovered that Booth
mad beer shot Jack Garrett was sent in to
bring him out. Then Booth was carried to
the house by four men and laid upon the
front porch, TO all appearances dead
AT once mattress upon which to place
him was asked for. But he said: NO, no.
Let me lie here. Let me die here
Then one of the officers calculated: tine
- rebel is still living" And imme-
alately dispatched a message for DR.. Ur-
Guehart of Port Royal. y pillow was asked
Api, anu DlpuSlil II, ana WDlle Lieut..
Baker held him up l placed it under his
head. Wine offered him, bur lie re-
fused it. Then water was presented, but
he would not drink it.
Death of Booth.
Presently he protruded his tongue 1
took my handkerchief and dipped it in
water and mostened his lips. He said:
Tell my mother 1 died for my country
1 did what L thought to be best" 1 again
moistened his lips, and he repeated his
message to his mother. Soon he gasped.
L moistened his lips and tongue a third
time and the pulsation in his temples grew
weaker and weaker. 1t was then thai
Lieut.. Baker asked me tc rub his forehead
and temples. l did The end was near
Then, gasping three times and crossing his
hands upon his breast, Booth died Just as
the day was breaking and the doctor was
reaching the house.
About O'Clock that morning the body
OF Booth was sewed up in a United States
blanket belonging to Lieut. Baker and to-
Sether with HeTrold and the two Garrett
boys, was conveyed to Washington After
all had left and the family had become a
little more composed ! went to the book
case To get some books for the children as
was teaching school in the family at the
time. The first thing that greeted my eyes
was pan OF opera glasses. l knew they
DAD not belong to any of the family | con-
cluded they must be Booths, so 1 took
thefn 10 Mr. Garrett and asked him what
should do with ther He replied: Take
them out of my sisht. / do not want TO
see ANYTHING that viii remind me of this
dreadful affair"
told him that would send them up TO
my mother in day or two. l then took a
pin and marked y. W. B." under the
buckle on the strap. During the day my
brother came to Mr.. Garrett's and | sent
| then! to my mother by him. thinking they
were TOO valuable to be destroyed, as Mr
Garrett had directed me to do
Inc next evening Lieut.. Baker in COM
pany with Jack Garrett. came to Mr. Gar
rctts IN quest of them. They did not
really know they We're there but simply
supposed Booth had them and thought
they might be there. Lieut. Baker asked
MI Garrett If they We're not there. and
without any hesitation he told him that |
had them. He then came to me and asked
Whefe they We're; l very reluctantly told
MIN. Lieut.. Baker and Jack Garrett went
| up 10 my mothers, about eight miles away
ana got them. They came back to Mr.
CARROTS about o'clock in the evening.
| spent the night, and returned to Washing
| ton the next day.
Such was the close of the eventfui career
OF John Wilkes Booth on the morning of
| april 70, lSj1-a career that was luminous
with frequent flashes of genius but whose
| iindl spIendor was obscured by its misdi-
| recton. MISS l.. K. B. HOLLOWAY
A NINE OF BLUBDER.