Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-12
LINCOLN
and BOOTH
The Presidents Broken Promise
Cause Of Tragedy.
SCENARIOS PART IN 1T
story rs Told by Dr, Foote Recalls
terview With Col. John W.. orury
Subsinntinting Former'a Version
An iniPressivoslidniS ht interview
Reward M"dc Lincoln Break Iiis
V'r"' ai so''i VA, EKccu tod.

The Philadelphia Times copied the
article from the Wilmington Messenger
relative to the assassination of Prcsi-
dent Lincoln, and later on supplemented
1t by the following:
There arc two sides to every story.
a few days ago there was printed for
your benefit clipping from a North
carolina newspaper in reference TO
the assassination OF President Lin
coin, which included a sketch found
among the papers of the late Dr.
George a. Foote. of Warrenton, n. c.,
VINO was a surgeon in the Confederate
army, in which II was stated, and rea-
sons given for the statement. that John
Wilkes Booth had killed the President
because the latter had failed to respite.
after promising to do so, John Y.
Beall. young Virginian of high social
standing, who had been sentenced to
death by military commission for be-
ing spy and guerrilla, and who was
executed on Governor Island. in New
York harbor. In DR.. Foote'S postum
nous memorandum it is claimed that
Booths motive in numbering Lincoln
was not because the latter was the
head of the Northern States and was
responsible for the war upon the
south The narrator, arguing from
historical facts contcnded that DR..
Foote was entirely in error. Now comes
to the front Mr.. John Barkley, chief
clerk in the Office of the superintendent
OF the Philadelphia. Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad. at Clayton. Del,
and he produces published record of
conversation held by a New York
newspaper correspondent with the late
Colonel John w. Forney, the one-time
editor OF the Philadelphia Press, and
who was also n the time OF the events
referred to- the editor and publisher
of the Washington Chronicle Fairness.
and desire to adhere to the facts of
history. demand that this story should
be given you, and certainly the MARIA
tive could have no better source for
its authorship than Colonel Forney.
The tale Is both interesting and his
torically important.
COLONEL FORNEY'S VERSION.
This is Colonel Forney's version of
the affair:
Among the chosen friends of John
Wilkes Booths boyhood was a dash
irg, chivalrous young man of the name
OF John Y. Beall, whose home was in
the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, not
far from Winchester When the war
broke out. Beall, who was n fanaticaI
Secessionist. went to Canada. and from
there Joined party OF Southcrners EN-
gagged In carrying on an irregular kind
or warfare, on the Northern Lakes,
against the Union. Their chief object
was to release Confederate prisoners of
war quartered on Johnson's Island.
near Sandusky. o.. but they also set
IRE to the ships and public building.
ana even took measures to send infect
ed clothing into the North for the pur-
pose or spreading pestilence. Finally.
number OF them were captured. and
so the rest dispersed. Among the un-
fortunate who fell into the hands Of the
enraged Northerners was young Beall
He was brought before n court-martial
and convicted of an attempt to wreck