The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

assassin made no efrort to: escape. 1T. rack. 1 ei@oed on tne
 By Ravsillac's knife rose the mama .ra Sully. 'hat oi ,,:,hn John Felton, who. assassinated George
 x,n"rs; xnnn Duke of Buckingham, lover of the knife and was beheaded for inc crirna ISeo report has had 1t that he was tortured neLore tse execution, but there is no proof of xiii I Louis @ amiens SV sn .;7s1 who attempted to ture In most approved fashion. First his Wrlsts WITS were broken and then his ankles. srtrss a,ls ears were pinched of and his tongue eyes were put out with redhot irons ana all his teeth drawn in brutal manner. Hs was put In bed made of spikes. with urer .ne snarp ends turned upward. His ribs were displaced and finally he was given tne rack and then quartered a limb at a ume py the royal executioner,
 For Charlotte Corday, the killer of Ma treading the way to Mile. GuiIiotine,s parlor was provided. They say that Ma. rat trined with the love of Corday, and then; uh too, he did not represent the kind of nperly sne believed in. She was Young she she was beautiful. she hated. She made ner way to the quarters of Marat, He is supposed to have ben in his bath She true to its final resting place. She vas "io ir prison and while in prison she WAS in- suited. Some historians have extoiied the Rlnng oI Marat; others dismiss 1t as the necessary result of a love quarrel III. TsI
 spencer Perceval was Premier ofe Trns. land when Arthur Bellinghanl met him n, Nay HMay ll, 1872, in the lobby of the House of was the outgrowth of a quarrel in which politics played considerable part. Rel llngham was adJudged insane. msSs op peHple tba us ksnew that an attempt was he was President of the United States. if was on January 6. 1885, that Presidenf Jackson went to the House of Represent atiyes to take part in the funeral services Tn honor of a deceased member ~ fbs House from South Carolina. 'NS Q ,After the usual solemnities A procaa- inc 1ravs wSs iPrmeq Tha to escort the body to or the procession accompanied bv Mir Woodbury and Mir. Dickerson, had cross: ca the great rotunda of the Capitol and was about to step out upon the portIco when man emerged from the crowd ana placing himself before the President al the instance of about eight feet from him ieveied tSn .s9 pistol at his breast and pulled the trigger; The cap exploded with a loud report without dischargtng the bbIIst
 The man dropped the pistol upon ths pavement pay men and raised a second. which he Tbat TSa heia Ia m his left hand under his cloak
 The President, the instant he comnro- S,., S1.ueu the purpose or the man, rushed forn fforicqsly h at him with uplifted cane. Pe- lore he reached him Lieutenant Gelnev or the navy had knocked the assassiy, qown' and he was immediately securc5 ana taken to jail. The President boiIins Sis frsET rsE ds was snd hurried into carriage by House. For some days his belief remain ed unshaken that the man had ne nn ca, on on M 10 attempt his destruction by a ',oue proved to be lunatic. His nonte ~,as Lawrence. He was an English ho",sa painter who had been long out of 'Vs,no enoe ployment: Hearing on ail sides that the
 country had been ruined by the meas,,res or General Jackson. the project of asaas9 sinating him had fastened itself on his crazy crazy brain: I Lawrence was never nun m an asylum and died there '"
 Nc assassination of a public leader or ruler has ever so affected nation as tbe
 ns WiEes Gf Root5 P5esia1rt er l1neoIn ny John shot was fired in a private box at Fora a
 Theatre, in this city, where the PresJ. dent. with his wife was witnessing a and the civil war vas practically at an
 end, but the state of the public mind was frightful The deht of the nation had become enormous; death and ruin pre- States the Union was still divided against itself; business was at a stand still; the Governmental relations with | foreign nations W re severely strainad A the pail of depression and despair which | rested upon the public. To trehly com | pleX the situation. to make men pause | and ask If anarchy was at hand, to revive | the hopes of sons of the defeated Con federate factors, to leave the nation without the hand which had guided its | course for five previous years. came the | wanton. uncalled-for, and cruel assassi- | nation of President Lincoln. Almost lit- eralIy, for a week after his death ns- tional life was paralyzed. and the people prostrated.
 The President arrived at the theatre at $ D. m and went to the box reserved for him. At l0;30, while all were intent nm the play Booth, availing himself of that freedom of the house usually accords,I at theatres to actors, entered at the front door. stood for d few moments afyar presenting a card to the Presidents mes senger in the passageway behind the dress circle. surveying the spectacle hao fore him. lIe then entered the vestibnIe of the Presidents box. shutting the door behind him Ho fastened this door from the insid4 by placing a short plank against it. One step more and he stood directly behind the President. who bad his eyes intontly fixed on the stage. Booth carried in his hand pistol and d dag He held the pistol close to the back of the President head and fired, inc haII piercing the skull behind the left ear. and ! after t11Iersng the brain, lodged just felI slightly forward and his eyes closed hut he did not cry out He died at I.Ji fine next morning without speaking
 Booth. having accomplished ms aim and stabbed Major H. R. Rathbone, who tried to c4pIure a% i'm !,S;d rSshed to the front njs," and leaped over onto the stage. Tn Jumping his spur caught in the fold of
 national flag draPiRg Ttpt g tse; 1ae, Presidents his ankle. but he sprang quickly to his feet. shouted Tho south IS avenged .9 Z. and aed by a oo d9Ss; 6so,,rt 4. sa horse vas waiting for nm bv the Anaoostisa ana n. rode