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by Arnold IN h,s diary rsoeived tho suppor,
- a S., ~ w .ho euPPo''
OF LIT oamuel a: Muou W TINS letter -
TORT JLfrkhsoS ria NOV. 20 lsss..
a. nave reso the Statenent N resard to
rn nlarI t 81 AsnSd MA auShin SpsnTler
senta'lohS are sup,tantlally cofreC
very re.Hrctiniv' stc,,
LErIEk CAUSED ARNOLD = ARREST.
Anold's arrest was brought about by
the dndin0 Of letter in the trunk of John
Wilkes Booth, after the assassination,
Wb;ia ~ ire tive his la,tor 1ya. so;zaJ
49,. ~ ~ uAe o 80. 49,
upon oy me P,oeecu.Iomi a. suo,'S e,iuehoe
against Arnold. II VIII probably lie re-
garded In the future az supporting Arnold
claim that his part In the conspiracy was
,o .hd,,ct JJncoin ,bat he had avon p,sC.
,;oaIiv shanJonad ,ba idaa ~ NJ 80
Ivan! aoHuohou 'ue ea u, 'o' aiiu
NAV the ietter "ds ihtehdeu 10 uissuaoe
Booth from that scheme,
The letter as recorded az the trial vas
a. follows
HooUsIowy Baltimore Co March u ,sss
Dr.R JopS. Was business 80 ipport a N.
TINT YOU could not remain in Baltimore Til
| saw ouS came in ns .oon as / could hui
found you had gone to W---n I called
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drag his name in the miTe and filth Is more
eagerly sought after than 10 elevate HIM
The lies placed on the pages Of history can
never be removed, nor would they even
Il Jesus Christ came TO appear as witness
for YOU. Why. then. should / speak:
Il. who know notiilg in regard 10 the
affair, beyond the suffer ings and inhuman
punishment heaped upon me by the United
States Government. the fortunes inflicted
-uI passing the inquisition in SPAN. before
even guilt or innocence had been estah-
iished. though that lynch law commission
convened not TO mete out justice, but con-
Re iination o appeasc the publ" cry for vei.-
Geancs; | have quietly borne u Y -uiieilngs
these forty veal +, ana pi oppose cong so tntil
the end. when. no doubt, Sill be confronted
with the members Of the court and It's pro-
s.c,itOrs, when the guilt and innocence Il
both victim and court will be unraNeIed,
and the Truth e. t6blished at 10 who we're
the authors diret of the subordination Of
the perj Iries committed in our Z ial.
-ABrRNr CHILD DREAps THE FIRE"
The man, the pgmy, under the protec-
ton of the law. gained the point. ana CON
deinned innocent persons TO death and IN
pri-onment they rratified their amhii'on
and shed innocent blood without a shudaer
but before Gods tribunal they will be made
10 ansNe and the murderers and essassins
will To known
sI will not Permit any one TO interview
me- would not verbally speak 10 any
man upon the subjcct-ior a burnt CHILD
breads the Are. When arrested ] spoke
but Ave words. which were reported just
the reverse a. spoken, the witness not
looking to the innocence of the man, but
d,.sirous Of proving guilt to gain portion
of the huge reward offered for appichcn.
sion and conviction. He even put in his
claim. but through my father and Mr..
Mausby. his claim was turned down
Under existing CirCumst anC,s | shall
forever keep my lips closed to intervicwer-,
and, should ever come before the public,
il shall he in black and white, sworn TO
before a notary public. Of course | now
not hing Of the assassination plot The
Kidnapping was Of such a QuiSotic nature
that there Is nothing in it and with the
last no overt act was committed, there
fore, no proceedings could be established
under the law. | will cease TO write of
the narrowing subject il but angers me
AHNoLD's BITTERNESS
In subsequent letter, conscnting 10
the publication of his manuscript, Mr..
Arnold SAYS in part
My guilt was but thought; the Gov
eminent made it a crime. Thoughts exist
in the minds Of NELL but remain dormant, .
never coming TO the surface, never ex-
ecutcd. hence to make such a crime, in
in the case Of all. However. such "A thing
will not hold good in law.
In my statement deal with facts alone
iudispItab." facts They describe the
hprrib'" fortunes iptiIct Il before. during
and after tria,. IN fact. condemned before
any kind al evidence had been aduuoed
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He was sent home on the United States
steamship Swatara, returned to Washing
ton. VIII IL h was tried. The two years
which had elapsed sincs his flight had
caimed down public indignation, however,
and the J ry d sagr I'd
PLOT WITHIN PLOT
That Arnold had no part in the actual
assassination. he having left Washington
and being employed al Old Point Com
fort as clerk, when that great crime was
committed. has long since received pract lea |
acknowledgment at the hands of he public
In his statement now given out he tells
what he says l. the entire and true ST ory of
the affair az FAR a. his knowledge extends
knowledge ~ a plan to assassinate Presi-
dent Lincoln he confines TO Booth, Payne,
Atzcrodt and Herold. and he holds Mrs
Surratt entirely guiltless Of the crime of
which she was charged. and for which she
sui ered the death penalty.
Probably the most remarkable part OF
the story Of Arnold, as told by himself, in
the recital of crueltics which he says were
practised upon himself and other prisoners
OF the Government, as well ~ upon soldiers
themselves at the Dry Tortugas, which he
describes as a veritable hell on earth. These
events. he SAYS, he recorded from day TO
day in diary, from which This later manu-
script was complied.
The story Of the cruelties as set down
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FOR my purity OF heart. To-day in my old
aga am by thcm respected and loved
The cloud which for nearly forty years
had hung over my head prevented mo from
obtaining ia rative employment, besides it
40 shadoWcd my life that | had almost
"Nome misanthropist I was never
- ttrr satisfied than in my own soclusion
AID retirement. My treatment had been
o.. such nature that | had no desire to
mlN with mankind had lost all conf
,.'"" in the human race. Now going on
% lars Of age, my health is shattered
O. 90 crippled from rheumatism, contracted
uGrirg my Incarceration. have passed
u. s.-e " ever lind employment to bridge
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ARNOLD AND HIS FEATHERED PETS.

firm and determined not to give the manu-
script Of his confession for publication
On that date, in answer TO- letter of rela-
tive asking that he make the story public
in order that his side Of the COM iracy
might stand against that Of his proeecu-
tors, he wrote as follows
i received yours Of the 10th instant,
and owing 30 indisrosition could not ansver
until nov. | have perused your lc,tc.
carefully. and duly conf erred yo,r propo. 20
tions, and ! sae nc reason why shop.,
reopen an issue settled in the public iuin,
now neatly forty years.
Justice IL no part OF the human race
10 tear . mans SsA,,ss, u, -, Iiscss AMI 20
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ARNOLD'S HOME.

the Confederate lines. conceived rnGcr
the supposed Impulse Of patriotism to the
South; of passion stirred to the depths
by civil str'n and of imprisonm, nj, cruelty
and torture
1T has no, been written through malice
or v'ndictivencss; have confined myself
to the truth says Arnold, after n rccita-
ton OF circumstances which, in these day
hen the last traces Of he bitterness of
war have been swept aside for. Yer, read
Ike the revelation Of some horrible light
mare, impossible of reality
sIC7ET KEPT MASY YEARS
As late a. OC,. ~ las MI Arnold va
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tragic morning in Washington is the fact
tnat Preston King, one Of the men who
headed of those who would have pleaded
with the President for Mrs Surratt, com
nltted suicide by flli..s Lis pockets full
Of shot and jumping of North River
Ierryboat mere, while the other, Gen, Lane.
committed suicide by blowing out his
brains somewhere in Western State.
,,ARNoLD.s STORY BEGINS TOMORROW.
The confession Of Arnold consists Of
shout 50 600 words. This has been divided
lhto nlrteen chapters, which THE Sun
will publish In turn beginning to-morrow
In the narrative As set forth by Arnold
are some startling assertions. Arnold is
their author and they are furnished a..
cIusively for what they are WORTH
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ing the assassination Of the President. A
second part Of the same document gives
a succession of questions put To Arnold
by the notary pJblir.
TLen he writings stopped for many years
But in the early 'aos Arnold began the
task Of writing the entire story OF his
life
After his release from the Dry Tortugas
he had DROPPED from the public eye. and
even in Baltimore little was known Of him
in recent years. Until six years ago he
resided in this city, and to those who did
find him he always refused TO open his
lips. The Knowledge that he had prepared
a statement Of his experiences TO be given
out after his death was preyale in narrow
circle at first. and gradually. without even
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h 'foro the court II also describes the
dreadful scenes Witnessed during my in
generation az III" Dry Tortugas, giving
in detail those acts, besides the officer,
who p"rpetrated them
Neither malice nor prejudice prompts
my action No man in this land loves his
country more than do None l. more
patriotic, mono NOR" just, honorable or
truthful, possessing heart Of kindness
AID tenderness equal to that of woman
| can produce witnesses Of the very best
blood and standing in the STAT" to vouch
for my manhood. They have known me
from my earliest boyhuod, and can vouch
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walked TO Franklin on the other side Of the
line.
HE WHO ESCAPED.
Once having found an asylum in Canada,
Surratt secured funds nd remained in
Montreal for some time. Feeling that he
could not long remain secrcted with the
American detectives swarming in Canada
Surratt took passage for England, and
the Papal Zou YES and was arrested while
Ill that command Surratt got away from
his captors and finally reached Naples
There he su occeded in shipping aboard a
fishing sloop bound for Messina, and reached
Alexandria by that means. His pu pose
was, after reaching Cairo. to make his way
TO upper Egypt, where he would be away
from the touch of civilization. The Ame l.
can Consul at Cairo, however. was on the
look out, and Surratt was again arrested
soon after his arrival there.
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a fine carriage dashed up to the White
House entrance and cut OF 1t hurried the
beautiful Mrs. Stephea A. Douglas, wife
Of lincolns old-time rival out IN Illinois
the Little Giant
Mrs. ou2lis, too, had come 70 Pies d Mira
SWTatt's case. Mr.. Brophy was by her side
In an iLstaLt telling her his erraId AID en-.
treatii her TO get him access to the Presi-
dent Mrs. Douglas dashed straight q the
bayoLets Of the soldiers at the door and
they lowered before her.
The civilian guards beyond the bsyonets
tried TO stop her but she swept them pcorn-
fully aside with an imperious ges, u-e
What no one. else in all that crucial tore
noon could do WAS precisely the thing
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execution until the last moment or until ]
hear from you definitely and positively what
the Presidents ans yer n"
The note was a strong plea for a reprteve
Mr. Brophy drove on gallop to the White
House Here almc a. the first person he ga y
was Miss Anna Surratt. daughter Of the
condemned woman. Tho for hours had been
at the Executive Manson trying to get
access to the President to plead for her
mothers life.
MRS, DOUGLASS BRAVERY
Two men barred the wav TO all who
We're Preston King and Gen. James Lane.
Thuse no believed that justice had been
done in the conviction OF the conspirators
did not Tant an appeal to the Presiden; E
sympathy TO succeed.
MIR. 81 ophy tried TO get past the guards
but he tried in vain. lie tried 10 get Gen
Hartranfts note sent to to the President
In that also he failed
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The manuscript Of Arnold has been in
preparation during a long period of years.
That part in which an account Is given Of
tho inception Of the plots to kidnap Presi-
dent Lincoln with their successive failures
ard the reasons therefore, giving names,
dates and locations connected Herewith.
was written in the year 1857. while Arnold
was confined in the Dry Tortugas. Fla, and
attested to before a notary Of the public
and a special commissioner appointed by
the Congressional commission to inves-
tigate into the circumstances surround
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knowing where Arnold was to be found
1t extended to other parts Of the country.
LAST OF THE EIGHT coSslIRAroRs.

LAST OF THE EIGHT CoNsIIRAToRs.
Some weeks ago another Samuel Arnold
died in Anne Arundel county, Maryland,
and the story was enormously publishc d
IN some parts Of the country that the Arnold
Of the Lincoln conspiracy had passed away.
Inquiries revealed that Samuel Blar d
arnold was still alive, living quietly on Il
farm in an QUITO -the-way part Of Mary
land
OF the eight men who. according to the
story Of Arnold, conspircd together to
abduct President Lii coin, but two survive
Arnold ard John II. Surratt, 40 now
lives in Baltimore, Mr.. Surratt Is the
son Of Mrs. Mary +. Surratt, who was OF. e
Of those hanged in the arsenal at Wash
ington for the murder of Lincoln, and
Is now regarded by many as having beer.
innocent OF the crime for which she suffered
the death penalty.
John Wilkes Booth, the actual murderer
Of Lincoln, was shot and killed while rae ct.
ing capture In barn Ia northern virginia.
David E. Herold. who was captured alive.
and Lewis Payne and George A. Atzerodt.
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which Mrs.. Douglas did. She got to The
pApoHrBR's Prryous PLEA.

DAVUhIHH . ri DoVo FLEA
But there her triumph ceased She en
ener " and hope She cane out Of II with
bitter. hopeless. disappointment II fei cry
feature and every movement. She looked
at tho tear stained face Of the girl whose
mothers life was trembling in the balance
and could only sLi X, her head.
oh, don't give Up so!' sobbed Miss Sur
raft. Don't, don't! Oh. co 20 to him
again. He woi. refuse you. He cant.
Do 90 to him again!"
SHOW him Gen. Hartranft's rote again. =
cried Mr.. Brophy. ASK him If be got tie
statement sent him Of Weichman's COR
'easion to me. Make another appeal 10
him, Mrs. Douglas
Il will" said the spirited woman. 4
will. though feel that il Is az little use.
THE FINAL YAILUhL.
Past the bayonets. past the guards, she
once more forced her way TO the Presidents
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the case Of Mrs. Surratt, and there are
many firm believers In her innocence OF
any criminal knowledge concerning the as
sassination plot. In years after the clos.
Of the war when the bitterness Of that great
strife had passed away. much publicity wa
given her case from time 70 time. and many
Of thoss who were connected with the trial
II official capacity were made objects OF
attack.
I'm p. Brophy. who at the time Of the
trial was an instructor a 81; Aloysius.:
ollage In Warrington. cav Mrs. 6urratt
in prison altar her condemnation and she
asked him 10 undertake ct some future time,
when the passions Of the war were cooled.
the task OF clearing hsr name Of the crime.
Of which she earnestly protested her inno-
weichman. the chief witness for the pros :.
-pition had already expressed the opinion
that abe was innocent, and this statement
had been forward d TO President Johnson
After leaving her Mr.. Brophy wont to
see Lewis Payne Powell. known through
was, after Booth, the nercest and most
hloodthirsty Of all tn. consptators He
retained to the last tho stoical oynician
which he had shown from the first. In this
mood Mr.. Brophy found him few hours
To his own impending fate Powell told
Mr.. Bro ply he was utterly indifferent.
He had played his part In the tragedy. and
vas ready TO take the consequences Of an
act which he In no way regretted.
But when he spoke Of Mrs. Surrstt all
trace Of arectat'on disappeared. He pro.
tested by all he held most sacred that she
vas az Innocent Of the plot against Mr..
Lincoln as child unborn. Powell's man
ncr was so earnest and % convincing that
II made a profound impression upon Mr..
Brophv.
srRrooLE FOR RlPNIBvH.
II was then about O'Clock IN tho morning
The execution was TO take place between
II A. NJ. and p. NJ Mr. Brophy, from
Powell's cell. hurried straight TO Gen. Har.
tranft. afterward Governor OF Pennsylvania,
and then the Provost Mar shall General In
having full charge Of tbs execution. He
earnestly besought Gen. Hartranit to 60 TO
Powell and hear what ne had to say. This
ZEN. Hartranft did. and came back i'm
pressed. as Mr., .Brophy had been.
will furnish you an army conveyance
and swift horses. he said Take II and
drive like mad 70 the White House and give
the President this note. ! will delay the
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g., unseals the ~ pledged 20 ,,ci.oy be-
fore N" kidnapping ploj vas con- un.matrd.
to tell all Of the facts IN the rrost minute
detail Of that hal Ory-mahiug epoch.
Arno'i's MANI oript unfolds a wonds IT. |
story of pio,- 10 capture the thicf N,ou-
tive OF the nation and convey him within
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REAL LINCOLN PLOT.
Arnold, One Conspirator
Tells the Story.
REVELATION AFTER 81 YEARS.
There Were Eight in 1t and
Only Two Are Now Alive.

One Of Them Cont esscs the Abduction
That Was Planned When Booths Insane
Hatred Led Him 10 Nurier-Ilis
Narrative After Prison In the Dr,
rortuSas and Long Years ~ Bitter.
mess Nirs. Surratt innocent, He says
The Vain Attempts 10 save Her.
most important and interesting docu-
ment, dealing with the stir ng events just
prec. ding and subsequent to the assas-
sination Of Presid, nj Abraham Lincoln.
has come into the possession of The SUS
and will be presented to il- ieaters n s.rial
form The author is Samuel Band Arnold,
one Of the famous Lincoln conspirat ors
who. now for the first time, az the age Of
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THE PLOT THAT FAILED.

over the short span between the present
and my death"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-02
HIS LIMIT OF LAzINEss
This Man Named His Two Dogs
Cocoa" Because They Were
Always Together.

IT never hear laziness discussed" said
Frederick Kost, the artist, according to the
New York Times, "but think OF old man
Crawford, who used to keep an inn down on
South beach, when the place was practical
ly a wilderness, and a lot OF us fellows were
in the habit of running down there to sketch.
He was without doubt the fellow most ut
terly devoid of energy it is possible to I'M
agine. He wouldn't have breathed If ne
could have helped it. :,
Zone of his sons, who had settled in New
York, sent him two dachshund pups. re-
member just how Crawford would sit sun
ming himself on the porch the whole day,
with one of these dogs, like animated
sausages, on each side of him. They, were
always by him, one to the left, the other to
the right of his chair, when they were at
rest.
zone day, as l sat talking to him, the
dogs were romping in the house. Crawford
turned and called: Here, Cocoa, Cocoa!
and the dachshunds came trotting out.
what are their names, Crawford
/ asked, thinking had misunderstood.
COCOA, replied Crawford.
but there are two,' reminded him.
Zone does for BOTH replied the old man.
They're always together-come and go at
the same time. And, anyhow, I'm not going
to worry myself into decline by thinking
up dogs names"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-02
STAYS HAND OF DEATH.
Nicaragua Hceds the Appeal Of United
States I'm Behalf of DIR.
Russell Wilson.

Washington, July 2s.-Senor Corea,
the Nicaraguan minister, Saturday in
formed Acting Secretary of State
Hill that his government has accept
ed the minister's recommendation
relative to the postponement of any
final measures in the case of DR.. Rus
sell Wilson, the American captured
with filibustering party near Blue
fields, until all of the rights which he
has under the law have been invoked.
Furthermore, President Zelaya
showed the confidence he felt in his
minister here by indicating his pur-
pose to be bound in the final DISPOSE
ton of Wilson's case by the minis
ter's recommendation. M
AS Senator Hanna has represented
that Wilson was in Chicago in 1899,
by way of controverting the state
ment that he was engaged in a for
mer revolution in Nicaragua, Senior
Corea has explained to the state de-
partment that the revolution re-
ferred to was in the preceding year,
1898, and Wilson's participation
therein was absolutely established.
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PRESCRIBED FOR HER.
Desperate Case That Taxed the Doc
tors Patience to the
Utmost.

When DR.. Blank, of Fourteenth street,
who isn't the most patient of men at any
season of the year, goesRway for vacation
nothing infuriates him b much as the sight
of an invalid, says the Washington Post. A
month ago>he went to Atlantic City for few
days rest, and ne had no sooner settled
himself for brief time of being an ordi-
nary mortal than a chronic patient OF his
appeared on his horizon. He endured her
complaints all one day in silence, but the
next morning she accosted him while he
was smoking his cigar on the veranda after
breakfast. l will say in her defense that
she isn't married, and she hasn't father,
so she didn't know what she was doing when
she broke in on mans smoke.
.'Oh, DOCTOR" said she, II do wish you'd
tell me what to do. just can't sleep at all.
Why. last night didn't once close my
eyes"
The doctor glared at her.
II didn't close an eye" she went on II
do wish you'd tell me what to do
The doctor glared again.
Good Lord, madam" he thundered, TRY
closing your eyes. How on earth do you ex-
pect to sleep if you don't!"