The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05

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coin. crossed the Rappahannock shortly
before DE took refuge ia the barn Of
The Garrett farm. where. according to
the accepted version of the affair he
was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett
OF the Sixteenth New York cavalry. DE
was accompanied only by his accom-
pllce. Harold. and by three confederate
oIncers, who were returning 90 their
MONIES, and who. taking pity on his
l9riorn condition. turned back tu aid
him further I'm his flight These officers
were Major nj. -. Euggics Lieutenant
r. Bainbridge and Captain Jett.
The Interesting narrative printed be-
low shows. however. that there was
fourth man. f. Wexford Mason. ON the
scOW feTyb0at which was pOled across
the river by negro. At the time Mr.
Mason did not know that one of the
men crossing with him was L.ncoin's
assassin and when he made The dis
coFeryt motives of safety Ted him TO-
maintain silence about it 10 has ben
Kept "a secret until now, a fact which
makes the narrative a peculiarly in-
teresting contribution tO the history of
the great tragedy and the swift retri-
button which followed IT,
Lincoln was shot I'M FOrd's theatre.
Washington. the night of Good Friday
april I'D 1860. 10 was iu the Secou
scene of the third act of "Our Ameri-
san Cousin in which Laura keeps
Was taking "a benefit Booth whose
asst appearance had been on the stage
IF the same theatre as Pescara I'M The
Apostate.' was Well known % the at
taches of the house, ard no one thought
of questioning him when he made his
way around the rear of the dress cir
Gle To the passage leading 90 the ortai-
dents box. a few Minutes latet
pistol shot startled the house The
aresideuts head fen forward ON his
breast
A man-Johu Wilkes Booth-l5aped
from the box to- the state AS be land
cd his spurs caught iu the folds Of an
American flag used in the decorations.
He fen, breaking his left leg but man
aged 90 regain his feet. turn TO the
audience shout "Sic semper tyranniS.
escape by the stage door, so familiar
10 him. mount "a horse held there in
readiness and dash away
For six days Booth hid I'm woods near
farm about thirty-dve miles from
Washington. April % he managed To
Cross the Potomac and he and Harold
reached the Rappahannock at Port
Conway April "a There the negro
and Harold appealed for aid 20 Rug
giles. cambridge and Jett. who had just
landed from the scOW. Euggles has
s#ted that Booth was Iu a pIJIable
candiuOn His broken leg had been
rudlely baudageI i'm pastehOard splints.
and was so swollen that iJ seemed 20
Ruggles that nothing short of eventual
amputation could save his lile These
men saw him across the river and as
far as the Garrett farm, some three
miles distant
The Women Recognized the Picture.
That very morning in Washington
Lieutenant Edward Z. DOherty of the
Sixteenth New York cavalry received
orders 90 take twenty-five men and
scCur the Eappahauuuck district he
reached Port Conway the following day,
and showing Booths photograph %
some women in the house of the owner
of The ferry. ne judged from their looks
that they had seen Booth cross there
not so very long before.
That night 40 Bowling Green, Lieu
tenant Doherty located Booth at the
Garrett farm. ascertained that he and
Harold were In hiding in the barn and
had the building set ON fire. It was
then early morning of april 26. Har-
old came out and surrendered. AT that
moment Boston C0rbett. who had been
stationed bv large crack in the side
of The barn. saw. bv the freight. Booth
aim carbfne as if To shoot either
Doherty or Harold.
Corbett fired. his bullet entered the
hack of Booths head only about an
inch below the spot where Booths bull
lei had struck LincoIn. According TO
Doherty's narrative in the Century
Ila6oNilr' ne poiLoWed "a heeulr from
MISS Garrett SeWed the body Ia sad
die blanket, and put 10 ON AN old wagon
and reaching Washington ar .. O'rIocIc
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- 80 ~ 80
ora diiu tit utdu ASSASSIN on tut mont
tor Nontaukr ON Booths body were
FOUND "a diary large bowie knife. two
ftisf,Ta d. .a55,rs-a and q, draft ., l,s5,-
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For thirty-eight long years the name
Of JobD WINES booth has baan pofr,
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llle "'+-1r II oI tii-i ~ -eihHt cars news
papers, magazines and books have been
telling the story of his assassination Of
president Lincoln of his subsaouanr
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over rivers and creeks. and Of his cap
ture il Caroline county. Virginia. by
federal soldiers Rur Do hfe-orra7, Nv
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c'iiPlele bE giving the names or all The
gentlemen Who crossed the kappahan-
mock river with Booth. i'm thai historic
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