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counsel for defense. and to make a cor
rect report to me as to how the case
stood: If there was any danger. and also
to communicate with me II my presence
was necessary. and inform me without de-
lay with an urgent request that he
would see and inquire for himself how
matters stood.
He left me. and God alone knows the
suspense and anxiety of my mind during
the days of his absence. ! imagined and
thought all kinds of things. yet / was
powerless to act. At last he returned
and SO bright and cheerful was his
countenance that I confess one-Ealf or
my fears were dispelled. He represented
"Everything as progressing we'll" and
brought me this message from the gentle
man in Washington to whom | had sent
him:
BE under no apprehension as to any
serious consequences. Remain perfectly
quiet. as any action on your part would
only tend to make matters worse. If you
can be of any service To us, we will let
you know, but keep quiet.
These were the instructions / received
from my friend in Washington. In whom
l felt the utmost reliance, and who /
thought would never deceive me. He
also sent me copies of the National In
telligencer. containing evidence for the
defense I certainly felt greatly relieved.
! though not entirely satisfied. This news
reached me some time in the latter part
of June. just before the party of gentle
They. too assured me there was no cause
for fear. What else could I do but ac-
cept these unwavering assurances. Even
had I thought otherwise. 1 could not
| have taken action resulting in good.
| Just on the eve Of my departure to join
party of gentlemen on a hunting ex-
cursion, while I was waiting at the hotel
| for the train. the proprietor handed me
paper and said:
Read that about the conspirators.
| Little did the man know who ! was or
! how closely that paragraph wore upon
me or mine.
Betrayed by a Friend.
That paper informed me that on day
which was then present, and at an hour
| which then had come and gone. the most
| hellish of deeds was to be enacted 1t had
| been determined upon and carried out.
| even before l had inclination that there
was any danger. 1t would be foolhardy
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for me to attempt to describe my feelings.
After gazing at the paper for some c-aA
dropped 1t on the floor. turning on ray
heel ard going directly to the hovse
where I had been stopping before. Wnen
! entered the room j found my frieno
sitting there.
AS soon as he saw me he turned deadly
pale. but never uttered word. said:
You doubtless thought you were acting
a rriend-the part OF a friendtoward
me. but you have deceived me. forgive
you. but I can never forget II
We all thought 1t for the best. Char.
stay to hear more. l went to my room.
remained there until dark. and then eg-
nified my intention to leave the place I'M
med!ately. 1 felt reckless as to what
should become Of me.
After visiting Quebec and other places.
with reward of $4,000 hanging over my
head, l did not think it safe to remain
there. and so l concluded to seek an asy-
lum in foreign lands. l had nothing now
to bind me to this country, save an only
sister. and l knew she would never want
for kind friends or a good home. For my
self, II mattered little where I went, 50
/ could roam once more a free man.
then went on a venture and now. ladies
and gentlemen. go forth again on a ven.
ture. Gladly would have remained hid
den among the multitude. but the stern
necessities arising from the blasting Of
my earthly prospects forced me to leave
my solitude and to stand again before the
public gaze the historian OF my own
life. One mitigation to this distasteful
mess in this. my first attempt, however. Is
the kindness with which I have been re-
ceived. and the patience with which
have been listened to. for which 1 return
you, ladies and gentlemen. my sincere and
heartfelt thanks.
The lecture concluded. the band played
Dixie and a concert was improvised.
the audience not separating until late
hour during which time Surratt was quite
lion among the ladies present.
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WAR DEPARTMENT GROUP
OF WILKES BOOTH RELICS
Interesting Collection of Articles Connected With the
Assassination of President Lincoln Which
Is Jea1ous1y Guarded by Uncle Sam.
by Frederick Buckley Hyde.)

leading to the box of the President; &
Booths keys and necktie: his diary ono.
81, containing the small photographs OF
actresses shown below the bride: No.
10. the Spencer carbine Booth had In his
hand when he was shot. and. No. II, the
carbine with which Booth was shot by
Boston Corbit
On Top Of Saddle.
No. II. Booths compass, by means Of
the river, and on which still can be seen
the drops OF tallow from the candle that
he held over 1t to see the needle at night:
No. IL. cartridge pouch and whistle on
which he blew after he had shot Lincoln.
as signal to others of the conspirators
to turn off the lights in the theater and
so facilitate his escape: No. 4. Colts re-
volver with which Payne assaulted tha
son of Secretary Seward; No. Is. pick
carried by Payne when he presented HIM
SELF at Mrs. Surratt's house; No. 16 the
knife with which Payne assaulted Secre-
tary Seward and on which spots Of blood
are still visible; No. II. the revolver
Booth had suspended from his belt when
shot in the barn: No. 16. an opera glass
case found on the floor Of the box where
MIS-. Lincoln was sitting, and Is supposed
to have been her property; No. 10. sad
die and bride taken from the horse on
W
revolver taken from Arnold. one OF the
in the kidnapping scheme.
VIXEN arrested at Fort Monroe after the
assassination; No. q. bowie knife which
WAS the property Of Atzerodt, the German
who was hired to kill Andrew
Johnson. the Vice President. or Gen.
Grant or both If the opportunity pre-
scented itself. but. his heart failing him.
he rode out of the city in the early even
ing of the assassination: No. o. a small
w yvoC hot ~
tn. tick of bed in Atzerodt's room In
the Kirkwood House: No. %, the boot
worn by Booth on the night OF the as
showing the cut made In it
by DR.. Mudd in setting the fracture in
Booths leg, which occurred when he
jumped from the box to the floor OF the
stage. His spur caught in the American
flag. the drapery OF the box occupied by
tho President. so that when he reached
the stage his foot was turned sidewise
and the weight Of his body upon the foot
ca used the fracture mentioned. No. "a.
maps OF Virginia found on Booths body.
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around. with the detectives standing there
most of the time looking at us. OF course
l was obliged to talk as loud as anybody
about the tragedy. After having a hearty
meal l lighted cigar and walked up
town. One of the detectives approached
me. stared me directly in the face, and
looked him quietly back. In a few mo-
ments I was speeding on my way to Mon
| treal where 1 arrived at o'clock in the
afternoon. going again to the st. Law
renee Hotel. Soon after I called on a
friend. to whom l explained my former
connections with Booth, and told him I
was afraid the United States government
would suspect me of completely In the
part of the assassination. He advised me
TO make myself scarce.
II Immediately went to the hotel, got
my things and repaired to the room Of q
friend. When my friends tea-time came
l would not go to the table with him, but
remained in the room. The ladies wanted
to know why he did not bring his friend
to tea with him. He replied that / did
not want any. One of the ladies replied
~ expect you have got Booth in there
Uaughter.
Perhaps So he answered laughingly.
That was rather close guessing
Uaughter.) At nightfall ] went to the
house of one who afterward proved to be
most devoted friend. There I remained
until the evening of the next day, when I
was driven out in a carriage with two
walked out and saw Weichman on the
lookout for me.
To Divide the Reward
! He had little idea that was so near
One night about II o'clock my friend, in
whose house / was, came to me and said,
in a smiling way:
1.-The detectives have offered me 500, 600
if will tell them where you are
Very WE'LL said l. Give ME one-half
and let them know
They suspected this gentleman of pro-
tecting me and they had really made him
the offer. One day about II o. clock | was
told that they were going to search the
house and that I must leave Immediately,
which 1 did. They searched it before
morning. This gentleman was a poor
man. with large family. and yet money
could not buy him. (Applause) | re-
NAMED with this gentleman until 1 left
Montreal. within week Or so after
ward
The detectives were now hunting me
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very closely and would have doubtless
succeeded in capturing me had 1t not been
for a blunder on the part of my friend
Weichman. He had. 1t appears. started
ing them that had left the house of Mr..
Porterfield in company with some others
and was going north to Montreal. Soon
that section was swarming with detec-
tives- 1 was not with the party, but
about the same time I, too. left Montreal
in hack. going some eight or nine miles
down the st. Lawrence river, crossing
that stream in a small canoe. | was at
tired as huntsman. At o'clock Wednes-
day morning we arrived at our destina-
ton. small town lying south of Mon
treal. We entered the village quietly.
hoping that no one would see us.
1T has been asserted over and over
again for the purpose of damning me in
the estimation of every honest man that
I deserted her who gave me birth in the
darkest hour OF her need. Truly would
I have merited the execration of every
man had such been the case. But such
was not the case. When l left Montreal
there was no cause for uneasiness on my
part. and upon my arrival in the country
l wrote to my friends to keep me posted
in regard to the approaching trial and to
send ME the papers regularly. / received
letters from them frequently. In all of
which they assured me there was no
cause of anxiety; that it was only a mat
ter of time and it would ali be we'll. Aft
er while papers did not come SO regu
larly. and those that did come spoke very
encouragingly.
THE little while afterward when they
came sentences were mutilated with ink
and pen.
Messenger to Washington.
I protested against such action. and for
some time l received no papers at all.
1 became very uneasy and wrote for pub
LEGATION an article signed by myself. which
sent to Montreal to be forwarded for
publication in the New York World 1t
is needless to say it never went. Things
continued in this way for some time, un-
til 1 could stand the suspense 10 longer
determined to send messenger to
Washington for that purpose. and secured
the services of an intelligent educated
gentleman. l started him off immedi-
ately. l paying all the expenses. / gave
him a letter to friend of mine in Wash
ington, with instructions to say to him
to put himself in communication with the
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~ HE above illustration shows a col
lection of articles commonly known
as the Booth relics" on account
Of their connection with or use by the
assassin John Wilkes Booth and his CO.
coEspirators in the assassination OF Presi-
dent Lincoln and the attempted assassina-
ton Of Secretary Seward, at that time
Secretary of State.
These articles consist OF the pistol with
which Booth shot the President: the bullet
which killed him. the pieces OF his skull
which were driven into his head by the
bullet; the probe used by the doctors who
attended the President in his last mo-
ments. the knife Booth fiourished over
his head as he ran across the stage and
shouted sic semper tyrannis': the re-
voIvers with which other Of the con-
spirators were armed etc. etc. These
articles form. in connection with the
story relating thereto. very interesting
exhibition. They are connected as ex-
hibits with the trial of the conspirators
and with the record of the trial are stored
away in the archives Of the War De-
partment. They are not on exhibition and
are rarely seen by other than the eye
of the official custodian, under whose
watchful care they have been for nearly
hall a century.
The articles that appear in the photo
graphs are as follows: No. l, the Derin-
ger pistol that Booth used to shoot
Lincoln. and (No y the bullet that he
shot into his head and that killed him.
No. 3. a cap Booth held in reserve in
case the one on the pistol failed to ex
plode the charge; No. 4. pieces Of Lin
coins skull that were driven into his head
by the bullet and subsequently removed;
No. 3, the probe used by the physician
in exploring the wound. (All these are
shown in the smaller photo)
No. 6. the dagger with which Booth
wounded Col. Rathbone and which he
afterward flourished over his head as he
ran across the stage and shouted sic
semper tyrannis': No. T. the blood stained
pine bar with which Booth fastened the
door behind him after entering the door
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gaZed upon my name, the letters of which
seemed sometimes to grow as large as
mountains and then to dwinuie away to
nothing. So much for my former connec-
ton with him, l thought After fully
realizing the state Of the case. / con-
cluded ochange my course and go direct
to Canada.
II left Canandaigua Monday II m 60
ing to Albany. arriving there Tuesday
morning in time for breakfast. When /
stepped on the platform at the depot at
ST. Adams l noticed that one of the de-
tectives scanned every one head and foot,
myself as we'll as the rest. Before leav-
ing Montreal for Elnlira I provided my
self with an Oxford-cut jacket and round
top hat peculiar to Canada at that time
| knew my trip to Elmira would be a
dangerous one. and I wished to pass my
self off as a Canadian, and l succeeded in
doing so. as was proved by my witnesses
in Eimira. I believed that costume
guarded me safely through st. Adams
Il went in with others and moved
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proprietor of the Webster House in Can
andaigua could not find the cash book Of
the hotel. in which there should have been
an entry in favor of John Harrison
for much cash. When he returned to
Canandaigua, my trial being then ended.
he wrote Mr.. Bradley and sent it to him.
1t was then too late. My trial was over.
II We had had that cash book at the time
of my trial Ii would have proved beyond
doubt that ] was in Canandaigua and
not in Washington city.
"On Monday, when / was leaving Canaan
daigua, l bought some New \ ork papers
In looking over them. my eye lit on the
following paragraph which / never for
got and don't think / ever will. 1t runs
thus:
The assassin of Secretary Seward is
said to be John II. Surratt a notorious
secessionist of southern Maryland. lis
name. with that Of John Wilkes Booth,
will forever lead the Infamous role of as
sassinS.'
Il could scarcely believe my senses. l
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29

That the Springfield mob was COM
posed very largely of thieves is
proved by the fact that during it's
reign, the stores were looted and
values to the amount Of thousands
of dollars, carried off and divided or
stored away. These thieves cared
nothing for the honor of any woman,
black 8. OF white viii but rejoileed in an olp.
portunity to plumber. AS a conse-
quence, while the blacks lost their
all, the whites suffered in no small
degree, and the taxpayers, of both
races, will have an immense burden
to bear. The simple fact is that the
rioters should have, been shot down
they were burglars and the law JUS
titles any man in killing burglar
in the act of breaking into his house
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29
small. Allison was Republican.
Boodlers are usually Democrats.
WILL MEET THE EMERGENCY.

The New York Sun remarks: There
is hardly state that the Suns cor
respondent has visited which did not
show evidence of Democratic Con-
gress gains; the factional fight
among Republicans seems to assure
this. There is a manifest possibility
of the election of Democratic Cover
nors in Indiana, Ohio and Kansas.
There is, doubtless, a considerable
amount Of truth in the observation,
but the Sun onits any mention of
the fact that the Democratic party is
in even worse condition than the Re-
publican and in no condition to avail
itself of the opening which would
seem to be SO favorable. The Repub-
lican party has no such organized and
formidable opposition within it's own
ranks as the Independence League
and Tom Watson's Populists. That
it cannot excite any real enthusiasm
is shown by the feeble response to
the appeal for a campaign fund;
which is responded to by mere drib-
let's. And THE APPEAL has full con-
fidence in the sagacity of the Re-
publican party to cope with the sit
uation as it has done with far more
tremendous difficulties.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29
AN OLD FAMILIAR STORY.

might riding in Kentucky is not
approved by the best people in the
Blue Grass State" said Daniel M.
Bowman in recent interview. while
a large number of persons are in
sympathy with the might riders in
Kentucky, the majority of the think
ing people seem to believe the theory
of conquering by might is wrong"
Mr.. Bowman is rehearsing an old
and familiar story as to conditions
down South. We all know that the
best people of that section do not
approve of anything discreditable-
that their faces are set against graft.
ing, boodling and lynching. But,
somehow, they seem to have very
little power or influence to prevent
such things and they cannot be per-
suaded or coerced into giving evid-
ence against them. Such crimes are
always perpetrated by unknown par
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1908.
THE FRIEND OF LABOR.

Any workingman who is inclined
to give credit to Mr.. Gompers' attack
upon the Republican party, would
do we'll to consider the attitude Of
the Democratic party as friend of
labor as summed up by the New
York Mail:
'.Al1 the labor legislation on the
statute books of the nation is Re-
publican legislation.
Practically all the labor legislation
on the statute books of the States
(three or four Commonwealth ex-
cepteD is Republican legislation.
''The States that have resisted
legislation prohibiting or restricting
child labor are Democratic States.
''The States where child labor is
most widely employed areSDemocratic
States.
"Peonage-the legal slavery of lab
torers in debts confined to Demo
cratic States.
1.-THE farming out of convict labor
to contractors is confined to Demo.
cratic States.
In connection with the oft made
charge that our public men are all
boodlers, may be mentioned the fact
that Senator Allison's estate was very
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29
THE CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM.

We have not often been called upon
to commend any actions of big Hoax
Smith, governor OF Georgia, but must
the legislature together to put stop
to the convict system. An investi-
cation has shown that the convict sys-
tenn of Georgia has resulted in cruel
ties which almost defy description
that convicts, male and female, black
and white, have been tortured and
murdered in numerous instances. The
same is true of every state in which
the cOnvicts are sold to contractors
We earnestly hope that the Georgia
legislature will put stop to the afro
ciOus system. ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29

1T is we'll to study some of the facts
that were made manifest by the bar"
barous mob outrages that occurred at
Sprinfeld, Ills. The evidence shows
that the members of the mob cared
comparatively little for the alleged
outrage upon woman. Attacks were
made not only upon Afro-Americans,
but upon Jewish pawn brokers, and
hundreds of stores were plundered
and their goods carried off. In other
words, many of the rioters were n
tent on plumber and cared nothing for
the outrage. Such was also the case
in Atlanta, and it is safe to conclude
that such will always be the case.
The police, after the mob was put
down, found wagou-loads of stolen
goods in the houses Of the rioters.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA. aEoRaIA

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The aim of this school is to do prac-.
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cess in the ministry. It's course of study
is broad and practical: it's ideas are high:
it's work is thorough; it's methods are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The regular course of study occupies,
three years, and covers the lines Of work
in the several departments Of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID.
Tuition and room rent are free The
apartments for students are plainly fur
n1shed. Good board can be had for seven
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam
AID from loans without interest. and
ing students Who 4 do their ut Utmost 10 in the
line of sself-help. No young man with
grace. gifts. and energy, need be derived
of the advantages now opened t. him
in this Seminary. For further particulars
address
REV. j. w. e. BOWEN, ID. d.
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