Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-07
ISSUED AT TIME
LINCOLN KILLED
ANGELEN0 HAS JOURNAL a.
YEARS OLD
NEW YORK HERALD DATED APRIL
Is, 1865
Newspaper Printed the Morning After
President Was Assassinated Con-
tains Account of Tragic Death
of Great Emancipator

AS the anniversary of Abraham Lin
coin draws near, those who have SOU
venirs of the martyred president are
bringing them out for the admiration
of their friends. James f. Hartigan,
who recently came to Los Angeles from
New York, and lives at 927 Orange
street, is the possessor of an issue Of
the New York Herald of April 10, 1865,
the morning after Lincoln was shot,
describing the death scene. He inher-
tied it from his father twenty years
ago.
The paper, four-page, SiX-column
edition, is in deep mourning. The ac-
count of the assassination ends with
the simple announcement, Abraham
Lincoln is dead.'
Space is also devoted to the wound
ing of Secretary Seward and his son.
Following is one of the dispatches:
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1:30 a. m.
President Lincoln and wife, with
other friends, this evening visited
Ford's theater for the purpose of wit
Messing The American Cousin
1T was announced that General
Grant would also be present, but he
took the late train for New Jersey.
1.-The theater was densely crowded,
and all seemed delighted with the scene
before them.
During the third act, and while
there was a temporary pause for one
of the actors to enter, sharp report
of pistol was heard, which merely at
tracted attention, but suggested moth
ing serious, until a man rushed to the
front of the presidents box, bearing a
long dagger in his right hand, and ex-
claiming: Sic semper tyrannis!' He
Immediately leaped from the box, which
was in the second tier, to the stage
beneath and ran across to the opposite
side, making his escape amid the be-
wilderment of the audience.
Mrs. Lincoln Screams
1.-The screams of Mrs Lincoln first
disclosed to the audience that the presi-
dent had been shot, when all present
rose to their feet and rushed toward
the stage, many eXclaiming Hang
him! Hang him!'
1.-The excitement was of the widest
possible description, and, of course,
there was an abrupt termination of the
theatrical performance"
The following dispatch was dated
Washington, 1880 a. M:
ITO Major General Dix, New York:
Abraham Lincoln died this morning
at twenty-five minutes past o'clock.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War;
The following dispatch gives a de-
scription of the deathbed scenes:
THE scene of the presidents bedside
is deScrlDed by one who witnessed it as
most affecting. 1t was surrounded by
the cabinet ministers, all of whom
were bathed in tears, not even except
ing Mr.. Stanton, who, when informed
by Surgeon General Barnes that the
president could not live until morning,
exclaimed: oh, no, general-no, no!'
and with an impulse natural as it was
unaffected Immediately sat down on a
chair near his bedside and wept like
a child.''
Robert F'riebertshauser of lis North
Pickett street is also one of the for
tunate possessors of a copy of the New
York Herald of April 10, 1865, contain
ing news of the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln. The paper was purchased
in Pittsburg, and Mr.. Friebertshauser
has had it ever since. He regards it
as valuable memento Of the martyred
president.