The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-02-15

to have been scared away, probably by
where murder was frequently cried.
Herold, on a racking horse, went down
the avenue and around the treasury
department and narrowly escaped cap
ture by the livery stableman who had
hired him the animal. He got away,
however, and Joined Booth.
1t had beer the custom Of Mr.. STAN
ton during the war to give to the pub
lie In a telegram each day. addressed
to General John A. Dix in New York,
a summary of the military and other
notable events of the preceding day.
BY this means on the morning of April
II the terrible news was flashed over
the country, and the nation stood that
day with bowed head, Borrowing for
the dead at the national center.
In the meantime Major General Au-
CUR, commanding the department Of
Washington, furnished horses to Major
Richards, chief of police, and mounted
policemen secured every street, back
alley and every suspicious resort in and
around the city. Military guards were
picketed on every way leading out of
the city; trains at the depot and steam
ers at the wharfs were held under
guard. The murderer should not be
permitted to escape If vigilance might
prevent. But Lncoln's assassin al
ready had gone and was speeding away
through Maryland as fast as horseiesh
on6 N urnt,ndad loo rorrattkoI
The morning dawned on a grief
stricken and dazed city. Two days be-
fore Washington had Illuminated all
her windows to celebrate the down
fall of Richmond and surrender of
Lees army. Then joy was universal
among all classes of loyal citizens.
Even southern sympathizers. realizing,
with sorrow perhaps, that the Confed-
eracy was a vanishing shadow, dead
/ beyond resurrection, gave a sigh of re-
lief that the long agony was over and
Grant had given honorable terms of
peace to Confederate soldiers. 1t was
hoped everywhere by all good people
that peace on earth and good will to-
ward men, might be poured like a
NaAAAk IN AllO lIt bitttililE nOuHuS
of all sections and friendship come
again TO stay in more abiding form.
Hunt For Conspirators.
Every effort which human ingenuity
might suggest was put forth to the ut
most to ferret out the perpetrators of
the crime. 1t was soon learned that
the house of Mrs. Mary S%urratt, a wild
ow of intensely southern feelings, In
Washington, was the rendezvous of
those who had planned and committed
the crime. Quickly there followed the
arrest of Mrs. Surratt. Payne. Atzerodt,
Dr. Mudd and Spangler. Herold had
fed on horseback with Booth. After
Booth had emptied his derringer of its
load he threw it away and relied on
the dagger he carried, and this was
the only weapon he had when he fed.
But some days previously Mrs. Surratt
carried to a house over in Maryland,
across the Eastern branch and near
IT. b." a crossroads postoffice on the
line of fight, a carbine and plenty of
ammunition. The fugitives knew they
were there and stopped and secured
them. This fixed the responsibility Of
Mrs. Surratt as an accessory before the
fact. John ii. Surratt, her son, escap-
! ed arrest by getting out of the u
try, going first to Rome. then to Egypt.
where he was arrested by the khedive,
who turned him over to our govern
ment.
Through the dragnet OF the detective
service the government slowly. but
surely, uncovered the acts of the con
spirators until the identity of ali was
definitely fixed, and all this within
five days after the murder. Then ON
April 10 came a proclamation by the
secretary of war offering $1,000 600
$4,000 for the arrest of Booth. S25.-
coo for the arrest of Surratt and S25.-
900 for the arrest of Herold.
Booths Hiding Place.
In the meantime a boat. with a com
pany of cavalry on board under Lieu
tenant Baker and Colonel Conger, clear