The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-03
CAIRO VISITED BY
AUTHOR IN SEARCH
FOR STRANGE Tale
Would Annihilate History in Regard
10 How John Wilkes Booth Re-
ally Met His Dealh
WAS NOT SHOT IN VIRGINIA BARN
Cyrus OberIy Met Booth in 1870 ID Texas
and Wrote Book Which Was
Suppressed
WAS NOT SHOT IN VIRGINIA NAM

The upper portion OF his body ~
covered with Il tattered suit Of TN
derwear, left omen 80 that his silent
chest Is exposed Over this UNDER
shirt. loosely drawn, Ii an osd vest
that was In his room at the time Ut
his death. AT the lower end of his
shrivcled right arm that hangs
slightly inclined across his body, ID
the withered, bony hand In which
he held the pistol on that eyentful
night when he shot down at Ford's
theater In the city Of Washington.
the head Of this nation. and the
most commanding figure at that time
n the habltable world. Abraham
Lincoln.
His face Is still adorned with the
same flowing black mnstache that
made 1t attractive, when, Al ! young
IaetoF u grdas promise. stkahe age 81
70. Id eonintttesf une Of the most
hooking crimes IN history Hts
lair is a trifie gray, about III inch
long, and somewhat curly. His
ayes are sunken, so that his optical
pits look empty. still his face and
seneral appearance are quite nat
|ural
After Booths confession. on his
leath-bed, OF his identity, he passed
lway In awful agony; and his body,
II accordance with his own dying
.equest, was turned OVER to the To-
"a undertaken. No order for the
disposition Of his remains has ever
seen received from the government.
rom the city OF Enid. or from any OF
its relatives; and so Ii stands there
to this day, In CHASTITY. ghostly fash
ion, n elected, and held In Its up
right position in the box by means
OF a surcingle passed beneath the
arms and fastened securely to tho
back of the box. What disposition
viii ultimately be made OF the body
none can say. To place II in the
Ismithsonion Institution might en-
courage similar crime by some
fanatic Possibly 1t might be better
cromated and its aches strewn on
the uninterrupted pillows of the sea.
Booths Escape--The Governments
Version of 1t.
The government claims that
Booths escape. after the assassina-
ton. was only temporary. that he
was fol owed to the Garrett homo in
Virginia by United States troops.
and finally shot, through the crack
of burning stable by Sergeant Bos-
ton Corbett, April IS, 1865.
True: a man was shot His body
was taken to Washington Those
who shot the fellow insisted that it
was John Wilkes Booth. The au-
thorities doubted the Identification.
Only few people were permitted to
sec the corpse. Why? Guess! 1t
was hurriedly and secretly dis
posed Of The complexion of the
corpse did not harmonic with that
, of Booth Its hair was brown. while
3ooth's was black. The arehed eye
BROW was lacking, Many other
physical characteristics were miss
ng. Those who were interested
claims the discrepancies we're caused
by Booth in his efforts to destroy
bis identity.
Yet. In general way, the corpse
did resemble Booth. and. above all.
n the pockets of the dead man were
found several letters addressed 10
Booth. photo Of Booths sister.
Mrs. Clark. and Booths diary. This
icircumstantial evidence seemingly
Ioyercane the lack Of physical identI-
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