Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

trance to that building was at its north
side and into passageway which led
to the stage entrance of the theater.
1t was through that passage that actors
used to come and &C. Off that passage,
on the south side and opening into it.
was a restaurant on the second floor
was a reception room and in which
private parties were accommodated and
ON the third, or top, floor, IL Clay
Ford had his living apartments on
the north side of the theater was a
saloon, much frequented between the
acts and before and after the play by
all kinds Of Washington people
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Ou the west side of 10th street Were
u number of brick houses. Adjoining
the Lincoln house on the north was ii
three-story building called the Falstaff
House, which was d small hosiery
Then, counting south toward f street
was the house il which Lincoln was
carried. II was then occupied by IL
liam Petersen, "A tailor. and his family
His shop was in the basement and he
rented rooms Two OF the roomers
we're Henry S. Sanold and William T.
Clark, the latter being an enlisted man
in the 18th Massachusetts Infantry. but
on detail in Washington with the
uuartermaster's department. Little III
formation can now be obtained as 10
who Saffold was. In the death chaH-
Der which was Clark room, are let-
ters written by Saffold and Clark, tell
ing in full their relation TO TN"
tragedy.
Saffo!d occupied the second story front
room. He was reading at 10 O'Clock on
the night of the tragedy and, of course
there was a light in his room. There
was also a street gas lamp in front of
that house. aud il is said that the rest
Of thu houses in the block were DARK
Saffold heard u connection. ana Solns 10
the window learned that the president
had been shot. He hurried down 10 the
front door and just at that time some
men were bringing Lincoln from the the
alter into the street. Saffold called OUT,
bring him here" and that is how LIN
coin came TO be brought into the refer
sen house He was taken to Clark 5
room. which was on the first floor back
4 narrow. long room in the II OF 'ne
house From the street door hall ieads
mast the double parlor to the door OF
mis- room TWO windows open south
into 4 little garden Lincoln was ialo
on Clart's bed which was in the north
east corner of the room. and there he
Two houses like the Petersen house
stood on the south, but the Rambler mas
no information as to who hved there
They were dwellings. Then tnere vas
vacant land until you reached the north
vest corner of 10th and Z streets, on
which was a brick building occupied as a
saloon. III.
The Rambler has several times written
Of interesting things to be found IN tnls
Lincoln museum, and the last time ne
went there. which was a few days ago
he asked Mr. Oldroyd-hls fuIl name Is
Osborn H. Oidroyd-when and now ne
became interested in gathering UP every
thing associated with Lincoln me re-
suit of a long talk was that the Rambler
learned what follows:
Mr. Oldroyd was born at Mount ernoll'
Ohio. July 81, 1872. He attended the
common schools in that town and then
opened {, newsst and there. He, OF course,
received large numbers of newspapers.
The time was 1860 and those papers were
full of matters relating to the Lincoln
Douglas campaign. on the newsstand
for sale were copies Of a Campaign Life
OF Lincoln which young Oldroyd read.
And now comes an interesting bit of the
story. Oldroyd's grandfather was an
Englishman and had tod the boy great
stories of kings and queens and dukes
and all that. The impression made on