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Col. Crook Recalls Lincoln's
Three Dreams of Assassination

coin nearly half century ago. lie In,
spent nearly all his boyhood and ,ouu
in q small village in Maryland and aft.
serving two years in the Union arm
had obtained an appointment Do III.
Washington police force. with which h.
was connected when called upon 10 a..
as Lincoln's personal bodyguard
1t was on Thursday, January : lss.
that young Crook was in his hom.
near First and NJ streets, y. W. ~
duty and resting, when a fellow me,
Der of the police force called an lsk...
to see him. Crook went TO the d,.
and was told to report persori,'v T.,
President Lincoln at the Whit Hons.
and to be there at precisely ,',,oc.
that same evening.
"Of course I was surprised" sl,l c.
Crook in speaking Of the oo,urr,r.
for 1t was about the last thin, tta,
could expect. went back into u.
house and my wife asked VIA, IN.
other policeman wanted. Whcu / ,o.
her she seemed to be greatly di..irt.4
She knew me we'll enough to ku Iw IN,
I could take care of myself under a
most any imaginable circum-'inc..
but the responsibility of guarding n.
life of President Lincoln seemed 4, b.,
to be more than should undet,4kc.
Shortly before 8 o'clock thar e.. .g'r.
I walked from my home TO tho Wht.
House, went directly upstairs 90 Nh.
Presidents Office and told the door.
keeper just outside that I hal noa,
ordered to report to the Presid.u' p.r
sonally. He at once threw open tn.
door and walked in. II wa ~.
exactly s o'clock, and there FOR m.
first time I saw Abraham Lincoln II
sat in revolving chair on the fur'he,
side of the room before an old fash.YneI
desk. over which he was bendnr whl.
examining some papers.
He looked up as I entered and SAID
Mr.. President, my name Is W II
Crook. have been ordered TO report :.
you for duty as Your personal holy.
guard
"'All right. Crook the Presiden, re.
sponded. and turned to his papers a,a.n
at once left the Office and Wen down
stairs and sought Thomas H. p,nd,n
who told me to stand near the Frcs.l.n'
as soon as he should appear f,r ,t.
regular Thursday evening leyec ~ rp'
lie reception. which soon was O. com
mence. The President and H.. ,ar.
appeared at precisely 9 o'clock comm.
from the living rooms Of tn" Pr a'.
household to the main floor Of %. w..
House by a private stairwaN ' H.
western end Of the great building From
that night until the night he wds shl
It was my great privilege 10 look at'..
the life and safety of Abraham Lin
coln."
There are few men. If any n -.
country who have such a W,5''h ~
vivid remembrance as Col. Cr.3k t1.
about intimate life Ia the VIII, H'i,.
during the past half century. And ~"
has furnished more enterta.n."r a,.
counts Of the dongs of one Pr. don't,
family after another. During 'hr al-
mlnistration Of Johnson h. had ,ir. -.
duties to perform. and even then had
developed presence and habits o.: 'hes-
terfieldian courtesy which long ago Zoe
came his real nature.
Col. Crook is now in his sev,n'v-Hf''
year, but he is active, bright CHEEKY
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Recollections of Boston Corbett,
Who Killed ]. Wilkes Booth

pahannock and taken them to the farm
Of man named Carrot, some three
miles from Bowling Green on the way
to Port Royal, where he said he sup
posed they then were.
On receiving this Information the
party set out at once for Carrots farm.
where they arrived about 2 o'clock the
following morning. Finding Carrot and
his two sons they inquired for Booth
and Herold. Garrett said they had gone
away some time before into the woods.
Those were terrible days, and the men
who were trailing the assassins of
Abraham Lincoln would stand no
trifiing. A rope was called for and q
moose was soon about the neck Of Gar
ret. When the sons saw the serious
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~ JOHN c. COLLINS.
THE fifteenth day of April. 1865. Will
always remain a memorable day
in American history and the

always remain memorable uay
in American history and the
events which Immediately fol-
lowed It remain indelibly impressed upon
my memory, although l was but boy
Of ~ years at that time and had been
surfelted by the excitement of two years
In the very thick Of the war.
During the last two years OF the war
! had been sort of "boy OF the regi-
ment" with the famous old Sixteenth
New York Cavalry and was In camp
with that regiment at Vienna, Va, a
short distance from Washington. on the
day mentioned. 1t was a day Of intense
grief. for on that day the great Presi-
dent who had carried the nation safely
through the war between the North and
the South became the victim of an
assassin's bullet and sealed by his death,
as a final sacrifice. his years of devo-
ton and travail, OF patient and wise
struggle to save the nation.
Some time between midnight and day.
light, April Is. the buglers of our regi-
ment sounded "boots and saddles" In
a few minutes the entire regiment of
about q thousand men was In the saddle
and like flash had disappeared in the
darkness.
Flags at half mast shortly after day.
light. followed by rumors that President
Lincoln, Gen. Grant and other heads of
the Government had been assassnated
by rebel conspirators In Washington,
gave the first suggestion to those re-
naming in camp that the cavalry scouts
Of the Sixteenth New York had gone
out in the night on more serious BUSH
m
Mosby. 1t was soon learned that the
President had been shot and killed. that
J. Wilkes Booth. the assassin, had es-
capped. and the men Of the Sixteenth.
well equipped by special knowledge OF
the country. were out in search of the
murderer.
Something more than year previously
! had induced with much special plead
ing and not a little strategy. relative,
a popular member of the Sixteenth cav
airy. to allow me to accompany him on
his return to the camp after brief fur
Tough to his home. 1t was expected
that this visit would be Of short dura-
ton and that after had had few days
experience Of actual camp life I would
be returned to my home But while out
with scouting party two or three days
after rejoinlng his regiment this rela-
tive was seriously wounded in a skir-
mish with Mosbys men. When he re-
turned from the hospital some three
months later he Immediately got into
trouble again with Col. Mosby and his
men. who had made an attack Saturday
afternoon. June 90, 1864, on the pickets
at Annandale, Va. This time Mosby got
MN and some fifty others and his next
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large covered camp wagons and We soon
found ourselves In a rude camp on the
edge OF the settled part OF Washington.
The thousand or more cavalry scouts
OF the Sixteenth were broken up into
squads Of twenty to fifty, each of which
was diligently engaged in searching over
the country In Maryland and Virginia
adjacent to the Potomac and Rappahan-
mock rivers.
Finally one afternoon a detachment
under command of Lieut.. Dougherty
returned, and the announcement was
made that they had at last been success
full. Booth and Herold had been trailed
to their hiding place. Herold was a
prisoner and Booth had been shot and
killed by Sergt. Boston Corbet.
The shooting Of Booth by Corbet made
Corbet a conspicuous figure at the time
Very little is known about the early life.
where he came from. or in fact what
finally became Of the man who was the
executioner of J. Wilkes Booth. His
first enlistment, 1t was said. was in Bos-
ton. His history previous to this enlist
ment Is a blank. 1t was said the name
Boston was given to him because of his
enlistment in Boston. AS to what finally
became Of him I was recently told by
good authority that some years after
the war he became insane and was con-
| fined in Kansas insane asylum. Being
mildly insane he was allowed certain
outdoor privileges. He took walk one
day a short distance into the country.
He did not return, and beyond finding
his coat half mile or thereabout from
the asylum no trace Of him Whatever
l l., ..f., 49,, \
as II from the face Of the earth.
This partakes strongly of the mys-
ferrous. That nothing whatever should
be known of the early or final days of
the man. peculiarly religious, claiming
divine guidance, who was the instru-
ment In carrying out the decree Of pun
ishment to a murderer who of all muir
derers was the most despicable and in
eNcusable--this to some will seem To lie
within the borderland Of the mysterious.
and possibly the supernatural. l myself
believe it quite possible that he was
finally killed by some one who never
forgave him for shooting Booth.
Corbet was an eccentric. do not re-
call any other man In our regiment who
made open religious profession. His tent
in the camp at Vienna, Va, was only a
few feet from mine across the narrow
company street recall him distinctly
with hair parted in the middle. When
asked him once why he wore his hair in
this way he replied that 1t was because
Jesus did so. The men made much
sport OF his religious views and eccen-
tricities. but this he took in good part
He was a brave fellow and was one Of
the party Of fifty surrounded and cap
tured June 81. 1864. by Mosby and his
300 men. of whom my relative was also
one. and he too spent many months in
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I work already and must go home tt
| sleep and rest. I cannot AFFORD to have
you get all tired out and exhausted
"Then the President turned and will
his kind, grave face said.
| "'Good.by, Crook And he went into
his own room. leaving me standing
there in the corridor.
| "As the door closed after him his
final words repeated themselves to me
seeming to echo over and over again
| What he had said was, 'Good-by, Crook.
| IL was the first time he had ever used
the words. Invariably when we parted
| for the night, he to seek rest In his owl
| room, leaving me to pace up and down
| that corridor outside the Presidents
apartment on the second floor OF the
| White House, he had said Good night
Crook But now for the first time. he
had said 'Good-by.'
"As turned to leave for my own
little home, there to get what sleep
could, I wondered If Mr.. Lincoln's final
words meant anything. BY the time
had walked through the White House
grounds I tried to put them away as
being of no Importance whatever. j
tried to pull myself together. remem-
| been widespread fears lest some muir
derer should succeed in getting near Mr..
Lincoln. OF course he knew of such
fears and possibly this knowledge had
| in some way REQUIRED to him while
asleep and had caused the thrice re-
peated dream.
at was not long after I had left the
White House for my own home on that
14th OF March. 1865. when Mr.. Lincoln
started for Fords Theatre. Within a
few hours the world knew Of the awful
deed accomplished there. But the world
did not know until afterward. in fact
the world at large may not know to-
day, just how Wilkes Booth was en-
abled to rush into the box where sat the
President and shoot him to death. al
though the incident is mentioned in a
volume of recollections which l have
prepared with a colleague.
1.-THE Presidents box. occupied by Mr..
Lincoln's party that evening, was not on
level with the stage. 1t was what
would now be termed a box in the
second tier and on a level with the dress
circle of the theatre. just above the
orchestra seats.
when Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln and their
party sat down in their box that fateful
night the guard who was acting as my
substitute took his position at the rear
of the box, close to an entrance leading
into the box from the dress circle of the
theatre. He was fully armed. His or
ders were to stand there and to permit
no unauthorized person to pass into the
box. His orders were to stand there
and protect the President at all hazards
THE house was practically in dark
ness save the stage whereon the play
was being enacted. The bodyguard
knew why he was stationed just out
side of the Presidents box. He knew of
the fears that some assassin would make
an attempt on Lincoln's life at the first
opportunity. He knew how long and
how carefully that precious life had
been protected in every possible way.
He knew how much it meant to the
nation, perhaps to the future of civili-
cation. But as he stood there on the
post of dut. the substitute guard could
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and optimistic to the las' 81
most pronounced chdrd''
inVariable charm of mdAh' 3
courteousness, n sympdt''.
which is as marked III h'lh
Frank II. stockton, a u .'
remarkable American W
Howells. Col. Crook l. an.
OF the Wen known fa'l 'N'
cheerfulncss has mu'h 10 90
or days ana good health
But there are three INN
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John c. Collins the oong article rM the Sixteenth
New York Cardlv whcn detachment from that surrounded the
barn hich Booth the Of Lincoln shot, Mr.. Collins
years strong
Corbet the caavman mho killed Booth Mr.
OF the g rho the the other
conspirdtors-Ars SurrdH, Herod Payne and AzerodL
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ny HENRY ROOD.

A N incident extraordinary in its
n curious significance occurred in
1 \ the White House on April IL.
1S65-just fOrty-nine years ago
next Tuesday.
On that day President Lincoln told his
personal bodyguard, William II. Crook,
that he had dreamed of his impending
assassination during three successive
nights-those Of April II, April ~ and
April 49,
In recalling the occurrence at his resi-
dence in Washington Col. Crook said to
the writer that he had never forgotten
the shock which these words caused.
Lincoln. worn and burdened with
cares such as few men have been called
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

Foster, Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs.
Sam Ozburn, Mrs. ]. p. Windsor, Mrs.
r. NJ Barnwell, Miss Virginia Gibbes,
Mrs. Dan B, Harris. Mrs. +. M. Mev-
Ram, Miss Bessie Twitty, Miss Mat
tie Williams, Mrs, +. A. Bancker, Miss
Ollie Bellanger, Mrs. Yula w. Hunter,
Miss Theo Bowie, Mrs. G. L. Leslie,
Mrs. J. NJ Mcdonald, Mrs. f. l..
Maxwell, Mrs. w. s. Winter, Miss
Hannah Hiscox, Mrs. Hugh Bancker,
Miss Annie Alexander, Mrs. ], S.
Akers, Miss Annie Akers, DR.. Annie
L. Sawyer, Mrs. Frank E. Block, Mrs.
Pearl Clark, Miss Alice Ollinger, Mrs.
Roger Dewar, Mrs. J. s. 3. Thompson,
Mrs. Kendall Weissiger, Mrs James
Floyd, Mrs. Cyrus Stricken, Mrs.
Thomas H. Morgan.
The campaign is under the general
direction of Mrs. Clayton Galloway.
The captains of the teams who are
soliciting the new members are:
Mrs. Clyde King, Mrs. Joseph
Broughton, Mrs Charles Whitner,
Mrs. Frank S. Dean, Mrs. James
Jackson, Mrs. Ben Watkins, Mrs. A.
r. Colcord, Mrs. Philip Weltner. Mrs.
w. S. Witham, Mrs. Thomas Daniel,
Miss Dallas Dumas, Miss Molly
Courtney, Miss Orpha Massey, Miss
Genevieve Saunders. Miss Sarah Con-
verse, Mrs. II. T Hinton and Mrs. w.
I. McKinstry Each captain is work
ing for so members.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

Ben Watkins committee leading with
81, and Miss Genevieve Saunders and
Miss Molly Courtney's committees ty-
ing for second place. with Is each.
The names sent in Saturday are:
Mrs. a. j. Orme, Jr., Mrs Marion
Jackson. Mrs. Harry jackson, Mrs.
Claude Shewmake, Mrs William Eek
ford, Mrs. T. j. Day, Miss Rebecca
Day, Miss Ruth Roberts Miss Ethel
Armistead. Miss Mary Mcdonald,
Mrs. Selden Jones, Mrs. Arminius
Wright. Mrs. Luther Rosser, Jr., Miss
Sara Lee Evans, Mrs. f. H. Shaw,
Mrs. Henry Bonney, Mrs. George
Usher Mrs. o, l.. Nunnally, Mrs. Z.
w. Borne, Mrs, J. r. Smith, Mrs.
Charles Lee Rainwater. Mrs. B. J..
King. Miss John Bowie, Miss Anne
Bedford Carpenter. Mrs. Thomas G.
Erwin. Mrs Frederick Fayrum. Mrs.
John NJ Cooper Mrs. w. M. HUNT,
Mrs. Dillon Akers, Mrs. Albert Akers,
Mrs. w. l.. Percy. Mrs. George r.
Williams, Mrs. Cornelius, Miss Nell
Ballard. Mrs. w. r. C. Smith, Mrs,
r. w Doris, Mrs. B. W. Terrence,
Mrs. John l.. Hurt, Mrs. Wallace
Boyd Mrs. j. e. Stewart, Mrs. j. NJ.
3. HOXsey, Mrs. j. w. Mason, Miss
Lois Pattillo, Mrs. J. w. Pearse, Mrs.
P. w. Greene, Mrs. r. w. Burr, Mrs.
". V. TilsOn, Mrs. Walter Barnweil,
Mrs. Ransom Wright, Miss Palmer
Dallis, Miss Lula Shook. Mrs. S. w.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
BUSINESS MEN
PLEDGE AID To
Eth REGIMENT
Chamber of Commerce Succeeds
in Winning Support for Mill
tia Organization.
RANKS TO BE RECRUITED
Merchants and Bankers Declare
Willingness for Employees
to Join.

The movement by the Atlanta
Chamber Of Commerce to enlist the
support of the business men in behalf
of the Fifth Regiment, to the end
that they will interpose no obstacles
in the way of their employees enlist
ing in the regiment, is meeting with
success.
Following the recent action Of the
military committee of the chamber in
recommending that the chamber take
cognizance of the decreasing enlist
ment in several companies of the reg
iment and call upon employers gem
orally to permit their men to enlist,
the chamber mailed out letters to
practically all its members who ara
employers, and already has received a
large number of responses heartily
indorsing the movement.
Some of the Endorsements.
Following are some Of these IN
dorsements selected at random:
Colonel w. L. Peel, president of the
American National Bank: Il consider
the Fifth Regiment vitality important
TO the community. The policy of our
bank has always been to permit and
encourage our men to enlist, if they
are a mind to, and this Iill continue
TO be our policy"
Captain James w English, presi
dent Fourth National Bank: I'VE
could not get along without the Fifth
Regiment"
DR.. W. j. Blalock, president Fulton
National Bank: II am heartily in
sympathy with any NOV ement looking
to the support of the Fifth Regiment"
From Banker Lowry.
Colonel Robert ]. Lowry, president
Lowry National Bank: 1--WE could not
get along without the Fifth Regiment
any more than we, could without our
police department, fer the military is
our police reserve force. The regi-
ment Is entitled to and should have
the@support Of the entire community.
B. ]. Eiseman, Of Eiseman Bros:
II certainly believe in the mainte-
nance of the Fifth Regiment / am
a member Of the Horse Guard myself,
and believe it is absolutely neces-
sary for the regiment to be kept up TO
the highest standard"
Fred J. Paxon, of Dawson Paxon-
Stokes Company: Il am heartily in
favor of the Fifth Regiment. 1t is
one of the citys assets, and everyone
should cooperate to make it q sue
cessful and useful organization.
Merchants Offer Aid.
Lloyd B. Parks, of Parks Cham
bers- Hardwick Company; I'VE feel
that the regiment ought to be en-
couraged and kept up"
DR. Joe Jacobs, president Jacobs
Pharmacy Company; Certainly we
indorse the Fifth Regiment
ANY clerk we have is at liberty to
enlist. He can get off when needed"
w. w. Orr, of George Muse Cloth
ing Company: I'VE think the Fifth
Regiment is a good thing, We have
no objection to our men Joining"
w. A. Speer, Of John Silvey Com
pany: Certainly the Fifth Regiment
is a good thing. 1t is entitled to our
support, and by that l mean the en-
tire community"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
New Birth Abraham
Lodge Heads Active

The new officers Of Isaac Schoen
Lodge, No. 554, Order Birth Abraham,
have begun their work, following their
installation by Frank Rawson, dis
trict deputy grand master, and J. H,
Goldstein, district grand conductor.
The lodge was only recently or
ganized, and extensive efforts are
being made to obtain new members.
The officers are: President, ]. o. Hy-
man; vice president, NJ Sheinbaum.
recording secretary, BENJAMIN Brodie;
financial secretary, Isidor We'll,
treasurer, Lewis l. Frankel; conduc'
tor, Harry Lyman; outside guardian,
Albert Akin; inside guardian, Lazar
Frankel; trustees, u Papochada- II
Branun, V. Aczaradel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Liquor Dealers See
Doom in Alabama
Local optIonists Plan Finish Fight
With Anti-saloon League in
Legislature.
BIRMINGHAM. April 1.-THE pr,

BIRMINGHAM. April 1.-THE pro-
hibitionists and the Anti Saloon
League followrs declare they will
have a majority in both branches Of
the next Legislature, and that no time
will be lost looking to the elimination
of saloons in the State
The local optionists, on the other
hand, say there is hope that the game
of the prohibitionists might be block
ed. There are some pessimistic liq-
uor dealers in Birmingham who are
saying the next Legislature is likely
to give black eye to the liquor traf-
fic in this State.
Anti Saloon League leaders in Biz
mineham assert that ii makes no diff
ference who is elected Governor,
Conner or Henderson, the Legislature
is safely anti saloon and that pro-
hibition law will be adopted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Canadian Surgeon at
Head of Association

NEW YORK, April 11.-Dr. George
Armstrong, of Montreal. to-day was
elected president of the American
Surgical Association DR.. Lewis S.
Pitcher, of Brooklyn, and Dr. Frank
Il. Bunts, of Cleveland Ohio, were
elected vice presidents. Robert G.
LeConts. Of Philadelphia, was chosen
for recorder Before the convention
came to close Professor Henry
Hartman. of Paris, one of the fore
most surgeons in Europe, spoke on
stomach operations. The association
will meet next year in Rochester
MINI
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
300 new NAMES
ADDED To ROLL
IN Y.N.C.A. RACE
Workers in Campaign for One
thousand Additional Members
Meeting Good Success.

Workers in the membership cam
paign of the Atlanta Young Women's
Christian Association. who are try
ing to get 1000 new names on the
rolls Of the organization within ten
days, are rapidly approaching the 500
mark after three days of hard work.
and are confident that they will be
successful. Eighty eight new mem
beers were reported Saturday, Mrs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Clock Runs Again
After 7-Year Rest

wAYCRoss. April 11.-Moving
clock about a mile here Waycross
caused 1t to start running after It
had refused to operate for seven
years
Everything possible had been done
during the seven-year period to make
the clock, one of the ornamental va
riety, run, but when il was placed in
the new house recently to which its
owners were moving # started run
ming and has been giving no trouble
since.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Engineers to Feast
National Secretary

Atlanta's branch of the National
Association Of Stationary Engineers
will entertain the national secretary,
Fred w. Raven, of Chicago, Tuesday
night at the engineers hail, No. s IL
West Alabama street, An elaborate
banquet has been arranged in honor
Of Mr.. Raven.
The principal speakers will be Mr.
Raven, John A. Hynds, C. L. Ash
ley and James l.. Key. The State
organizer, l.. H. Fem, will preside as
POSTMASTER The members of the
committee on arrangements are L. H.
Fem, Earl f. Scott and c. P. Thorn
ton
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
U. s. Diplomats to
Have Homes Abroad

WASHINGTON, April IA net in
crease of S779.00O In the estimated eX-
penRes OF Uncle Sans diplomatic and
consular service for the coming fiscal
wear is registered in the diplomatic APP
Precipitation bill as reported TO the
House to-day.
construction and purchase of homes
for our diplomats abroad. The sl7 800
salary Of John Lind, Special Represen-
tative OF the President in Mexico, rs
taken from the contingent expense fund
for foreign missions by the STATE De
partment
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
u. s. Places Ban on
Imported Potatoes

WASHINGTON, April Warning
that the United States hereafter must
produce enough potatoes to supply home
consumption on account Of most sources
Of foreign imports being closed by a
plant disease quarantine has been issued
by the Department Of Agriculture.
In a statement il is pointed out that
Germany has solved the problem Of
supplying its own needs with this I'M
portant foodstuff 'at reasonable price,
regardless Of annual variations in yield,
and that the United States might well
look to that country In its efforts to bet
ter its potato industry