The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-16
FLIGHT OF BOOTH
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been in the city and was going home
UNCONSCIOUS, the sergeant asked
Booth why he rode so late. booth re-
pied that he did not know of the rnIs
tnat persons were not allowed 10 nass
AFTER O'Clock and that as il was q
dark night he had waited for The
moon 10 rise before starting home
Inc story was told 80 calmly the ser.
geant thought the man a proper ner
son 10 pass and passed him. aIthongh
ne noticed that his horse seemed re-
cently TO have been ridden very hard
o1 man and beast. Booth seemed rho
less eager TO be of
len minutes later. at the outside
second person rode upon the bridge
re was eager TO cross He said his
name was Smith. that he lived an
White Plains
He made use OF an indelicste e~.
preston I'm telling the sergeant that
n ne had oeen In bad company. The
soldier brought him up before the
guardhouse door so that the Ugbt
shone full upon his face and ON bjs
morse. AFTER scrutiny OF both he al.
lowed this second horseman to pass.
This was Herold. upon whom Booth
relied as his guide.
Few minutes after HeroId had rid.
den of the MARYLAND end 81 he
bridge third man rode up 10 the
sentry and requested 10 pass IN was
John Fletcher. n livery stable keeenr
seeking the horse ridden by Herold
That afternoon Herold had hired a
roam horse OF Fletcher. which ne
promised to return not later Than q
O'Clock. When that hour had passed
Fletcher became uneasy about HE
horse and went out TO look FOR a
In front OF Wizards hotel he saw the
horse. being ridden eastward by Her.
old from the direction OF the Treasr,r,.
~
that horse You've had n long
enough" Herold thereupon nnf
spurs 10 the horse and disappeared
up Fourteenth street Fletcher 70.
turned 10 his stable and. saddling a
horse, started IN pursuit
Tie had ridden along PeunavIvapia
avenue 10 the south side Of the CAM
toll Meeting a man there. he asked
MIN II ne had seen n hOrseman pass
that way. The man replied that be
had, and that he was Kidding verv
fast. Fearing that HIS horse had been
iaken into Maryland. the stableman
rode To the bridge Here no learned
from the sentry that two men had
passed and from the descripfion ~
mem ne Judged that one was Uerold
riding his horse.
Fletcher asked tho sentry n b.
could cross the bridge after them lie
was told that he could. bur That he
could not come back that nfrhf
-
The Fugtlves a. surrattsviu.
Tn the small hours 81 the morning
Fletcher told hie story 10 tho milf
tary commando M Washington The
clcw furr .shcd was later corroborafed
by another witness who had moi
Booth bro Dis fight
40 he Maryland end 81 the bridge
Booth had taken q road 10 tho lon
leading ~ lone slope called Good
Hope HiIl Hair waF un. about Two
and one-hnf mile. from washington
Do met a voun~ farmer. Polk Gard
ner. and asked him IN hc had 1oen n
horFeman pass. The farmer said he
hnd NOT
Booth Then asked which road Ief
io Marlboro. and woe told 10 keen
me road straight ahead Hoofh fhen
rod" pn and Gardner continued bis
Iiaf milo nearer Tho bridge no
Was mot by another horsemau. who
halted and aekrf o. Gardner and a.
several framsfera who were ON tho
road m they had seen man ON
horseback pass Tho foamefors told
him ihcv bad and tho man pressed
on. y was Uoro'd 70 H. probable
That ho IoIncd Booth near tho ton
N The hilI Tor 1f that point "a road
turns on tp Ihe urht to- SurrattsviIlc.