The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-04-09

at Ford's Thsatsr, Death Chamber an
Entering near the base Of the back
skull, it had been checked by the bone
and lodged in the head. The wound
bled %profusely, and the bleeding WAS
not helped By the presidents removal
in crude ~fashion-the arms of two men
to O house across the street from the
theater. The president lapsed into In
sensibility when shot and so remained.
Lincoln Dead In Nine Hours.
During the small hours the bedside
Of the dying president was surrounded
by members of the cabinet and other
officials, a few close personal friends
and his family. Mrs. Lincoln was
overcome with emotion. Secretary
Stanton lowered over the presidents
pillow. and the venerable Secretary
Welles Of the navy and Senator Sum-
ner Of Massachusetts stood on opposite
sides of the couch. with an army
group, including the son. Captain Rob-
ert Lincoln. disposed about the room.
No hope was held out by the sur
geons, and their reports throughout the
night led the public to believe that
death must ensue. Other alarms dis
tracted attention-the secretary Of
state had been attacked In his bed.
and it was rumored that Grant had
been killed. All in all the Washington
dispatches that appeared in the morn
Ing papers Of the country on the 18th
Indicated a conspiracy Of which the
president was the chief victim. That
the evil would stop there few could
believe.
Toward midday the people of cities
with telegraph connections knew that
Lincoln had expired about 7:20 in the
morning. Having alternated for hours
between the baseless hope that the
president would live and the natural
fear that the assassination was part of
n colossal plot to undo the work of the
war. the public mind. to a large de-
gree, bordcred on ll.Tstcria.
Just as the more susceptible 0f the
excited ones ut E'ord's theater when
they realized the f%Oulness Of the deed
before them had rushed toward the
stage where the assassin was last
seen, crying, kill him." Hang him."
SO thousands throughout the land
clinched, their hands and grated their
teeth In uncomfortable rage when the
worst was known. But for these thou
sands there were tens and hundreds OF
thousands who accepted the calamity
as one more sacrifice on the altar Of
tho nations good, m to be felt deeply
and borne h%eroically.
9 Extended Funeral 0bsequies.
These last were they who for three
weeks with somber bearing awaited
along the route chosen for the memo.
rial journey the hour when oil that re
manned Of the mortal Iincoln-the
martyred Lincoln-would pass and be
gone forever. The funeral was held
in Washington on Wednesday. the
10th, and that day throughout the
whole land. in camp and metropolis. in
city and town and village. millions anil
millions participated In solemn rites.
Then followed the great professions
in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
Albany, Buffalo,. Cleveland and all
along the route to Springfield. where
the burial took place on May 4. On
the train the CONN was borne In q
magnificent funeral q and in the cit
les moved In the professions on a
stately c%atafalque. In every city the
remains lay in state a few hours. and
night and day the people gathered to
pay one more tribute to the dead. often
facing pouring rain in the street to
view the c%atafalque. or while waiting
for access to the crowded hall where
the coffin lay. And the stations and
bridges and buildings. public and pri-
vate, made n continuous pail. Arch
ey were erected and wreathed In Grape
and evergreens and flags. Meanwhile
the wretched assassin, John Wilkes
Booth. a crippled fugitive, was hunted
down and shot to death in a wa3side
Virginia stable.
Lincoln In History.
The burial was at Oak Ridge Gene
terry. Springfield. There the remains
rested without a suitable memorial UNI
til the monument designed BY Larkln
c. Mead was dedicated, in 1874. It
may be said truly that during the years
between 1855 and 1874 Lincoln was
lost to the public mind. Millions re-
vered his memory; his portrait adofn-
cd the walls Of mansion and cabin:
life stories written BY personal friends,
partners and political colleagues were
we'll thumbed. The masses didn't for