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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

As Booth fell BAKER. not knowing the
man was wounded. jumped upon him 70
pinion his arms. He wrenched from his
cleuched hand the revolver. the carbine
had fallen between his legs
The second person TO enter the barn
was young Garrett. intent on putting
out the nrc. The third was Conger who
rushed 70 Bakers side.
Baker. now finding tne man beneath
him Inert turned the apparently lifeless
Booth certainly adding: What on
earth did you shoot MIN for@"
He shot himself"
The shot that had cheated Booths
puIsucrs Of their chance Co take him
barn. where Corbett--hsving disobeyed
hts orders. which were that no soldier
should come nearer the barn than go
feet and that no shot should be hred
without orders-hnd posted himself. HIS
pistol through crack. and steadied on
his arm.
Corbetts reasons FOR shooting Booth
were thus given under oath.
II supposed he was going 20 hEht his
way out Tie was taking aim with the
Carhlne. but az whom I could not say.
My mind was upon him attentivelv
became impressed that % was time.
shot him"
The source ~ the shot that brought
lonth down was unknown 60 Conger
and Baker na they bore Roofh out 81 the
burning harm and laid him on the grass
why be fred the shot. Corbctt told his
commander.
Colonel Providence directed me
Tomorrow The assasuin's death.
Copyright 1915. Winfield ~ Thompson)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

Booth, the assassin OF Abraham Lin
coin.
The doomed assassin. who had
sworn he would never be taken alive.
faced death as he had lived. without
fear. He played its part to its tragic
end. as he might have PLAYED Il in
mimic tragedy. so filling the stage
with his presence that the other peo-
pie in the drama became mere super
numeraries
Details Of Booths death are obtain
able today only by patient research.
Only so much of the story of
Booths end as would establish evi.
dence of his death was permitted BY
the government to come to light. The
authorities sternly suppressed all de-
tails that might rouse a feeling of
admiration or pity for the man. He
was represented as in the act OF aim
ing at one OF his pursuers with a car
bine when shot down. The fact that
he ignored opportunities 10 shoot one
OF his chief pursuers. Detective
Luther B. Baker. who stood with a
candle In his hand fully half an hour
outside the barn. whose walls were
full Of wide cracks. was suppressed.
for there was no public need Of its
being known
The testimony on which the &C
cepted narratives Of Booths end are
based are those OF Detective Everton
". ConRer. which was brief. for the
reasons indicated. and that Of First
Sergeant Thomas l.. Corbett OF the
Sixteenth New York cavalry. who
shot Booth. COrbett was religious
zealot Of unsOund mind. who. having
accepted the Christian faith i'm Bos.
ton. adopted the name OF that CITY as
his own. His story Of the shooting
Of Booth was denied I'm its essensial
particular by that Of Detective Baker.
which was suppressed by the govern.
ment. Baker afterward gave teqti-
mony on hi7 death ~ Booth before a
Congressional committee. and from
that. pieced ont with the story told
by Conrer ~ the trial ~ Booth. IL f.
possible 10 present a reasonably accu.
rate story ~ Booths end.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30
Booths Arms Demanded.

The barn was a rough structure
about 50 feet square. formerly used
for storing tobacco. Between tho
weathered boards Of its sides were
apertures FOR ventilating drvinr
crop. a small door gave convenient
entrance through The large central
doors. u was this Young Garrett had
locked
A. the soldiers doployed about the
barn not a sound same from he dark
Interior Detective Baker carried a
candle. and its fame. scarcely lick
ering In tho sull niEht air. lighted M
the front 81 tho bouildina before
which the detectives stood Had
Booth wished 20 shoot either 81 these
men ho could have done 20 then. or
NJ any time Tor a considerable period
thereafter. az Baker continued 10 car
~ tho candle until admonished ~
ConFer. when hc SCI 70 down about ~
feet from the barn
u was decided 10 dlsmount tho men
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

Tomorrow The assassin's death.
Copyright 1915. Winfield NJ thompson
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30
Locked into Oh. BAN

At bedtime Booth said he would pre-
fer not to sleep in the house owing 10
the difficulty and pain Of getting no.
stairs with his broken leg. He sur.
gested that he could sleep on the
porch. The elder Garrett said this
would DO dangerous. az the dogs
might attack him.
Not far from the house was an old
tobacco barn. In which was stored
some furniture and hay. and 10 was
decided that Booth and HeroId might
sleep there. on the hay.
When they had retired 90 this
building. John Garrett. suspecting
them 81 design % steal his horse
OF his brothers. locked them IN. re
then concealed the horses In the
woods near the house. and returning.
took up his station. with bis brother.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

The threat was useless The old
man could tell no more. As ne stood
before the detectives his son John an
peared. lie had stepped from the
corncrib 20 be confronted BY cavalry.
men. and they had brought him to the
house.
Don't hurt my father" he said.
He r. scared and can tell you moth
ing ! will tell you where the men
are you want 10 find. they are In the
barn"
Highly excited Booths pursuers set
out for the barn. the cavalrymen
shouting a. they rode. In few
minutes they had surrounded the
building.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

In the still darkness 81 warm
spring night, az a small roadside
farmstcad. in Caroline county. Va.
about three miles south OF Port Royal
on tho Rappahannock. and perhaps
hfty-nve miles south Of Washington
In an afr line. vas enacted the closing
scene IN the pursuit Of J. Wilkes
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

jumps toward the door. but the main
must have been more than he could
bear. for he next began hopping on his
SOUND leg, his weapons at his side.
lie had taken three such steps. q,
hops. when a shot was heard from the
rear Of the barn and he fell at the In
slant when Baker. at the door, was
prepared TO seize his lettering body and
disarm him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30

Crawford What do you think OF
invcstrating committees. anyhow
BRADSHAW Something might b ac-
Complishcd N there was only sorie-
body 90 investigate the Investigator.
Judge.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-30
BUOTH FINALLY RUN TO
EARTH AND SHOT DOWN

IN corn crib near the barn. in order
10 De near to his suspicious guests.
Meanwhile the cavalry and the two
detectives they were escorting. Ever
ton j. Conger and Luther b. Baker,
had ridden on through sand and mire.
toward Bowling Green. At 3 O'Clock
they halted at roadside resort to
ask II the inmates had seen any sucn
party OF three Confederate soldiers
and two other men as they had heard
described al the ferry over the Rap
pahannock. One OF these men the
feTryman had been recognized as
Capt. Willie 5. Jett, late OF the Con
federate Army His sweetheart was
the daughter Of Mrs. Goldman, who
Kept the hotel at Bowling Green.
The miserable women inmates OF
the roadhOuse told the detectives OF
party Of four men OF the kind they
sought hating there the evening be-
fore. and going on toward Bowling
Green.
Mounting again. the troopers pushed
on TO Bowling Green. After posting
pickets I'm the road, they approached
the Goldman House. II was then Al
o'clock. The house was dark and
silent. Repeated knocks at the door
brought no response.
Seach Of the premises revealed a
negro In a cabin In the rear. lie said
a woman and her daughter were IN
the house. and that soldier was
there also.
Knocking and commands now
brought Mrs Goldman 10 the door
She declared the only man In the
house was her cousin. who was
wounded. She indicated his room.
Rushing 10 the room. the detectives
pounded on the door They were an
swered BY Jet. Asking TO speak toI
C0nger privately. Jet said u know
who You want. and can tell you where
he can be found" lie demanded pro
lection In return, and C was promised
him.
Jet dressed. and In tho midst OF tho
cavalry rode down the road 10 Car.
retts. - a. m. the cavalry depioycd
around The house. while the dofocfIvoa
made their way softly up the lane ana
TO the side door Of the house. and
knocked
As the owner Of the house. Richard
". Garrett appeared AZ the door IN
bic night clothes. trembling with
alarm. Detective Baker seizod him bv
the throat thrust a pistol into RE
face and demanded that he AZ one.
Yield 10 the two men who had been
his guests. The old man 0uavcrcd
that they were not In tho house.
A. he protested that he knew no,
whore they were. Detective Conrer
called 10 soldier Bring n iariat
rope. well string him up 10 one Of
these locust trees"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-09

For $1,000 worth purchased Binders
Undertaking excluded ST 90
Sugar
With $40 90 all
Twn Groceries and Undertaking excluded
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of
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-09

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$l.Oo Table Linen, red tag price - - -. &c., 79c
15c Iluck Toweling, red tag price - - - loo
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124c Bingham, req tag price - ..- .. . Zoe
Nice Pearl Buttons, cards, red tag price ~ 10000 5c
Sewing Thread, red tag price, per spool - ..~ -- 4c
Odd Lot of Buttons values up to l5c FER doz p. 5c
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17

formed a 60-horsepower eight-seated tour
ing car into a motor ambulance for four
ucdly wounded men or eight slightly
wounded ones. qualified for the service
and was authorized to proceed to the
front in Alsace, accompanied by mech
anician.
while performing my ambulance
duties had a good opportunity to watch
the armored automobiles, and realized
that their work was the most exciting
and perhaps the most decisive of the
war"
One day Mile. Duclos, having taken
some wounded men to the field hospital,
was returning once more to the
fighting line. Eager for adventure she
drove her car up a mountain road, which
was not included in the trench zone, and
entered a wild, mountainous country,
from which the French were desperately
trying to drive the Germans by flank at
tacks, surprises, air raids and other
stratagems.
Soon the rattle of rife bullets and ma
chine gun fire close at hand caught her
attention. A turn in the road brought
her In sight of a big armored French car
that stood disabled in the middle of the
road. The engine had been smashed by
a shell. The Germans were firing at 1t
from cover some distance away. The
French soldiers were firing away from
the protection of the armor with their
machine guns and their rifles, but they
we're handicapped by the immobility of
the car, and the Germans were gradually
encircling them. Three Of the eight
Frenchmen forming the crew of the car
lay dead in the road, killed while they
had exposed themselves In an attempt to
repair the engine.
Mile. Duclos saw three German SOL
diers rise from cover and advance In an
effort to rush the car. They we're shot
down, but she saw that in a few more
minutes the Frenchmen must be over
whelmed.
Taking in the situation at a glance, the
experienced motorist sped up to the in
jured car and backed up her machine
before she stopped.
''Get in," she cried to the French SOL
diers, cor you will be taken in another
minute"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17

The Ave Frenchmen jumped into
Mile. Duclos,s car with their rifles.
Under a rain of bullets she sped back by
the way she had come. Luckily they all
escaped, and a turn in the Zigzag road
soon put them out Of danger.
The Germans must have taken posses
sion of the car in a leisurely manner
after the escape of the French. 1t was
precious booty to them. Probably they
tried to repair it, and, finding that impos-
sible, started to tow 1t back.
The Frenchmen were not satisfied to
escape with their lives and leave their
car behind. Mile. Duclos had noted
carefully the direction of the surround
ing roads. After running back a short
distance she found road that would lead
them to the one that the Germans would
follow on their way back.
The French officer in charge OF the
party insisted on taking the steering
wheel of the car, but Mile. Duclos
demonstrated that she was the only one
who could get the best speed out of her
car. Thus she forced them to let her
stay in the place Of danger.
Behind pile Of rocks that marked the
meeting OF the roads they lay In wait for
the returning Germans.
Up the road came the Germans tugging
French armored car. There were about
forty of them, practically half company,
minus the men who had already fallen in
the fight.
1t was impossible for the FIVE French
men to cope with them in any ordinary
fight. Only surprise and stratagem could
hope to meet the situation.
Mile. Duclos Immediately suggested
that she should drive the car straight
down on the unsuspecting Germans. Her
opportunity for great action had come.
She seized It.
Down hill upon the toiling Germans
few the great 60-horsepower car.
Straight as an arrow 1t went, with the
weight of it's two tons multiplied hun
dred times by its speed and downward
course.
All the Germans in its full path went
down like ripe corn before the scythe
Straight 1t few on without being swerved
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17

in the slightest degree by the human oh.
stacles In its way.
Severed heads flew up In the air and
arms and legs were chopped off by the
flying car. CHASTITY fragments of flesh
and bone, muddy mixture of blood and
viscera, human remains that had nothing
human about them, spattered the wheels
and the body and all the occupants of the
car.
81 felt like the very incarnation of the
spirit OF destruction and revenge" says
Mile. Duclos describing this wild scene.
Il was not human"
The car few on its path of death until
1t reached the captured French armored
car. Mile. Duclos missed this by an
incalculable fraction of an inch and then
slowly brought her racing car to a stop.
The French soldiers looked back Only
q few German soldiers, who were out OF
the path of the auto, had escaped death
or manning. Perhaps there were six in
all and they were aghast at the demon OF
death that had swept through them.
The French soldiers showered the
Germans with hand grenades and would
probably have overcome the rest of
the party and recaptured their auto, when
party OF Uhlans was seen riding up the
road from the direction of the German
lines.
1t appeared that scouting aviators of
both sides had witnessed the fight over
the armored car and had carried word
back to their respective forces.
Once more the gallant French motor
lighters were in danger OF being wiped
out. Acting in cooperation with the
officer, Mile. Duclos ran her car back
again, putting 1t between the survivors
Of the first German party and the new re-
Inducements. This move put the former
at a great disadvantage, as they were
standing about in fiat open place, but,
of course, it exposed the Frenchmen to
the newly arriving German forces.
The Frenchmen with rifles and pistols
disposed of the remnant of the first Ger
man party, and then started to hitch their
disabled car to Madame Durand's
machine.
A shower of bullets from the German
side warned them that their gallant
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17

ST HE two most romantic and bril-
liant features of the war, the two
= things that have relieved it from
being a dull record of close-range slaugh-
ter, have been the use of flying machines
and automobiles
Flying machines may appear more ro-
mantle and spectacular to the outsider,
but those who have seen the war at close
quarters are of the opinion that the most
astonishing and brilliant feats of arms
have been performed by motor cars.
The experience Of Nile. Helene
Duclos, who annihilated practically a
whole German company with her auto
mobile, is one of the many amazing in
stances of the use Of this comparatively
novel instrument of war. Other cases in
the various warning countries have, per-
haps, been equally remarkable, but hers
necessarily gains added interest from the
fact that she is woman, and very at
tractive one.
1t has been shown that a high-powered
armored motor car, running at sixty
miles an hour, can, under certain condi-
tions, disorganize whole army and
slaughter scores of soldiers. II driven
into a body of men in close formation
and taken by surprise its powers of In
jury are unlimited
Armored cars have been used for the
terribly difficult work of removing barbed
wire entanglements. The car runs up to
the entanglements, throws grapnel irons
over them, and then backs away to up
root them. The armored car can do this
work under fire that exposed men could
not live in.
Armored cars are employed In CO.
operation with flying machines. The
aviator brings information where a car
can do most damage, and then hovers
overhead, giving warning to the motor
men when they must retire or, return
for help If necessary. An armored
car crew connected with the British
Naval Flying Corps has received honor
able mention for annihilating a whole
party Of Uhlans
Some armored cars carry two machine
guns and others gun of larger calibre.
Mile. Duclos's motor exploit has
made her the great heroine of the mo-
ment She has been decorated by Gen.
eral Joffre with the cross of the Legion
of Honor for her brilliant and heroic act
81 was determined to do something for
my country in the fighting field, some
thing that the Germans would remember
something more than soothing the
fevered brow" said Nile. Duclos, de-
scTibing her exploits. my great-grand-
father was a captain of grenadiers under
Napoleon, and the blood OF generations
of soldiers runs in my veins.
"My first ambition was to enlist in the
fighting automobile service. had been
used to running all kinds of cars since
my childhood, and was as fit for this
work as any human being could be. But
/ found the authorities Obdurate. They
simply would not let woman into the
combatant services. I tried Disgusting
myself as a man, but the rigid physical
examination made this attempt useless.
- FINALLY It seemed to me that the only
way of reaching the front was to Join a
volunteer motor ambulance corps, as sew
eral other women had done. trans
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17
Drove Her
Auto at Full
Speed Into
a German
Force
Annihilating
Practically
All of
Them, and
Rescued a
French
Arnored Car
Paris, Sept. "a.

Paris, Sept. "a.
T7 HE two most romantic and bril-
liant features of the war, the two
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-10
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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-10
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