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Hart" fed from their home in New Jer-
sey to escape a troop of Hessians. Their
mother was too i'll to be moved and
soon died, but happily in her own house
John Hart, an old man, hunted in WOODS
and hills, never stayed twice in the
same place at night, and once slept IN
a \kennel with a dog. His large farm
was pillaged and his live stock driven
away.
A British army was encamped near
his estate and British sloop was at
anchor a short distance from his mousse
when Lewis Morris of New YORK,
wealthy man and a graduate OF fales
wrote his name on the parcnment
among the rest. His forest OF more
than thousand acres was cut down or
burned. his mansion was ruined and his
family had to fee for their lives.
The Lfvingstons-Philip. his wife and
children-colonial aristocrats. went into
hiding. William Floyd hurriedly sent his
family to Connecticut. His mansion on
Long Island was occupied by a troop OF
cavalry and his horses, cows, sheep and
swine were confiscated. This man lost
all use of his landed estate for seven
years
In the south. Thomas Hayward. who
had been educated in England and had
travelled in Europe. suffered in his person
and property He was wounded and i'm
prisoned and 100 Of his slaves were taken
along by the British. Arthur Middleton.
a graduate from one of the colleges at
Cambridge, cultivated and much trav-
eled man, was made a prisoner. The FUR
njture in his house was destroyed and the
paintings on his walls. purchased IN
Europe, were cut to pieces
And there was Richard Stockton OF New
Jersey. a Princeton graduate and lawyer.
He was arrested, thrown in jail. deprived
of food and SO brutally treated that he
never recovered his health. His papers and
library were burned and his farm laid
in ruins Indeed. he was so much i'm
poverished that he had to borrow money
with which to buy bread. Dying, he
begged his children to remember that
THE fear of God is the beginning of wis
DOM
The only Welshman among the signers
was Francis Lewis. His signature cost
him the whole of his rich estate. An alien
by birth and an importer, he was as ar
dent for liberty as Was the poorest native
American in the list Learning business
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HN1IiE thirty-ninth man was Charles
Carroll of Maryland. He was
lean and understood.
1t was the I'd day of August,
1875. The Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence having been tremendously copied
on parchment. lay upon the desk OF
the secretary of Congress.
will you sign it, John Hancock
asked.
Most willingly, Carroll answered.
There goes a few millions. a by
stander said. millions meaning specie,
lands, live stock and other property, as
the scratching of the quill was heard
on the document, still existent, by
which a new nation took its uncertain
place in the world.
Five years before. Samuel Chase, also
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fed through the fields at night followed
by the British.
I'VE are not ripe for declaration of
independence" conservative man
said, during one of the sessions of the
Congress that soon after passed Rich
ard Henry Lees momentous resolution.
I'm my judgment. sir" exclaimed a
six-footer at his side, I'VE are not only
ripe but rotting."
And at that, the speaker. John With
erspoon, president of Princeton. had
only been in this country for eight
years His farm also was plundered
and ruined. He lived through his losses
and dangers, however, and at seventy.
welded a young lady of twenty-three.
The other Scotchman who signed was
James Wilson, a wealthy Philadelphlan
and the leader of the Pennsylvania bar
tall, big-voiced and near-sighted, the
small lenses of whose spectacles were
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resting place of her whose fate has and
ever will remain matter Of debate.
Booths body was taken to Baltimore
during the same year, where 1t now
lies in the family plot in Greenmouns
cemetery. While the trial and execution
of those accused of conspiring with him
in his plot against the nations head
were being conducted at the arsenal,
his remains were resting there beneath
the bricks in the cellar floor.
The great Edwin awaited the identi.
fication of his brothers body, which
was satisfactorily made by Booths
dentist and then it was placed in q
handsome casket and sent to Baltimore.
The next day it was placed beneath
thick ivy under the face of the monu-
ment erected in 1858 to the memory Of
the father, Junius Brutus Booth.
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Holt conduct il in person. Various pre-
lminaries were gone through during
the first few days and IT was not untii
the morning of May IL that the actual
taking of testimony began.
The prisoners were each confined IN
a separate cell and all except MIS- sur
raft wore the rough canvas sacks over
their heads. These had Sits for breath
ing and eating, but prevented the wear
ers from seeing Besides this, they
were handcuffed and shackled, and
PAYNE and AtZerodt had further weight
of ball and chain attached to them. AS
they entered the courtroom the hoods
were removed and each prisoner was
separated from his fellow by a soldier.
All four pleaded mot guilty" and each
made a motion for separate trial. but
In each case this request was denied
Payne and Atzerodt were legally repre-
scented by William E. Doster. Herold by
Frederick Stone and Mrs. Surratt by Hon.
Reverdy Johnson, one Of Marylands most
prominent statesmen, who volunteered his
services in her behalf after he had seen
and talked with her and become convinced
Of her innocence in the plot to kill.
Eloquent appeals were made for all tho
prisoners, but little could be said for the
three men to convince the Jury OF their
innocence. Herold had been the COM
panion OF Booth from the night Of the as
sassination until his capture. and Payne
and Atzerodt. on account Of their attacks
on state officials the night Of April 18th,
were believed to have been implicated in
the plot.
The guilt Of the woman was doubtful
in the minds of many. but when the SEN
tence of death was passed her name was
included. This took place July 8. and
the following day was fixed as time for
carrying out the sentence of the court.
Five of the jurors who condemned the
prisoners petitioned clemency for Mrs.
Surratt on account Of her age, sex and
previous character and reputation. This
petition was taken by Judge Holt to Presi-
dent johnson. but the exact truth as to
just what took place in this regard will
remain a controversy. Judge Holt claimed
to have presented 1t. while the President
avowed he had never seen the plea for
clemency.
The daughter Of the unfortunate woman
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triad in vain to obtain some reprieve, but
the doors Of the states omciaie were
closed against her. Nothing remained to
the prisoners but preparation for the
dreadful fate that awaited them. Spirit
ual consolation was given to all by rep.
resentatiyes of tho various creeds that
they professed.
PAYNE was a son Of a Baptist clergy
man, and DIR. Gillette. q minister OF that
faith, attended him. DIR. Butler. Lu-
theran pastor of Washington. offered what
comfort he could to Atzerodt, the carriage
painter. An Episcopal clergyman attended
Herold, and Fathers Wiget and Walter
prepared Mrs. Surratt for her end.
-.
The circumstances surrounding the exc
cution Of these last two were particularly
pathetic on account Of the presence OF
near relatives and friends. Both had lived
in Washington. and Herold was the only
boy Of a family that had seven daughters.
They, with the daughter Of Mrs. Surratt.
grieved so piteously that the guards, al
though accustomed to similar scenes. were
unable to bear the sight.
Tho 7th Of July was a day of intense
heat The scaffold on which the pris-
oners were to die had been erected in
the arsenal grounds. Crowds OF the
curious had gathered from all points
within a hundred miles of the city to
witness the execution. But admission
was denied to all. and, although some
remained outside the walls. no view
could be obtained of what went on
within. None but the soldiers, relatives
and spiritual advisers of the condemned
were allowed within the precincts OF
the prison.
After / o'clock the death march be-
gan. with Mrs. Surratt first, Payne.
Herold and Atzerodt following. All
were seated while the death warrant
was read. The SUMS rays beat fercely.
and a soldier standing nearby held an
umbrella over Mrs. Surratt to keep or
the intense heat She seemed only half
conscious of what went on and bent her
energy on the final prayers that her
religious attendants kept up until the
end.
Payne was the only Indifferent one.
All through the trial he had remained
unobservant and unconcerned and many
doubts were felt as to his sanity. Now
on the scaffold he showed the first signs
Of feeling, and during the prayers of
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tish Punished Signers of the Declaration

Document independence Were
Ignorant Man Failure
Among Who Took Step
His
Visited Upon Leaders
Who Made the
Uttered.
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of Maryland exclaimed TO Carroll. in
his robust style: We have the better
of our opponents: we have completely
written them down.
DO you think that writing will set
tie the question between us? Carroll
asked.
ITO be sure: what else can we resort
to-" Chase replied.
The bayonet," Carroll answered.
Chase the son of a learned and ia
nous clergyman, was thirty years old
The bayonet, turned his thoughts
from essays and pamphlets TO the
sword. 1t was not long before the mayor
and aldermen of Annapolis described
him in scorn as "a busy, restless In
cendiary, a ringleader of mobs. foul
mouthed and inflaming son of discord
and faction, common disturber of the
public tranquility and a promoter OF
the lawless excuses of the multitude.
Lovers of liberty called him the DE
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set in huge silver frame.
Yesterday John Adams t''ou~
Colossus of the floor" Jefferson called
him) wrote, on the 5th of July to Abb
gail his wonderful wife, the greatest
question was decided that was ever
debated in America; and greater. per-
haps, never was or will be decided
among men.
TT ought to be solemnized," he added,
with pomps, shows, games. guns. bells,
bonflres and Examinations from one end
of the continent to the other. from this
time forward forever
Too weak to lift his head from the
pillow, dying at the age of ninety. John
Adams was asked on the Fourth OF
July, 1926. for a sentiment. "Inde-
pendence forever he said. and those
were his last words.
Copyright, 1915. by James B. Morrow.>
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0 0EXT Wednesday is the fftieth
IMU anniversary of the execution
II Nj of those accused OF completely
q in the murder of President
Lincoln. The sentence imposed by the
military court was carried out July 7.
s3s5, at the old penitentiary in the
arsenal grounds. The four principals-
Payne, Herold, Atzerodt and Mrs. Sur
ratt-were buried there, Immediately
after the execution. but in 1869. after
permission WAS granted by President
Andrew johnson for their removal. the
relatives of the unfortunates had their
remains inferred In the different pri-
vate burying grounds of the city.
When the prisoners were first taken
into custody they were confined on one
of the monitors at the navy yard. but
shortly before the trial began they were
put under the command of Gen. Han
cock, who ordered their removal to the
third floor of the old penitentiary. in
the arsenal grounds. This building.
which was erected in 1886. had been
used as a prison before the war. but
at the beginning of that great strug-
gle 1t was abandoned and the inmates
removed to Albany. n. Y.
-
In order to have the trial take place
on the floor where the prisoners were
confined. trial room was prepared for
the occasion. II was small and poorly
ventilated. with only four windows.
covered with thick iron gratings The
room was whitewashed, new chairs and
tables were put in and a prisoners
dock built along the western end. This
had strong railing In front. which
separated the prisoners from the
others in the room, and at the southern
end of the wall was the door leading
10 the corridor in which were the cells
of the accused.
May /. President Johnson. acting on
the advice of his Attorney General. or
dered that n military commission OF
nine competent officers he detailed for
the trial and that Judge Joseph f.
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GaSSing.

II X-PRESIDENT TAFT was talking
IL at the Union League in Philadel-
phia about the German gas attacks
Thanks to steam," he said. tho sale
Tor no longer has to wait for favors
able wind. It's the soldier who muse
do 30 now" -S.AI
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his own minister the tears gathered in
his eyes. He felt compassion, too, for
Mrs. Surratt and declared finally that
she was innocent
At tho signal of Gen. Hartranft the
prisoners took their places on the drops
and in few moments four bodies were
lowered into newly made graves be-
meath the prison sod.
In 1859, just before President Johnson
left Office, he granted permission to the
prisoners relatives for the removal of
the bodies. Herold's remains are now
in Congressional cemetery not far from
the Southeast bridge over which Booth
.passed before he Joined the youth In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-06
SOCCER TEAMS PLAY TOA TIE;
NEITHER SIDE ABLE To SCORE
Defensive Play on Both Sides is Big Feature of Game
Austin High School Team Now Accepts Challenge
From the Tigers; ''Toltelk'' Gets Third Prize
IN the Truck Division of Automobile Parade

X UNDAY mornings rain made the
field at Rio Grande park rather
- heavy and slow for the soccer
match Sunday afternoon between the
18th infantry and the United Empire
club and also had the effect of keeping
down the attendance, but the teams put
up a cOrking good exhibition of the
game despite the handicaps. The teams
proved very evenly matched and divid-
ed the points, neither being able TO
score
The defensive work of both teams
was the big feature of the contest. The
back divisions played a wonderful game
and the forwards were unable TO pene-
trate close enough for accurate kick
ing on the goals
and all made good Monteith, Bennett.
Blackham and Chant were the new
players The Empires now have a lot
Of fine material and viii be able to
field an eleven that can hold its own
with any in the southwest.
Practically no changes were made in
the 18th infantry team and that team is
improving in combination play with
every game
Chris Fox would like TO see the high
school athletes get up a soccer team
and enter the league with the United
Empires and two army teams. He does
not believe that il viii be possible to
get up an independent football team
for the college style Of play from
among the high school students, for
they viii not be able to spare the re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-06
TALL-AMERICAN SCORES 617 POINTS IN EIGHT CANES

quired time for practice, but he believes
that the Tigers could put a corking
good soccer team in the field II some
competent person will volunteer his
services as a coach.
The Austin high school football team
was challenged by the FL Paso high
school eleven to play for the state
championship, but Austin paid abso-
lutely no attention to the Tigers. After
playing out their regular schedule, the
Tigers disbanded for the season. and
now Austin comes along with an offer
&c play a game in AIstin for the state
honors.
The matter is now under considera-
ton by the local high school officials,
but as the players have broken train
ing and are now giving all their atten-
ton to their studies, it is unlikely that
the game viii be arranged.
Third prize in the truck division Of
the big automobile parade on Friday
night went to the TOltelk garage. for
eats 'em alive" There was some con-
fusion over the numbers and another
was announced as the winner
this prize The Toltelk exhibit was
mounted on a Simplex trailer and
towed in the parade and it got many
laughs being one Of the most original
floats shown.
The great majority Of the dealers are
well pleased with the results of Auto
week" and when the final meeting of
the temporary organization is held this
week, steps will be taken to form a
permanent organization
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get Kid Lewis. or somebody, but they
want too much dough. and he don't
know what 10 DO; Well, know this
Rough House Reuben is an awful bum
understand, so i figures we might as
well grab off a piece of change for
ourselves and give the Kid a workout
at the same time.
well, We amt got nothin' on this
week, and well fill in If you're lookin'
Tor somebody I says, KNOWN all the
time about this Rough House Reuben
bein the worst bum in the whole
world He cudden lick your grand
mother, you know at He's terrible
bum; terrible. but they like him in
Boston
You wiz. viii yOu?" he says. who
As Well I says. I can throw the
Flatbrush Kid in there for that date
HimT he says. Why he wudden
can't fight
We'll. all right I says. a little
sore Maybe you had better get some
body else You can get US for two hun
ner and fifty. and RATHER buckets, and
some body else'u cost you a 1ottah
dough. but maybe you better get some
body else
aI will he says. TH get anybody
else but the Flatbush Kid He cudden
make no shown with Rube, and he
wudden draw his breath
so he goes away, but next day he's
back again BE can't get nobody else.
which I know he can't all along No
body won't fight on that short notice,
you know at
How it Happened.
Well he says. I'll give you one
fifty and buckets for the Flatbrush
Kid he says. AID I grab him quick.
You see I know what a bum this
Rough House Reuben is, and figure
that one fifty'u buy the old turkey for
Thanksgivin'. anyway, bseides givin' US
a nice workout. That's how we come
to 90 to Boston
There's a fair house, eonsiderin'
Nothin' extra. but fair. We've showed
in Boston before, of course. and the
people like the Kid, but they didden
have time to do no ballyhooin' for this
match. Besides, it's rain and cold, but
there's two or three hummer bucks IN
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record shows that he scored an aver
age of p points per game.
Against TOsts University Of Michi-
gan team DePratO played like a man
possessed He ripped to shreds the
heavy Maize and Blue line, he skirted
the ends almost at viii, he outpunted
the Michigan booter at least 10 yards
in each exchange and when the final
whistle blew the score was: DePrato.
q; Michigan, 0. This @sWildfire half
back OF the west" scored all the points
against Michigan. making three touch
down. three goals after touchdoWns
and one goal from field.
Mayer didn't get nation wide public
ity this season. merely because he
played on one Of the socalled minor"
elevens- His total OF 1O6 points scored
in seven games speaks for itself. and
the conversation becomes quite loud
when it is remembered that Mayer
played against Yale and Harvard as
well as the most pawerful elevens in
the south. No line could throw back
the plunges Of this 10 pound south
erner- He was amazingly successful
in his end runs and he had no peer on
defencive play.
Chamberlain's Great Record
Chamberlain, OF Nebraska, and Hig-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-06
Manager Explains How KID Lost
-:n:- -:iI:- -:H:- -:I:- -:U:-
Shows How the Old Alb Game Works
BY DAMON RUNYoN.


FEW YORK. Dec. 6-He was the
N manager Of box fighter. His
= man had been defeated. So he
was in to tell US about the matter, al
though that was not the ostensfbIe
purpose Of his call He had happened
in, he said, just to say .hello" And
after we had said hello" right back
at him, he sat down and talked of this.
and that, and the other thing, until
We took pity on him and gave him a
little lift
Well said we. casually. You ran
into some tough luck in Boston, hey,
Whatg
Tough Iuckg' he repeated. eagerly.
I should say il was tough II was a
raw deal too We got the work Let
me tell you about it But get me
righI; get me right I amt here with
no alibi- j1st happened in to say
hello. but since you've asst me, I'm goin'
70 straighten you out on some things.
You never hear ne squawkin,' do you.
no matter what comes off, do your
No, you don't, do you2 Wen. listen:
! see what You had in the paDer
hick towns is They send out any
thing they think Of That item You
had don't explain nothing about what
come of. Well, it was rich It Wuddah
handed you a good laugh I can al
ways see the funny side Of them things
myself
" e h4uGuen look lue ulalcn IN the
first place. and we wudden done it,
only / thought it would be good idy
70 toss a battle under the Kids belt,
as he was layin' round dom nothin'
and eatin' his head off. he picks up
quick and it takes about one week for
him to keep from goin' stale We're
just after bOxin' that tough bird up in
Hartford, and we're steamin' up to
challenge Welsh for the title, but
didden want the Kid layin' around.
Right IN the Joh
Well, the other day Hoozis, at runs
'at club in Boston, comes over here all
in a sweat and meets me and tells me
some guy he has matched to box
Rough House Reuben has took a run
out powder on him, and it looks like
his show is crumbed- He's tryin' TO
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son, Of Illinois. all performed in
spectacular style throughout the 1913
season but Peck was a trifle superior
in all around play
White and Spears Are Husky.
The west produced some wonderful
guards-Dunnigan, Of Minnesota. and
Fitzgerald, Of Notre Dame in particu-
lar-but in the final analysis White.
the 256 pound Syracuse, husky, and
Spears the go pound Dartmouth per
SON. rank as their superiors- White
and Spears are not as fast as Dumb
gan and Fitzgerald but they are more
powerful No gains ever were made
through them this year and neither
ever failed to open hole for the half
backs when the order was given
Spears frequently was referred to as
the Dartmouth team" It was his
playing that won many victories for
the Green eleven
Hogg, Of Princeton, starred in the
guard role this season, as did Dad
nun. Of Harvard; Soppitt- Of Pittsburgh
Blocker. Of Purdue: Brodie. OF Chicago;
Stewart. of Illinois; Barron. Of Iowa.
and Anderson, Of Cornell. but none was
in a class with White and Spears
Choices for Tackles.
Witherspoon. Of W & J.. and Buck.
Of Wisconsin are our choices for first
team tackles WitherspOon, despite
his 1s5 pounds. is 2 second man.
He's a sure and hard tackler, chuck
full Of fighting spirit, a stOnewaH on
defence and a wonder in following the
ball Bob FolWell, the taciturn ". & ].
coach. who rarely utters praise for a
player, recently declared that Wither-
spoon was the best tackle he had ever
seen Throughout his gridiron career.
And FOlwen is a real Judge OF foot
ballers-
Buck. the pIucky Wisconsin leader.
ranks as the best tackle the west has
produced in many years. He was in
every play and he was always on
the ball His team this year did not
fare well in its battle for the West
ern Conference championship. but from
each Of its conflicts Buck emerged as
the Wisconsin star
Gilman. Of Harvard; Shull. OF Chi
cago: Boughton. OF Ohio State. Abel.
Of Colgate: Mclean, OF Princeton
Parsou, Of Harvard; Corey, OF Nebras-
ka. and Blackjack. Of the Michigan
Aggies shone with especial brilliance
in the tackle positions. yet none ehone
quite as brilliantly as did Witherspoon
and Buck And. so, to this pair goes
the honor OF first team position
A team that averages 199 points
from end to end. team that averages
1S1 pounds as q whole: a team that
has scored ST points in eight games
that's our first eleven.
What think You OF Il.