Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12
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box, and placed in the doorway. bar,
which had evidently been prepared
for the occasion by someone in the
conspiracy -.
One Of the actors. Harry Hawke,
was speaking. when. at 20 minutes
past TO-, Booth fired a. shot into Lin
Gains brain AT the sound of the
pistol Rathbone leaped to his feet and
grasped Booth. but the latter thrust
him aside, after stabbing him several
times. in the arm r.
-. Fiees With Fractured Leg.
Booth then laid his right hand ON
the box railing and made leap down
ward to- the stage, but as he did so,
his spur caught in the. fold of the
treasury flag, and he fell in crouch
ing. attitude. which resulted in q
broken. leg: :: !.
Though. suffering untold agony. the
assassin sprang to his feet. ran out
of the rear. door of the theater into
the alley, jerked the*reins from the
hands of'"Peanuts, leaped into the
saddle. and in another second was cIat-
tering out of the alley into f. street,
then away toward Anacostia like
madman-as he probably was.
With Or. Charles Taft. holding the
bead and several sher men the body,
Mr., Lincoln was borne out Of the door
OF the theater and into the house Of.
William Petersen at 516 Tenth street,
| just. opposite Ford's. -. '...
Death of the President: 49,
The fatal shot had entered the left
| side Of the head behind the left eye,
traversing the brain and lodging be-
hind tho right eye. At %. minutes past
7 on the morning of April. IS, 1865,
he ceased to breathe. ~
At IL o'clock that same day Chief
Justice Chase administered the oath
,, OF office to the new president, Andrew.
Johnson, in the old .Kirkwood house,
which stood at ~renusylvaniq avenue
and Twelfth street. -
|: The funeral service of the martyred
president was held in the east room
OF the White House, "Wednesday, April
! Is, at noon. the coffin being then taken.
| to the capitol where it lay in. state
in the rotunda till April 81. when the
funeral train started for Springfield,
! Ill. ...
-. Booth Escapes to Virginia.
To return To Booth and the rest of
the conspirators The. assassin had.
led from Washington. and safely pass.
ing the guard on the bridge at Ana
costa, .galloped down into Maryland.
Pursuit was at once begun by the
government, Col. L." c. Baker having
charge Of the force. sent to capture the
j murderer. -:
- After some work in tracing the as
sassin, Baker at last stopped at the
home of a farmer, Richard II. Garrett,
near Port Royal. Va. at = a. M, april
Is. 4 young son informed Baker that.
those he sought were at that moment
/ sleeping IN a wagon house or. barn.
H.: Throwing a guard about the build
! ing Baker. sent young Garrett into the
i place 10 demaudthat the inmates sur
render. Both men at. first refused. but
/ Herold at last weakened and came
out; TO be mauacled: Booth declared
That. he would never be taken alive.
and stood his ground far back In the
shed leaning ON "a crutch. with a car,
bine leveled at the door. ".
e.:; + Baker SETS Barn: on Fire. r.
I...Colonel Baker wishing TO expedite
j ]mauers; lighted wisp OF straw and
I stuck it through a crack into a pile Of
haydn a corner inside Ina moment
the interior was ablaze and everything
! With.a in. tull light The flames
( showed Booth standing with his. gun
4 Fin his hand. but reueating before the
leaping fire. A shot rang out and
! John Wilkes Booth. the murderer Of
Abraham Lincoln, sank to the barn
4 floor dying, w.,h a bullet In the back
OF his neck The shot had been fired
( hy.a Union soldier named Boston Cor
bett @
! BOOTHS body was dragged out. Of
the burning shed and PLACID on Gar,
retts perch. His t.'t words, uttered
with great eGert, were. Useless. use