Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

shape and with a friction fitting top
is the leaten Derringer bullet. This
Is not quite Il an inch in diameter,
and II is slightly f1attened from i'm
pact with the skull
The skull fragments are kept in q
small. round, red pasteboard box with
a round convex glass top. The larg-
est piece Of skull is about Z an inch
square.
THE more bulky articles taken
from the conspirators are secured
in a chest approximately 3s inches
long. 90 wide and 10 high. securely
locked. The principal articles are
described as follows:
Booths English tan leather saddle
and black bride. The stirrups of the
saddle are plain wooden affairs, with
out guards. and the bride is fitted
with a curb or "brea king bit, and
has no blinds. Gt should be remem-
bered that the horses of Booth and
Harold disappeared near Port Tobac-
co and were never found. Booth told
one person that the horses were shot
70 prevent them from neighing. and
he declared to another that he and
Harold weighted down the animals.
led them into the Potomac. cut the
threats and saw them sink
Booths dagger. made by Manson
at Sheffield. England. This bears the
words Liberty, freedom. independ-
ence." The knife is 11a4 inches long.
OF which length Az inches is bone
handle and "a blade. The blade is
than inches wide This was
the dagger used by Booth to cut
the arm of Maj. Henry r. Rath-
! bone, guest in the Lincoln box
with Miss Clara Harris. his fancee
and daughter of Senator Ira Harris,
OF New York. Booth brandished the
knife as he ran across the stage,
shouting Sic Semper Tyrannis," The
scabbard is compressed cardboard or
bogus paper colored purple and is
worn through at the point. 1t bears
a brass band q Of an inch wide.
| surmounted by a small button for
fastening to the belt.
| Booths whistle, said by some per-
sons to have been blown about, the
time the shot was fired, as a signal
Tor a confederate 10 turn out the gas
| lights from behind the stage. The
signal, if made, was missed. for the
| HghtS remained on. This whistle is
made of horn and is inches long
and Z an inch wide. It is black,
with an occasional splotch of white
AT the end there is a ball with hole
I ~ ~ ANi SNNdl ii6 Win II IN
side is wooden ball about the size of
a green pea 10 cause a trilling sound
| The sound is similar to the police
whistle of today, but more of a tenor
in pitch.
| Booths Ascot necktie This is q
| scrawny, cheap affair that could not
| have cost as much as % cents: that
| is, 1t could be duplicated in any 10
| cent store of today for dime or 10
| cents. Its scheme is alternate ribs
OF blue and black. Is of an inch wide
| and extending diagonally There Is
! no band for encircling the neck. and
| this function is believed to have been
performed by pins or the stability
of the collar. The tie is held together
| by an ordinary pin and a blue steel
| pin of greater length, with a dull
| black glass head.
Booths riding boot This is of well
worn black leather, IS inches long and
approximately 20 inches in diameter
at the top or thigh. The sole and
| heel together measure II inches out
side. the sole at its greatest width is
off toe is pig inches. 1t is the boot
for the left foot. The heel is intact
at the outside, but is worn down about
| a of an inch at the inside. nearest
the other foot. and the same is true of
the sole. indicating that when walk
| ing Booth turned his ankles in, and
perhaps was inclined to be knock
kneed. Inside, at the top the boot
is faced with smooth white calfskin
for. distance down of 612 inches.
where ii joins the rough interior. At
the front, on this calfskin, some >
| inches below the top, is written in
black ink. but very family, the name
and address of the maker, and about
an inch below this the name. -.
/ Of he
Booth" there are dots or dashes as
indicated. Time and wear have ar
most effaced the lettering at the top.
but it is conceivably Liberty Shoe
Shop Tor Storel, 745 Broadway" The
New York. y. Y" is also absent.
The tails of the capital letters are
long and gracefully fiourishing, such
as proud maker might inscribe for
a favored and admired patron, as
Booth undoubtedly was in the days of
his prosperity. There is little or no
resemblance TO The handwriting of
the actor ASA SSin.
A noticeable feature of the boot is
the gaping slit made by DR.. Samuel
A. Mudd at his house when Booth de
manded treatment for his injured shin
and found the swelling was SO great
the boot could not be taken off. The
slit extended in a straight line 10
inches from the instep more than
half the distance to the knee, and
probably represents as accurate sur
gical job as the country physician
lever did
Booths diary This important bit
of evidence was suppressed at the
trial of the conspirators by Secretary
Stanton. and did not appear until the
trial of John II. Surratt, in 1867. 1t
is written in pencil. and is falling to
pieces from age and hard wear. II
bears entries of April IA and Il; is
said to have been removed from
Booths pocket at the Garrett barn,
along with the pictures of five beauti-
full women of the stage. 1t is kept IN
a sealed envelope with a small piece
of pocket comb. the pictures men
toned, and a photograph of John II.
Surratt
Booths bunch of keys, a dozen or
| more in number Three or four OF
these are peculiar, in that they re-
semble pieces of metal tubing In wn1ca
have been cut square notches at inter
walls. They contain rings, but no bits,
and are more suggestive of dies for
some unknown purpose than of keys.
| A Spencer repeating carbine, said
to have been captured with Booth at
the Garrett barn. This is 40 inches
long, several inches shorter than the
infantry rife. and is handy for cav
alrymen in tight places. 1t weighs II
pounds or more. At the breech is the
name of the manufacturer and the
patent date of March 6, 1860. A few
inches forward of the breech is a blue
steel adjustable sight, less than
inches long, for distance firing. The
barrel is round and rifled inside. This
carbine is of the same series issue as
that of Sergt. Boston Corbett. At
tached to 1t is band of white cotton