Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-12

Wh1SkerS.
After his election and while on his
way to Washington for his Inaugural
ton. Lincoln stopped at WeSthcld and
made a short speech. He then asked
for the girl. kissed her and said: You
| 500. Grace. ] grew these whiskers for
YOU
taken to his apartments. He and Miss
| Harris subsequently married.
Through all the testimony given by
| those who had been in Fords The
! alter that night there was an mtlertone
| from positively identifying the assassin
as Booth Said Harry Hawk. To the
| best of my belief. il was John Wilkes
| Booth. but | will not be positive. and
SO 1t went through the testimony OF
others, but the sum total left no doubt
| as to the identity of the assassin
Our task was interrupted very many
times during the night sometimes by
reports or dispatches for Secretary
| Stanton but more often by him for thu
+! purpose nf issuing orders calculated To-
cnmcSh Booth in his flight. Guard the
| Potomac from the city down was his
repeated direction. He will try 10 got
| South Many dispatches were sent
! to Gen Dix of New York. others to
| Chicago Philadelphia. etc
! Several times MIR. Stanton left us
a few moments and passed back to the
! room at the end of the hall where the
| President lay The doors were open
! and sometimes there would be few
! seconds of absolute silence when we
| could hear plainly the stertorous
| breathing of the dying man. think 1t
| was on his return from the third trip OF
| this kind when. as he again took his
/ seat opposite me. looked earnestly at
f! him. desiring VIC; hesitatinQ IN ask If
! there was any chance OF life; He
! undo rStood and I saw choke in his
throat as he slowly forced the answer
TO my unspoken question. 'There-is-no-
! hope He had impressed me through
] those awful hours as being a man OF
steel. but knew that he was danger
! ously near a breakdown
Johnson Not Present.
During the night there came In.
think. about every man then of promi-
! nence in our national life who was III
the Capital at the time and who had
heard OF the tragedy A few whom
distinctly recall were Secretaries Welles,
Usher and Mccullough. Attorney Gen.
eral Speed and Postmaster General
Dennison. Assistant Secretaries Field
and Otto. Gov. Ogleby. Senators Sum-
mer and Stewart, and Gems. Meias
and Augur. have seen many asserted
pictures of the deathbed scene and
most Of them have Vice President
Andrew johnson seated in a chair near
the foot Of the bsd on the left side.
Mr. johnson was not in the house at
all. but In his rooms In the Kirkw1od
House.
With the completion OF the taking
Of the testimony / a. once began to
| transcribe my shorthand notes into
| ionghand. Twice while so engaged.
Miss Harris supported Mrs. Lincoln
down the hallway 10 her husbands bed
side. The door leading into the hall
way from the room wherein ! sat was
open and / had plain view o! them
as they slowly passed. Mrs Lincoln
was not at the bedside when her nus
band breathed his last. Indeed. /
| think it was nearly If not quite two
| hours before the end when she paid
! her last visit TO the death chamber. and
when she passed our door on her re-
turn, she cried out. Oh! my God and
have l given my husband TO die!'
Il have Witnessed and experienced
much physical agony on battlefield and
in hospital. but of 1t all nothing sunk
deeper In my memory than that moan
Of breaking heart.
Witnessed Last Scenes.
! II finished transcribing my notes at
| Gas In the morning and passed back
| into the room where the President lay.
There we're gathered all those whose
names have mentioned and many
1 zkLs .k<&..f t.s all ei.
| Judge. The bed had been pulled out
from the corner and owing 10 the
stature Of Mr.. Lincoln he lay diagon-
ally on his back. He had been utterly
unconscious from the instant the bullet
! Dloughed into his brain, His sterto:ous
] breathing subsidized at ~ minutes after
| 7 O'Clock. From then 10 tbs end only
/ tbs gentle rihe and fall of his bosom
gave indication that life remained
/ The Surgeon General was near TIE
head VI the bed sometimes sitting "a
the edge thereof. his finger on the
pulse Of the dying man. Occasionally
he put his ear down TO catch the les
senjng beats If his heart. Mr. Lin
coins pastor. Rev Dr. Phineas d. Cur
ley. stood little 10 the left III the bed
Mr.. Stanton nat In chair near the
foot on the left. where the pictures
place Andrew Johnson stood near
Inc head Of the bed and from that
position had full view Of Mr. Stanton
across the Presidents body. Al my
right E0Drri Lincoln bobbtd on the
shoulder of Charles Summer
"6tantons gaze was fixed intently on
the cOuntenance of his dying chlf IT.
had, AS ! said. been "a man ~ steel
throughout the night. but AS l looked
at his face across The corner Of thc
- 4 vtitf
eies ! knew that Il aaA only by d pow.
srfui effort that he restrained himself
The first indication that the dreaded
end had eoms was NJ ~ minutes past
~ when the Surgeon General gently
crossed the puiaeirsa hands VI Lincoln
acToSs thr nIOtiDniess breast aud ruac
~ his feet.
Prayer Lost 10 Public.
"Itey Dr, Giuley stepped forward
a;d HUNG hih hands began. our pa.
Their ana our God blaleiph pen.
Gil and NOTEBOOK from my fE,ekst. bat
my basie defeated my purpose Ms
pencil point II mad bal ouct caught ~
my COST and brDke. Dnd the world IDsI
tiir prayer "A prayer YHlch Was Duij
interrupted by the sGbs ~ Stanton nj
he hurried his face in the bedciDtiIek
~ Thy wiil bs dong. Amen IN sub
dlied bud ifeniiioilk tones fiGhtHd
| Through that little chamber M Stan.
bDn raised hls head. ihe tears stream
ing down lis cheeks A more ngOt,.
ind eHWet.siDu ! neYfT aaW on Ii ia.
uau cJsItittnhnre hh hs h,,bl,rd out III.
H"tdh. liz R!ouga ~ Va" ages nov
M Stanton directed Nal Thomas
II Viucsn' ~ he siaf ~ lake rhafp,
! al ths E,dy fhiIed Uieeilng ~ iii'
= ebiyinei III Lhs fDdn where We la,
passed moat III the Night aud tIe aE
! aen,blhge dispersed
= "GOIng ~ my apartment. ! hht down
at Dttrs ~ UiakF second lDiigiiai.,
: ,pl,y tat Mf StaDhnI ~ the ifytinIoi!,
r Isa taken, It MciIIlIg IL ~. tiIsi
wialied Ia retain ihe one I Ind writes