Evening star., 1928-04-06

Original police blotterS containing re-
ports of the RSSaSSinationS of President
Lincoln and President Garfield recently
were unearthed by members of the
clerical force OF the Police Department
from among the old files stored in the
basement of the District Building,
Attention of Mai Edwin b. HeSSe,
superintendent of police, was called TO
the reports. and he Immediately directed
that the two volumes be rebound. They
are now at the Government Printing
Once setting new covers, as the old
bindings had partially rotteo away.
They will be preserved i'll the perma-
nent records of the department.
Both books are similar TO those now
used BY police. and the type OF entries
hv the station clerks of that day are
slrprisinSly like those of today.
At the bottom OF one page of the
detective headquarters blotter Tor 1865
is a brief record of the assassination OF
President Lincoln. The pages are muSty
with age and the writing is old and
faded but still legible. It is replete
with scrolls and fiouriSheS The double
s" is formed in the old fashion. like
N" Of modern script. The account OF
the receipt of the news Of the death OF
the Civil War President is brief and
terSe. After il follow records OF VII
neSseS and evidence relative to the as
SaSSlNatlQn.
Garfield Shooting Inscribed.
The account Of the shooting Of PreSl-
dent Garfield is written IN purple mK'
and the handwriting IS almost perfect,
but is far more ornate than Is seen TO-
DAY First is recorded the arrest OF
Griteau. and then follows an account
by an eyewitness Of the shooting of the
President in the old railroad station at
Sixth and B streets.
Under the heading Detective Corps,
Metropolitan Police, Friday. Aprh IA,
1865" IS the following suhheaolng ano
entry:
ii pm.-Report of the assassination
OF President Lincoln.
AT this hour the melancholy intelli~
rence of the assassination of Mr.. LIN
coin. President of the U. S., at Ford
Theater. was brought to this office, and
the information obtained from the fol-
lowing persons goes TO show that the
Assassin IS a man named wilkes Booth.
Secretary Seward and Both his Sons
ard Servants were attacked at the same
hour by 8 man named John Serratt
Assigned to the Force.
Booth was shot and captured II days
later, and consequently his name was
never again recorded by the Washing
ton police.
Witnesses Are Listed.
The next entry, in chronological Sc
Quence. is as follows:
Names of witnesses who made state
unents relative TO the assassination OF
the President:
z. D. wray Surgeon Genl ONCE.
"J. S. Knox No. IS Indiana Ave.
Joseph B. Stewart SAG K st.
Capt G. S. Shaw on Genl Augurs
STAFF.
C. W. Gilbert 90 and "a Louisiana
Ave.
James B. Cutler New Jersey Ave.
bet. NJ and N
Jacob c. Larner AL r ST.
James Maddox at Ford's Theater.
Anthony Lully 4O6 T St. bet. and
w. S. Burch 333 F ST.
John Deveny-
Harry Hawk.
John Fletcher 2ss E ST. Majors
Stable.
Andrew G. Manwoning. Soldiers
Home.
William Brown, Soldiers Home.
John Grafton at Record Hospital"
On the next page is the name OF one
more witness. Il is -. L. Debony al
FoTd's Theater. Boards next door %
Csllans Drug Store"
Entered at midnight OF the same day
Is the following note and record Of
articles found At the scene OF the shoot
ing:
Articles found in the vicinity of the
Assassination of President Lincoln.
Property from Ford's Theater after the
murder Of President Lincoln.
"One Pistol. one Sloucn hat. one
opera Glass Case, one Spur and two
buttons one a brass and the other an
india rubber button, also hat supposed
70 be the Presidents were brought TO
this ofice by Supts Richards and A. A.
6. Reed. The above articles except the
Beaver hat is supposed TO be connected
with the assassination"
Two Arrested on Suspicion.
Saturday the city was in a tourmoil.
and the police were making frantic
efforts 10 apprehend Booth. At 6
O'Clock that morning an entry appears
Of the arrest of two men on suspicion:
Edward Spangler and Joseph Borer
we're brought TO Head Quarters this
morning By Sergeant Skippon Of the
9Th Precinct as Witnesses in the ASsas-
sination Of President Lincoln. They
we're locked UP. and dismissed by order
Of Jus. Miller"
The last record on the blotter con-
corning the death Of the great President
was on Monday, April "a. II was