Year: 1873

man gets excited she fears it is a


thief she is so glad the officers are in


the house


She comes in the hall, looks at the


man, and declares she never saw Kim IL


her life. Yet, as i. is proven BY the
evidence in the trial, this man had beer
for three days, March IA, Is, and 16 a
guest at her house, ate at her OWE liable.
went to the theater with her son, &c


This man gives his name as.Lewis


Payne. Lewis Payne is arrested under
the suspicious circumstances. William


Wells, the colored lad, was sent for
being shown to a room containing sever
al people, he is asked if he recognizes
tue assassin among them


No he does not see him. f


Several other people are then brought
in, when suddenly he walks towards
Lewis Payne, and in an excited manner
exclaims There he is ! knew I could
never forget that lip The recognition
was complete.


Next morning l accompanied Miss
Fanny and Augustus Seward to The
Monitor, where Payne was held a prison
e-. What feeling must have prevaded
the bosom of this girl while she wa, go
ing to meet this assassin, who, before
her own eyes, had so brutality assaulted.
and all but killed, lier father. She had
seen him in dimly-lighted room, under
great excitement. Would she recognize
him nowl The idea of meeting this
man face to face, although where be was
harmless, would have excited vain fears
in many girls heart but she was
composed, and her demeanor expressed
only the dignity of her own strange
position. She met the naval officer on
the Monitor with the same calm and
gentle manners so natural to her. The
officers, on the other hand. felt almost a
reverence for this girl who, instead of
making demonstration of her harrow
ing grief, was commanding self, and in
her own unaffected manner received the
expressions Of their respect and symps-
thy with unfeigned gratefulness,


Payne gradually rose from the hatch
way, and with neck exposed, head un-
covered, showing a serious if not stolid
face. and colossal frame. he stood un-
moved before this frail girl, who would
not even utter curse UPON him. God
alone knew what passed in those two
hearts at that moment. Strangely quiet
they stood before each other. Were
they overwhelmed by the magnitude cf
a crime that was beyond man s redress
The scene was solemn one-too ;o,emu
for man TO utter sound a silence.
broken only BY the Kissing wind and
surging waves pervaded the whole ship.
1t was almost a weird transformation
from mysterious power.


Miss Fanny was hanging on my arm.
Did l feel quiver Probably l did for
gently drew her from the painful scene.
Conscien.i .ious eten at this trying mo-
ment, she could not identify the man
her indentiication. she thought. might
be his death. She had only seen him
by dim light as if frightful vision
That is all she said.


To the questions of the detectives
Payne answered hesitatingly and some
what evasively. Had he ever seen the
lady before ? Ne. Could he pronounce
DR.. verdi's mare ? lie pronounced it so
well that it made me shu6der. Yet my
name was foreign one, and he a stran-
ger to me. Had he ever seen Dr. Verdi
before 7 No. Such was the assassin
Payne head and face that expressed
A preponderating criminal element
There was vacancy in that face amount
ng almost to imbecility. lis answer
bespoke only light degree of fear, not
IF intelligence. His physique was her
;ulean he was purely brute an in
.trument well adapted for tie use of a
efined brain like Booths.


Booth, egotistical in his plot, wanted
10 intelligence to share the honors of bis
elf imposed heroisrs. BE only wanted
blind instruments to aid him in his dia-
,olical scheme. All his accomplices
we're of that character


True to his nature, Booth had prepar-
d means of escape for himself Payne.
! stranger in these parts, had been left
gnorant Of the topography of the coun-
ry, and even without means of susten-
nee. Booth had taught him well he
.abits of Mr.. Seward he had taught
lin the physicians name that was to
,ring him to Mr.. Stewards couch, but
lad not taught him how to escape from
he avenging hand of justice, and Payne
ell victim to his own ignorance and to
lis masters satanic ego;ism.


For three days Payne roamed about
he country in the vain attempt to con-
cal him mself. Hungered, friendless rest:
ess, he wandered back to the only one
Who could and should offer him aid and
omfort-he returned to Mrs. Surratt's