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/ - THE WEEKLY DECEMBER 20, 1881. THE GREAT CRIME, AND THE MAN WHOM ADE HIMSELF INFAMOUS BY IT. I wish he would cons this way and 1 could catch h m.'" t ??????Booth turned quickly npon my brother and said: ???Would you betray him for 5100,000 if you knew him?' Brother Will made some light reply, and Booth turned away and finished his dinner in silence.??? . . ???Did he ever speak of the assassination of the The Fl-ld Wherein Lincoln???* Murderer Met Hi* I-president???? . , ... TW h-TSc story or the Cornptracy. Kid the ???He refeved to it only once, and never until Death???The Btory or tne | brother Jack had brought the news. Then he said Dreadful Tragedy by Followed???The Assassin 1 * Flight. that he had heard of uie assassination of the presi dent the forenoon before he came to our house, but that he did not believe it.??? Did he seem disturbed or uneasy at any time' during his stay???? ??????In the afternoon of the second day Harold.came to our house, and Booth seemed to be very much disturbed by his arrival, and took him out to the left of the h'ouse near the fence, w here they had a gather some points about the death of Booth, and 1 have come to visit you for the same purpose." "Those were serious times, indeed,??? Mr. Garrett replied, ???and it has always been a wonder to me that the real facts about his sojourn at our house nave never yet been truthfnllv told. I was Booth???s constant companion nearly all the time he was at our home. Between two and three o???clock in the afternoon of the 18th of April Captain Jett brought Booth to our place. He told father that Booth was a wounded confederate soldier: that he had sur rendered with Lee???s array, and tliathe had gone to Ids home in Maryland where they had demanded that he take the oath of allegiance; that he would not do this, and he was now making his way back to join Joe Johnston???s army iu North Carolina. Father said that he wonld of conrse do what he could for him, and he took him in. I came home shortly afterward, and was with Booth almost con- stau ly until he was shot," Written for The Constitution. "I brees dc Lord I's gwine to die. Keep me from falling down; 1???h; gwine to judgment byan???by. Keep me from railing down.??? l left of the nousenear ine ience, w uere uii-j mu a i???.g ~~??? -,; ??? ~ ". , . . long conversatidta. He then came back to the '' Jj 1 was the eeULral tenor of his conversa- So sang an old negro a* he trudged along on the ^,5, an d W as standing there in his shirt sleeves 1 K . , , . , ... ??? lonely road leading from Bowling Green the ^ wtaUgr soldier^tvhc???Jfe neveSedto the ty town of Caroline county, \ irglnia, to Port Koyal t ^a^iowara^so gtand . He reiterated the story that Captain Jett had told on the Rappahannock river. Bowling Green is a ^fthe"porch near mv father, who said** Mm: !?i, he to fSul 16 also u Ud !l C ^? d heeu engaged iu desolate old place about two miles from MiUotd | ???You^Sem very.'much excited. Ilav I theriot??inRal.im???? w ban,h??? w??? vou ] the riots iri Baltimore when the Massachusetts troops . . * W doing anvthinc that makes you afraid I 'Y?? 1 ?? fired upon. Although lie talked so much of Station on the riulroad leading from Washington to rf 5 j h e skiers? If 5 vou have you will have ??? h ? ' vur , 1 could not ascertain what regiment he Richmond, and were it not that the county court I to fin( j' some other place to stay than | belonged to. liouse is located there it would hardly have | here. a place upon the maps. Port Royal Is un ancient town which seems to have gone to sleep in the I was tufed, ??? " ??? ??? 1 "?????? midst of plenty upon the banks of the bcaatiful dierscould stream which drains central \ irginia, east of tlie | rera * a rk*tra<i in a few moments after the soldiers had elonged to. I had been a confederate and had confederate unifora which he wanted: and I [ agreed to exchange with him. "X am going back into the army and need your escape I had. Suppose Booth had been captured with my uniform on and I had been found hi mum; . . . ??? J had on a very gooft suit of miles from Fredericksburg, that historic spot where I -oh, yes???. I saw everything nearly. I was the ii h m shl I ,^ a Y n ??? kin - s one Of the greatest battles of the rebellion was a^bargato. by trading my old confedejktc uni- fought early in December, 18C2. About sixty frame I w j, ere ??? weare now sitting, and he* was awakened ???\\ as there nothin*? in his manner whiclAcd you houses, all brown with age and rusty with decay, I by the noise at that door which leads out toward ??* hc * ' vas uot what he represented make up the town. The country immediately Sim ' ^Ihin^whatever. lie played his part to per- around it is rich and beautiful, and though the I out \jx\o the yard. They stationed a soldier in the I faction. 1 he first n jght he was at our house he people did not suffer greatly by the war, it wears door.,and they I SM&WffE ^ ...??? .?????? me-, but he had very little to say. The next day he and I were that air of sleepy desolation which ever follows aTound tdlTay tether, and yet i su.s P e??ed noth in the wake of armed conflict. Port Conwuy i*A>u watfch ^j my c | lanoe , and slipped by the soldier, ing- I had a pistol, and we went out to shoot at a the opposite side of the river, and a primitive ferry boat run by man power keeps up the communica tion between these two moribund towns. Steiim- Itouts twice or thrice u weck.on their way from Bal- who stood at the door with a pistol in his hand. He cursed me most violently, ??????Was he a good shot, land pointing his revolver at me, ordered I "He claimed to be, and he said he would shoot me to return. X said. ???No, sir, I???m going to see that I five balls in succession through a. knot-hole in the fire.??? The bam was then burning, and iu a few gate some two inches in diameter. He tooblposition ' uwAorieVsbnnr touch at Port Royal, and moment; after I got out. the fatal shot was fired about two rods off. and fired all the five shots, and tlmnre to Fredericksburg, touin a tor???????>???*- * and Booth was brought upand laid upon the porch, then sent me to see the result. I couldn???t find a rickety stage runs over from Milford in tne morn- i w j t j 1 head near the door through which you whereanvof the balls had struck, and Booth said in" and returns when it am. Thus this section of C ame ill. They tried to lay him upon a mattress he had put all five through the knot-hole. When ,he outside world, but he would not let them, neither would he allow we came to examine the pistol, however, to reload Virginia hears Irom tne cuisine w . R , Uow to be pUce ,i lln der his head. He seemed it, we found all five of the balls still in the pistol, but the outside world hears irom u I to suffer a great deal, especially just before his the powder having exploded without driving out by no means as often. 1 am thus particular death." n I the bullets.- He laughed as heartily as I did at the /about Bowling Green mid Port Royal because both I ??????..J , I ldh c ?????j 1 d k talk muth M the WO und play an important partin the great tragedy oi which I was through his throat. I heard him say, i coinc to write. It wus not far from Port Royal I ???Tell mother and the detective who stooped .1 . ,1. la 1 ometed I over him said the balance of the sentence was. tlint the last scene was cnatie . j???that I died for my country.??? The detectives would One bleak cold day of last week, a day resembling i llot j et us come very near him. They were con- upou me and "???Would you betray him for $100,000 if vou to ild??????? 1 I ??? ???I would indeed,??? I replied, ???$109,000 is a great [ lot of money.??? ??? ???Booth turned away, and became thoughtful, the powder having exploded w ithout driving the bullets. He laughed as heartily as I did a fizzle, and we tried no more marksmanship,??? "Were you the one who brought the paper in an nouncing I.ineoln???s assassination???? ???No, sir, that was my brother Jack. We were all at dinner when that occurred. Brother Jack said that the president had been shot and that one hun- _ . dred thousand dollars reward had been offered for llmt unon which the great battle of Fredericksburg stanlly bending over him so as to catch any word the apprehension of his murderer. I sTiid, ???Gra- , , , n mile earlier in he might utter, for he was very frequently mutter- cions???don???t J wish lie would come tills way and I was fought, although a HUM canitr h??? g . ??The detectives would call for what they could eapture him.??? Booth turned up; tho year, 1 drove over the road wnlcn > n I wanted ami my two elder sisters, who were then | said with great earnestness: 1R0" trembled with the tramp of armies, until I young ladies, would gtt it. They would constantly reached Port Koval iu rime for dinner. This wel- ask for brandy for him and sister would saturate a come meal after the cold drive was procured in a piece of cloth which the detectives would place to liouse on the onlv street in the town, the habitation Booth???s lips, and he would suck it eagerly. This of a citizen named Allan Bowie. Bowie is a typical would revive him for the time being, and of course . - ??? Virginian and he gave men typical southern meal, nothing could help him then. 1 can never for- and had very little to say after that. Some time which would have been far more enjoyable had I aet the sad scenes of that night. They I after Harold came from Bowling Green and they ,i ip roaring wood fire which burned in the sitting fixed themselves indelibly upon my mind. I re- went away to tile woods together. Before they re ??? -**-* ???-***??? 1 ??? 1 ??? 1 ??? ' -'-lring all the bustle that attended I turned father had determined that they could not . on * little realizing the meaning remain in the house over night. He liad become tr'ustyVtilored'mau who handled the team, turned I of what was passing. Booth died as the sun came I convinced that they were some kind of suspicious the horses??? heads iu the direction of Bowling Green. I up.??? I characters. We imagined that they were members He had driven about three miles when we overtook I The bright young lady gave these interesting de- I of Mosby???s gang and might steal our horses. When - - ??? 1 tails of Booth's last moments in a graphic and in- I he told them they could not sleep iu the house they tclligcnt manner, and as I arose to go, both sisters 1 asked if they could not go under the liouse. Father "???uiieie'* where is the Garrett farm???? I asked I walked out upon the porch with me, and, at my said that would not do, as the dogs would get after "Over on van hill ??? replied he, pointiugtoa I request, pointed out the various objects connected I them, liouse some quarter of a mile ahead and standing I with the story???. One of them, as she east her eye ???"Let us go out into one of the out buildings,??? back from the road in a clump of trees some 300 I over the scene, said, rather sadly: "The old place said Booth. Father filially consented to this, and vnrds from the highway. I looks desolate enough luiw, that there are no men they went out into the barn, which was filled on - *???-- a._.ab MaOap T*f>v I fnitf. Hen, in lrccn It tit, ??? I one side with corn blade fodder, and on the other side with farming utensils and a lot of furniture sms, | ????<??,??, a,,, ??? rough crooked I belonging to refugees from Port Royal. Afterthey 'hWVinrofle ole man Garrett died. Dat was nigh Georgia locust treo which stood only a few feet got in tjie bam 1 went and locked the door with a unto to' year ago" from the porch to the right of the path leading to padlock on the outside so that they Three minutes after the old darkey had thus the gate, "is the tree to which Harold was tied from could not get out without making a sunken mv driver nulled his horses sharply to the I the time lie surrendered until after Booth's death, noise. When I returned to the. house ri-lit nml ruined between the posts upon which I It must have been a painful position, for he was I was not exactly satisfied with that precaution and once hung n gale and up the old farm road toward tied back so that his body was shaped to the bend said to brother Jack that we would take our pistols the house two hundred yanls from I of tlie tree, as you see it. There.??? she continued, and go and sleep in the corn crib near the barn, tlie main ' ???road and a short turn to pointing to the left of the l*orch between a great that we might more readRy prevent any attempt tlie left brougiit me directly in front | cherry and a towering Lombardy poplar which | on their part to steal tlie horses. About 2 o???eloek threatening to kill him if he did hot reveal tlie whereabouts of tlie two men. When brother Jack came up he said to the soldiers: ??? ???I will show you where tlie men are,??? and the officers released father and took Jack and me into custody. ??? ???The. men are in the barn??? said JaclAffid the officers ordered him to lead the way there. A mo ment later the soldiers had surrounded it and Jack mill a narrow path led up to tho broad porch 1 were secreted and where Booth was shot? which ran along the en tire front of the old building "Yonder to the left of the orchard,??? she replied, whose everv timber from cellar to garret is insepara- I ???and here is where he was brought and laid upon l\lv linked with the historv of the first assassination the porch,??? said she, pointing to the spot near the and greatest crime ever committed in this country, door where Booth breathed his last. After taking n -lance at the old place and its sur- Looking in tlie direction in which she pointed, n.undin-H I -Stcbncd across the broad porch qnd the stains of the blood, which gargled from Booth s kiKK-ked'at the door. It was opened by n pleasant throat ns hc lay in the death agony, were still looking rosv cheeked country girldrcssed in a neat plainly visible. -- -??? ??? - * "They say that a murderer's blood can never be I and I were put under arrest. -One of the detectives washed out, she said. "It seems to be true. For I demanded of Booth that hc surrender, aud then iionih was killed?????? | years the stains upon the porch where hc died re-1 unlocked the door and pushed brother Jack iu "Yos sir Won't you walk in?" She led the wav mained very distinct, and you see that they can yet w ith the demand that he go and tell them to come inioii room on the left of the door where a roaring be easily traced.??? out and give themselves up. My brother ap- bWd in the spacious fire place. I Turning from the point where ho died to the spot preached tlie point where Booth wus lying on the qtie asked mo to a seat before the iiivitingfire and I where the barn stood in which he wasshot, she com blades and said: innk imo herselt near by. Her manner wus easy | said: ???That charred post you see yonder is one of 1 ??????The soldiers are here after you and they want nutmminl but she looked at me for a moment in | the four original corner-posts of the old bam. You I you to surrender. If you don???t come out they iviii (iiitrz'ical way as if wondering what liad | see it has been chipped and hacked near the bot- threaten to burn the barn and destroy all our hreiigiit me here and why I had been so particular tom. That has been done by people who have property.??? to inquire if this was the place where John Wilkes 1 visited here, and pieces have been taken away as I ???Get out of here, young man, whispered Booth BootS IMtd been killed. After a few momentsof | ^AgnUeaum who^herejast^ummer desperately, ;or I???ll take your life. V^u have be cross I "Brother Jack tried to argue with him as to the and appealed to Booth our property. Booth brother she said pleasantly, ???but 1 was a little girl then, I tor a piece not as otg as j our uiuc linger irom tuai | repeated to the officer that Booth???s only reply had scarcely nine years old, yet most of the striking I post. . . . . ., , I been a threat to kill him. The officer then took things about his stay I can remember as though it I A minute after this talk I stood by tlie side of | my brother and me aud placed us a short distance were vesterday. I never shall forget the day he that charred_ and blackened pillar, half cut to from the bam and set a light directly canto to our house. It was about 2 or j! o clock in I pieces by relic hunters. It has stood there through I j n front of us. Two men were placed to guard us the afternoon, aud the man who brought him said all these years ns a grim and silent sentinel over wlth instructions that the first time Booth fired lie was a wounded confederate soldier, and asked I the pile of ashes which marks the spot I upon any of the party that they should immediate- father to take care of him until hc got so he could I where John Wilkes lk>oth, the brave, I jy shoot us. Booth, who had been watching the travel. lie was very lame and went about upon a I gamely received his death wound. ** I operation through a crack in the barn, and heard rude pair of wooden crutches. He talked very little standsas alndeousmonumentdesignatingtheplace the order of the officer for our * and 1 remember distinctly that he impressed me as w here a bright life was given up as the result of an at the top o{ his voice: being constantly sad. Hc spent much of his time | act at which all civilized people still stand aghast. I ??????That is unfair; those men out in the front yard under the trees???you know he I With the exception of this funeral pile the old piste I people do not know who I am.??? was here less than two days???but we children were I looks much as it did when Booth first wune here. I ???The otticer then revoked the order he had given, about him aud with him nearlv all the time. Of W ithin a hundred feet of the bam stand the com an( j colonel Conger, one of the detectives, ordered course wo were full of romp ana frolic, and some- J cnV*s, filled to-da> with the gathered grain as the> I me to pile dry brush against the corner of the barn times he would attempt to be cheerful and eneour- were that memorable night in Apnl, I860, when so that it could be fired. I had piled bat little age us in our play. M.v little baby sister, then I sparks from.theiburaingbam caught liereaud the:e -when Booth called to meandsaid about four vears old, he took a great fancy to and I 111 the dried culling shingles of their roofs, and the the Rappahannock which transported the remains of the assassin to Washington. What a difference between Booth and Guiteau! Were it not for the bideousness of the crime for which he died there wonld be something heroic in the way Booth met his death. The first assassin was inspired by the example of Brutus, whose memory he woishipped, and whose spirit he in voked when he directed the fatal bullet, and again when he met his death. It was the heroism of vanity: yet more easy to excuse than cringing cowardice. It is ea>y to picture Booth in the burning bnrn. He had determined never to surrender: and when the blazing fodder suddenly lit up his hidingplaee. scaring the sleeping swallows from their nests among the rafters, and bringing each individual beam, girder aud shingle into bold relief, it only increased his purpose to die game. There was no evidence of fear either in word or act. He stood in the center of the barn framed by a sheet of tire, erect and fearless, supported by his crutches, while he vainly endeavored toget a sight at his pursuers that lie might sell his life as dear as possible. The lurid glare of the leaping flames which made him visible to them, drew an Impenetrable veil betweeu his enemies and him. When the fire drew so close about him that he saw that lie must either die by the flames or the sword, he threw down his carbine, and with a pistol in hand started for the door. He had made his choice: it was that lie would die in the fight rather than the fire. A disobedient soldier put a bullet through his neck. What a eur the second assassin! Measured even by the standard of the first he is a pitiable object. Des titute of the least excuse for his crime, inspired by no distorted idea of patriotism, this cringing, man- less being, faces his fate like the arrant coward he If the judgment of his countrymen should de cree his death Tie will lack the spirit to pay the pen alty of liis crime. like a man. Guiteau???s memory will be held iu utter abhorrence, as his character does uot possess a single redeeming trait. He will he held as much lower than Booth, as the jackal is below the panther. It is possible time may slightly mellow tlie feeling of humanity toward the bright and misguided Booth, but it never can have even pity for Guiteau. While Mr. William Garrett was reciting the story of Booth's last hours his sister Kate stood near, and when he had finished said: ???When Captain Jett brought Booth to our house I thought he was the handsomest man I liad ever seen. He had the most magnificent head and fore head I ever saw upon a man. He also had a fine face. He wore a moustache, anil he evidently liad uot shaved for a few days. I got him his dinner, aud ns he sat down to eat it he said, ???I am not very hungry,??? and this was about the only remark he made. He seemed in deep thought, and scent most of his time lounging in the front yard. Captain Jett introduced him as James W. liefrd, a wounded confederate soldier. He had a very rude pair of crutches, out my brother had a good pair which he had used when wounded during the war, and we gave them to Booth." "Did he everspeak about the assassination???? "No, sir; he neverseemed to take any interest in anything. I remember that on the evening before hc wasshot Mr. Bowie, who now keeps the note! at Port Royal, had called, aud we were all sitting on the porch when the subject of the assassination came up. When we began talking about ir Booth arose and went and laid down upon the grass by himself. I was present when he died anu helpeit my sisters to ease iiis last moments. The detectives kept close to him, but they allowed my sister, now Mrs. Campbell, of Berkley county. West Virginia,to cut a lock of hair from his head after he died." ???Did yon hear auything he saidas he lay upon tlie porch???? ???He attempted to speak several times, but could not utter many words. I remember he held up his hands and looked at them, saying as he did so: ??????Useless, nsep-s.??? These were the last words Booth ever spoke.??? Taking leave of the brother and sister I started on my return to "Here the railroad could be taken to carry me on my northward journey. Mr. Gar rett. with true suu.nern hospitality, had offered me bed in his comfortable house before I bade him f ood-bye. It wa3 dusk when I started toward 'rederieksburg. Inning the long drive which followed, the history of the family whose old home I had just visited gave me ample food for reflec tion. J found something pathetic in the story I had seen, rather than heard, of the breaking up of the family upon whose generosity Booth liad im posed. ???J he bolder and broader acts iu the ragedy which began with the assas sination of Abraham Lincoln and ended with the execution of those engaged ill tlie mighty crime arc familiar history, bu t the scenes surrounding tlie death of the principal character, and the impression they stamped upon the lives of those who stood about him when he was hunt ed and killed, are for the first time herein related. I11 those days American journalism did not follow current events with the same speed and accuracy that it docs notv. It is 110 longer content to record the news within cosy grasp, but reaches out and fur nishes the most striking points of modern history aud corrects the mistakes the passionate historians have made, aticl garnishes the dry and stubborn statements of facts with graphic personalties and stirring details. I have tried in this sketch to give a few intcrerting points upon this absorbing sub ject of which the complete and faithful history will not be written for yeans.' F. A. B. YOUTH???S COMPANION. Atlanta'* Colonel*. Valdosta Times. Atlanta has her share of colonels. A committee of thirty-two was appointed on ???reception,??? in | view of the apnroaching farmer???s day, and there were but live misters on the list. Oil In Kentucky. Point Bcrnsidk. Ky.. December 14.???1???. S. Rogers, of Pennsylvania, who has been boring for oil in this region has struck a good quality of lubricating oil in Hannonsa???reck, near Montieello, causing much excitement in this neighborhood keep quiet.??? I remember one very interesting in cident that occurred when he was here.??? ???What was that???? were looking out upon the tragic scene. Behind I 0 f the fu^ives. Bodtli was determined 'from the the corn cribs an ola cattle shed stands as it did first that he would not be taken alive, aud he so f , then, fast crumbling into decay, and nearer still to ???,fornied Lieutenant Baken Harold, however, ???He was lying prone upon the grass in the front the house is an old bam which sjems to remain up- wanted to give himself up, and Booth, after calling yard and we were all playing about him. I grabbed I right with eftort. Near the fence a wooden mill for him an arrant coward, virtually drove him out oi him by the orm in the game, and accidently pushed crashing ugar cane standrin c l.mess, and the ser* the barn into the hands of the officers. There his shirt sleeve up to the elbow, and there upon the I vants??? quarters on the other side of the dwelling was quite an extended parley between Baker and forearm .???saw tattooed the letters: | are next to tenantless, ana are fast following the o a Booth, during which Booth begged the officer to 1 house and outbuildings into desolate decay. I draw his men off fifty yards, then twenty-five yards, The sun was fast going down behind the trees, laud then he came down to ten yards, and give him J. W. B. = | touching their frost-bitten fcliage with enmson a chance for his life. glory, casting its last golden glances over the scene, I ??? Be fair, captain,??? said Booth, ???and give me a and bathing the gable roof of the old house with a | show. I could have killed you a dozen times to- Oh. what are those letters on there tor????"said I flood of light, as I rambled over the grounds. I night, but I took you to be a brave man. Now qnicklv. . . , I walked iu the very places where Booth and his low give me a chance for my life.??? ??? ??? 'Why, child, those are the initials of my name??? l companion skulked when the officers of the law and I ?????? ???You must surrender,??? replied Lieutenant Ba- 1 the soldiers were scouring the country with the vig-I ker: ???we eame to take vou prisoner, not kill ilance which a prospective reward of a hundred | you.' ??? JAMES \V. BOYD. : | thousand dollars added to their desire to revenge I ??????I will never be taken alive,??? retorted. Booth the death of the murdered president. ???you may make up vour mind I willfight to the It was through the stretch of country which fades death.??? ??? ??? I remembered then, that the man who had I in the distance beyond the Rappahannock, and ???Hardly had the last word died upon his lips be broughthim had introduced him as Mr. Boyd, and I still further beyond the Potomac that Booth made I fore a blaze shotup among thedry fodder. Colonel I went on with the play, aud probably would have I his perilous journey to the point where he met his I Conger had, d uring the talk, slipped around to the forgotten tlie circumstance but for the startliug I death. Down through the sterile and desolate I back of the barn, and lighting a handful of dry events which rapidly followed it.??? | lands of lower Maryland, and through its tangled straw had passed it through a crack in the boards ???Did Booth talk much???? I swamps he wandered, with Harold as his compan-I and tired the building. The combustible materials ???He liad very little to say. He talked more to I ion, until the friendly Potomac bore them across I inside the barn burned like tinder, and ill a moment iny little sister than to any one else. He called her I iuto King George's county. Virginia, whieh makes the wlidle inside of the building was his little biue-eyed pet, and at the last meal he took I the neck of land between the Potomac a blaze of light, and in the middle with us she sat by his side in her high chair. We I and Rappahannock rivers. A night???s journey Booth could be seen leaning upon were all gathered around the table,when she began I brought them to the point on the latter stream I his crutches with his carbine in his hand trying to makifiga noise; mother spoke up quite sharply to I that can just be distinguished from the porch upon get a sight and a shot at his enemies. He could her. aud she burst into tears. Booth at once began I which Booth died. The crossing to Port Royal was not see beyond the light which surrounded him. soothing her. and said, ???What is that, my little I not a difficult task, for Captain Jett and the other I while those outside could see him plainlv. Atlast. blue-eyes crying???? I friendly confederate soldiers who joined the fleeing ] when the fire was fast approaching him.he started ???Is that sister living here with you???? | criminals here lent a helping hand. Booth's last I for the door as if about to take his last desperate ???Oh, yes,??? and turning to another sister sitting I earthly journey, from Port Royal to the Garrett Ix'Iiauee for life, lie had only advanced a step or near, she said, ???Won???t you call sister???? I farm along the Bowling Green road, was easily ac- two when the crack of a carbine was heard, and Theyoungladyaddrcssedsteppedtothcdoorand I complished, and I could imagine standing upon I Booth fell mortally wounded, shot through the called. In a moment a bright, rather handsome I the same spot where he grew restless at the sight of neck by one oi the soldiers who had been sent to young girl, just budding into womanhood, stepped | the soldiers, that his eye frequently glanced off in capture him. into the room dressed in her riding habit. She had I the direction whence he came through the broad I ???Lieutenant Baker and myself were the first to a full round face and pleasant countenance, lit up | stretch of country blighted by the degradation of I reach him after he fell and to carrv him from the by a pair of large poetic blue eyes, and a wealth of | slavery and mutilatedby war. and that his thoughts burning building. Both of us then thought that golden hair fell down her back in a graceful braid, I often reverted to the aet whieh caused his flight I he had shot himself, aud I am not vet convinced reaching below her waist. A jaunty riding hat, | from the civilization of Washington where money that he did not. He attempted several times to evidently of home construction,sat upon her shape- | and social position were his aud from which he sneak, but his words were incoherent, and y *???This is my sister Cora of whom 1 have been speaking. She was Mr. Booth???s favorite. ??? ???I don???t remember anything about Booth,??? said the cheerful girl, ???but they have, told me a great deal about him sifiec his death. How I wish I could remember him! I'm just going for a ride.??? and after a few moments conversation she stepped was now an outlaw. as soon as possible we bore him While I was looking over the farm recalling the I to the house and laid him upon the scenes whieh have marked this place indelibly upon I porch and did everything possible to ease his dying the pages of American history, the two young la- I moments. The story of the death scene is the dies stood upon the porch, and when I returned. I same ns that of thousands of other men who died expressed a regret that some other member of the I in the war from gun-shot wounds. He suffered family who was 'older at the time of the tragedy great deal. After his death he was sewed in was not present to give me more details in relation | blanket, and they got Ned Freeman, an old col ored man, to draw the body to Port Koval in his rickety old wagon. Brother Jack and mv- _ self were taken to Washington and kept In prison ^he'put* the'saddle upon the horse herself, and I above. ???Brother Will and sister Kate live about thirty-one days. We were never called to testifv, sprang into it without assistance, aud in less time I four miles from here, near Miller???s mill. If you I although onr written statements were taken by than it take* to tell the story her black pony was I would see them they would remember details I Colonel* Baker, the chiei detective. I have living down the country road bearing toward a 1 which I, of course, have forgotten. If you care to j always thought we were not called as wit iiei-hboring farm house John Wilkes Booth???s last I go over there, you will take the road just at the end I nesses by Baker for fear the authorities sweeth-artT I of the first wheat field going toward Port Royal. I would award us some po.tion of the reward ???I suppose ??? said I, turning to the sister, ???that I With many thanks for the courtesy with which [ offered for the capture of Booth. This is how vou d<> not remember much of the occurrences of these young ladies had treated my search for infor- was that our story has never before been told.??? .-l I ma; ion. 1 took mv leave and in five minutes had I Poor old Ned Freeman! He has gone to his last home. His grave is near his humble cabin where he died, and where he lived when the detectives him to cart the body of Booth from Garrett farm to Port Royal ferry??? and never paid him for it. mation. 1 took my leave and in five minutes had bfJ^iie'newfoif'^SidetiV" Li neoin???s'assassination. I of 'booth than those" X had just left. Less than ns he liad ooenedt he door he said; an hour after I had left the scenes I have described , . __ ??? rire-ideut has been murdered, and there I I was seated before a wood fire talking to Mr. Wil- i clump of bushes and a few straggling trees mark , Ko,, n '-ico 000 reward offered for the capture of I liam Garrett and Miss Kate Garrett whom Miss Lil- I the spot where he lies. I followed the road to-day Jjr iSurin * I lie. the mistress oi the home farm, has introduced. 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