The life, crime, and capture of John Wilkes Booth,: with a full sketch of the conspiracy of which he was the leader, and the pursuit, trial and execution of his accomplices./ By George Alfred Townsend.

h Demtcve BAw.
- Corporals -immer (Co. C), M. Taenaek; Privatea L Pardian,
J. eiyers, W. Burnn, F. Meekdank, G. Haich, J. Raien, J. Kelly, J.
Samger (Co. M), G. Zeichton, -Steinbury, L. Sweech (Co. A), A. Sweech
(Co. ), F. Diacts; Sergeant Wandell; Corporals Lannekey, Winacky
Sergeant Corbett (Co. L).
Sergeant Corbett, who shot Booth, was the only man of the command
belonging to the same company with LIeutenant Doherty, Commandant.
LETTER VI.
THE DETECTIVEB' 8TOIL
WASHINGTO', May -P. IL
The police resources of the country have been fairly tested during the
past two weeks. Under the circumstances, the shrewdness and energy of
both municipal and national detectives have been proven good. The latter
body has had a too partial share of the applause thus far, while the great
efforts of our New-York and other officers have been overlooked. In the
crowning success of Doherty, Conger, and Baker on the Virginia side of
the water we have forgotten the as vigorous and better sustained pursuit
on the Maryland side.
Yet the Secretary of War has thanked all concerned, especially referring
to many excellent leaders in the long hunt through Charles and St. Mary's
counties. Here the military and civil forces together amounted to quite a
small army, and constituted by far the largest police organization ever
known on this side of the Atlantic. -
I think the adventures and expedients of these public servants worthyof
a column. It would be out of all proportion to pass them by when we
devote a dozen lines to every petty larceny and shoplifting.
Or the Friday night of the murder the departments were absolutely
paralyzed. The murderers had three good hours for escape; they had
evaded the pursuit of lightning by snapping the telegraph wires, and rumor
filled the town with so many reports that the first valuable hours, which
should have been used to follow hard after them, were consumed in feverish
~fforts to know the real extent ot the assassination.
Immediately afterwards, however, or on Saturday morning early, the
provost and special police force got on the scent, and military in squads
were dispatched close upon their heels.
Three grand pursuits were organized: one Teaching up the north bank
of the Potomao toward Chain bridge, to prevent escape by that direction
into Virginia, where Mosby, it was suspected, waited to hail the murderers;
A second starting from Richmond, Va., northward, forming a broad
advancing picket or skirmish line between the Blue Ridge and the br.d
sea-running streams;
A third to scour the peninsula towards Point Lookout.
The latter region became the only one well examined; the northern xpedition failed until advise& from below to capture Atzerott, and faileid. to
capture Payne. Yet there were cogent probabilities that the assassin. had
taken this route; f)r Mosby would have given them the right hnd of
fellowship.
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