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.

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left and fresh horses were to be got, and the prt would proeed to the
river So take. boat. Harold took a buggy to "T. B." in anticipation that
Mr. Lincoln would be captured, and he was to go. with the party to the
river. Slavery had put him on the side of the South He had heard it
preached in church that the curse of God was upon the slaves, for they
were turned black. He always hated the nigger and felt that they should
be kept in ignorance. He had not received any money from Booth,
although he had been promised that if they were successful they should
never want, that they would be honored throughout the South, and that
they could secure an exchange of prisoners and the recognition of the
confederacy.
Harold slept well several hours, but most of the night he was sitting up,
either engaged with his pastor, Rev. Mr. Olds, of Christ Church, or in
prayer. His sisters were with him from an early hour this morning to
twelve o'clock; they being present when he partook of the sacrament at
the hands of Dr. Olds. The parting was particularly affecting. Harold
oonversed freely with thoremn, and expressed himself prepared to die.
Powell converseod with Dr. Gillctte aiidl Dr. tr kSt,r on religlitis toptcs
during the morning, sittinig erect, as he did in the court'room. FIro,m hil
conversation It appears ttiat he was raised religiously, and belonged to the
Baptist church until after the breaking out of the rebellion. lie appeared
to be sincerely repentant, and in his cell shed tears freely. He gave his
advisers several commissions of a private character, and stated that he
was willing to meet his God, asking-all men to forgive,'and forgiving all
who had done aught against him. Colonel Doster, his counsel, also took
leave of him durihng the morning, as well as with Atzerott.
Mrs. Surratt's daughter was with her at an early hour. One of her
male friends also had an interview with her, and received directions concerning the disposition of her property. During the night and morning
she received the ministrations of I'tevs. J. A. Walter and B. F. Wigett,
and conversed freely with them, expressing, while protesting her innocence, her willingness to meet her God. Iler counsel, Messrs. Aiken &
Clampitt, took leave of her during the morning.
A singular feature of this execution was the arrest of General Hancock
th? morning, who appeared in court, to answer a writ of habeas corpsu,
with a full staff. It is well to notice that this execution by military order
has not, therefore, assed without civil protest. President Johnson et
tended to General Hancock the'right conferred wn the President by
Congress of setting aside the habeas corpus.
As usual in such executions as this, there were many stirring outside
episodes, and much shrewd mixture of tragedy and business. A photo.
grapher took note of the scene in all its phases, from a window of a portion
of the jail. Six artists were present, and thirty seven special correspondents, who came to Washington only for this occasion.
The lasses to.. the execution were written not printed, and, excepting
the bungling mechanism of the scaffold, the sorrowful event went c.ff with
m.-e than usual good order. Every body feels relieved to night, l,ecause
hai' of the crime is buried.
(O, Monday, Mudd, Arnold, O'Laughlin, and Spangler, will go north
ward to prison. The three former for life, the last for six years.
Applications for pardon were made yesterday and today to President
Johnson, by Mrs. Samuel Mudd. who is quite woe-begone and disappoint.
ed, in behalf of her husband, by the sisters of liarold, anid by Miss Anu
Surratt. Harold's sc,ters, dressed in full mourniig ar, d heavily veiled.
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