Show Lincoln Museum Open to Public Government Acquires Relics That Osborn H HOldroyd Collected Washington Washington-By Washington By disposing of his collectIon of Lincoln mementos to the government go Osborn II who devoted de CO years ears to accumulating them finally realized n a lifes life's ambition Although he had received cd many offers from private ate Individuals he refused them In the Ule hope that the government go would ultimately purchase the relIcs and thus assure their pre preservation for posterity in the house In which Lin LIn- LIncoln Lincola Lincoln coln cola died Under government go ownership the thel l Peterson eterson house and Its store of his his- historic historic objects will be as Lincoln mu- mu museum museum mu museum seum open free to the public In per per- perpetuity perpetuity In assembling the autographed let let- letters letters let letters biographies cartoons photo photo- photographs photographs graphs badges furniture newspapers and busts of busts of f and pertaining to Lin Lin- Lincoln coln Mr coln Sir was pursuing a la- la labor la labor bor of love loye Once he walked 80 miles miles the entire route taken by Booth In hIs flight from Washington to snap pic pIc- pIctures pictures pictures tures of scenes along the way lIe spent years poring o er London Punch for cartoons of the Lincoln adminis administration He lie followed every clew which might lead to a memento of the man manto manto manto to whose memory he was dedicating aU all his activities Began Collecting After War never met Lincoln but at atan atan atan an Impressionable age when he needed need needed ed a leader for Inspiration the story of Lincoln came Into his hands It Ir came In a campaign pamphlet with witha witha a bundle of newspapers which d had ordered for his news stand Al AI Al- Al Always Always ways a reader he soon learned the story of the man who was going to the White House from a 10 log cabin That yellow seared scared Wigwam Edi Edi- Edition Edi- Edi Edition Edition tion now framed and exhIbited among the Lincoln relics started the famous collection of Lincoln Lincoln- Lincoln lana lava lana When the Civil war broke out Old Old- royd went to fight for his hero liero After the war var he resumed his h hobby not allowing his a vocation vocation a stewardship t In the National home at Day Dayton ton ton-to ton to Interfere with It lIe He fell feU fellin tellIn In love lo with a girl from Springfield Bl which gave gate him a good reason for moving to Lincoln's home town Not illy sly were their neighbors those of Lincoln but the house the young cou cou- couple couple couple rented was vas the one In which Lint Lin- Lin t coin had lived Here much of the Lincoln furniture sold to the tho villagers pillagers upon the President's President's dents dent's departure for Washington W was obtained by By lly 1893 3 collection had at- at attracted at attracted so much attention that lie he was advised ad to take It to Washington and offer It to the government The gov- gov government ment 35 years ago purchased the quaint frame building the Peterson hou house In which Lincoln died and In v this d deposited his treasures started on hIs Ills task of per per- persuading persuading persuading the government to take over the Lincoln relics That task looked hopeless at nt times but he refused to give gh-e It up and accomplished It after 33 years The he will receive from Uncle Sam Is less than half of what he had been offered by individual hual Lincoln admirers In Washington opportunities to add to his collection were abundant His Last Written Words For Lincoln's last bit of writing royd Old Old- rod royd had to wait walt IG 16 years He lIe paid for It and was presently offered 5 3 5 a It belonged to a man named who had been usher to the President He lIe told lold how he be came by It It happened on the nl night ht of April 14 that fateful night Stackle Stackle- ford was as requested by Sirs Mrs Irs Lincoln to notify the he he President that she was waiting In their carriage for him En- En Eni Engrossed En Engrossed i grossed In conversation with a Mr Ashmund president of the Republican lican national convention cOD that nomi him at Chicago Lincoln disregarded disregarded disregarded the message Mrs Irs Lincoln grew v Impatient and sent In In again I guess I must obey ober said the President reluctantly and took leave of his visitor Just as he lle was ready to depart the usher intervened to say that two gentlemen gen gen- gentlemen gen gentlemen wanted a Il pass for Richmond It was only five Uve days after the sur- sur surrender surrender sur surrender render and they thought thol one would b be necessary Lincoln hurriedly scribbled these words No pass Is necessary to anyone to go o to and return from Petersburg and People go and return just as they did before the war A Lincoln Two hours later Lincoln was shot When d heard of Stackle- Stackle fords Stackle-ford's fords ford's possession he called on him The usher would not sell ell In the course of 15 Hi years found many occasions to meet him but the old usher remained adamant After hIs death his wife clung to the bit of pa- pa paper paper pa paper per Then she died and her sIster gave gaye It up I |