Show I TO KIDNAP PRESIDENT I I Samuel Bland Arnolds Story of the Conspiracy to Carry Lincoln Away Which t Ended in His Assassination Meeting of the Conspirators in a Washington Saloon at Which Atzerodt and Herold Made Their AppearanceBooth Outlines His PlansHis Associates at That Time Looked Upon Him as a Madman Project Finally Abandoned Copyrighted ISflS liy llio Ballimoro American Published Exclusively In Utah by Special Spe-cial Arrangement by Tho Salt Lake ldbuIHConUnucd Continued From Yesterday During the entire month of February tho project was at a standstill and I seldom sel-dom met Booth For the first time my situation dawned upon me and began to t be felt deeply Here I was without any Kind or employment wandering from place to place In my Idleness making frrrinent its to Baltimore witched no doubt and my lootslcpu dogged by tin Government detectives and spies who In various ways sought to obtain sonic clue ay to my business and how 1 cngJjred This became Insupportable asi L felt every eye was wutchlii r my rnoiinenls thereby making my position 1 posi-tion very Insecure After the Presidential election Booth tvorhcd energetically In the affair and hud completed all his arrangements so he informed OLaughlin and myself He WI1S always busy and In motion haxlner very limited time to hold conversation con-versation I was unaware oven at this into date that there were any others beyond those spoken of before who were connected with the atfalr Prisoners were non being exchanged Kiid the purpose for which each hud bound himself to the other und for which months of labor and time had b en expended had been accompliphod Yet ho still Insisted upon carrying nut the abduction Patriotism had converged con-verged into heartless ambition on his rart and I looked upon him as u mad iran and resolved If I the project were mot speedily executed to sever my connection con-nection with him Mr r Arnold next recites at lcn gth as detailed In his sworn statement before Gltafron In 1S67 of the meeting of the conspirators at GoLfers saloon and thwc meeting for the first time Lewis Payne George A Atnerodt and David E Herold who with Arnold Booth OLaurrhlln and Surratt made up the party of conspirators that gathered In tiio private parlor of the saloon to discuss dis-cuss the abduction Arnold pays at tbliy point that when Booth outlined tin plans that his audience was seemingly seem-ingly carried away with his visionary Ideas Some few remarks of an ob Jecrloujible character atarled a lengthy discussion The fact that the suspicions of the Go eminent had seemingly been aroused from the fact that double ptockades were being erected at the bridge crossing the Eastern Branch on the Prince Georges side of the river which made the undertaking more difJlcult even if success crowned the efforts at the theater wan talked over and Arnold advanced the Idea of the utter Impracticability of the whole platmSPELLBOUND SPELLBOUND BY BOOTH lIe then says I stood not alone yet none seemed to consider it In Its proper light they being completely spellbound by the utterances of Booth not looking look-ing at the consequences whIch would follow After arguing to great length In fact until the subject became exhausted ex-hausted and before any reasonable decision de-cision could be arrived at or rendered It culminated In a very exciting and Solent controversy between Booth and myself I the others silently looking on when Booth In his rashness and mad rttts finding that he could not swerve me from my purpose and firm stand taken In the manner of Its accomplishment accomplish-ment threatened to shoot me or words to that eITc < tAt t-At this time It looked very much ns If the meeting would be dissolved with wrloua consequences attending It na two stubborn natures had met and one of us as decided a character as the other whcn deeming the position assumed as-sumed ns right However It was Jiniilly settled and compromised without with-out risortlng to shooting after which in the presence of the entire company 1 i slated my determination and llrm rccsoivc to sever my connection wIth till affair In case It wos not carried out during the week stating also Gentlemen you have naught to fear from me In the matter as 1 never would bttiny you The resolve to attempt to carry off Oh President from the hospital or en cumpmciii on Seventh street where the chief executive ailed to appear after tli conspirators had arrived on the scc3Ie = on horseback Is dealt with again by Arnold at this point The plan was to UiJce the carriage of the President nnd all seated within it drive It around by uiy of Bladensburg thence through the lower counties in the direction of Port TobaccO crosc the river at or near thrl point and thence onward to Richmond Rich-mond A QUIXOTIC UNDERTAKING Commenting on this plan Mr Arnold Ar-nold says The most Quixotic and visionary undrrluJlnir that ever entered a sane mans brain I looked upon him as demented but made no oojectlon stating that we would bo ready at the appointed time Of all the Ideas exittine I in a mans brain ihlo vis the most foolhardy ever advanced and we concluded that it was done to I try the nerve of hit associate We Ion kifl upon him as u nmdman yet could offer no objection from the act that we had given our word to asslut him in ft during the week OLaiighlin Payne and Arnold rotJe pnrt of the way to the city In company and Booth and Sunall went on out tho roud What became of Alzcrodt I am unable to state and Herold was not prrsent he having been htiil to T B or SurrattHville with Booths horse and = buggy conveying the box containing the two rarhlnes and other minor articles About 3 oclock that Einic evening OLaughlin and myseIf mot Booth and Surralt back In the Na tional hotel at the stable where our horse had been placed at livery and I from that day I never BIW John H i Surralt until I i met him a cleric at the Norfolk line of steamers In Baltimore some ton years ago The Interval allotted for carrying out the scheme expired and OLauhIln and myHHf hevcrcd all cnnnecrlon with Booth und his confederates and In fact the general Idea of the eiitlrc party was that the project was cn tlroly abandoned and we relumed to our respective homes in Baltimore on March L0 1SCEJ STILL ANOTHTCR APPJ3AL J But II i few days had elapsed before F I I BooLh was again soliciting my nunhjt I Ian I-an I lo which I paid nol the slightest J attention On March 25 J8G5 nx he re I Utrnorl from New York to the city of Washington he slopped In Ballimoro cnlUd at my fathers to sec me but I I wj in the country So he left a teller I for me and J found that he desired to try it once more and if 1 unsuccessful lo forever abandon it As requested I called at Bainums hotel but found ho had departed I therefore concluded con-cluded that he had pone to Was inK ton which canned the penning of the communication of Match 27lh which proved ro J fatal In Its bearings In my respective came Tho motive of the loiter I was lo pre vent If possible iiis undertaking Whether he heft this letter In his trunk to betray me In my innocence Into the hands of the G aver urn en i through malice 01 foigctftilnesa I cannot fathom fath-om nevertheless It accomplished Its end and from this Cad waa forced to become n witness against iroyclf The trip with OLaughlln to Washington Wash-ington to pot money from Booth owing ow-ing O Liughlln IM dealt with at length lie says We had an Interview with I Booth at the National hotel and the scheme was ontlroly I nhnndnncd During Dur-ing the conversation Booth Informed UG that he had learned throuch Lewis J Welehmnn with whom he was on the moat friendly terms ned from whom he derived ill Information re Ifitlnp to the number of prisoners held by the United Stales Government that John H Surralt had accompanied a luly to Richmond owlmr to the cap tuio of the person by the United States authorities who had been In I tho I habit of ferrying parties across thc river anti It was throuch this circumstance alone that the services of SurraII were offered I HAD HE BUT DONE SO Among the last words tiered by Booth on thai occasion wore thiil t ho intended returning to his profession upon the stage rnd that he had Rlvrn 1 up forever hIM project This was the last interview I ever had and the last time I ever 1 mel him nnd F have never seen nor heard from him since Of all thC others connected with the affair l 1 novcr saw or heard from any after March 17 lE6n excepting Atzcrodt whom J accidentally ran upon March 31st on my visit to Washington After dealing wtih his securing work at Old Point Comfort Mr Arnold tells of the receipt of the news of Lincolns assassination In the following words On the 15th of April lS6j about 12 oclock noon whilst seatod In the countlngrooms at Mr Whartons at Old Point Comfort Va It became rumored ru-mored that Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated the ovenlns nrecodlnfr whilst walking along Pennsylvania avenue In Wnshlntrlon The name of tho person perpetrating t the deed was unknown In fact the report was so vague that but few persons credited I it Toward evening other dIspatches ar rlvlnu announced the assassination of Mr Seward and other officials of the Government The greatest excitement prevailed It was not until the following day that any clue had been obtained to the I parson who had committed the deed I when the public mind became Jl iaduaj ly Impressed with the idea Hint John V Booths waa the guilty hand that struck the blow This news startled me feeling assured that my former connection and intimacy with Booth would lead to my arrest and to be even suspected I felt was almost equivalent equiv-alent to death Had I been differently situated or been whore I felt that the law woud have protected me I would have sur tendered mypelf I In my entire Innocence Inno-cence into the hand of the Government Govern-ment but ns It was I determined to jet affairs puisuo their own course and quietly as possible to my minds cx cited condition await my arrest TWO DETECTIVES ARRIVE On April 17th whilst seated in the store two Government detectives = arrived I ar-rived and Inquired for me I went from I the olllce and met them when a letter I was handed mo by one of them purporting pur-porting to have been sent from my father In which It was stated that a communication written to John Wllkes Booth March 7th had been found wlihln Booths trunk which seemed to connect me In some way with the deed committed and advising me to state all I knew concerning It After perusing it the detuctivofi abked whether I Inlendcd < 1 to comply with the request of my father 1 stated yes and told them thai I knew nothing concerning it nor wns J at any time in any manner connected with Booth or others Jt became necessary from Booths betrayal of me no mailer whelher It emanated < 1 from malice or forgetfulness to become a wlincfls against myself and 1 vnp forced to acknowledge that 1 had been at one period engaged wlili Booth In a scheme to attempt the abduction of Abraham Lincoln but that I was totally disconnected discon-nected with him or any other personn al thIs perlQd In any unlawful undertaking under-taking I was then asked by the detectives If the communication found In Booths trunk was written by me J desired to be Informed of I tfomc JtBconlenls J 1 or expiesSloiie where headed from and when dater They gave me the doelved Information where doled from and how ulgncd when without hesitation 01 denial I ackhowledgod It I was penned by me I did not deny writing It an sworn by Ilorncr when a wit ness on the stand neither could It be ojcflcd that acknowledgment would be made to a cominunlrutlon before Us contents were In u measure made known nR II I was JUKI ait likely to have boon written by someone else as my Heir OTHER NAMES MENTIONED The detcctlvca were the Ilrol to mon thou the minutes of 0 Luughlln Surrull I and Atzcrodl and r vas Informed that j 0 La ugh I Jn had clven j I hlrr ulf up 1 Finding Unit tnisplflon had conicred i Uncle unon those with whom I had J been apuor u ted In conjunction with my betrayal liy Boolh 1 deemed 11 necessary aces a-ces II In Justice not only to mysolf but to those with whom I had been formerly connected to state the whole truth U3 embodied In the statement mode on Ihe ISlh of April In Marshal McPhalls office In Baltimore After my acknowledgment to the foregoing facts I way taken Into the back part of the sloriihoutio my person and baggage searched and property of a private nature uonflHcatcd which lo thla day ban never been returned al though I have repeatedly nuked lit1 rex lllullon Thore was nothing found of a rompiomlBlnp nulurc among my of fcoiv becaiiHo I had no corrtspondenco wRit anyone durlnpr lie lime that I was emiiJovrd by i Mr Whnilon I was then < turned over to the mili tory mthoritlcK conveyed lo o prison ptn here I rpinalnorl during lhi > best pnrt of time day lihcuil a niortol of food and qulKsoiI by norric of the In maU who Deemed to be void of botl niifion und Mir Tn the nftcrnoon wan brought before the piovost nmrshu ut Fortress Monroe ivhtn I i ipmaJnpr In time presence of ItiV rnllltary dleftfi a lufy for upwards of half an hour and i wan thence conveyed to the steamboat arriving in the city of Baltimore tho next morning and confined in the of llie ot Provost Marshal McPhull wflere I remained for the mosl part of the day V While there I r was treated humanely I and the requirements of nuiure Vore fully provided After sending forvjhy father and seeing him I made my written statement requestIng that I should make It In duplicate form so that he should be the possessor of a copy The request was denied why can only be learned through the then Secretary of War and Ihe Judge Advo cateGeneral of the United Slates BLINDED BY GOLD TIs a useless task I feel lo attempt to controvert testimony adduced upon my trial ai emanating fiom verbal slutcmontM made by me as witnesses were blinded by the amount of gllllor leg gold as their rewind large sums having been offered for the apprehension apprehen-sion ot any one suspected of being connected con-nected with the crime I pronounce the little that wns adduced against me through a dolccllve as false In its Im picsslons and pcrvatlve of iulh many wordy being transposed nnd others added materially changing the whole tenor of Its meaning I But of this at this time T have naught to do Let the record of that Infamous proceeding stand In all Its branches with Its false swearing subordination sub-ordination of perjury Its hireling wll nesses a lowering monument oC Infamy In-famy cornmcmorallng the corruplncss and baseness of the hour I deal alone with Irulh nets of heart hesH Inhuman lly cruelty and tyranny meted me by the Government of the United Slates before any charge ns yet lund been preferred or guilt with all tho base muasuies adopted to secure It had been established In the case of any From tin TicilOd of my arrest until April IS 1SG5 whilst J was under the charge and custody of Iol Woolcy my treatment was conducted upon principles princi-ples of humanity and klndneds It was not until I was turned 1 over to the custody of time comniandlng officer aL jOlt tcJienry uiaj laran altO cruei measures woro reported to from ciders no doubt emanating from Edwin M Stanton Secrotary of War I was placed In a loathsome > and Illthy cell branded hy nusplclon as a felon robbed of my liberty resting under the grave charge of being Implicated In the assassination assassina-tion of Abraham Lincoln A CONFJODBKATE PRISONER This of ItMlf was sufficient torture to one who possessed a sensitive nature without the additional acts of Inhumanity Inhu-manity heaped upon me There happened hap-pened to be a Con federate prisoner of war occupying ono 01 the small cells back of the one In which I wns con lined I recognized his voice we having hav-ing been friend and companions from our earliest youth This fact was reported re-ported by the sergeant of the guard to the officer of the t day and rOIlh with I was In ken from my cell brought be ore the one hr occupied carefully searched this making some halfdozen times In all thence conveyed to the quarters of Ihe commanding officer I who Interrogated me to his hearts content con-tent becoming 1 > as wipe In the matter wherewith I was charged as I was myself my-self which seemed to displease him If actions afterward may be a criterion lo Judge by Calling his orderly who was In attendance at-tendance I was committed lo his charge conducted 1 to the guardhouse stripped and thoroughly scaiched l again I was thrown Into a dungeon beneath the earthwork of the fort heavily < < Ironed hand and foot where not a riy of light could penetrate and left to muse with myself In total darkness 110 place to lie but the damp slimy floor void of covering of any description descrip-tion beneath or above Looking upon the rough visage of my guardian or Jailer as the door opened I attempted to read his faoe but found It as callous cal-lous and as cold as the other from Which but Mtll could be expected He was a soldier every Inch r requested re-quested a blanket be furnished me to keep myself warm which requost was unexpectedly complied with In the course of half an hour or to rho rims alve doors of iron creaked on their rusty hinges as It was again closed shutllng out every ray of light leaving a feeling like unto one burled In a grave Food soon after In the shape of bread and coffee as reported by the sergeant Jt being impossible to penetrate the darkness and I was then left alone a sentinel like unto a bronze statue keeping guard before my irondoorcd cell REPTILES FOR BEDFELLOWS Covering my person head and foot to prevent rats and poisonous repllles from coining in contact with my body I oon was wrapped In sleep out of which at midnight I was rudely aroused brought again thc guardhouse = and ordeicd to diess myself In quick haste Surprised at such movements and ullcrly confoundefX I attempted lo fathom the surroundings as to these mysterious actions I thought the days of the French Revolution with Us hideous and barbarous murders wore going lo be reenacted In the Republic and that T was thus taken out to be either shot or hung Callous and Indifferent In-different to my fate with my usual haste I dressed myself as IniUiuctcd As soon as 1 waH In leaainess an am bulance was driven to the door of time guardhouse and I wig placed within It weighted down with heavy Irons und with an armed escort was driven lo the Camden street depot where I was turned over again to Marshal McPhall and hIs accompanying detectives who transferred me after the weighty Ironn had beon lemoved ami those of lighter material placed upon my wrists to a special car in attendance whejico I was transported to Washington MAINTAINED SILENCE During my trip there my lips were sealed to those by whom J was stir loundcd T being determined not lo let them manufacture toHllmnny agalnut me On arrival in Washington 1 was placed In a hack and driven lo the navy yard where I wns In ihe handst of Ihe United Stales Government They confinedme In a narrow and limited apartment used as a closet aboard an ironclad monitor and Irons of torturous tortur-ous mniiufncturc were placed upon my writs and 1 had nothing but time hard uneven surface of the closet to Ik upon The lions were so lightly lltled that the blood could nol clrctilalc I und my hands became fearfully swollen the oulwnrd skin changing Us appearance to a mlxiuro IoC black red and purple color This fad was reported to Capl Munroc who kindly hud HHMII changed and a pair that lilted easier placed upon me The boat was Intense The atmosphcie breathed wns obtained I through a register JIH It wtis pulled up by fans utQd for this purpoic ll more frequently happened than otherwise that the machine was not tt work which ciUiBCfl a = suffocnllng rpuaallon to creep over me To sleep wan un Impossibility Im-possibility on account of the cXtieinu pain accruing from the torluious Irons used To Be Continued Tomorrow |