| Show I 1 incident ol 01 murder those are nit not things are aio they T aahl counselor id A macdonald BO aa he be sauntered into tho the office of ct the united stat a II irshal a faw alay ago abdil pointe too pair of 0 handcar which were lying in upon a table 11 not especially enlivening r replied plied a dep deputy u picking up tho the rogues ire lota lata and aj exam examining eia mining them thoughtfully 11 there was one tins time that I 1 the thought aught they were wera tho ilia most cheerless and ud terrible things in tho the world the deputy looked up in surprise 11 yes yea continued U M macdonald 11 I 1 had them on both my lauds hands and feet at once for a number of 0 hours honrie I 1 laa I 1 buro are yon they are not pleasant things to wear 11 were ware they put on en to keep hasp you yon a prisoner queried the deputy won it hm bid friend could coula lave lia ve lone done anything criminal you would iwo have thought BO be had bad you b lieen in my place I 1 was arrested arrea ted too by y ol 01 a ens who thought I 1 was J W wlliet likes booth the tha deputy more as an ox expression I 1 0 of f surprise than an intentional tent ional redaction upon the vota voracity city of mr macdonald ito about in lathis th is way began the lawyer whose dark hair and ubi eye even aven now that sixteen years have passed ber bear a striking resemblance to those of the tha agea of lincoln Lin colo lla lin oln coln lad bad been murdered but a few days and the entire country WM was plunged in grief find aad ohp desire for revenge tso upon the murderer my home was in titusville Titas Titus villa ville Pennsy ivania iTania and I 1 was on the way to it from washington where ray my fit father ill at was wan then a govern mont meat contractor the route was by the way of erie the train had bad left erie an and gone perhaps a dozen dozea miles when a couple of on officers car apprised raa me by putting me under arr arrea estand tand clapping hand band cofas coffs a on my wrists wrista and ad maracles manacles mana man alea acles on my feet in vain I 1 prote protected pro eted they would riot not believe that I 1 was not wilkes booth to add to the tha of the thing bud and a fact which alao gare gale color to the tha belief that I 1 was tho tio presidents assassin aes asBin it was waa well cnown ill that 4 t booth had interests inte renta lathe oil of pennsylvania and nd had bud been there a number of times the tha men man who arrested mo me did so BO upon the strength of my gr great at resemblance to a picture of booth biall w they had bid in their possession when it became known on 00 the train if ain that the assassin of lincoln hid had been arrested and was on that verj train ruin the excitement was wai inte aie at the officers who were guarding me had all they could do to prevent the iff infuriated arlater from dome doing me ins bodily harm it had been telegraphed siv all along long tho the line lina of the taa road s n m anderer was under arrest and anav would pass through on his way to titusville Tit Titus aville ville at every station 0 t tion the train was wai met by men man who climbed upon wool wood piles to get a glimpse of me caa anil and many tunes times on that journey I 1 feared that the mob would get possession of me when the train reached corry cony there WIB was a man boarded the train who know knot me iao bat bal the oft lears would not lister lietea to him and it was vw not until Titus titusville ville was reached where every mm man woman and child bew knew me that the hand lauffs and manacled mana olea cled were removed from ray my wrists wrista and ankles and 1 I was allowed loweLl al my liberty I 1 have the photograph which far or ishad the clew to the who arrested me ana in ray my possession now denver tribune |
