Show J 1 Lincoln t Relic Pound lilt Civil j r By Var v Veteran WASHINGTON UP A UP A bl bI blood bloodstained od- od stained card which marked a ie re reserved served box s seat at in Fords Ford's theater r for tor Abraham Lincoln the night he was assassinated has b been en discovered disco d damon amon among the old papers and letters Jetter c of f Elnathan Mcade 89 year old y ar- ar td Ci Civil iI war veteran p i. i 1 Jias b been n. n pre preserved I served for 69 ye ye rs J Spurred Spurr d by iy ta failing eyesight brought broughton on by a a head wound s suffered at the battle of ot the Wilderness Meade h hast hastened st- st t. t ened to put his papers in iii order before before be be- fore blindness overtook He discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis covered the relic tucked away in in an old l letter The veteran has drawn up an affidavit sift affi davit certifying the cards card's authentic origin and has offered it to th the old Ford Theaters Theater's Lincoln museum Meades Meade's affidavit said the discovered by William II I. Smith member of a veterans veterans' rec rv s v charged with guard duty at government govern ment buildings gs and properties |