| Show nn rP PLEADED A Dramatic Episode of 01 tho h Tragedy of 01 Lincoln Death John ohn P Story Mrs rs Douglas Part ParI In V jj 5 5 21 L U U L U L U t tJohn John Joint I p Brophy clerk of or part 11 ii of at tho the court of or general generl sessions had bind had n a 0 dra dramatic lra dramatic matic experience In connection with wih the tIme assassination of t f PI Lincoln At Atthe the time time hc ho was ins WI an Instructor In St Bt AloysIus college In Washington After ter the conviction of oC Mary nry E Sur rt for Cor complicity In the lie murder Welchman who boarded hoarded In her house and altO ald was the time chief chie witness against her came caine calO to him and sold said that In II spite of ofal alt all al he hb h had sworn to lie he thoroughly be believed beHoved Mrs Mr was as Innocent of at nil all ni knowledge of ot the lie plot against the President dent until after Its Is actual consummation tion ton elm Mr deemed statement BO so Important that he re te reduced U It to writing and sent it I to Pied President dent tient Johnson its 11 at nt least worthy worth of at In Investigation ion To his communication he lie got no re reply reply ply pi but ut on the night before the time exe execution cution cuton he received from reIn the lImo war de du department a permit to visit Mrs Irs In the arsenal where with the he three other condemned prisoners she sho was wal confined Mr had not asked for any 11 such permit and amid he has Iman always supposed that hint Mrs Irs heard Iwar of at his action acton In her tr behalf and ond herself herselt made the time request that lint he be allowed to see seo her Mr lr went to the arsenal Mr Mrs iA asked hint him hll to undertake at some 1010 future time when the passions of or the time war cooled the tIme task of ot clear InK big her minnie of oC the hue crime for lor which cear she then stood condemned nail of ot which she earnestly t protested her In 11 This Mr lr promised od to 10 do After ter leaving heaving her he Ito went to torl see seo rl Lewis Powell known throughout the time conspiracy a ni as Lewis Payne III Po Poel Vow ell el who was the hue son non HOI of oC a n Florida Florilla was Wi after Booth Hooth loth the fiercest est anti and most lost bloodthirsty of ot nil all ni tIme the conspirators lie Jle Ill retained to 10 the last Jat the stoical which ho he hI hind had shown from rein the tIme lint first In this mood Mr Brophy found him him a f few Cow hours hc he was 1131 hanged TH TIt T his own ow Impending fate Cate he lie told Mr Ir he hue hl was as utterly Indifferent He lie Il hall had played his hil part In the tho tragedy amid ami Oll was ivan IS ready raly to take tak the tho Ito cease conse consequences of ot nn an lt net act ct which he lie In no way Hut But when muon he spoke of ot Mrs Irl nil nih al trace of or affectation ll That woman he hie protested by all ni that thal he lie held hll most was as a Innocent of ot o tIn the tl pint liot against Mr fr Lincoln ns as the lie child unborn Tow ells manner was FO so 10 earnest and en so In that It I made mathe madea mathea mate a profound Impression on Mr It I wan as now nol about 9 In the morning The execution was to take lake place between 11 ii 1 a n m in 1 and 1 I p in I Mr lr 11 ph from Crem Po cell cel hurried straight to Gen Con Oln afterward governor of Pennsylvania and Ald then lien the tho provost marshal general having hawing full frill Cul charge chall of or the time execution Ho lie le earnestly besought Ion Gen Hartranft to go to cli 1 and hear what he h had hail to say M This Gen Con did and came back bark Im Impressed pressed quite quie as 1 Mr AIr fr had been lemi I will wi furnish you OU An nn army arm convey conveyance acre ance nail swift h lie sail raid Take TakeI It I and drive like mad to the White WhiteHouse House and a 11 give the President this note T J will wi delay deisy the execution until tire tho last lat moment rol nt or until I 1 hirer hear from you ou de tie definitely finitely anti positively what the tIme Presidents dents answer la is laTho Tho The not noto I WAi a strong plea for n a reprieve for tor Mrs Irl With U it I In lil hl his Mr drove an on 01 a gal gallop lop to the White house Here I I about the tho first mL person he lie saw Saw was mae 1 Miss Mis 11 Anna daughter of oC the condemned who for hours hour had been ben at nt the executive mansion trying to get gel access to ii the President to plead tot rOt her lien mother life 1 Two men inca barred barr the way wn to all 11 who icho wished to get let at President Johnson hero wert Proton Preston and ion Gen 01 James I Iane ane President Johnson was WI suspected nf of having a it I vacillating na no nature ture lun and those Iho who believed that Jus jims tiei hail been bern done Ione In the tM conviction of ot the Ihl conspirators did not want an ni ap op peal poal Jol to the weak wak i chIc of or the timO Presidents character to In succeed FUcet Mr Ir Brophy tried trie to get past the Ruall but bUI tried l In vain aln He lie I tried to pet et ion Gen note tent cent In to the President In that also atsa he failed Cal After nearly nn en 11 hour hours delay ho he was wan 0 no nearer do doing doIn lag ing In his hl errand of or life arid Ird death deth than when ln len he fret first frt arrived Ills Is own half hal distracted frame nf ot mind was 8 Intensified med led by the frantic entreaties of oC MIsi II who rhio sobbing antI and an choking with wih grin aSs as to him nn to 10 0 do 10 something nut But what could he lie b doT do In n every avenue that thal led hod toward the President there wai wal a I gleaming bayonet and be behind b behInd hind lie bayonet time the stern face tAce of a 1 soldier Mr Mi r was ws at the th verge serge of ot despair de lr when suddenly a 1 fine carnage camat came dashing up u to the White WhiteHouse House Iou entrance and out of or It I hurried H rl r My hi dressed and nd strikingly handsome i l t t w Ut woman the beautiful Mrs Irs Stephen Stophen A faunas Douras wife info or rl al oh out In Illinois the Little Giant Litle Mis Douglas nou too had bind hol come to plead Mrs Irs case casc Mr Ir Brophy was by her pine pule In iii an Instant telling her his hits errand and amid entreating her to get et him hIi i to the President President Mrs Irs Douglas DouRlas I wits was 1 it i woman of ot resolution anti and fur Cur a n l beautiful woman I She straight at t the bayonets I and ane the 11 lowered almost in homage be fore ore her herThe herThe herThe The civilian guards beyond the hue hayo bayo nets tiled U le to stop atop her ht but she hio swept them scornfully aside with wIh an nn Im gesture What hat no one else In lu till all that crucial forenoon could do pre lire ni cl I the thing which Mrs Irs did She got Hot to the President Hut But there thero her triumph h ceased She entered the lie room with her face Hushed with and amid hope hOlle She rame caine out of ot It with wih bitter hopeless H disappoint dl I infill in ii her every eer feature and atmO ar I every She looked at It tIme the lle c taco faco df dt the young youn lrI whose mothers Id was sas trembling In la head the time balance and could only shake shae her Oh dont give up d Miss ss Dont Dont Donl Oh do tb go to him him again n He lie II wont refuse you ou He lie cant eOn ln Do go Ia to him again Show him Gen ion not noU again cried Mr 11 Ask him hIm It he lie h got the time statement I 1 I sent lent him or of confession lun to me tile Make Iak an other oIlier appeal to him bun Mrs Douglas I 1 will 1 said the spirited woman I will It Is of ot hittl Uk Ue I feel Cel tUt tiit 11 Jl it J Is of or little we Past Pas I the bayonets past the guards she sho once more marc forced her way wa to the Presidents presence Hut But Iut site she had hind pro pre whom when she said it was of ot lit tie tic I rise There tte was wan wn no n vacillation In Johnson now He lie le amid positively refused to Intervene The rime statement Of Qt Welchman he Ito sold cabi utah had hll rome come to him burn It I was WOg wholly hol without weight insight With this Wih reply reilly Mrs Douglas came conic back We Ve have Ilone done the tho best we Wl could Miss Ml s said dull Mr Ir Brophy to time girl Come Iome omne with wih me m If Ir you III OU would mould see your Our mother again while sue she lives el So 80 Into the th lie army arm carriage waiting the time door IDOl Miss 1185 ihl ami Mr at nt got ot nail ami again there thee was a I mood mad gallop through the tho Washington streets They were all ni but hUl deserted For all nih of or Wash ington nt at that hour there therl was ni JUt just on oni magnet the where murder was wag wa to be lie Ip avenged Tho Thio crowd that surged around the building readied reached blocks blOks away oath and wan Wh wa Impenetrable Mr lr l r carriage was brought up sharply at nt Its Il outer borders It I was n a complete blockade There was no mb budging nn an Inch Meantime tIme the minutes were flying The Th time which would mark muk the limit when mother and daughter never neer would could meet again this olde of or tho time grave crave was close at nt hand For Miss IIA IfO wal and an her companion It wis a I moment I of ot o agony alon ns as trying us ns the long lon wait walt nt at the tho Presidents ts door on ne more Inor It Roomed I n a 1 case of ot sheer and ond once more a rescue carriage conic rame dashing up to the was wan M a cluttering clattering ot of horses horse hores roofs roof trail and when whon Mr Ir turned minced In Inthe inus the us th direction from Crom which it all hc ito saw aw a n guard of lt cavalry galloping on ouch each dl Hide of ot n a wItly moving anI In lii which appealed the th handsome hlll sot sol soldierly dierly fuco mice of 0 Gemi n Hancock thou then tho the general In command d at Washington WI The TIme general saw nav taw the confusion contusion about carriage recognized time the army arm vehicle anti and saw sai the thi tear stained diN traded fare face of ot a n woman cavalcade to In La Instant He lie l brought lila hla an nn stunt slant halt hol Then ruien ho left heft lila his hil own car carriage carrll dirge e walked to that of ot Miss IA and amid Ind hat In hand and amid with the tIme chival chivalrous hi val rous rotus dignity which nt so 80 well wel upon him asked what the trouble was wait WIS anti and what hf ht could do Mr 11 explained that U it I was Miss try tr trIns log Ins Ins to steak speak to her mother once one more mor moreon moron on oil earth TIme The soldiers face tace Hushed and amI Mr Ir h Is I sure surl there the was sonic some something thing thin very er ery like Ik tears In his bits eyes as he ho grasped tho ho pathetic situation Poor child he said gently gentl and themi n 1 beckoned nn on to him and gave to him an M order artIer Then Thon hc lie re returned r returned Jve turned to lila lib 1111 own on ran carm Inge lago mid and nn I the time squadron of at cavalry formed about lx both hoth th carriages A lane through h the tw crowd Was sas quickly cut and amid Mist Miss reached the thc arsenal and her mothers side Ilde In Iii time In to tn hid bid her Iler a n unit last goodby 11 After tho ho execution Miss went mont to live 1 with Mr Ir awl ami Mrs Ir and wan wal married from Cram their house sonic some years ear afterward When Gen ion Hancock was a t candidate for tor the time Democrats nomination for Cor the tIme presidency many mans southern louthen delegates tel op opposed OJ posed him believing that been harsh hursh In his hlA measures In reference to Mrs Irs Mr tr won went I to tolen len Gen Cen Hancocks friends here lucre and volun volunteered leered to make a statement of or the th germ en orals action above related ns m well wel as ni of ot the fart fact that on 01 the morning of the execution the tho general g hail hn posted a n mounted cavalryman on every block be he between between tween hwn the tIme arsenal and the time White While House with orders to boar brur a ti reprieve r In lii case rase one came for Mrs 1111 In relays 9 anti nt at lt top tOJ speed to Gen 11 Hartranft With Wih the publication of or this statement southern opposition to Gen hen Hancock ceased Mrs Irs was wal n a I Catholic and when wilm Gen Oen Oln Hartranft ran rn for tor or governor of Df Pennsylvania time the fact that lint he hI was Wa tho the provost marshal general Iral In Wash Washington ington at the he time of at the execution was wasu used u NI In nn an effort to unIte Catholic op opposition 01 opPosition position to him Mr r mias on a 1 lecturing tour In Pennsylvania at nt the tho time tre and lila his hl narration of time the Ihl Incident of Dr the note to President Johnson and the time delayed execution dIe did l much to break down this particular scheme on onlie the lie part of or the lie generals opponents A curious climax to tl the tIme story of that tragic morning In Washington Is the tact fact that Preston Proston Ring mn one of the men who headed off oc those thOR who would have pleaded with wih the president for Mrs committed suicide by hy tilling liing his pockets trill full ful of shot hot and jumping off oc a n North river ferryboat In New lew York the other Gen Germ Lane tane committed suicide by blowing out his huh brains some somewhere lome somewhere where Sun Bun In a I western New York |
