Show LONDON FAMOUS FROM Oa U. U S. S 11 1 Birth of a Nation Natio a n S1 Shoy M Before Notable Audie Audience at Drury Lane I SHOW MUCH Man n Who Helped Ga QS Lincoln From Fords Ford Sees I Photoplay LOND LONDON N July 22 A A r er ert remarkable t coincidence happened in connection the recent very successful pr I of Mr D D. W. W Griffi Griffit masterpiece The Birth of ajl iU tion at Drury Lane at Liverpool Manchester and other c d dand and towns in England V There Is living at Bede Beds House So o Shields William Henry Hall sigi eig two years old who was one of the thel f men men who carried Abraham Line Lin from the loX box at Fords Ford's theatre 1 tVa Wi ington on tho the night of at his I tion b by Willies Wilkes Booth Mr Hall lIall eon of ot a former of St. St Bedes Bede's J Jarrow arrow had heard of production of The Birth of a NatI In Newcastle which Is about te ter Jm m from Shields In which the death President Lincoln forms forme an ing feature and he expressed k a desire to see pee a dramatized version I Ithe the incidents In h he hi was an ct participant Mr Hall companied by his wife was a seat In the front row of th Jd d circle where with the aid I of a pal opera glasses he saw paw the pictures' pictures read the captions with Mil ease A Mr Hall In an interview after atter show said I J 1 was WM horn born in 1834 father was the Rev Hev John Nethe Nether OBrien O'Brien Hall Incumbent of St St. Bed I Jarrow and my grandfather Stephens Hall vice admiral of ot th thin the I Bj in Nelsons Nelson's time J I I left England for America Vh was sixteen years ears of or age and all aU t time the war between the north south began I had built up quit comfortable business as 0 a grocer Memphis Tenn It was left to th the I habitants of each town to vote whet they would secede le from the not Voting Yoting was taken by all thos theses theses' t i favor of seceding putting light lights their windows at night I said I Wail Waa wast a Englishman and had no desire toe S Into the quarrel and had I didn't want to secede and stock worth between Ii waa all tak taken n from left the town I T went straight tet cago where I enlisted with the n nop no 2 l ern erli army of the Potomac I enl enlas I as an En Englishman and was wall placed place t McClellan's dragoons one of the c ci regiments nt But I did not see much sc service as being rather well ed educe c I was very soon appointed cler clerk the adjutant general 1 I was In iril engagement and afterward was In taju in Retting getting off my horse and was wu S 8 Sto to Chestnut Hill hospital lp iOn j i jOn On the of the shooting shooting President Lincoln T was present what was then called the pit butt but 1 really the orchestra stalls stall al III alunder sir L Lunder under the presidents president's box I well vel II member the enthusiasm of t. t once ence for Lincoln was the Idol ol of e public I knew w him well i 6 shaken hands with him often He He a great man Indeed with a great 8 i 7 within him i Wilkes Booth was not playing the stage that night but he cr crep pt to the presidents president's box and shot Ir from behind I can remember fJ terrible scene sene which ensued The 8 IC ad and actresses Oes were afraid lest leet the w lence should wreak their vengeanCe 1 them I was In m im my uniform anI round with three other men placed 5 lit president upon a sort of ot shutter 1 carried him to the n nearest arest h boos 1 house house- house houst lodging think it was a tJ he was handed over to the phy physic lc t tand and died the next day Wilk sD II escaped on a horse which he si had outside the stage ta e door loor of the tiles the although he lie had broken his hili a ankle kl his Jump from the box to the st ro It Is not certain what became of hunted III I Some that he was OL At ov say place to place until at last bet he burned alive In a barn but I incur nc the story that he was caught and ana t ison ta is 81 on a ship and killed at sea SM aI Jt II I. I I have kept a careful diary for tor i last sixty years In which all all t Q events In The Birth of a Nation written down I am still In receil n. n pension from the United States S C which I 1 draw from t the consul In Newcastle quarterly aD k have all the papers Including say my l. l charge from the A. A American n |