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STOP THAT lIANJohn MANJohn \ MAN l\IAN l IAN ' ' -John John - John Wilkes Wllkes Booth flees across acrss ( ) the stage of Ford s theater tn In Washmgton Washington Washmgtonalter Washingtonafter Washingtonafter alter after Szmg firmg firing the shot which wIuch winch ended the life We Rife of Abraham Lincoln Lmcoln ( From a drawing dra"lDg dralDg " " which "hlch hlch tlhrch appeared m in mHarper inHarper inHarpers Harper s 1 Weekly neekJy eekly , April 29 1865) 1865 ) By ELMO ELl\IO ELl IO \ SCOTT WATSO'JReleased WATSONReleased WATSON WATSO'J WATSOJ WATSONReleased ' ( ( Released by Western Newspaper Ne\\spaper Ne spaper Newspapcr \ Union ) T ' T IS the evenmg evening of Apnl April April14 DT I'T IT 14 1865 1865-Good 1865 Good - Good Friday Fnday FridayOn FndayOn 1 On the stage of Ford s stheater stheater stheater theater m ill in Washington Washmgton the fa- fa famous famous fa famous - mous actress , Laura Keene Keeneis , IS playing playmg in ill a delightful com com- comedy comedy comedy - edy , < ' Our O.ur . American Cousin Cousm "Joining Joining " Jommg Joining in ill the laughter that thatsweeps thatsweeps thatsweeps sweeps through the audIence audIencefrom audiencefrom audiencefrom from time to time tune is a gaunt gauntsad , sad faced man sitting slttmg at ease easem easein easem m in a high lugh bad bac badl ! ed , satin satm up upholstered upholstered upbolstered holstered rocking rockmg chair in ill an anupper anupper anupper upper stage box bo'c boc bo ' c Abraham AbrahamLmcoln AbrahamLincoln AbrahamLincoln Lmcoln Lincoln is forgetting forgettmg for a afew afew afew few minutes mmutes the crushing crushmg re responslbll1tles responsibihties responsibihties sponslbll1tles sponsibihties sponslbll1tleshlCh ahich \\hlCh hlCh which ' \ he , as asCluef asChief asChief Cluef Chief Executive of a natIon natIontorn nationtorn nationtorn torn asunder in civil cIVll war , has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been bearing bearmg for four long longyears longyears longyears longyearsThe years yearsThe The third act of the play playbegms playbegins playbegins begms begins The President leans leansover leansover leansover over to whisper something somethmg to toMrs toMrs toMrs Mrs Lincoln Lmcoln who sits besIde besIdehun besidehun besidehim hun Neither the Lmcolns Lincolns Lmcolnsnor Lincolnsnor Lmcolnsnor nor Maj Harry R Rathbone Rathboneand Rathboneand Rathboneand and a Miss Harris Harns who accom accompanled accompanted accompanied panled panted them to the theater notice noticethat noticethat noticethat that a dark moustached young youngman youngman youngman man has shpped slIpped through the door doorat doorat doorat at the rear of the box and is now nowstandIng nowstanding nowstanding standIng behind the PresidentThe PresidentThe President PresidentThe The next moment there is themuffled the themuffled themuffled muffled sound of a shot It IS ISunnoticed isunnoticed isunnoticed unnoticed by the players on the thestage thestage ' stage or the audience still chuck chuckhng chuckling chuckling hng ling over the last funny line lme they theyhave theyhave theyhave have heard But the President s shead shead shead head drops forward on his breastStartled breastStartled breast breastStartled Startled Major Rathbone looks looksaround looksaround looksaround around Through the smoke he hesees hesees hesees sees tl U e a darl darn young man with a apIStol apistol apistol pIStol in his hand and hears himmutter himmutter him mutter something ' " which luch soundshke soundsJrke sounds like hke Jrke Freedom I ' ' The major leaps leapsto leapsto leapsto to his feet and grapples with mth the the.ntruder theintruder theintruder .ntruder ntruder intruder . " , who ho slashes at him hun withd 'ithd 'ith ith with " ' d knife kruie tears loose from the offi officer officer officers cer s grasp and springs to thefront thefront the front of the box As he vaults over the ra lmg long lmghis longhis linghis his spur catches catC'hes ' in an Amencan American Amencanflag Americanflag Americanflag flag which drapes the front of thebox the thebox thebox box He drops heavily to the thestage thestage thestage stage with one leg doubled under underhim underhim underhim him then scrambles to his feet feetWIth feetWith feetWith WIth blood streaming from hts his htswounded hiswounded hiswounded wounded arms Rathbone rushes rushesto rushesto rushesto to the front of the boxStop boxStop box boxStop Stop that man mani ! Stop hun hurt himl ! he heshoTlts hesho heshouts shoTlts sho , > its The President has bf'en bfen been bf'enshot beenshot beenshoti beenshotiBut ' shot ! ! B But Biit t everyone is too stunned to tomOve tomove tomove mOve for a moment The young youngman oung oungman oungman man man bloodyknife bloodykn . , , waving aloft the bloody kn knife e drags .cJags cJags . ! , : agS himself lumself across the thestage thestage thestage stage and disappears in m the theWUlgS thewings thewings WUlgS wings But before he does so sothe sothe sothe the startles startlea startler actors recognize recogmze In on Inthe onthe inthe the white face and the black eyes blazIng eyesblazing with fanatical hatred the thefanul1ar thefamiliar thefamiliar fanul1ar familiar features of one of theIr theIrown theirown theirown own protession profession - John Wilkes WilkesBooth WilkesBooth Booth All this tIus has taken place m In less lesstune lesstime lesstime tune time jthan than han it ft takes to tell it The Thenext Thenext Thenext next moment Ford s theater is a apandemomum apandemonium apandemonium pandemomum pandemonium of screammg screaming screammgwomen screamingwomen screamingwomen women and shouting men mien shew shev shewng shevng shovng ng pushing pushmg breaking breakmg chaIrs chaIrscrash1ng chairscrashing chairscrashing crash1ng crashing , through railings railmg { ; 8\1d 8 1d acid 81dramplmg acidrampling andrampling . \ ramplmg rampling upon each other as they theysurge theysurge theysurge surge toward the stage or try to tochmb toclimb toclimb chmb climb up to the box where the theI themoanmg themoaning themoaning moanmg moaning Mrs Lincoln is support supportmg supporting supporting I mg ing her stricken stncken husband and Ma MaJor Major Maor Jor ] P Pathbone athbone is trying trymg va nly my to toopen toopen toopen open the door wh ch the assassm assassin assassmhad assassinhad assassinhad had barred from the ins deNow deNow de deNow Now the solc soldiers ers of o the Presl Presi Presldent President President dent s guard come burst ng mto into mtothe intothe intothe the theater and with fixed bayonets bayonetshand bayonetsk.and bayonetskand hand . and drawn pistols they charge _ , _ m _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ ' _ ' nn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , on _ _ _ _ , , , . " a .w w . A An AY n Y } IN SPRINGFIELD-OutsIde SPRINGFIELD OutsIde - the old Globe tavern where Abra Abraham Abraham ham Lmcoln Lincoln and Mary Todd spent their honeymoon members of ofthe ofthe the martyred President s cabmet cabinet and other dlgmtanes dignitaries awaIted the thearrIval thearrival arrIval of the funeral tram train m on Lmcoln Lincoln s home town the milling mlllmg crowd Their hoarse hoarseshouts hoarseshouts hoarseshouts shouts of Clear out ' Clear out out30U outy outou 30U y } ou sons of belli hell I ! ' , rise above abovethe abovethe abovethe the tumult as they dr ve ye the half halfcrazed halfcrazed halfcrazed crazed auc audience ence out of the the theater theater theater theaterMeanwhile ater aterMeanv.hlle aterMeanwhile Meanwhile Meanv.hlle Meanvhlle . Rathbone has suc succeeded succeeded sueceeded ceeded in unbarring unbarrmg the door to tothe tothe tothe the box and several people peopleamong peopleamong peopleamong among them a surgeon rush m in mThey inThey inThey They see the tall form of the theI thePresident thePresident thePresident I President slumped forward in lus his luschall hischair hischair chall chair ' his lus sad eyes closed never neverto neverto neverto to open again Someone brings bnngs a ashutter ashutter ashutter shutter torn from a building bwldmg near nearby nearby nearby by and they lay his h1s gaunt form formupon formupon formupon upon it They carry him out of ofthe ofthe ofthe the theater to the house of ofCharles ofCharles ofCharles Charles Peterson across the thestreet thestreet thestreet thestreetFord street streetFord Ford s theater is empty de deserted deserted deserted serted now Its curtain curtam has been beenrung beenrung rung down upon the comedy ' . Our American Ameflcan Cousin - and andupon andupon upon one of the greatest trage tragedies tragedies dies in m American history historyDeath historyDeath historyDeath Death at 7 1 ' 22 A 11The 1hZThe M 1\1 1 1hZ \ MThe The next neJ.t neJt . morning mornmg Washmgton Washington Washmgtonnewspapers Washingtonnewspapers Washingtonnewspapers newspapers carried this tlus storyThe storyThe story storyThe The body of President Lm Lin LmcoIn Lincoin Lincoin coIn who c died ed from an assassin s sbullet sbullet sbullet bullet at 7 22 o 0 clock cIock this mornmg morn mglas \las las was \ removed from the Peter son residence opposite Ford s the theater theater theater ater to the executive mansion In Ina ina ma a hearse and wrapped m In theAmerican the theAmerIcan theAmerican AmerIcan flag It was escorted escortedby escortedby escortedby by a small squad of cavalry and andby andby andby by Gen Augur and other mllttary military mllttaryoffiCIals militaryofficials militaryofficials offiCIals on foot A dense crowd crowdaccompamed crowdaccompanied crowdaccompanied accompamed accompanied the remains remams to the theW1ute theWhite theWhite W1ute White House where a military militaryguard militaryguard militaryguard guard excluded the people allow allowmg allowmg allowmg mg none but persons of the house household household household hold and personal friends of the thedeceased thedeceased thedeceased deceased to enter Gen Grant GrantarrIved Grantarrived Grantarrived arrIved here at 2 o 0 clock m in a spe speclal specral special clal cral tram train from Philadelphia HIs HIspresence Hispresence Hispresence presence t tends ds somev hat to allay allaythe allaythe I the excItementLeaf excitementLeaf excitement excitementLeaf ' Leaf through the pages of James JamesG G Blame Blaine s 5 Twenty Years m in inCongress mCongress I Congress ' " > published publtshed in 1886 and andread andread andread read there this description of the theevents theevents theevents events which followedThe followedThe followed The remams remains of the late dent lay m in state stateat - -at at - the execu executive executive execulive tive mansion for four days The TheentIre Theentire Theentire entIre city seemed as a house of ofmournmg ofmourning ofmourning mournmg mourning The martial musIc musIcwhich musicwhich musicwhich which had been resounding resoundmg In Inglad inglad mglad glad celebration of the natIonal natIonalI natIonaltriumph nationaltriumph nationaltriumph I triumph had ceased public publtc edl edi edlflce ediflee edifice flce flee and private pnvate mansion were werealike werealike alike draped with the insignia Ulsigma of ofgrief ofgrief ofgrief ofgriefFuneral grief griefFuneral bythe Funeral services conducted by the leading leadmg clergymen of the CIty CItywere citywere citywere were held in m the east room on onWednesday onWednesday onWednesday Wednesday AprilAmid the 19th of April AmId the solemn tolling tollmg of church churchbells churchbells churchbells bells and the still more solemn solemnthundenng solemnthundering solemnthundering thundenng thundering of m en nute guns from fromthe fromthe fromthe the vast line Ime of fort ficahons fications ficahonswhich ficationswhich ficationswhich Washingtonthe Waslungtonthe which had protected Waslungton Washington the body escorted by an impos mg ing military mllttary and civic procession processionwas processionwas processionwas was transferred to the rotunda of ofthe ofthe ofthe the CapitolThe CapitolI Capitol I ' The day was observed observedthroughout observedthroughout observedthroughout throughout the Union Umon as one of offastmg offasting offasting fastmg fasting and prayer Services In Inthe inthe mthe the churches throughout the land landwere landwere landwere were held in rn unison with the serv servIces services services Ices at the executive eJ.ecutive eJecutive . manSiOn manSiOnand mansionand mansionand and were everywhere attended attendedwIth attendedwith attendedwith wIth exhibition of profound per personal personal personal sonal grief griefThe The South m is SorrowI Sorrow I ' In all the cities of Canada CanadaI Canadabusmess Canadabusiness Canadabusiness I busmess business was suspended publ1c public publ1cmeetUlgs publicmeetings publicmeetings meetUlgs meetings of condolence with a akmdred akindred akindred kmdred kindred people were held and andprayers andprayers andprayers prayers were read m in the thechurches thechurches thechurches churches churchesThroughout ' Throughout the Confederate Confederatestates Confederatestates Confederatestates states where war had ceased but butpeace butpeace butpeace peace had not yet come the peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe coined Jomed joined in significant slgmficant expres expressions expreslions expressions sions lions of sorrow over the death deathof deathof deathof of him whose very name they theyhad theyhad theyhad had been taught to execrateEarly execrate ' Early m In the morning mornmg of the the21st the21st the21st 21st the body was removed from fromthe fromthe fromthe the capitol and placed on the thefuneral thefuneral thefuneral funeral car which was to tran trans transport transport : . , port it to its final resting restmg place placem placein m in Illinois IllmOls The train tram whlc which whichmoved whichmoved moved from the national capital was attended on its course by byextraordmary byextraordinary byextraordinary extraordmary extraordinary manifestations mallliestatiOns of ofgrIef ofgrief ofgrief grIef on the part of the peopleAs peopleAs people peopleAs As for the story of that sorrow sorrowful sorrowful sorrowful ful journey westward no one has hasever hasever hasever ever told it better than Carl Sand Sandburg Sandburg Sandburg burg poet and Lincoln Lmcoln blogra brogra blographer brographer biographer pher The closing closmg words of his hismasterpiece hismasterpiece hismasterpiece masterpiece Abraham Lmcoln Lincoln LmcolnThe LincolnThe LincolnThe The War Years ( published publ1shed thIS thISyear thisyear thisyear year by Harcourt Brace and andcompany andcompany andcompany company ) - words whose stark starkslmpl1clty starksimplicity starksimplicity slmpl1clty simplicity remind one of such suchwrItmgs suchwritings suchwritings wrItmgs writings as the Gettysburg Ad Addressare Addressare Address dress--are dress are dress-are - are theseThere theseThere these theseThere There was a funeral ' It took long to pass its many manygiven manygiven manygiven given po pointsMany points pointsMany lOts lOtsMany Many m millions ltons of people saw sawIt sawit sawit sawitThe It ItThe itThe The line lme of march ran seven seventpen seventeen |