Show AN IMMENSE SCOOP A dolear 4 1 I afifi arra or 1 elih 1 lincoln asas 8 nation tho the assassination of lincoln road read honry N gallaud passenger agent of tile wabash as lie ad out a copy of 0 a newspaper dated april 15 1805 1865 wh full contained an air account of the murderer murder of tile iho Prest president dont 1 I remember that event most vividly avidly said Mr arland Garland to a chicago journal reporter land and it is imprinted on my iny memory through a pirt part I 1 played pi 13 cd the next morning in connection connection with it I 1 was a boy living in oswego N Y at that timo time and was mas a messenger boy for what hat was known as the united states branch telegraph Tok griph company it was a canadian line anil and N vo 0 were ors tho the western union for or all we 0 o were worth in oswego the western union oil our r was separated only by bf a partition tile iho rivalry and jealousy was bittor bitter and messenger boys bos followed the exam pie ot of our superiors in vor kini up business whenever hc wed ved delivered a ir ires sipo wed ask for nn air answer and it if tho the follow would say there was aa nono nonn wod wed wait until he bo read tho the message and ll 11 ihen lion ask him if lie ho was a sauro sure there was no aning to go back it was my business to oper open tho the afflec in the moen koenings roo ings and tho the day after lincoln was as shot I 1 was down at tho the office at getting ready for the ho days work there were cro no night offices then and no ono one in oswego had hoard heard ofha of tha r t 12 ont ticking ol 01 oun call was is ehst ju st learning thon then an anam ing beyond tho the office call 0 S and alio alphabet which I 1 could figure out I 1 wondered why tile tho thing was going so early and lot it go 90 for aw lillo tho the call was kept up loc for so long I 1 be decimo cLime convinced that it wis was something big wo used tile tho old wheels and all the tiie paper in those ds days something like a bucket shop ticker and I 1 walked over to alio instrument two or three times undo idea what to do there would bo be no ono one around for an hour or two anil and at last I 1 wont went to tile tho key coy and broke in with 11 i 1 1 tho the signal that all was ready tor for tile tho and turned on the wheel tho the instant I 1 did so go my hair began to raise baiso as tire tho thing went olt oft like an engine as the operator attlio end believing tho the regular man was on began to send in a big message I 1 was f frightened righta ene a halt half to death and hardly know knew what to do the blamed ticker kept a going through and after I 1 had pranced around the ailleo awillie it began giving thoo tho illee call again I 1 what tile tho operator wanted tills this time and I 1 gave him 10 0 alvand K and signed this was ill all ho he wanted and lie ho lot mo me alono alone I 1 took tho the strip ot of paper and pencil and sat down to figure out tho message etwas it was pretty cold but I 1 was we wot t with perspiration and so nervous I 1 could hardly hold the pencil in my fingers 1 I finally managed to find out what abat it meant abo abe lincoln was wai shut shot and our ofilio had got it first I 1 rushed out to tile alio door and saw that tile western union had no bulletin out and then I 1 began to work I 1 got a hip big sheet or 01 paper and with plenty of 0 ink inic m to ix fix up lip a bulletin trial that arow u crowd about the manager camo came rushing in and asked rno me what I 1 meant I 1 told him what I 1 had bad dono done and lie ho nearly had a lit fit it was a groat great scoop on tho the western rn union and a big ad for our company and tho the boss predicted that I 1 would bo be tho the biggest operator and telo graph man in the country but I 1 duoss I 1 let down too soon |