Show BY PACIFIC sra euL TO TIIE THE DAILY horrible assassination of pread dent Lin lincoln colu at fords theater washington stabbing of secretary seward wounding 0 of fred seward J wilkes booth suspected of being the murderer 1 rumors humors of his arrest I 1 I 1 immense excitement throughout the country washington april 14 president lincoln and wife with othel friends this evening visited fords theater for the purpose of witnessing th the or of the american cousin rt it was announced in the papers that gen grant would also be present but bill that n gentleman entlemann took a late train of cars car for new jersey jerech the theater was wag dense ly crowded and everybody swe seemed led do de lighted with the scene before 11 them miring during the third act and while there was wag a temporary pause for ono one of the actors to enter a sharp report 0 apis a pis tol was heard which merely attracted it itten tiou but suggested nothing serious until a 0 man rushed A to the front of the presidents box waving leaving a long dogger in in his right hand exclaiming sic semper brannis ty yr annis and immediately leaped from the box which was in the second tie tier to ta the stage beneath and i lan an across to the he opposite side of the stage making his escape amid the bewilderment 0 ol 01 the andi audience ence from the rear of the theates and mounting a horse fled the screams screams of mrs lincoln first dis closed the fact to tile the audience that tile the president had been shot when all pres rose to their feet rushing toward tin the stage many exclaiming 11 hang him the excitement was of the wildest possible besci description option of course there was in n abrupt intermission of tile the theater there was a ru ruh rub b toward the president s box ox when chies were heart heard I stand lack back give ahu air aap I 1 has any one stimulants lants on oil a hasty examination it was wa found that hat tile the president had bad been shot hot till through ough the he lit head ad and bick back of tile the t anpo ral al bone and that some of the bruin brain wa oozing lozing M out IL he was removed to a pl vate house opposite the theater heater and the sur 9 eon G of the army and othea surgeons were sent seat for to attend to his hi condition sondi tion ork on examination of the private box blood was discovered on the back of the he cushioned cushon ct rocking chair on which the he president bad been sitting also on the he partition and on the floor A corn com I 1 tion non single barlew pocket pistol was wa found on the carpet A military guard was placed in front of f the private residence to which the president had been conveyed and an immense crowd was in front of it all deep ly V anxious to leato leaen the condition of the abl president it had been previously an pounced that the wound was mortal but ill all hoped otherwise the shook shock to the kllc community som was terrible at midnight the cabinet befoy oy farnsworth jud judge re bites bates gover nor lor Og lestry gm gim meigs col hay and i few pei bonal nul frien friends d 11 with surgeon general barnes barnea and his bis in immediate mediate assist inta ants were abound the bedside bed bud side of the president who in ina a state of totally itally inson insensible sible and breathing slowly the fhe blood oozed from a wound at the lack back ot of his bis head tin surgeon general exhausted every possible elfort effort of medi cal al skill hope was gone the the parting 11 of his fatuity family with the lying dying pi Pic aident was too sad for lion ion the president and M mrs rs lincoln did not lot start for the theater until 15 min mill its after eight speaker col fx ax was tit file white house at the time the president stated to him that he was going although mrs lincoln had bad not been jean well because the papers had announced that to be present and as grant had gone north he iid did not wish the audience to be disappointed ile he went with apparent reluctance luc tance and urged colfax to go with wit him but that gentleman had made engagements and with mr ashman ol of Alas massachusetts ishits bid him goodbye good bye I 1 I 1 when the file excitement dt at the theates was at height reports were circulated that secretary cretaro seward had ISO ilso peen been assassinated on reaching ibis resilience residence a crowd and a military guard were around its door ott on entering it was ascertained that till the lepor report were bast d on truth everybody bod there was wag excited so thai scarcely an int ellig abl be gathered tho facts are substantially as follows about ten tell a mafi man rang the bell aad th having been nn hn by aco wco lorod servant he said lie h nl ili co conic n 10 fr froia tu dr vieda secretary si sa wards burd s 1 almy physician with n pre iott at tile the sometime same time houlding holl ding in his hand a i mall piece of folded impei and saying sy ing in ia answer ton to a reft refusal isal that co lie 10 must see the secretary sis as he be was entrusted ted with particular instructions instructions concerning tile the medicine he insisted on goinz goine up tip although repeatedly informed that no ore one could enter tho the chamber he pushed the servant to tile the inside and walked heavily to the Secre room lie was met there by mr fred seward of whom lie ho dorm to see the secretary making the he same ro representation presentation which he did to the servant what further passed in the way ot of colloquy is not known but the man truck him on the head with a billy severely injuring his skull and felling hini him almost senseless sense leps the assassin then rushed into the cl chamber and attacked attached mr seward th the paymaster pay master of tile the U S army and mr russell kussell a messenger of the state department part ment and two irm male nurse seq disabling c them ile he then mailed upon the secretary who was lying in bed in the same iame room n and nd inflicted three stabs in his hii neck but not levei severing ing it is hoped nd ind thought abou the artery 1 he be bled profusely the assassin rus rushed alicd down stairs mounted his horse and rode off before an alarm could be sonn tied and in tile the same sime manner as alter after the assassination of the president it is iq believed that the injuries of the secretary arp are not fatal nor those of the others although 0 both the secretary and assistant issi stant secretary are very seriously injured secretaries stanten nand and wc wiltes fales and prominent alff licens of the govern ment called at seward house to en quire into b bai w condition and there hoard heard of the assassination of the president they then proceeded to the house hous where lie was lying a an immense crowd was gathered in trout of the president F house and ii a guard was also stationed there nany many persons evidently supposing ihal tie would be brought C tobi to his home shome the city ity till throughout presents a scene of the wildest excitement accompanied by violent expressions expression 3 of indignation anil and the profoundest sorrow many shed rears epars the military authorities have bare dispatched patched li di patrols in every direction ill n order if possible to arrest the assas ansas an in the whole police are likewise lant ant for the same purpose the attacks both at the he theater and house took place at about the iame ame hour 10 0 clock thus showing u plan to as assassinate those 2 gentlemen rent lemen some evidence of the guilty party who attacked tile the president art are in n kosbe possession sion of the board of police vice president johnson is in the city his bis head quartet quartets teis s are guarded b by v troops washington 12 0 I 1 clock to dix this evening about 9 30 p ni 11 nt at ford s theater the Pre president silent while sitting in ill his is private box wither with mra lincoln mrs harris and major rathburn jurn was shot by an in assassin who sud lenly deny entered the box and appt cached behind the president the assassin then leaped upon the stage brandishing brandia brand ishin hini a large dagger and made ins his escape ill in tile he reir nar of the theater A listol ball entered the back of the pr presidents es ants head ind and penetrated nearly through the head the wound is mortal tile the president tins IBS been insensible ever since it was in and is now about dying about the same hour an air assassin whether tl alie ic same or not entered mr sard Sj rd s e apartments and udder predence pretence pret pre tence of f haylus a prescription was shown to lie alic secretary ick lick L chamber the assassin bassin rushed to the bed and i inflicted two or three stabs on oil the th chroal ind d face it is hoped that the wounds wound illy not be mortal my apprehension is s that they will prove fatal the nurse aint alarmed ined fred seward who w avns as in nil an adjoining room ile he hastened to 0 o tile the door of ochia his fathers room when lie ie met the assassin who inflicted upon lim him one or more dangerous wounds his reco recovery verv is doubtful 1 16 itis is not probable that the president will ivill live through the night general grant and wife were advertis id ed to be atthe at the theatre this evening but lie started to burlington at 6 1 this evenin evening g at a cabinet meeting it t which grant was prevent present the subject of tile state of f the 1114 country and the ille prospect of a speedy pence peace was waa discussed the president was ryas very oil cheerful and hopeful find and spoke very kindly of gen luc lee and others of tile the confederacy and of tj alu W establishment of B n government in virginia all tho the members of the cabinet ex allet saward are now in ill attendance upon tile the president I 1 haye have seen mr seward ru but lie ho nual nul boch baeb 6 nn con L C 10 u 0 signed stay TO later president lincoln 1 decd 1 i e d ai abc 8 30 a am m t secretary seward died a little after 9 0 a ni today to tu day dav war department washington lat 5 ir abraham lincoln died this morning morning 0 ut at twenty two lites after T 0 clock Si signed gued B E 11 Sr AvroN secretary of war washington illington Wa a tn april tile tho president continues insensible and is smiting sinking secretary seward remains without chan change chane L e frederick sew ards skull is fractured in ill two places besides a severe cut on the head the attendant tt is still ave but hopeless mj maj wounds are arc not dangerous it ia now ascertained with reason able certainty that two assassins assassins were engaged irr in the horrible booth being the one that shot the lent dent and the other is A companion of his whose name is unknown hii but whose description is so clear that bluthe be can hardly escape it app appears cars front a letter found in booths ti trunk link that the mu murder ader wa was planned the jtb ath of march but tit fell through then because his accomplice backed out until richmond could be heard from booth and accomplice were it at the livery stable at it 6 last PVC ning and left there with horses about 10 or shortly before that hour it would seem that they bad been seeking their chun chance peo but tor for some unknown reason it was not carried into effect un n tit til last night one or of them has evidently made his way to baltimore and the other o has not yet been traced signed EDWIN EDWI M STANTON washington the provost M marshal ge general issues a circular in which he says it is believed the lie assassins of the president and secre tary seward are arc attempting to escape to canada A thorough examination of all persons emping attempting att to tc cross imin from the united states ordered disordered is the assassin ot of the president bas baa left behind him hrs his hat bat anda and a spur the hat ha t lias has been identified as belonging to tita tha man and accurately describe t td fd d by other parties who yere were not allowed to see it before describing it the spur pur was dropped on oil the stage hut aba t also is identified a as ai i the one procured at it the stable where the same man hired a horse in the evening two gentlemen who went to secretary y stanton s house to apprise him of the attack on mr lincoln met near the residence a man muffled in a cloak who when accosted by them hastened away it had been stanton s intention to accompany mr lin coln coin to the theater and occupy the same box but the of b business business prey prevented anted it seems evident that the aim of the plot was to paralyze par alixe alize the country by at once atri striking king down the head bead heart and arm of the country As soon eoon as tile the dreadful events were announced in the streets richards ns assistant provost marshal general and bi am 3 assistants were tit at work to di discover scover the assassins and in a few moments the telegraph had aroused the whole police force of the city and every precaution was taken to preserve order all the streets were patrolled by the troops and the police were bonu mounted eted by ord order er 0 of f gen augur every road leading from washington was strongly picketed steamboats about to depart down the potomac were stopped slopped and the mournful news was immediately telegraphed to baltimore the cavalry there was immediately put upon active duty and every load was ivas picketed and other measures taken for the arrestor arre of aleas the assassins sas lassins sins the chronicle says it it ID suspected tile the conspiracy originated in ili maryland an examination of witnesses not under oath before an inferior tribunal this morning nor ning elicited the following the murderer of the president was J wilkes booth his hat WAS found and identified by several persons persona who have een him within thelast the past two days the pur which ile he dropp dropped pd was identified is the ibo one be obtained at the stable where lie he got a horse last evening rv ening this man played several times at fords theater and was therefore well acquainted with its exits and entrances the person who attacked seward litt behind him a slouched hat a and a d an old rusty revolver the chambers ot of which were broken from barrel as it lay by hitrik in the loads were drawn from the chambers cambers ono one being bein but buta a rough ro 0 piece of lead and leeoth he other or balls yere 4 maller smaller than the chambers and were wrapped in paper to prevent them fall ins ing out OUR washington 11 a ro april tho the star says the 11 president br breathed his last tit at this moning mort inc 1 e closing his bis eyes as if at going asleep aslies juis s coun countenance tel lance absil med an expression expressio io of perfect re po roseand seand no of maln rev dr gurley Gui loy of the new york avenue pres church Imm immediately eliat IY 01 hii ian iboa be DK known that ihu jre was extinct jv tile the bedside bed sid side and afi ed an 3 1 v e rayer prayer p which was responded re to by 1 ill 1 i p present r dr girley then proceeded proceed pd to 0 o tile the front parlor where mrs lincoln capt apt robt lincoln lincol n mr ilay hay private te so cretaro cre tary and others were in ay iy altine where he be again offered ed up tip a prayer fw the consolation of the family wa washington noon april the preside nta remains were removed from the private vite residence opposite fords theater to the execl executive tive mansion ina at half nine in past a hearse ivra wrap ped lied in the american flig flag escorted b by y a small 11 guard it ard of or cavalry and gen augur and other military on foot A dense crowd accompanied tun the remains to the white house where ft a military guard excluded nil all but persons of ofilio tile household and personal friends of tile the deceased the body is being embalmed embalmer embalm ed with a view to its removal to illinois new york april all the places of business nrc are closed the streets assuming a sombre line hue 1101 aels and public offices stores and banks are being draped with wilh mourning and alix |