Show JOHN JOiN II I sumA TT ALIVE John Joh H U tho time solo 1010 of or ortho tim tho score or 01 so 00 of ot tanner former formal confederates who voie ele charged with wih being Identified with wih the tho conspiracy to blent Lincoln Is III now no a fl rin ge 1 of Mr f la Is l tho the son lon of f Mr Mrs rI who was us for forthe tho the murder at of tho the martyred na ni OttO one Ot of ot tho the accomplices of ot J T Wilkes Mikes looth Mr lives at 1010 Wo t street Direct anti l is II auditor of at tho tile hal laok t hue lino bettor balLot known n ns lB tho the old Hay Ilay lay hue lino 1110 Ho lie 10 has Ina bonn been bo n In II tho tue employ of ot lint company since nearly Its organIzation antI nl Is IN numbered among its lB most oat valued Mr r Is l now of oC middle ago ngo and nHI Is III a n limn ut f a n quiet unIt and retiring disposition lila His friends and his hll business ap nil appreciate tho Ito mental and olal physical cut ut that have havo besot Joset him In the th years gone son by through his Indirect connection with the crime of nUll for tor that reason the tho mutton mutter Is hI never broached to him Ilm John H 11 I hat ima hOI an u Interesting history onO one that lint tins line 11 not nt fallen to the tha lot of ot flint d that many omen mon ono one many matiy then men ItU would not hot desire doire Whim Mr irr Sur Hur ut linn hin naturally been reticent the part Pant he hI played In iii tho the great grent reut tragedy that stirred mens souls during the tha days following the tho great civil strife ho lie hns has ut Itt l times manifested n tt disposition to t talk tolk of or his memorable flight Ight from tItle this country r I the Ito assassination of Ut tin Lin Lincoln coin coln his capture abroad nOd aWl hii trial upon U his 1011 lii An who toot mot him him In 1 El EI EImirA mum mirA N y r Just n a I few hours houi before Lincoln was assassinated ala who paid a I visit to recently for tOl tho the express roes purpose of ot talking to about his memorable thus titus of the Interview I 1 met me John H n casually In N Y V on un April AIrl 14 1 1865 1805 but a n afew few tew ow hours before Lincoln was assassin alsa assassinated waR wan n a 1 commercial traY trav traveler try eler olor or passed for tor such sch ho certainly had business with some somo I mer merchants m r chants and j It woe In III u a storo tora that 1 I was Introduced to 0 him Ho no wan sas wal u Ii 1 slender well veil wel dressed young man and if ho bInd Imd any leanings to the tho South or felt Celt tiny iY chagrin over the tho recent r cent collapse of or tho Confederacy ho kept pt It I to himself rime Tho following day Saturday the 1 h the tha whole country county was sas WR shocked ed by the tho cruel murder of ot tho time President nod and It was WA known throughout tho ho land hand that Mrs was arrested a as one OlO of ot tho the con Coil conspirators and that lint n a I warrant was out for fur her son John II n That young man IAn In Elmira Emira bad hOl no direct connection with wih the tho murder murler of or Mr lr Lincoln ninth nm tho time attempted murder of his lila cabinet was evident yut yot Yit that ho Ito with wih tho the conspirators became n l 1 certainty when ho suddenly vanished without leaving a 0 trace behind him so 60 that for tor two glimpses were had of or him hero here tind Ind there thero ho lie remained Hud hail ho he been Joon captured nt at lint time he would been been hung with wih hlo mother or neither Would have BO incensed were vere the tho people at qt time that It not seeni po pOll that ho lie would hAve hIO been boon cleared In 1865 1869 when ho cOnic HO so near to con conviction in III 1867 utter Imd hunti appeased n tho the wrath of oC tho the people and ond nit lIt Impartial Il nr trial was possible It t will wi be remembered by those who hio recall trial before Judge I Ih er or In hI l Washington that hat he ho h confessed l that na as 01 soon ns as n ho learned of what hM hail had hll been done by b the tile conspirators he hc tied led to Cann l without n a cent In III his pocket so that much of at tho the journey hud hind to bo Je manIc made on foot From Canada ho manic made hl hIt hula way to Europe and being n a 0 Catho He lie lt he ho succeeded In reaching mine Home ome ho lie enlisted in ill the tho corps corp known as Papal null while In this ser see service vice Ico he lie was discovered by a I United States detective extradited and brought home for Cor trial On tho the trial It wits was clearly shows show that furr t If I t not a fellow conspirator tor at least associated with Booth u palM rath and the tho others and tind n during th the war nr lie lo acted on tic I n ii 1 py 11 arid nfl Ild a Secret BOON courier of ot thu tM Confederacy rul ly iy currying bot on R h und arid ard tho tito Southern 1 tl i r In Canada and WId Ills his mercantile real n purpose OS ns n ii I blind to 0 IGO his hil Tills Mils like bike stealing Iko some of thy the ancient was onti wal ly Iy so buSt It as I remained un detected le Th lh i o facts facto with wih his hll hi flight told against on tho tim I In trial and nd It Is III very certain tl th evidence would have lao convicted him t tm years while his hlo hil night flight fight Willie while on cc 0 h firming hula his guilt nt itt tIn th time real feul saved him him for lor though tho the war setup BOA em were still and the tho storms I years hud had not settled Bottled lute Into a 1 calm won lOon vere in III tho lie position to be he Influenced by evidence It lor than thal Ho lie Is 18 i still a B well wol m iu Ian n in 11 middle life Je with wih tho limo ease case ene of ot manner marine and courtesy that distinguished him a 0 an at n a man luau of CIt 21 II 2 or 25 26 Ho tIe 10 did not mo mu nor tier did I 1 expect Iti l his mind was WS m not In II n a 1 state nt at that list time t le to tl retain a II casual acquaintance I introduced my amy self salt and auth In explained why I WIH hY Ious inns to mien ICO him again but lut Instead did ld Ing ins the th topic cub which I J had dou doul I t broaching with a 1 and open IJ lien O mati hiatt ner nor hu lie the tho Way Wy nY himself Um ui I felt talt null that flint this pale quiet man lut had much In reserve which with w th Sealed lips hn ho h will carry with wih h him ilin Into to the tho grave Indeed I still wonder that tho tue tw man nIll In is I alive ouch so 80 10 native active j one of ot weaker stuff would gone down loWn long since under tur tho the burden burdell of f anxiety 11 mental tot lor tune turo which lin he hI bore boro bor BO pt Ions 1011 with such nerve norV You YO want to know how I escaped from 7 Mr In II re no response spatula to my tI Well Wol there thoro I Inot Inot Is not much to tell All Al tho the facts came out on tho tim trial nial antI ond firo turo t I think in i tho the main accurate 11 Did you have havo much difficulty in ce get cot ting away |