Show ASSASSIN OF LINCOLN man who recently su aided declared to be john wilkes booth an enid 01 ol lahoma dispatch con bains the following junius bruthe booth the actor and nephew of johr wilkes booth the assassin ot 0 dent lincola I 1 as fully identified ithe remains of the man bowa mown as daryld did E george as his uncle george booth committed suicide january 14 91 land land 1 in his effect effects 1 I it was found a letter z directed to J L bates of memphis tenn mr air bate V came here and fu fully ly identified the body as that of john wilkes booth bouth he lie then went east and has obtained positive identification ot of the remain from the dead man s nephew and fron joseph jefferson miss clara morr and a score score of others who knew bin in his hs early days according to mr bates story b L ha had acted as booth s confidential agent and attorney attorney for nearly forty years after lincoln was shot te lie asnass i escaped to the garrett plantation in ili virginia according to mr bates the man who was killed was named ruddy be ing warned booth left garrett garretts s and was taken care of by friends in cei eel aral kentucky he later settled at glenrose mills texas where he con ducted a store for several years ne 1 john st helen |