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Show j Pistol Used by Booth The assiisslnnUon of President Mc-Kluley Mc-Kluley recalled to Ueoige Plowman, a theatrical architect of Philadelphia, the murder of Prealdent Lincoln by John Wllkea Ihiotb at Kurd's theater. Washington. Wash-ington. 1. ('.. on April H. 18ii5. Mr. Plowman la the poescaaor of the der- ringer, anal) vest-porket rerairar. from which Booth fired tha fatal 'hot- "Reveral tlmee It haa been doflbted that the derringer whbh I have li one with whleh Lincoln was murdered. mur-dered. " ssld Mr. Plowman, "but Ihera la atieolmsly no doubt that It U Ihe same weapon. Three or four fare after the shooting, while Dears K Ooodwln and myself were runnial the Walnut Klreet theaiav .n Philadelphia, the stsge carpenter vrhu waa forking fork-ing at Ford's theater the nlgbt sf tht assassination, put In an appvarnwa at the Walnut Htreet theater. Hi Informed In-formed Mr. Ooodwln tthey had been friends for many years) In coulden-tlal coulden-tlal manner that he had In hla posa-slnn posa-slnn something that had caused him great anxiety The carpenter, whost name I do not recall, toid Mr. Ooodwln Oood-wln In my presence that he hat th' drrltigr that booth had used to murder mur-der Lincoln. "The reason he had not said anything any-thing about It prior to that tins), ht said, waa becaitae he waa afraid of be-Ing be-Ing arrested. The carpenter said he DERIIINOFH WITH WHICH LINCOLN LIN-COLN WAS SHOT. picked It up on the stage of Ford's thenter after llootb bad fled to Virginia, Vir-ginia, ile pocketed the weapon and kept It a secret, lie drew up a statement state-ment of the occurrence and signed II In our presence. Then he gave tht derringer to Mr. Ooodwln. When Mr Ooodwln died hla widow made me preaent of the weapon, together wilt the atage rarpenter'a algned state ment" Mr, Plowman prliea tha weapon yen highly, aaya tha Philadelphia Inquirer and no amount of money could pur cbaae It. Uevlee for Tralng t'a Railway Wheala A simple, device, It la reported, hai been put In operation on aome of tht railroads by which the wheels can b trued up without Interfering with theli uae. It constate of a brnke-shoa that contains pockets, filled with grinding material, so that when a wheel becomes be-comes flattened. It la only necosiary to remove the old shoe and put It In Ita place, doing tha braking aa uiual, the wheel becoming turned dowa In the course of a little while. Alila la I'errrlng Laelerau While the Invention shown In tht rut has been designed principally fui tho use of rullway condurtorv In ex amlnlng tickets at night, yet It may ba utilised to advantage by tersoni who must have their hands free fot carrying packages or for doing othei work. , The arrnngemeiit consists of a frame of metal rods, which are blnird to gather to allow Ihe lantern to bt tilted In any deal red direction ao at to Impede Im-pede the work to the smallest degree Thla frame la attached to the arm b) two alrapj, which pass around acuryef plate at tha reur of the frame. The sirups are of spring metal, hav Ing soveinl eyelets for varying the adjustment. ad-justment. With thla arrangemtnt Ii use by the brakenian he will hsvi botl i4v I handa free to asalat pasaengers la getting get-ting on and u!f the trains and rtt the spring clamps allow the ll;;ht to bv Inataiitly detached for waging a signal. Versatile lir. (lllllnfs. In addition to Inventing a new process proc-ess for mauutacturliig Iron, Dr. Enoch IHtllUKS proposes tu displace tteiui aa a motive force, abolish coal aM harness har-ness Hie tldca. Ho haa also discovered discov-ered a cure for cancer, and la irltlng a book on psychic pueuunivaa. It will not bo lir. outings' fault It thera la nothing doing for the next fow years. 81. Louis tilube-Deinucnt, The King's KnslUh. "They Buy thut King Edw,i vil. Is careful of his speech and ulin corrects cor-rects an error In language oi.lo by others." "Well, he Is tho natural guardian of the King's Kiigllsh, you kno."ije-trolt kno."ije-trolt Free Press. |