The Corvallis gazette., February 14, 1895, Image 4

The Sorrow of
a Singer.
INGE their marriage, the
Aublnets had lived in retire
ment ait Carriers, near Paris, j
Their home was a modest
villa, situated in the midst of
a sandy plain, dotted here and
there with sombre thickets.
Their little garden was kept
alive only by Incessant watering.
Young Madame Aubinet passed her
time in sewing and in the details of
housekeeping. The sole excitement of
her life was the daily arrival of the
train which brought her husband home
from hia .business. He was a clerk in
..1 T - ilhA Tm-..ii1Jm
No one would have suspected that
this blonde, fragile yornis- woman Who
pent her time in ;;if.iains hose and
puttering over . the kitchen suve was
Hhe daughter of Madame Sambrina,
the celebrated opera-singer, who, after
a career of unprecedented triumph,
had come to hide her ruin and the loss
f her glorious voice In a deserted
street of Vaughbrand. Yet such was
the case.
The great singer, utterly broken
with grief and despair, and retaining
but the shadow of her former beauty
aid no remnant of her musical power,
warn possessed at this time with a
hatred of her former life and all Its
jBBoctaittons'. Her HJttle Lucile, now
about sixteen, was) to a boarding
school, wtoere she had received some
musical trainin. But when Sam
brina retired to Vavghbrand. she with
drew the girl from school, and forbade
ker ever to sing a train whether from
the bitter memory of her own suffer
intrs. or from some vague JeaJouey of
thf future, the poor child did not know.
After Bix monitihs of wretcfoedmesB.
th onera sinew took to her bed. and
orw pvAnlne. whT she ttwrved to be
,,1Viftn fh airl. her sole atitendiant,
trimre-h rtie hnA been allowed by her
Twhr to Vtvow tk one ta the poor
lv(vr ftrnKf. ventured 1m her distrfwa
to WV at the door of M. .Tamen AuW
ndt Who occupied the neighboring
M. AnMnnf- wu in. H wb a Krsre.
iwnwrfnl fd'ow of twerrty-1srht or
Tfe.
emrtirvvA vm then in the m1n-1
nrnvplfiirc. connnilentious.
ha-i-worictne. wumrruail. Tuoile re-
ltd to him 'her aeony. and he inline-
tji,tiy followed "her to her mother's
twiM md remained there until the !
fttinr woman was relieved from pain.
ht Twwteefnllv arteeo.
Th twt rtwv he came to teouire for
r. an tn nert. wml the next. He
wa full of W"1uWc sarins women
f rv but Hie dtreew of thee
t"" sni'eHTi one annealed to b1
fctnd nd strrm'e hrt. At lat. he
- to r'tv from Ms onl tti moher
to lfwe tte vfywf? eirl. Sambrln
npver vv of her t. and the in-
p-T-o,l a T--rtl n f-p wTllh she Showed
to w v htm nnf'''w in her. When
fcflt Vooxlf to be -vtnp. ( railed
T a hcLT dausrtnter to
. w flrvn1 Tn1TVwrprf1 to him!.
ft In flrrfhd! T am eo1n awT.
T leave my dfl.iwitor to vour rare. Rn
a voice, and rthe feels it profound
ly. PorftaTja "be will be a crenrt rHt
Vtf 10 oil vm rmn to niwnt It. She
wruq nt n-iro ptntf flle I have done.
T t full vf Tn"TV."
' AiH1Ar flftlaHw nvrw&A to
w tnK rto,fr. aired b dpr-
mWn" to vlf Vi otr- ymixrrr. TTa ""t
"ra a a n1 the motlher
of a fmi'v. Whe wwiid never become
ft wb a. prr womM be he rnn
Vict YitrrvTnarm. Tt tri no noro1 for
to nmnl to cxi1e1y to
i'ihM. "f",iV " i""' wrrsned h!
TT.
r-v 'ii" T.uMi XfAme
4 ho mn pratvm4v and lonr-
nrnt lMritl' In pnfrlt.
K.rt fetor KinAn tllr1 Tier pll the b-
fw . TT nvemte1 TI M little
rvlw tn t villa a C"-rlera. an"
Vir ifPoiotoni!rtelv. "Are we no
Vv Tiv vf? Art thou omtent?"
rh vex! omlV
nlv What'"
Tf we wmM only go to th theatre
wf amd then."
TT ocowled. and sbe looked troubled
"TVriv onre would do! Only omne!
TTow T lonitr to beiar 1nt one piece that
wiv mother uned to aineT'
Vtr temerity surprised and alarmed
Mm
Tn order to do that, yon know," he
: lMnonVc-d eently. "we should hav to
4 tne and sleoo in Paris amd that eot"
too muob.- Wa a. Tittle. Perhawi
imtttme we "may be able to . do If
T"t fhev never went.
R tw maid. AH day she wa
fenw Bbout the boueW(rk amd In the
mi.t of hr trarderi. Tn the evening eie
evoted herself to ber hnaband. She
win" whtn more of the theatre.
Whom. waMs bad been built about the
Q.ri.T. she tmUfied the Irresistible
-ra to 1ne wh1ch was alwava spring-
n nti wlifMn her. At first, the sound
ir nnrj, volej frtsliteTied her. Then
-wro'ild fiw bolder and fill the air
wtb tHIli. live a lark Intoxicated with
own muffle. At sudh times, if her
nhnd heard her. she Haw a shadow
cattle uoon his face. Sometimes he
would aav to her gently, "Remember
what yoiir mother said, and sing n
mnro .Tust tlhlnlj bow she suffered for
her singing!" Then T.ncile would stop
fi wltn IneToressible sadness.
'When she bad been married thirteen
months, a babe was born. One eve
ring when She to holding him upor
hr lap in the garden, her husband
said to her. "T have made a little more
Hitn 11 aii a 1 rhla year. T would like tr
spend It to give thee pleasure. What
la 'here that thou desirest most of
aair '
Blushing, she turned to - him, but
sh said nothing.
"What Is it? Tell roe thy wish?
"But it Is something Which thou
dost not like."
"Never mind. Tell me just the
same."
"Hire a piano for me, for Just one
month! T have not played since I was
at the boarding-school. Oh, James, if
thou only knewest how it would please
me!"
It was plain that she had made him
suffer. He dropped upon the bench
beside her and after repeating again to
'her the dying words of her mother, be
added to them a full expression of his
Jealous fear that, even after all the
proofs of tenderness and loyalty that
Bhe had . given 'him,, she might some
. day, if be did not discourage her in
every possible way, become desirous
to leave him, their home, their child,
everything for the sake of the music
which she loved so much.
She comprehended him at last. His
affection, even his fears, touched her
deeply. She promised to try to forget
ber longings for at piano. Still, durinr
the kmg days, when she was alonr
with her child, she could not help
thinking of that which she loved so
nvudh; and if she sometimes fancied
that a cold had Injured her voice, or
Ill
could not rest until she had satisfied are soma great singer, and are play
iheraelf of her mistake by a few trials. Ing a joke upon me. Tell me, where
The child was charmed wih, her sing, did you learn to sing like this?"
Ing. One day he said to bis father, i
"Ah, if thou only knewest how my
mother sings when thou art gone to
Paris!" But Aubinet received the in-
noCetnt remark with so stern a face
that the child shrank from him in
terror.
The little wife redoubled her exer
tions to make her home attractive,
and tried to sing less and to dream
less of music.
Thus the years passed away until
Lucile was thirty, and the boy became
old enough to enter the Lyceum.
With their slender income, the extra
expenses of his education became a
heavy burden. A year passed on and
they had used up all their little 'sav
ings. They determined to lease their
pretty little villa, and to take a small
er hocse.
A suitable tenant was soon found,
who seemed to be - rich, and who
wished to pass the summer in the
country. He hired not only the villa
but the furniture also. Aubinet and
bis wife rented three small rooms in
the village, near the railroad station.
Thus the daily trips of the boy and
his father to Paris were rendered
easier.
Notwithstanding all these sacrifices,
however, they could scarcely make
both ends meet The school bills, the
car fares and lunches, the clothing
all the little extras which come with
a life away from home these were
mora than the hard-working father
could provide, although he worked at
ail sorts of extra jobs in order to
do it
"What can I do?" thought the poor
mother in distress, "to assist my hus
band in this extremity ?'
She thought of the housework, the
sewing, all the innumerable little du
ties which she accomplished unaided.
There seemed to be nothing else with
in her power.
III.
One day it became necessary to
visit the villa to attend to some re
pairs which their tenant bad suggest
ed. His engagements did net permit
him to go himself, and he requested
his wife to ascertain precisely what
was wanted.
She had never met this gentleman,
and the thought or visiting tne oia
home under its new conditions was
.very painful to her. Still, with her
accustomed submlssiveness, aha
ceded to her husband's wish.
The - tenant, richly clothed and
wearing a cap set jauntily upon the
side of his head, met. her at the door.
He walked with her over the house,
enumerating with teasing precision
the repairs which he wished made.
In the dining-room, he threw his hat
upon the table, while she signed the
papers which were necessary. Then
she passed the pen to him, and as she
leaned upon the table while he wrote,
she mechanically read his name aloud,
M. Frochard." She had never
heard her husband speak their ten
ant's name.
"No, no!" he exclaimed brusquely,
"My name Is Brochard. Have you
not heard of me? Do you not know
that I am the director of the French
opera?"
She excused herself with wma em
barraasment, saying that sh seldom
went to Paris or read the papers,
she was only a plain country woman.
The pathetic smil on her sad but
pretty face as she said this interested
the gentleman. H conceived a sud
dan sympathy for her. Sha felt his
kindliness, but rose at once and made
her way toward the vestibule. Her
business was finished, and she knew
that it was time for her to g home.
As she passed the open door of the
parlor, however, aha perceived, in the
very alcove where she had dreamed
years ago of placing ne, a piano. All
her self -restraint vanished at the
sight
"A piano!" sha exclaimed. "How
does it happen that ycu have
piano?"
M. - Brochard was amused at the
naivete of her words and replied gay-
ly, "It is Indispensible far the tram
ing of my artists. Arc yoa musi
cian?"
"Not," ishe replied mournfully.
used to play when I went to school,
but I cannot call myself a musician
now, though I still adore music.
"Oh, in that ease," he began polite
ly, "I should be most happy to have
you come up with ycur husband
some evening "
She did not hear the formal words
which be was saying. As she gazed
upon the piano, a wild, an irresistible
desire surged up within her. Impelled
by an unnatural courage, she burst
forth with "Oh, sir, I beg your par
don; but would you- give me permis
sion to try your piano, Just to see
that I have not forgotten what I used
to know?"
Amused and Interested, he assented
promptly, and placed a chair for her
tt the - instrument She hesitated
moment, then rail her fingers over the
Keys and played. At the end of
few measures, she stopped with
burst of girlish laughter, so ravished
with what she had done that her facs
fairly shone. Brochard was astonished
to see her grow young and joyous so
suddenly, and the expression on his
face warned her that she should go.
But now that he had detected her pas.
-iion for music, he took her place at
the piano, and quietly began playing
with a touch so delicate that she
Htood behind him entranced and for.
retful that she had started to go
home.
When he had finished the movement,
.a turned to her and said, "It must
e that you sing. Choose something,
;lng it, and I will accompany you.'
She stammered that she had sung
hen she was a girl and that she
idored it, and then, with a terror
mixed with rapture, she pointed to a
selection from "Faust" which lay by
:hance upon the rack.
"I know that," she murmured
.remblingly.
From the first chord," the first note
:hal escaped her lips, she felt lifted
rom the earth, as by the sweeping of
rreat wings, into an air where for the
Irst time in her life she could breathe
'reely. Not for an instant did she hes
itate, but let forth her whole voice,
tier whole soul. When she had fin
slied, it seemed to her as though she
had lived a moment of that happiness
for which she had waited a dozen
years.
Brochard had remained with, low
ered head, at first astonished, then
shaken from head to foot by one of
bhe most pleasurable emotions which
he had ever experienced. As soon as
the song was finished,, he seized her
hands and kissed them with a truly
Italian transport, overwhelming her
meanwhile with questions.
"How did you with such a voice
rtray into Carriers? Who would have
believed that you could sing like that?
Then suddenly mistrusting the evi-i
deuce of his own senses, he continued,
vt tiiif fa pome masquerade you
For a moment Liucile forgot Her
home, forgot the coming of the train.
forgot all the little discomforts of
housekeeping. She remembered noth
ing but her art A great pride un
locked her lips and she said, "I am
the daughter of Sambrina." This ex
plained everything.
Bapidly he drew from her an out
line of her history. Then he kissed
her hands again, "aying, "You must
enter the opera. With your-voice and
wearing your mother's name, you will
have a brilliant triumph. I will let
you settle everything, and will pay
you forty thousand francs the first
year. After that you may make your
own terma."
Lucile, dazzled at the splendor of his
offer, felt all her daily care and
drudgery slipping away from her.
She saw her dear son supplied with
all that he needed, her home made
luxurious, her husband relieved of
his terrible burden of anxiety. And
it was really -true! She did have a
superb voice, and those strong and
mysterious instincts which had urged
her toward her art had not deceived
her!
Brochard watched hei as che
thought
"I mean all that I have said," he re
peated. "Think about it over night,
and when yoa have decided, come to
me, with your husband, for it win De
necessary to have his signature to
the contract as well as your own.'
A sudden coldness came over her as
he spoke. She took her leave hastily,
and he saw her form fading away in
the distance, as spiritless, as bowed,
when she had come. AM ner jcy
had fled.
IV.
As she walked homeward, all her
confidence forsook her. Perhaps M
Brochard had overestimated her tal
ent. Then her son he was old enough
now to have opinions what would he
say? And her. husband was it possi
ble that ha would oppose her when he
knew what an offer had been made to
her? She would always, she knew,
ba a loving wife, a devoted mother.
She might sing four or five years, and
then their trials would be over, and
they could retire to their little villa
aaain. and all would be again as it
now was.
As she entered her home, she saw
that she was late, but Aublnett and
his son were in great good humor.
Do not stop to talk!" her husband
cried. "Wa are starving! Get the
dinner first and talk afterward.
She obeyed with her usual docility,
and when they were all eating ousiiy
she remarked that she had that after
noon attended to the business at the
villa as he had requested. "And did
von know," she added cautiously.
"that-Brochard la a dttrectcr ci
theatre?"
Vaguely scenting danger, an
swered coldly. "Certainly I knw It.
What of it?"
"But you never teld mc."
"No why should I? Bow. ccnld it
interest you?"
There was a silence. Then he ex
citement would allow her to remain
still no longer, though she felt that
whatever she might say would no be
pleasantly received, and she began
timidly. "He has a piano.
"Well." responded her husband still
more peevishly, "what of that?"
After this rebuff, she dared cay
nothing more for a long time. At last
the dessert was taken away, their son
retired, and seeing that her husband's
face had lost' its frown, Ijucile afreeted
to smile, and began with desperate
courage, "Just fancy it! The gentle
man seated me at "the piano, and
asked me to sing."
Aubinet's face knitted itself again
Into scowls, and he leaned forward
with an air of unwilling attention.
"And so I sang," she continued.
though her heart beat so that' she
could scare sly breathe, "and yen can.
not guess how much he baa effered me
to sing at the opera.
"How much?"
"You see," she hastened, en, "I
could come home every night by the
last train. It would not make any
change in our- living and he has of
fered me" she paused, overcome by
the sight of his livid, convulsed face
"he has offered me," she hurried on.
"forty thousand frances for the first
year.
He burst Into sardonic. Incredulous
laughter.
"It is true," she repeated, stun by
his unbelief. "Go at once to the ..-i
and see if it is not sc."
She finally convinced him that si.
spoke the truth, but his unhapplnti-
seemed to become greater and greater.
She reminded bow the sum she
named woulu assure the future of
their son how it would lighten his
own labors, how it would relieve them
all. Then -she stopped. Her husband's
head had fallen on his hands upon
the table, and he was weeping for the
first time since their marriage. She
saw the great veins in his neck swell
with the violence of his emotion. His
sobs shook his whole frame,
Then all her dreams fled. She saw
but ore thing her husband wept
and it was she who had made him
weep! All ber love for him flamed
up in one .mighty burst She re
nounced everything she would not
think of anything but the old life all
should be as though this incident had
never occurred.
Then he took her in his arms, and
rocking her like 'a child, he told her
how miserable it made him to think
of her as singing for the public how
it argued that during all these years
when he had worked so hard for her
she had evidently not been happy-
and that thought broke his-beart. He
felt that he would lose his self-respect
as the husband of a "star." The
whole scheme "was utterly repugnant
to him. He did not doubt her faith
fulness he knew that she would al
ways be just what she was now, but
he could not bear to have her ex
posed to the rude . comments of the
public. If she were bent upon the life
of an opera-singer, they must part
He could not bear to have his wife
lead such an existence. He could not
bear it! Poor Lucile was completely
overwhelmed by this cry of love issu
ing from the calm, self-contained
heart of her husband. She felt that
she could never leave him. She loved
him better 'than even on the day of
their betrothal. In one- long, lingering
kiss, she gave up all thought of a
"career," and they reverted to the
homely economies of their usual life.
At last, Aubinet- said, "M. Brochard
has meant to do us a good turn. He
must be treated politely.' I will go
myself and tell him why you "cannot
accept his offer and hereafter I will
attend to all the business in regard to
the villa."
She bowed her head meekly, per
fectly docile and resigned. '
She had experienced the only event
or hr lire.
A HEROIC TALE RETOLD
Details of the Capture
of Booth
By the Man Who was Put
Upon His Trail.
Thrilling: Incidents Eepeated by "the
Captor, Now an' Old Govern
ment Servant.
Among the Tammany officeholders
who will probably fall under Mayor
Strong's ax in due course of time is a
man who took a leading part in the
capture of John Wilkes Booth in
April, 1865. He Is Edward P. Doh-
erty, general inspector of paving in
the department of public works. He
is the officer who commanded the
company of cavalry which tracked
Booth to his hiding place after the
assassination of President Lincoln,
and although the tragic events of
thirty years ago are dim In some mem
ories, Captain Doherty remembers
every' detail of Booth s capture and
death. At the time of Lincoln's as
sassination he was in command of
Co. G, Sixteenth New York Cavalry,
stationed at Washington. During the
exciting days following the assasaica
tion squads of the troopers in Cap
tain Doherty's company were ordered
to accompany the detectives.
One day Captain Doherty received
an order from General Howard to
report to Colonel Baker, the chief
agent of the war department, with
twenty-five men, well mounted, and
with three days' rations and forage.
What happened Captain Doherty tells
as follows:
'I reported, and Colonel Baker gave
me the photographs of John Wilkes
Booth, Daniel B. Harrold, and others
who were thought to be implicated.
"I was ordered to go to Fredericks
burg, where no troops had yet been,
I moved down to the Sixth street
wharf, and Captain Allen of the quar
termaster's department furnished me
with the steamboat John S. Ide and
the necessary forage and rations.
told the captain to take me down the
river as far as Aquia creek. On ar
riving near there I told him to run
up to Belle Plain. I wrote an order
to the captain directing him, after
landing me, to. anchor out in the river
and to remain there until 6 o'clock
p. m. of April 20. If he did not hear
from me by thr. t time he was to report
back to Captain Allen at Washington.
This was at 12 o clock midnight
"Having landed, I struck across the
country toward Port Conway, intend
ing to go up the Rappahannock on
the north side of the river. I halted
at 4 o'clock in the morning for the
men to fix their saddles. A negro
came along, and told me that a regi
ment had gone up to Fredericksburg
several hours before. I halted about
6 o'clock that evening within a mile
of Port Conway, and ordered the men
to unsaddle and feed. I rode down
with a bugler to Port Conway. Here
were some women at the ferryman's
house. I got into conversation with
them, and showed the photographs of
Booth and the others which I had re
ceived in Washington. The women
picked out the photographs of 'Sooth
and Harrold, and told me that they
had been there the night before, and
were going to hire the ferryman, who
was the husband ofjone of the women,
to take them to Orange courthouse.
They offered ,him $10. But Jett, Bug
gies, and Bainbridge. three of Mos-
by's men, rode up just then, and one
of Ithem, I thing it was Jett, recog
nized Harrold as an old schoolmate.
"Harrold took Jett to one side, and
told him that they were the murderers
of the president Booth showed the
tattooea letters, j. w. u., on nis
arm as a means of identification. The
women told me that Jett was courting
a young woman named Goldman,
whose father was keeping a hotel at
Bowling Green, Va., and she had no
doubt that (they had all gone there.
"Booth and Harrold decided not to
hire the ferryman, but to ride double
with Mosby's men, and the party, the
women said, rode away in the direc
tion of Bj'wllng Green.
"I sent ny bugler after Sergeant
Corbett and the rest of the men. I
told the woman to call her husband,
who was out fishing. On his arrival I
sent bim for a flathoat, which was on
the other side of the Rappahannock
river. Meanwhile my men had ridden
up. We were air ferried across to
Port Royal. Only eight men and
horses could cross at once, so the ferry
bad to make several trips before the
company was all pn the other side of
the river. On the last trip I arrested
Rawlins, the ferryman. He got his
horse out and I ordered him to guide
me by the nearest road to Goldman's
hotel in Bowling Green. It was fif
teen miles away. Getting near ito
Bowling Green I left all except eight
men in the outskirts of the town.
With this detail I surrounded Gold
man's hotel. There, after some delay,
I arrested Jett This was about" mid
night Jett denied all knowledge of
Booth at first.
"I had Stanton's proclamation in
my pocket offering a reward and giv
ing a description of the assassin I
showed this to Jett .When he had
read it; I said to him:
" 'I know your movements for the
last two days. If you lie to me, I'll
take you out and hang you. If you
tell the truth, I'll protect you.'
"I had my revolver in my hand
ready cocked. Jett began to cry.
Then he said:
" 'I left him at Garrett's house, three
miles - from Port Royal. You passed
him on your way here.'
"I put Jett on a horse, under guard,
and with my men and Rawlins went
back to where the other troopers were
waiting. : ,
"They were very tired and had fall
en asleep. With great difficulty I
woke them up. Then we retraced our
way to Garrett's house. Rawlins was
riding alt the head of the column with
me, and Jett was immediately be
hind. I told Rawlins to notify me
when we came within a quarter of a
mile of the Garrett farm.
"At a little after 4 o'clock in the
morning we came In sight of the farm.
I halted, had the men take down the
fences, told off a patrol of six men.
gave out the countersign of Boston,'
and sent the six men to the rear of
all outbuildings in the fields.
"I had told the men that the assas
sins were in Garrett's house, and that
I was going to surround it It was
only a short time before we bad pick. J
eta all around it Then I went up to
the house and kicked on the door.
After a little delay Mr. Garrett made
his . appearance with a candle in his
hand. He informed me that the per
sons who had been there had gone to
the woods in the afternoon. I told
him that I was going to search his
house; and that If there were any
women there for them to get up and
dress. . -
"Ait that moment one of the .troopers
sung out: 'Oh, lieutenant! I've got a
man here. I found him in the corn
crib. .
"This young man, who was one of
Garrett's sons, was brought before
me. He began to parley. I told him
that I did not want to talk.
"'Where are those men?' I askeu
him. I held my pistol, cocked, to hia
ar.
'They are in the barn, he said,
When he saw that I was in earnest
"I ordered the corporal with four
men to guard the door of the house.
took the- other men. stm nommg
onto young Garrett, and surrounded
the barn. The doors were locKea wiiin
padlock. Young" Garrett told me
that his brother had the key. I ran
around the barn to see if the men were
Dronerly Dosted. There was a large
crack at one side. I piacea aergean
Boston Corbett there. It was my m
tention to wait until daylight before
before examining the inside of the
examining " the inside of the barn.
But the men told me thaJt they heard
voices and the moving about of men
in the hav. I then decided to get at
them as soon as possible, xne otner
Garrett bov was caught by a corporal,
He gave me the key, and I opened the
door. I ordered Booth ana narroia
to come out
1 did not get any answer, eo l or
dered Corporal Newgarten to pile some
hay and brush against the Bide ef the
building and set it anre.
Booth heard the order and called
out:
" 'If von come back there, X will
nut a bullet through you.'
"I suppose he meant If. I came back
to the door. I again decided to wait
until morning. But the men at the
ohr fend of the barn naa actea
promptly on my orders, and set it
afire.
"I called out to Booth:
" 'You'd better come out
" 'tor whom do you take me?' he
aslred.
"It does not make any difference,
T rpnlied.
" 'I mav be taken Dy my menas, ne
said, sarcastically. 'I am a cripple
and alone. Draw your men up at
twentv-five naces and give me a
chance for my life.'
"'I did not come here to fight
have fifty men, and can take you,' I
said.
"He waited a few minutes, then he
said
" 'Oh, captain! there is a man here
who wants to surrender pretty Daa.
" 'You had better follow his example
and come out too, I answered.
"'No, I have not made up my
mind. he replied,
"I then told Harrold to hand out
his arms.
"'I own all the arms. said Booth.
'He has no arms. I may have to use
them.
"By this time Harrold was at the
doo?. I again commanded him to
give up his arms. He said he had
none. I opened, tne aoor sugnuy, miu
i o d Wm pu,t nis haD(ja out I took
him bv the wrists and turned him
over to Corporal Newgarten. Just
then I heard a shot I thought Booth
had shot himself.
"The hay in the barn, which had
been set on fire at the other end, was
hlazine no briehtlv.
"Sergeant Corbett had been looking
through (the crack where I had sta
tioned bim. and in the light of the fire
he saw Booth raise his rifle to shoot
me or Harrold as I caught hold of
the latter by the wrists, when he
surrendered. Corbett put' his pisitol
throueh the crack and shot at Booth,
intending to' hit his arm and disable
him so that he could not shoot me or
Harrold. He was a splendid marks
man. But instead of hitting Booth in
the arm, as he intended, he hit him
in the head, within an inch of the
place where the president had been
hit
"I rushed into the barn. Booth'
crutch had fallen. He was trying to
support himself with his rifle.
sprang forward and caught him in my
arms as he was falling.
"We carried him out of the burning
barn and laid him down Just outside
the door. He tried to raise bis hands.
He seemed powerless to do so, and
took hold of his hands and raised
them up, as I supposed he wanted
them raised. But he shook his head
and muttered:
" 'Useless, useless!'
"We picked him up again and
carried him to the veranda of the
Garrett house, because the fire was
too hot to let him remain where we
first put him. I sent over to Port
Royal for Dr. Urquart He examined
Booth's wound and pronounced it
fatal.
"It was between 4:30 and 5 o'clock
the morning of April 26, 1865, when
Booth was shot. He died a few mm
utes before 7 o'clock the same morn
ing. Although he was conscious al
most all of the time he did not speak
after having shook bis head and said:
'Useless, useless.'
"Those - were the only words he
uttered after he was shot All the
stories about the message for his
mother were made out of whole cloth.
"As soon as Booth died, I sent the
troopers about the country to get a
wagon. I took my two saddle-cloths,
and had them sewed together for a
blanket. It was not until nearly 9
o'clock that the men found a wagon,
with a negro for a driver. We put
Booth's body in it and covered it with
the improvised blanket. Then' we
started back ito Washington.
"We got to Belie Plain just as the
steamboat John S. Ide was calling
away,- according, to my orders. Bat
we signaled to her, and she came back.
We went on board and sailed for
Washington. There I turned over
Booth's body to the officers of the iron
clad Montuk."
Congress appropriated $75,000 to pay
the rewards offered by the govern
ment for the capture of Booth and
Harrold. It took a year for the hear
ing of the various applicants for por
tions of this -reward. Every man,
woman and child who. had given any
information of even the slightest
value, and many who gave no infor
mation at all, received part of the
money. Captain Doherty received
$5,500, the largest' amount given to
anyone. Colonel Baker 'received about
$3,200. The two sergeants, eight cor
porals, and sixteen privates in Cap
tain Baker's detachment, who; were
the captors of Harrold, and one of
whom, Sergeant Boston Corbett, killed
from about $ 1,100 , toy $2,200 each. J
Two Washington detectives got $4,000
each. Other claimants received small
er sums.
Harrold was hanged with Mrs. Sur-
raitt, Payne and Atzerath, on July 7th.
Captain Doherty has a picture of
himself. aDd Sergeant Boston Corbett
taken the day they got back to Wash
ington. Captain Doherty is a big man:
Sergeant Corbett was a short, spare
man, and looked something like an
undersized Uncle Sam.
The World to Be Fair
ly Astonished.
Detailed Statement of Its
Maryels.
Some Tremendous Kesnlta Already
Attained and Greater Still Antici
pated by the Government,
The great electric magnet that
stands on the bleak shores of Willets
Point, with which experlimenitei, as
told by the Herald, have been tried
y its constructor, Colonel William K
King, commandant of the post, will,
when the weather is propitious, again
be subjected to tests that are likely
to bring astonishing results.
When Professor Joseph Henry con
ceived the idea of making a magnet
out of a piece of soft iron by wrap
ping it with a botten wire through
which a current of electricity is
passed, he little thought that one of
his intimate friends would construct
on his plan the largest electric mag-
aet of the century and one capable of
xerting a bull of 48,000 pounds, let
such is the fact, and such is the mag
net now at Willets Point
Until within the last year no one,
except the visionary gentleman who
originally told the "Arabian Nights"
story and described the great load
stone that drew the nails out of ap
proaching ships,, ever thought of con
structing a magnet that would hold
twenty-four tons. Though the ma
net constructed by Colonel Iving can
not draw the nails from approaching
ships nor deflect their compasses at a
distance of six miles as has been de
leared it could do it can do aston
ishing things through its silent and
mysterious power, and it is expectad
that future experiments will still more
manifest its capabilities.
Think of a magnet seventeen feet
kmg, four feet in diameter and weigh
ing fifty-five thousand pounds. Such
ia the great instrument as it stands
today on its carriage, looking like a
huge cannon wrapped to keep it
from the gold. And it Is a huge can
on resting on its carriage, and point-
tag out over Long Island Sound. It is
also wrapped, but not to , protect it
from the cold, but to transform it into
a magnet Thi3 covering is more than
ten miles of insulated copper wire,
wound layer on layer around it.
When the great weight of twenty
four tons was held, the magnet wes
Ambled by the addition of another
eannon connected with the first by
underlying iron plates; thus the ma
net was made to have its two poles
as is usual with the small ones seen
a telegraphic instruments. For the
purpose of the additional intended
experiments the magnet is now re
dueed to the one cannon, a fifteen-inch
Rodman gun.
ITS WONDERFUL POWER
This piece, of ordnance is like it&
saate standing near, except for the
efaange made by the wrapping. Pieces
ef iron held at the muzzle of either
are effected alike, but start the dyna
moe and allow a current of electricity
te make the circuit of the miles of
wire aboUt the cannon, until twenty-
ave amperes are registered and then
ebserva the result The magneti
sower perceptibly reaches a distance
ef two hundred feet for at that point
it will deflect the needle of a compass
three degrees. At the distance of
seventy feet from its muzzle its power
Is equal to the earth's magnetism, for
there the needle is deflected forty-five
4egrees.
Iron in eontact with the magnet is
held in spite ef the effort of the
strongest man to -remove it All iron
within its magnetic field becomes
magnetized, and five cannon balls,
each weighing 325 pounds, are held
uspended from Its muzzle, one cling-
tag te the ether. Iron chains hanging
ear became rigid, and a swmgin
Hock a few feet off, by reason of its
suspended iron hook, was drawn to
the magnet and held against all error
ef the workmen to remove it. The
heaviest erowbar brought near will
at once fly te the magnet, and drag
with it the strongest man if he per-'
ists in clinging to it
As magnetic force cannot be in
sulated, but manifests itself through
ail substances, even though they be
the "best known non-conductors of
electricity, a man can stand in front
ef the magnet and its mysterious force .'
acta through his body without dim- ,
isution or without in any way affect- i
tag him. With his back to the muz
sie of the magnetic cannon ho may
place iron spikes on his chest and
they will toe held there by the mag
met, and if placed with the ends to
ward him they are held in that posi
tion, giving him the appearance of a
human iron quilled porcupine.
One Interesting feature in the ex
periments so far as conducted is the
location of the "neutral" point or the
point in the electric field where the
magnet exerts no force. This point is
oil the axis of the magnet extended
and six inches from the muzzle. A
piece of iron a tack, for instance
held at this point is not affected by
the magnet If- between the muzzle
and this point it is repelled; if beyond
this point it is attracted.
WHY THE EXPERIMENTS. .
Why has this monster magnet been
constructed, and why the preliminary
experiments and the more elaborate
ones that are to follow? Simply for
the purpose of learning what the re-.
suits will be, without a preconceived
idea of their practical application. In
other words for science or he gaining
ef knowledge that it may. be system
atized. It is the purpose of Colonel
King to practically test all of the the
ories-that have grown out of experi
ments with . small electro magnets,
from the time of Professor Henry,
when ha experimented with his bonnet
wire, down to today. This he has
been doing. With his great magnet
be has been able to demonstrate many
conclusions that have rested in theory,
and' he purposes to push his invest!
gatlons to the extreme bounds of the
wide field which the giant apparatus,
gives him.
The results obtained will "be put
into, practice wherever they cam be
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