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Judge Geo. R. Caatner, commander
of the department of Oregon, Grand
Army of the Republic, the other day
while going through some old papers,
found a clipping from the Jackson,
Mich., Clttaen Patriot giving tl*e his
tory of Col. Christian Rath, Civil
war veteran, who was executioner of
Mrs. Surratt and the conspirators who
brought about the assassination of
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Judge Caatner, who formerly re
sided in Jackson, waa a close friend
of Col. Rath for many years. He says:
“He was a railway mall clerk, and
many a time I have ridden with him
in his car. On one occasion I waa
made grand marshal of a parade we
held in Jackaon on Memorial day.
Col. Rath loaned me his gold sash
and I wore IL mounted on a large
black horse.’’
The clipping from the Michigan pa
lter will interest many local readers.
It follows;
Lieut. Col. Christian Rath, Jack
son's most famous veteran of the Civil
war because of the part he played In
the punishment of the Lincoln con
spirators, died Saturday. Col. Rath
was 90 years of age, degth being due
to general debility owing to his age.
Col. Rath, or captain, as he liked
beet to be called, was a fanjillar figure
to Jackaon reaidents for many years
as he rode on his white horse-indiffer
ent itatriotic parades. Hl* participa
tion in the hanging of Mrs. Surratt
and the conspirators who planned the
wholesale murder of the Union lead
ers, Including Abraham Lincoln,
placed him in a position of proml.-.
nence.
For 46 years Col. Rath kept the
promise he had made not to divulge
the particulars of the hanging until
he should have the permission of the
government. He was finally released
from his promise and McClure’s maga
zine for October, 1911, contained an Il
lustrated account of thia historic epi
sode in American history so closely
related to Jackaon thqpugh the man
who waa provost marshal of Washlng-
ton at the time, Col. Christian Rath.
Christian Ruth was born In Frel-
denatadt, Germany, October 22, 1831.
His early days were spent In an at
mosphere of militarism and his earli
est connection with the army was
with the little band of revolutionists
under Carl Hchurx in 1848, who re
belled against the German govern
ment. For this, young Rath and his
friends were compelled to flee the
country, and he ran away to sea
where he followed the adventurous
life of a sailor for several years. Anal
ly ending Ifis sea life at Detroit on a
revenue cutter. It was here that he
became a naturalised citizen of the
country whose Ideals of liberty he
admired.
Having a sister living in Ann Ar-
bor, he came to that city where he
lived for a time, afterwards moving
to Jackson with a friend of his, a
sailor from tha west. Jack Todd.
Todd was the champion rifle shot of
the Pacific coast, and a great friend
of Col. Rath.
A short time after bls arrival In
Jackson,. Col. Rath opened a shoe
store, and soon afterwards married
Miss Eveline Henry, the daughter of
one of the pioneers of Jackson, who
had moved here before there were any
buildings in the
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At the outbreak of the Civil war,
the store became the center of activ
ity, for Col. Rath's military inclina
tions "were aroused and he took an
active part In recruiting, enlisting
with the 17th Michigan Infantry at
its organization, In Co. G. This was
the famous Stonewall regiment and
with his outfit be was sent south, his
first commission being issued by Gov.
Austin Blair, June 17, 1862.
With Iris regiment he saw heavy
fighting and was wounded September
17, 1x62, in the battle of Antietam.
He received his next commission, that
of first lieutenant, from Gov. Austin
Blair. December 6 of that year, and
his third, that of captain, August 4,
1863, also from the war governor. At
Spottsylvanla, Capt. Rath was taken
prisoner by the Confederates but
managed to fight his way out of their
camp the same day. May 12, 1864, es
caping to the Union linen under the
greatest difficulty.
He was api*ointed on'the staff of
Gen. Wilcox, acting ____
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from October,
1864, to May, 1865, receiving his com
mission as major by brevet in April.
1865, from President Andrew John
son, “for gallant and meritorious con
duct before Petersburg.” Other com
missions followed swiftly and honors
were poured upon the.gallant soldier.
He was made lieutenant colonel July
8, 1865, by the president, as bis com
mission states “for special and effici
ent service during the confinement,
trial nnd execution of the codspir-
ators.”
Col. Rath's connection with the ex
ecution of Mrs. Surratt and the other
traitors who planned the death of the
Union leader, ia a matter of history.
Washington was under martial law at
the time of their trial and they were
turned over to him. The conspiracy
itself was one of the most terrible
ever known and was planned by John
Wilkes Booth.
A Selena. Ala., paper of December,
1864, opened a subscription fund to
effect the assassination of Lincoln,
Seward and Johnson, who were hated
throughout the south. The feeling
was so strong that a letter found In
the archives from one Lieut. Alston
shows the bitterness felt towards
Abraham Lincoln better than any
thing else.
This Confederate officer wrote Jeff
Davis after Lincoln's reelection. Offer
ing to "rid the country of some of her
deadliest enemies by striking at the
very heart’s blood of some of those
who seek to enchain her In slavery."
This shameless proposal was referred
to the secretary of war and finally
sent to the confederate adjutant gen
eral endorsed “for attention.”
A little band of malignant seces
sionists, consisting of John Wilkes
Booth, an actor of a family of toinons
players; Louis Powell, alias Payne, a
disbanded rebel soldier from Florida :
George Atserodt a former coadimak-
er. spy and blockade runner of the
Potomac; David E. Herold, a drug
clerk; Samuel Arnold and Michael
O'Laugblin, Maryland secessionist and
Confederate soldiers, and* John H.
HurratL met at the home of Mrs.
Mary E- Surratt, 541 H street in
Washington. D. C.
At this time Christian Rath was
provost marahal of the city, and,
since Washington was under marshal
law, be was brought Into intimate
connection with the •ronspirators.
Booth was the leader of the traitors.
He waa a yonng man of. 26, strikingly
handsome With his pa,p
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dark eyes and ease and grace of man-
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ncr inherited from hto then (riel an cellar. He had turned his overeoat
inside ot»t to change his appearance.
cMtora.
Booth w«a a fanettoal aecendonist. Payne told me if he had tax» lives to
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Ho had aaototoa at the eeptnru and live he would give' one to Mrs.
Surratt,
so
with
this,
I
judged
she
execution of John Brown, and had a
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furious apirlt of resentment against might go free.
“But I was mistaken, for there were,
Lincoln and the Union party. After
Lincoln waa reelected. Booth, etung four after all. Ura. Surratt was the
by disappointment, went to Canada, first to die on the gallows that had
where he consulted with Confederate been erected, and then the traps were
leaders there and conceived the sprung beneath Payne, Herold and At-
scheme of capturing the president and serodt. A soldier accompanied each
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of the prisoners Into tha arsenal
taking him to Richmond.
March 4 Booth created h disturb grounds except in the case of Mrs.
ance at the capital tn a futile attempt Surratt, and she was brought to the
to force himself into the tmstMtge gallows by a colonel.”
where Llhcotn watted to- reach his
After the war t'ot. ttnth'returned to '
apartments. After thia the conspira Jackson, where he lived on a small
tors were rather frightened mid some farm outside the city for some time
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of them really wanted to back down, and later was a|>pointed mall clerk
but they were more afraid of Booth on the Michigan - Central railroad,
than of anyone else, and he kept them working many years between Jackson
and Grand Rapids.
Besides being
together.
After Ijee's surrender, in nn uceeas prominent in the G. A. R., he was a
of malice and rage akin to niadueas, member of the Masonic orders, the I
he called them together and assigned Odd Fellows, and the Loyal Legion of
CALL AND SEE US
to each hla part in the new and ter America. Col. Rath Is survived by
rible crime, plans for which had aris two sous, John A. and H. R. Rath, a
en suddenly out of the ruins <>f the granddaughter, Miss Hazel Rath, and j
abandoned abduction scbeine. It was a grandson, Trolua Rath.
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brief, simple and horrible. Powell,
or Payne, waa to murder Seward;
Oregon Lumber Co. To Build Dam
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Atserodt was assigned to remove An
Crews are being assembled at Dee
drew Johnson, and Booth was to mur
where work will be started soon on
der President Lincoln.
Herold was to aid him as a ¡mge construction of a new concrete <lam
and minor parts were given stage car by the Oregon Lumber Co. The dam.
penters and hangers on at the theater, replacing an old wooden structure.will
many of whom did not understand be utilized in backing up the waters
in the least what it 1 was all about, of the East Fork of Hood river for a
rii 14, IS'Ki, Bootle long pond and to furnish water power
On the noon of April
wus to for a hydro-electric system furnishing
learned that the president
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we bf ’’Our Amor energy for the company's big sawmill.
attend a performance
The cwt of the dam, which It is an-
tadla
lean Cousin,” at Ford
1 theater that
evening, aud immediately plans were ticiimted will lie ready by the time
the snow is off the highland forests
(Bulk and Packages)
rushed.
above Lost lake, when* the company
All the afternoon, It was Good Fri is logging, will reach $10,000.
day, by the way, conspirators were
seen riding madly about Washington
and thia was remembered afterwards. Notice of Administratrix Sale of Real
Property
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Booth worked swiftly. He arranged
a bar across thq door of the presi
In the County Court of the State*of
dent’s box, he hired a swift horse and Oregon for the County of Hood River.
had everything ready for his escape,
In the matter of the Estate of
and a few minutes before 10 o'clock Daniel E. Stanton, Deceased.
that evening he called a boy to hold
Noth* is hereby given that pursu
the horse at the stage door, took a ant to an order of the above entitled
drink of brandy and made his way court made on the 24tb day of Janu
swiftly through the crowded house to ary, 19*23. the undersigned, as admin
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the passage leading to the president's istratrix of the above entitle-el estate,
box.____________
1_______________ _ will offer for sale at public auction
At the door of the box, he gave his for cash to the highest bidder thère-
card to the sentry, and as he was a for, at the court house in Hood River
well known actor and favorite in County, Oregon, on Saturday, March
Wastyngton, he teadlly obtained per 1, 1924, at the hour of 10:(Xl o’clock,
a. m., the following described real
mission to enter.
The president’s attention as well as property located ,in the County of
“The Home of Quality Groceries
that of Mrs. Lincoln and Maj. Rath Hood River, State of Oregon, to-wit:
Lota 40, 4G, 47, 48. 57, 58. 59 and 60
bone, who sat beside him in the flag
draped box, was deeply engaged with of Block 12 of .Stranahan's Third Ad
the play, and Booth's entrance into dition to the City of Hood River.
the box waa not observed. Noiseless Hood River County. Oregon, according
ly he closed the door tsdilnd him, to the duly recorded plat thereof.
Dated at Ilood River, Oregon, Jan
fastening it from the inside by means
AXP8-31
of the bar which he had urranged uary 31, 1924.
J.
Leona
Stanton.
earlier in the day when the lioipst was
Administratrix of the estate of Dan
deserted.
iel E. Stanton, Deceased.
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As the president’s box was a pro
scenium box, it was right upon the
Summons
stage, although at rather too high a
distance far the ordinary ]s*rson to
In the Circuit Court of the State of
jump down.
Booth had this all Oregon for Hood River County.
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planned; In fact he had planned every’
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movement long In advance and did Corporation, Plaintiff, va. E. M. White
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uot hesitate a moment. Advancing and Addie White, husband and wife,
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into the box with a revolver in one Defendants.
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hand and a dagger in the other, he
To E. M. White and Addle White,
shot the president through the back,
stabbed Maj. Rathbone, who had the above named defendants:
In the Name of the State of Oregon :
jumped to hla feet in a vain attempt
to frustrate the assassin, and leaped You and each of you are hereby re
from the box to the stage below. As quired to appeag and answer the com
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he jumped, his spur caught in the plaint filed against you in the above
American Flag which hung over the entitled Court and cause on or before-
edge of the box, and he fell heavily six weeks from the date of the first
to the stage, breaking a leg. No one publication of thia Summons, to wit:
knew of hla accident, however, for On or before six weeks from the 17th
he leaped to his feet, shouted: ‘81c day of January, 1924, and if you fail
Semper Tyrannia!” the state motto of so to appeaT and answer, the plaintiff
Virginia, and ran back of the scenes will take judgment against you and
to the door where his horse waited each of you for the sum of $386.08,
with Interest thereon at the rate of
kV
for him.
per cent per annum since the 1st
The audience waa atupified with ten
day of March, 1922, and for Ita costs
surprise. For a moment no one could and disbursements made and expended
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move, but as the iiewa flashed over
them that the president had been shot, herein.
Thia summons is served upon you
probably fatally, they were wild with pursuant to an order of the Hon. IL
excitement and horror. Maj. Rath L. Hasbrouck. Judge of the County
’ACRES of land now in profitable
bone had shouted, an he stood in the Court of the Btate of Oregon, for Ho«xl
**■ crops where nothing but stumpa
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box dripping with bl<s»d: “Stop him! River County, duly made and entered
grewbefor
grew before- that is what Pacific Stump
He has shot the presidentTwo or on the 17th day of January, 1924.
ing did for me and did it at lower cost.”
three men jumped upon the stage and whereby yon are required to appear
Many ranchers around here say this
attempted .to follow Booth, but his and answer the complaint filed against
from actual experience. Pacific Stump
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est-ape had l»eefl planned so carefully you in the above entitled Court and
ing gives you one-half more powder for
that stage carpenters unwittingly got cause on or before six weeks from the
.your dollar—Shoots stick for stick with
in the way and he managed to avoid 17th day of January, 1924, and this
any standard stumping powder, but
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capture.
you get 142 sticks of Pacific Stumping
summons is dated and first published
President Lincoln was carried on said 17th day of January, 1924.
as against 100 sticks of the others. It
across the street, as history has re-
will not freeze or give you a headache
A. J. Derby,
lated. where be died the following
from handling.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
morning, never regaining conscious
We sell Pacific Stumping and other
Hood River, Oregon.
ness, surrounded by his family and J17Í28
du Pont dynamites. See us before buy
heartbroken friends, while the streets
more per dollar
ing your next supply.
Notice
to
Creditors
for blocks were filled with a solid
mass of people, terror stricken and
In the County Court of the State of
anxious to hear of their loved prvsi- Oregon for the County of flood River.
Hood River Spray Co., Hood River.
dent's recovery.
In the matter of the estate of Julius
R. J. Melmac & Co., Parkdale.
The story of the conspirators, up to L. Johnson, Deceased.
Byrkett
Powder Co., White Salmon, Wash.
the time when Col. Rath took them
Notice is hereby given that the nn-
Into custody, Is one of historic inter- dersigned has been . appointed Admin
est and has been included in every istrator of the Estate of Julius L.
document bearing on the case. Payne Johnson, deceased, by the County
had gone to Seward's home at the Court of the State of Oregon for the
NON-FREEZING
NON-HEADACHE
same time that Booth had shot the County of Hood River and has qual
prmident. Secretary Seward was 111 ified.
All i«ersons having claims
and Payne made a slaughter bouse of against said estate are hereby notified
his residence without fatally Injuring to present the same, duly verified as
anyone.
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A Pacific North watt Product
by law required, to the undersigued
Booth and Herold escaped across at the Sheriff’s Office, Court House,
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PORTLAND
the bridge to Mrs. Surratt’s home, Hood River, Oregon, within six
and from there wandered and hid for months from the date hereof.
many days, afterwards l>eing caught,
Dated and first published January
due no doubt to Booth's broken leg. 17th, 1924.
at a farm of a man named Garrett,
Last publication February 14, 1924.
near Bowling Green, where the mur
Thomas F. Johnson,
HEAR WITHOUT FAIL
derer was shot by Boston Corbett, dy
Administrator of the Flstate of
ing soon afterwards.
Julius L. Johnson, Deceased.
All the conspirators wore captured
J. K. Carson, Jr.,
and brought back to Washington
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Attorney.
where they were tnrtied over to Col.
Christian Rath; He also had charge
of Booth’s body, which was buried
under a slab In the arsenal where the
THE FASHION STABLE'S
others were hung. His own story of
the hanging of Mrs. Surratt ia as fol
SUBJECT :
lows:
“I was detailed by Gen. Hancock,
head of the department of the Dis
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trict of Columbia, to take charge of
the stayers. When they had been cap
Leaves Hood River daily at
tured they were turned ovet to the
4.30
p. m.
civil authorities, be« a use Washington
at that time was under martial taw.
Leaves Parkdale Daily at 8
A prison was established at the ar
a.
m. (except Sunday).
senal and Gen. John Harranft was
given charge of the prisoners, turning
Every Saturday Leaves
them over to me.
Parkdale at 6 p. m.
"I had charge of Mrs. Surratt,
Mr«. Mallett has given thirty years of her life to social re
Payne, Herold, O'Laughlia, Spangler.
form, specializing in child welfare work. Her experience as Pro
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Dr. Mudd. Arnold and Atserodt. I
bation Officier in the Juvenile Court of Portland enables her to
never expected to hang Mra. Surratt.
give a true pidure of conditions as they exidt today, touching both
Gen. Hancock came down on the even
the moral and physical welfare of children and young people. Her
ing before she was hung and told me
to get ready to hang four, but seemed
long service enables her to speak with authority upon the prohi
to think she would not be executed.
bition question and its enforcement. Everybody Welcome.
Thursday evening, the day before the
House, Sign and Auto
me,
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hanging. Payne wanted to
mobile Painting
I went down to his cell. He told me
he had beard that Mrs. Surratt had
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been sentenced to be hung and It wor
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ried him for he had l>een found In her
Paper Hanging
cellar, although she had dented know
ing him.
“It was proved at the trial that he
had been boarding there. After he
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assaulted Seward he lay hidden In a
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