. Civil War echoes : character sketches and state secrets . nally weakened andcame out. Considerable parleying ensued, and finally it was deter-mined to fire the structure. A wisp of hay was pulled through acrack of the barn and a match applied. In an instant the flamesleaped to the roof and a red glare was thrown around the the cracks could be seen the form of Booth standing in themiddle of the building, supported by his crutch. In his hands heheld a carbine which Harold had left. At this instant, SergeantCorbet, who died in an insane asylum in Kansas two years ago, firedthroug
. Civil War echoes : character sketches and state secrets . nally weakened andcame out. Considerable parleying ensued, and finally it was deter-mined to fire the structure. A wisp of hay was pulled through acrack of the barn and a match applied. In an instant the flamesleaped to the roof and a red glare was thrown around the the cracks could be seen the form of Booth standing in themiddle of the building, supported by his crutch. In his hands heheld a carbine which Harold had left. At this instant, SergeantCorbet, who died in an insane asylum in Kansas two years ago, firedthrough a crack iii the wall, and Booth fell to the floor. He saidafterward that Booth had his gun to his shoulder and was about tokill one of the officers. This is not so, as I was standinig within sixfeet of Corbet when he fired the shot, and Booth never made amotion to shoot. The assassin was dragged from the barn by my brother andcarried to the porch, where he died. My mother and sister madehim as comfortable as possible, and the family was with him when 98. V. S. SENATOR OLIVER P. MORTON^ INDIANA C I V IL-w A R Echoes — Character he breathed his last. One of his long, black locks had fallen overhis forehead, and this my mother cut ofif. His last words were: Tell my mother I died for my country. I did what I thoughtwas right. Alas! Alas ! What a parody on patriotism !As the great Suffolk says in the Shakespeare play,Henry VI: Great men oft die by vile benzonians:A Roman sworder and banditti slaveMurdered Sweet Tully; Brutus bastard handStabbd Julius Caesar, savage islanders,Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates. Why have most of the leading benefactors of humanityhad to undergo the death of the martyr? Why did thegreatest and gentlest of all, Jesus of Nazareth, Personifi-cation of Divine Love, have to undergo the most horribleof deaths? Why did the mightiest warrior in the tide of timeand teacher to The Common People—so-called—of theirown invincible power—Napoleon
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