The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . nd in the revolver. Booth felt somewhatchagrined over the matter. It is to be regretted that thelast previous revolver he used had not hung fire as didthis one. Booth was very anxious to examine a largemap that hung on the wall, and asked one of the boysto take it down. Booth spread it on the floor, and thetwo sat down upon it, and Booth traced out a route,and Garrett noticed that it led to [Mexico. Now. thegreat mystery is. Why did he keep the secret of his deedfrom the Garretts? They were sy
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . nd in the revolver. Booth felt somewhatchagrined over the matter. It is to be regretted that thelast previous revolver he used had not hung fire as didthis one. Booth was very anxious to examine a largemap that hung on the wall, and asked one of the boysto take it down. Booth spread it on the floor, and thetwo sat down upon it, and Booth traced out a route,and Garrett noticed that it led to [Mexico. Now. thegreat mystery is. Why did he keep the secret of his deedfrom the Garretts? They were sympathizers with theSouth, two of the boys having just returned from theConfederate army, and yet they say they did not knowwhy Booth was there. Booth felt free to tell Lloyd atSurrattsville, Dr. Mudd at Bryantown, Colonel Cox, Mrs. 294 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Quesenberry, and everyone along the route, and whydid he keep it from the Garretts? The capture of Booth was as follows: William Garrett said that he and his brother John wereordered by the United States officers to carry brush and. HOUSE OF WILLIAM ROLLINS, PORT CONWAY. The house with fish nets stretched in front was the home of WilliamRollins when the officers pressed him into service as a guide to BowlingGreen, where Booth was supposed to have gone. pile it against the south corner of the barn, and whenBooth learned what they were doing, said: Boys, stopthat, or you will have to sufifer the consequences. Theysuddenly ceased their operations, reported Booths threatto the officers, and did not carry any more brush. The NARRATIVE OF A WALK. 295 officers then placed William at the southeast corner andJohn at the northeast corner of the barn, and told Booththat if he fired upon any of the officers or soldiers theseboys would be shot. Booth said that he did not wantto shed innocent blood; that the two boys were Garrett said that when the officer had set thebarn on fire, and the flames encroached on
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