The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . ve a lame man a show. Too late! Before he had uttered the last sentence 74 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Colonel Conger made a rope of straw, set it on fire,thrust it inside on top of a little pile of hay in thecorner, and a sheet of flame and smoke soon leaped npfrom the rear of the building. The barn was so bril-liantly lighted that an inventory could have been takenof the farm implements and furniture that were , in the middle of the building, Booth was seenstanding erect, o
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . ve a lame man a show. Too late! Before he had uttered the last sentence 74 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Colonel Conger made a rope of straw, set it on fire,thrust it inside on top of a little pile of hay in thecorner, and a sheet of flame and smoke soon leaped npfrom the rear of the building. The barn was so bril-liantly lighted that an inventory could have been takenof the farm implements and furniture that were , in the middle of the building, Booth was seenstanding erect, one arm over his crutch, assisting theother in holding his carbine. As the blaze came towardhim he stepped nearer the door. The flames inside onlyconcealed from his view those outside. He peered at thecracks of the building as if to get a shot at someone out-side, but the opportunity did not come to him. An unexpected shot came from a pistol in thesteady hand of Sergeant Corbett, and Booth sank downlimp upon the barn floor, when the door was openedand the soldiers rushed in and dragged him out. He. BOOTH STANDING IN THE BARN WHILE IT IS BURNING. CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND HEROLD. 75 was laid on the grass for a few minutes, then car-ried to the front porch of the house. He was ap-parently dead, but after some water had been dashedin his face he revived somewhat, and was noticed to move
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