The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 6, 1885, Page 2

SENTENCED AND SAVED. epee nO rea nett - - The Thrilling Story of a Narrow and | Providential Escape. United States Senator Dan el W. Voorhees Describes an Episode Ww t Whenl of represent: must have been see : a large crow to the name in Kentucky. i vated, anc very attract- of tl well known +34 fe was a refined, cu } = c | about as if in ¢ n moder- ive womar They were i ances, t my travels ir vicinity 1 often armth and genial ir friendship tor me ite circumst - ing said: ind labors i was ¢t torty-eight | Rees. | Mrs. Lane been thinking of just made to me. It less th n was to die, and I felt partook of the hospitality. Th was constant and devoted, and I was strongly attached to them. oomy, dark afternoon 1n the o’clock, ar hours this m that the volley of death poured into ast would hardly be more fa al feel satisfied ; c his bre: ought rapidly yet for some min- room a W to his devoted daughter. hil seated at mv winter of 1863-4, W lesk in the house, I rece ed Mr. I tk Bullitt’s card, saying he was at the | utes Icould strike no plan my sat é : : > sion, reac em east door and wished to see me 1m- | own mind which promised success. mediately. It was almost a year There was no time for formal ap- since I had met mn, and I at { plication to the war departmen for E ae au -. | commit crime, and reached mitigation of the sentence, and if once felt, I know not why, an omin- ous dread that some calamity had overtaken hi The moment I ap- proached him this presentiment be- certainty. His wite s ide, with a look of there had been I knew not to mak secretary of t that Mr. s our only hope. During the y practice in the courts I Stanton v : de - to cted. 1 the f 2 saw tr s sa At 11 o’clock himself eee came a we standing by hi terror and anguish, which, once seen, couid never be torgotten. Her face s white, her lips apart, and her eves filled with an expression of in- tense fight, and at the same time nst some first ei him w up to the Wh vears 0 met him yery often and in all kir of litigation. In all his interco with me. both before and after he became president, he was very cour- teous and kind, and yet. in a matter so grave as the one in hand, I doubt- ed, and hesitated, as to the best It was Colonel Morrison. urse és Bullitt and t mys intense supplication : ; ; ; Lincoln v impending and appalling disaster They had come direct from the depot to the capitol,and were travel-stained We sought the and or awe method of approaching him. a period of great distrusts , the very air was full of it, and the offense committed by Mr. Luckett was of the highest character and called tor the penalty of dea tal condition and the conduct of the of At a and without rest. shelter of a committee room, there I heard from Mr. Bullitt, aided now and then in eager but suppress- ed tones by his wife, the cause of their hurried trip to Washington and ot their deadly alarm. Miss Bullitt’s tather was the Rev. Henry M. Luckett, a Methodist min- ister, then over seventy years of age. He had preached during his long life in Illinois, Kentucky, Missour: and elsewhere. At the time the rebelion broke out he was living at St.Charles Missouri, and had saved up quite a competence for his old age. It hap- pened that his means were so invest ed and situated that everything he had in the world waslostto him. He was not physically strong at best, and being of an exciteable tempera— ment, bis nervous system became greatly impaired, and finally broke down. His mind and spirits partook of his general depression and he took a very morbid view of his condition Of course she ,untess his men- i : admirable. detectives made the exercise clemency proper and necessary. that trme the senators trom India were Henry S. Lane and Thomas S. Hendricks. I had known Col. Lane from my boyhood; had studied law in his office. and entertained for him awarm and enduring friendship. He was, indeed, a charming man tome, and upon finding myself his colleague in congress, he inthe senate and I in the house, I had always gone to him for assistance, and never in vain, in all matters not ot a political char— acter. I knew his relation with Mr. Lincoln were excellent, and I deter— mined to ask his aid in behait of the unfortunate o!d man doomed so soon often seen him nervous style, € of our call, and While he ency- senator c T sought him at once at the and finding that to die. senate chamber, tra } | Directly he saw me, and ay “I have been lookirg for vou. mentioned the case you d we will talk? we reached took the papers I had in my posses— i with decided conclusion that this a proper case tor the the two carriages, ina heavs te house with a of six,Senators Laneanc s a plain, kinc she could talk to him wit and that I wished her to do as soon as she could get a was control under the circumstances Vv We ascended the stai wear, to us, inclined his head Senator Lane at once, in his rapid, made known was talking Lincoln looked at him in a tired sort of way, but not as if he was struck with the sensibilities of the subject as we were. ased speaking there was tt care, made } some severe comments on detectives cing weak and infirm people to very nex Mrs. Mr. Before sta and on the way, I sought to reassure Mrs. Bullitt by telling her that Mr. man: ut so in her own way, about her father, chance suttering great distress and agitation, but her self- and hled into the president’s room. As we entered I saw that Mr. Lincoln had that sad, pre- occupied, far-away look LI had so at a glance and during which it was difficult at times to en- gage his attention to passing events. As we approached he slowly turned and spoke. plained the occasion our reasons for asking executive clem- Mr. ient, p# When the was no immediate response: on the con- rv, rather an awkward pause. My and of his future. He was exceed- | body journed, I went to the Na- ee ingly sensative about bemg depen | tional hote?, where Colonel Lane hy- heart beat fast, for jm that (pause was ent on any one tor support, pay soned. “Eahee nen asthe wks coins to now my great hope, and I was not drifted into the gloomy belief that he | dinner, and begged him to allow me disappointed. 2 Le wee SEE would become a pauper and a pub- Ja few moments. We did so, andj See eee sislegeidl ast the lic charge. These ideas were com- | listened ur il I hurriediy and imper- president, and now, 19 quivering but fectly of&thned the offense for which bated by his family and friends, but they deepened their hold on him un- til he was really a monomaniac on that subject, although sound on all others. In this condition he visited a niece in Memphis. then in posses— sion ot the federal forces under com mand of General Hurlbut. His ex- ested and unguarded talk on the sub ject of his lossess. and his great Mr. Luckett was sentenced to death. For the first Cole tiently ty: ‘-It the been supp! to her with a nd only time in his lite >rephed to me impa- r lost that a tone of some asperi interest. man at his side well for her 1 munitio i = pieadead tongue anxiety to repair them if possible, soon attracted the attentio certain vigilant detectives in the employ o! the government. This old man, shattered in health and in mind, was not a difficult subject for their tact and skill. They found he was a southern man by birth and t! ae unbalanced hern people. They assured that the south “Tes,” was at that time in the most urgent Whe father’s name i Luckett.”’ need of quinine and of precussion caps, and would pay fabulous prices for them; that there wa m trading through the li they would put up the amount of money, go into the enter- prise with him, and make a large sum in the way of profits. This al- luring scheme was successtul in cap- turing its intended victim. The contraband articles were procured, aw wagon with a false bottom was furnished to carry them to the ene- my, and when all the details ot the plot were ready, Mr. Luckett was ty, pertect bcos Sat nes; ous bearing ! j terest. necessary ponded in Sprir gfield,’’ for him, I next Well, this is steps toward t ag R. Morrison, me ber of the ho membt have been mistake was talkir him as **Mr. Lincoln.”” grave, even ly queried the presic interposed Mrs. | ‘Yes, my tather replied th wondert Lincoln remarked; the party in front of “T knew this preach ; ngular man hike I distinct tones. she spoke, addressing He turned ex- benrgnant ression, and ¢s he listened his eye distant look grew animated with a keen and vivid The little palefaced talked father’s lite. and his wondertully more Su said Mr used to 1 turn he well; tace wo- ‘*Why, he preached in Springheld didn’t he?’ Lincoln, new all animation and con- I teed y Me. To cure ary & ey if Guarantees case the Aswet Sole Proj repeated, asi M. Luckett! N leave, De -H Tie - out her unutterable gether; to gratitude to Abraham Lincoln: how |} some ot the m the | ye with her and her hus- | as deeply moved | were } xysand was? ransition n theswift s occurred 5 distress anc cannot now | aps they were recorded at the timie some | where ¢ j oMCAC @ANG <LAWy rat Nass’ | CR ject ot all our solicitude was released { sent once. triends. I saw him but rst use he made of his , poor ast for yn to express and ir | violent nis preservation from a He house, called me and I those ignominous de from my seat in the met him exactly where I. met cede for his lite a He was a tall, in who came to inte little while before. 1 excited, with spare old man, startled, hunted expression of face. and thank the tor He wanted to call president im person kindness, but the circumstances at the time were not favorable to such his great do moved to manner of one who has much and whose time 1s short, he and [saw him no more. away The incident I have related occur red 21 ye of the nine actors mentioned in it but three main to mingle in the affairs of lite. Mr. Luckett with his tathers, and, sad to realize, he has been tollowed to the grave by his taithful-hearted and her kind an generous husband. General Hurlbut died in a foreign land.while gorv- in the diplomatic service of his g ernment. Henry S. 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