Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1926, Page 19

NGO NURDER STABLETOBESILD Plan to Auction Building Where Booth Kept Horse Recalls Tragedy. oclated with the assas- sination of Abraham Lincoln were recalled todny, with announcement from the War Department that the ~mall red brick building in the alley Meniories as hack of the old Ford's Theater, where | john Wilkes Booth &tabled his horse | ! just below the front entrance-of the to escaps from the city after slaying President, is to be sold at public suction on the premises this afternoon at 4 o'clock. With the passing of this buflding from the Goverment to private hands there also loomed the prospect th 1he old structure that was once Ford's Theater also he auctiones The building where Booth kept horse the night of April 14, 18 lefore the performance at which President Lincoln was a guest of the theater, is being sold under authority | of-date " office granted Secretary of War Davis b} the Sixty-ninth Congress to dispose ! -jof of certain obsolete military tions. Like old Ford's Theat 16w being used as a storage place fo musty records of the Adjutant Gen eral's Department. A valuation of slout $3,500 has been placed upon it. Presents Gloomy Appearance I aked since that wgic night in 1 nd shunned by ft< owner until the Gov : aver son s later, th beaten building today D “loomy appe For many re able remained unoceupied. ~ Its association with Booth and the murder of Lincoln ~eemed to hang over it like an omen of fll-luck. Even now, though owned by the Government, it shows the marks of age and neglect. It is nc longer suitable storage place for Government record: umors innumerable relating to the i »d in the conspiracy, have #d to the old stable. Per- the person best qualified to speak | < connection with that ineident »shorn H. Oldroyd, from whom the overnment recently purchased the colncollection preserved in the in _which 5 T the stible the the tragedy appears \ccording to Mr. Oldroyd, James L. | Mattox, property maun at the theater, <eemed to have been Booth's and the renting of the stable wa: tant part in the conspiracy. ttox rented the building in Decem 1865, four months before the as- nation, from its owner, a_Mrs. s Mr. Oldroyd says tnat Booth always gave Mattox the rent paid to Mrs. Davis. When Booth later Sold his horse and buggy. he still tained the stable, and so it wa i ble to shelter his hired horse thit Book Tells of Tragedy. Details of how Buooth obtained his horse on that occasion are related in Mr. Oldroyd’s book on “The Assas mation of President Lincoln.” James \V. Pumphrey kept a livery stable on C street in the rear of the National Hotel. About 1 o'clock on the after- noon of April 14, Booth went to him wnd engaged a saddleshorse, which he sald he wanted wntil about 4:30 o'clock. - “Booth put the horse in his stable in the rear of s Theater,” Mr. Oldrovd relates, * fterward was seen by his friends. To them he seem «d lively, chatting in a familiar way social glass with them unts. To all sht-hearted, but there 1s no doubt that he suffered great anxiety through that afternoon; but | for all that, he kept a bold front when meeting d kept to himself his awful secre A few minut, fter 9 o'clock, Booth went to the stable, his visit there. He led the horse to the back door of the theater. The stable v ide of the alle; at all 4 4.4 ¢ € 4. 4.4 4 ¢8.41.4. 4.4 ¢ 4.4 4 4.4 4. ¢ 4 & ¢ ¢ & ¢ 150 MORE NEW HATS For Every Winter Occasion Lincoln | s from | agent, | | | | | store it In Ford's | | o | others will return to Japan after | to he | feet from the stage door. When he reached the door, he called out to Spangler, the stage carpenter, to come out and hold the horse. Then he stepped in the back door of the build- ing, went under the stage to the op- | posite side, and out of the side door to the front. Some minutes passed and Spangler. a co-conspirator, was called into the theater. So he called a boy. Joseph Burroughs, better known as ‘Peanuts,’ and turned the horse over to him, adding, “Hold it, and if there is any- ‘{hlng wrong, lay the blame on me.” Booth Makes Escape. Tnconscious of what was going on inside the bullding, a few minutes |after 10 o'clock, the boy was still pa. tiently holding the horse when Booth rushed from the stage door, “hot with cruelty,” says Mr. Oldroyd, and grasped the reins from the lad, felling him to the pavement with the butt of his knife. Lashing his horse, Booth dashed southward down the alley. turning sharply into Tenth street, theater, making his escape from the | city into Maryland. That, so far as the most reliable ac- counts go, is the connection of the stable that is to be sold today with the assassination of President Lin- coln. Like Ford's Theater, it remained closed after the tragedy, until the Gov- | ernment took both over. It is not considered unlikely the Government soon may Ford's Theater. remodeled from a theater into an out- and storage building, can be made fireproof by the expendi- ture &f considerable money, it is one the ancient vernment buildings that probably will be abandoned under plans of Congress, unless a|r | movement is set afoot to preserve it | Sp: | Walton O'Meara of Alexandria, or_its historic associations. The old house in which Lincoln | died, now containing the Oldroyd col- lection, is beyond fireproofing, it is sald. Rather than risk the, destruc- | tion of the callection to which he gave the better vears of his life, Mr. Oldroyd is anxious to have Congress Theater, the scene of the tragedy. #ifforts undoubtedly | will be made to have this done wher | Congress reconvenes. JAPANESE TO VISIT HERE. Business Men's Group Will Tour Capital Monday. P. 5 f 22 Japanese business men, r senting leading enterprises in the East, who have been organized to make extensive tours to various parts of the world by the Osaka Mani- nichi, an English newspaper published in Japan, will arrive here Monday for a tWo- visit, Five members of the party are mak- ing a trip around the world, while the - iting Washington. The party is ac companied by Shiro Nagaoka, staff correspondent of the Osaka Mani- nichi. The ame dispose af | While the structure, | SOCIETY (Continued from Eighteenth Page.) street, this evening, beginning at 8:30 o'clock, by the membership of the Alabama State Society in honor of its newly elected officers and committee | president; Mrs. Q. B. Newman, first yvice president; Mr. D. Machen, second vice president; Mrs. Harry R. Fulton, third vice president; Mr. Allen M. Laster, -secretary, and Miss Flor- ence Hughey, treasurer. Chairmen of committees are Mr. R. Lee Barnes, Mr, S. W. Hawkins, Lieut. Col. Noble J."Wiley, Col. A. R. Brindley, Mrs. H. O. Sargent, Mrs. J. F. Johnson and Mr. C. A. Beasley. Assisting in receiving will be the entire congressional delegation now in the city and other distinguished Alabamians. .Out-of-town guests in- clude Mr. George Dent, and Mr. Tom Knight of Montgomery, Ala. A short program has been arran@®d, which will be followed by dancing. Mrs. J. H. Woolridge entertained for the Circle Club at her residence, 17 Dupont Circle, last evening, with a small dance. Among the guests were Miss Marletta Salvant, Mr. Albert H. Plorson, Miss Mary Pugh, Miss Josephine Lehman, Mr. Cyrus D. Thomas, Miss Marle Walters, Mr. John Bowling, Mr, Felix Peckham and Mr. Robert D. Pearson. The Oaks, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Magruder of Alta Vista, Md., will be the scene of a pretty Autumn wedding this after- noon at 4:30 o'clock, when the mar- e of their daughter, Miss Lila es Magruder, and Mr. Herbert Va., will take place. The Rev. Parke P. Flournoy, D. D: pastor . emeritus of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, will perform the ceremony, assisted by Rev. Stan- ley White, the present pastor of the church, The house has a pretty arrange- ment of Autumn foliage and chrysan- themums and Mrs. Claude H. 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