Aided Booth Protector Jones Tells Lincoln Assassin Story
Thomas A Jones longtime Washington Navy Yard employee died at 74 in Charles County Maryland He shielded John Wilkes Booth and Herold for six days guiding them across the Potomac to Virginia He rejected a $300000 reward saying honor and truth mattered more.
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Charles County
Thomas A. Jones
Jones
Washington Navy Yard
Congressman Mudd
Maryland
Lincoln
Booth
Samuel Cox
Huckleberry Farm
Cox
Cox’s
David Herold
Dese Pines
Herold
Port Tobacco
Brawner’s Hotel
William Williams
United States Secret Service
Williams
General Jones
Navy Yard
St. Mary’s County
Virginia
Machodoc Creek
Virginia Shore
Washington
New York World
Trembling mountain frames an actor’s stage debate
A dialogue excerpt shows an actor resisting a suggestion to quit acting and run a secondhand book store. The St. Louis Republic references Trembling mountain as an opening remark. The Cincinnati Tribune notes the humor in the exchange about back numbers and the actor’s stance.
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St. Louis Republic
Cincinnati Tribune
Desperate Struggle with Apache Warrior Ends in Fall
An account from Captain Jack Crawford recounts a perilous night when he grappled a knife-wielding Apache near a cliff edge. The fight moved to the ground where Crawford contended for survival as his opponent tried to use a weapon. The scene shifts to a bedroom in which Crawford’s wife delivers a final blow to awaken him, revealing it was all a horrific dream.
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Jack Crawford
Captain Jack Crawford
Indian Chief Two Star Amazed by Kinetoscope and Phonograph
The Sisseton Sioux Two Star, hosted in Washington with Agent Keller and interpreter Joe Brown, viewed the kinetoscope and phonograph, expressed awe at the moving pictures and music, and noted his people face destitution this winter awaiting federal action on $199,000 of their principal funds. He also visited athletic displays and recalled 1867, saying Washington is nicer now.
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Washington
Keller
Joe Brown
Brown
Birch Cooley
Two Star
United States
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Silbey
Senator Kyle
Duncan McFarland
Marine Band
Columbia Athletic Club
The
West Two Star
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Knowles & Greene
Wilkes Booth
Thomas Jones
Rogue River
Montreal
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Tesurance Company
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St. Peter
Minn
Mgr. Gaines
Chicago Tribune
John T. Billings
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Anna
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