Lincoln, the unknown

31Booth had hardly ceased breathing before the detectives werekneeling to search him. They found a pipe, a bowie-knife, tworevolvers, a diary, a compass greasy with candle drippings, adraft on a Canadian bank for about three hundred dollars, adiamond pin, a nail file, and the photographs of five beautifulwomen who had adored him. Four were actresses: Effie Germon,Alice Grey, Helen Western, and "Pretty Fay Brown." Thefifth was a Washington society woman, whose name has beenwithheld out of respect for her descendants.Then Colonel Doherty jerked a saddle-blanket off a horse,borrowed a needle from Mrs. Garrett, sewed the corpse up inthe blanket, and gave an old Negro, Ned Freeman, two dollarsto haul the body to the Potomac, where a ship was waiting.On page 505 of his book entitled the "History of the UnitedStates Secret Service" Lieutenant La Fayette C. Baker tells thestory of that tripto the river:When the wagon started, Booth's wound, now scarcelydribbling, began to run anew. Blood fell through the crackof the wagon, and fell dripping upon the axle, and spottingthe road with terrible wafers. It stained the planks andsoaked the blankets . . . and all the way blood dribbledfrom the corpse in a slow, incessant, sanguine exudation.In the midst of all this an unexpected thing happened. NedFreeman's old wagon, according to Baker, was "a ven shaky232