NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 3, 1865  Among the front page column heads are: "A Mysterious Prisoner" "A Man Manacled & Guarded on a Hasty Journey" "He is Supposed to be the Notorious John. H. Surratt" "Painful Extent of Public Curiosity" "Nobody Knows Anything About It" "He is Thought to Have Been Concerned with Booth" and a bit more.
John Surratt was a Confederate spy accused of plotting with John Wilkes Booth to kidnap President Lincoln; he was also suspected of involvement in the Lincoln assassination. His mother, Mary Surratt, was convicted of conspiracy by a military tribunal and hanged, th4 firsty woman to be executed in the U.S. John Surratt would live until 1916.
The back page includes: "The Homeward March" "Arrival, Reception & Departure of a Mass. Brigade" and also: "Out-Door Sports--Base Ball" with details of 2 baseball games with box scores.
Eight pages, very nice condition.