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Very lengthy coverage of the trial of Lincoln's assassins...
Very lengthy coverage of the trial of Lincoln's assassins...
Item # 702448
May 17, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1865
* Trial of the conspirators - assassins
* re. Abraham Lincoln's assassination
* Loads of testimony (questions/answers)
Among the front page column heads are: "THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS" "Testimony Taken in Secret Session Last Week" "Revelations Concerning the Origin of the Murder Plot" "It was Decided Upon Just After the Rebel Defeat at Gettysburg" "Booth's Visit to Canada & Intercourse with Sanders" "How Booth Urged S.K. Chester to Join Him in the Crime" "The Assassination Long Contemplated by the Rebel Leaders in Richmond" and more. This testimony takes the entire front page, most of page 8, half of page 4 & nearly half of page 5.
Eight pages, minor binding indents at the blank spine, very nice condition.
AI notes: On May 16, 1865, the military tribunal trying the conspirators of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination continued its hearings in Washington, D.C., focusing on testimony that tied each accused to the plot. Witnesses recounted meetings at Mary Surratt’s boarding house, where John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators had discussed the assassination plan, and described the distribution of weapons and instructions for attacking Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William H. Seward. That day, the tribunal examined evidence of Mary Surratt’s active involvement, including her alleged facilitation of meetings and provision of resources, as well as the actions of Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold in executing parts of the plot. The proceedings emphasized the coordinated nature of the conspiracy, with detailed accounts linking each defendant to specific acts of support or attempted murder, reinforcing the tribunal’s justification for using a military commission to try the case in the tense post–Civil War atmosphere.
Category: Post-Civil War
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