Very lengthy coverage of the trial of Lincoln's assassins...

Item # 708438

May 17, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1865 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, evenly toned, nice condition.