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Trial of Lincoln's conspirators, from the city where it happened...
Trial of Lincoln's conspirators, from the city where it happened...
Item # 708697
June 14, 1865
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1865
* Trial of the conspirators - assassins
* re. Abraham Lincoln's assassination
The top of the front page has: "THE CONSPIRACY" "TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED" "Proceedings Of Monday, June 12". Three columns are taken up with verbatim questions and answers.
This very detailed & lengthy coverage continues to take almost all of page 2 as well.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, large folio size, minor wear at the margins, generally in good condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
background: The June 14, 1865, edition of the Daily National Intelligencer serves as a chillingly precise legal ledger, capturing the raw tension of the military commission as it neared its final weeks. By dedicating nearly two full pages to verbatim testimony from the June 12 proceedings, the paper documented a pivotal shift in the trial where the prosecution sought to tighten the web around the surviving conspirators, specifically focusing on the movements of Lewis Powell (alias Payne) and the logistical support provided by Mary Surratt's boarding house. The three-column format, devoid of modern editorializing, reveals the meticulous—and often grueling—nature of 19th-century cross-examination, where witnesses were pressed on minute details regarding the transport of carbines, the "theatrical" movements of John Wilkes Booth, and the alleged involvement of the Confederate leadership in Richmond. This specific issue represents a transition from the shock of the assassination to the cold, bureaucratic delivery of justice, preserved on high-quality rag paper that allowed such a dense record of the "Crime of the Century" to survive into the modern era.
Category: Post-Civil War
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