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Title

Assassination of Lincoln ; a history of the great conspiracy: trial of the conspirators by a military commission and a review of the trial of John H. Surratt / by T. M. Harris ...

Author

Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906.

Publication

Boston : American Citizen Company : John K. Hastings, Selling Agent, 1892.

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Description

424 p. : front., pl., ports., map; 23 cm.

Subject

• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination
• Surratt, John H. 1844-1916
• Surratt, John H. 1844-1916 > Trials, litigation, etc
• Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
• Seward, William H. 1801-1872 > Assassination attempt, 1865
• 1865

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Note

• Part II (p. 227-424) Review of the trial of John H. Surratt.

Indexed In (note)

• Monaghan,
• Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography,
• Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography,

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Assassination of Lincoln. Introductory -- Preparations for the execution of the plot -- Assassination of the President and attempted assassination of Secretary Seward -- The news communicated to the world, and its effect -- Unraveling the plot: Pursuit and capture of Booth and Herold ; Death of Booth -- Unraveling the conspiracy: Arrest of Spangler, O'Laughlin, Atzerodt, Mudd, and Arnold -- Questions preliminary to the trail: What sort of trial should be given, civil or military -- A military commission: Its nature, constitution, duties, and jurisdiction -- Constitution of the commission, and trial -- Evidence in regard to atrocities not embraced in the charge and specifications, for which Davis and his Canada Cabinet were responsible -- Evidence presented by the government to sustain its charge and specifications -- The government witnesses against Davis and his associates in this crime -- A criticism of Nicolay and Hay -- Jacob Thompson's bank account: What became of the money -- The case of Mrs. Surratt -- Father Walter -- Conclusion -- Flight and capture of John H. Surratt -- pt. 2. Review of the trial of John H. Surratt. Indictment and trial -- A criticism of the defense -- Treatment of witnesses and evidence by the counsel for the defense, and their animus toward the government and appeals to the political prejudices of jurors -- Appendix. Argument of John A. Bingham -- Controversy between President Johnson and Judge Holt.

OCLC

29020077

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library