Trial of Assassins & Conspirators in Murder of Lincoln

Trial of the Assassins and Conspirators for the Murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the Attempted Assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the Whole Cabinet. The Most Intensely Interesting Trial on Record, Containing the Evidence in Full, with Arguments of Counsel on Both Sides, and the Verdict of the Military Commission, Correct Likenesses, and Graphic History of All the Assassins, Conspirators, and other Persons Connected with Their Arrest and Trial, Published by Barclay & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1865. Light brown softcover, 5 3/8" x 8 3/8" ~ 102 pages. Book is in fair condition showing wear to cover, corners, edges, top & bottom of spine, discolorations of cover, vignette title page is browned - all other pages in good shape, lightly yellowed with age, bound well. Page 55/56 is torn from the book. We verified through the Library of Congress • LC Control No. 12002579, LC Classification: KF223.H4 H47 1865 • that page 55 was blank, and page 56 was a woodcut titled: Portrait of "Jeff Davis," in his wife's clothes. Please feel free to visit the Library of Congress to view these pages.

Provenance:
Owned and preserved by Attorney William Stone Abert.
William Stone Abert was born in 1858, and passed away in 1921. He became an Attorney-at-Law in 1901 and practised in Washington, DC.

Contents & Woodcuts:

• Vignette Title Page: Portrait of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt
• Frontispiece: Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State
• Title Page
• Barclay & Co. Act of Congress Copyright page, 1865
• The Trial of the Assassins
• Appearance of the Conspirators — The Charges Against Them
• First Day's Proceedings
• [George A.] Atzerodt's Room at the Kirkwood Hotel
• The Surratt Family
• Woodcut: Arrest of Payne
• Booth and Harrold at Surrattsville after the Murder
• Proceedings on Monday, May 15th
• Proceedings on Tuesday, May 16th
• Wednesday's Evidence
• The Secret Testimony
• Additional Particulars of the Testimony on the 17th
• Proceedings on Thursday, May 18th
• Woodcut: Portrait of Dr. [Samuel A.] Mudd
• Woodcut: Portrait of Mrs. Surratt
• Proceedings on Friday, May 19th
• Testimony on Saturday, May 20th
• Abstract of Monday's Evidence
• The Secret Testimony
• Evidence on Thursday, May 25th
• Testimony for the Defence
• Evidence on Friday, May 26th
• Testimony for the Defence
• Woodcut: Portrait of Lewis C. Payne
• Woodcut: Portrait of David C. Harrold
• Woodcut: The Scene of the Great Tragedy
• Proceedings on Saturday, May 27th
• Testimony for the Prosecution
• Testimony for the Defence
• Proceedings on Monday, May 29th
• Testimony for the Prosecution
• Testimony for the Defence
• Proceedings of Tuesday, May 30th
• Proceedings on Monday, May 31st
• Proceedings on Friday, June 2d
• Testimony on Saturday, June 3rd
• Testimony for the Prosecution Resumed
• Defence Resumed
• Proceedings on Monday, June 5th
• Prosecution Resumed
• Defence Resumed
• The Suppressed Evidence
• Woodcut: Portrait of Samuel Arnold
• Woodcut: Portrait of Michael O'Laughlin
• Woodcut: Portrait of Edward Spangler
• Woodcut: Portrait of George A. Atzerodt
• Proceedings on Tuesday, June 6th
• Wednesday's Testimony, June 7th
• Testimony on Thursday, June 8th
• Defence Resumed
• Prosecution Resumed
• Testimony on Friday, June 9th
• Defence Resumed
• Prosecution Resumed
• Evidence on Saturday, June 10th
• Defence Resumed
• Prosecution Resumed
• Evidence on Monday, June 12th
• Defence Resumed
• Prosecution Resumed
• Proceedings of Tuesday, June 13th
• A Mysterious Letter
• Testimony of Dr. James C. Hall
• Testimony of John Hoxlen
• Testimony of W. W. Hoxlen
• Testimony of Henry Hawkins, colored
• Testimony of Rachael Semus, colored
• Testimony of John M. Lloyd
• Testimony of Mrs. Offret
• Testimony of Major Eckert
• Testimony of Richard Montgomery
• Testimony of J. S. Debonay
• Proceedings of Wednesday, June 15th
• Testimony of Dr. James C. Hall
• Testimony of Dr. Davis
• Testimony of Surgeon-General Barnes
• Testimony of Dr. Porter
• Proceedings of Friday, June 16th
• Examination of Robert Purdy
• Examination of [Dr.] D. S. Eastwood
• Examination of George Wilkes
• Examination of Mr. Abram D. Russell
• Arguments of Counsel for Defence, on Monday, June 19th
• Reverdy Johnson's Argument
• Frederick P. Stone's Argument
• Mr. Cox's Argument
• Arguments and Proceedings on Tuesday, June 20th
• Woodcut: Sitting of the Court-Martial at Washington. Interior View of the Court Chamber
• Argument in the Defence of Payne, Atzerodt and Mrs. Surratt, on Wednesday, June 21st
• The Argument for Payne
• The Argument for Atzerodt
• The Argument for Mrs. Surratt
• Proceedings on Friday, June 23d
• Mr. Ewing's Argument
• Proceedings of Tuesday, June 27th
• Conclusion of Testimony for the Government
• Woodcut: Portrait of Boston Corbett - The Executioner of Booth
• Testimony of Nathan Auser
• Testimony of John Cantly
• Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge-Advocate
• The Court and Its Jurisdiction
• The Civil Courts Not Open
• Reverdy Johnson' Extraordinary Argument
• Is a Court a Court
• Not a Plea to the Jurisdiction
• Military Courts, as such, Perfectly Constitutional
• Something for Reverdy Johnson to Think of
• Ben Wood and Reverdy Johnson in Company
• Johnson the Champion of Rebellion
• The Trial has not been Secret
• The Proclamation of Martial Law
• "By the President of The United States of America"
• Military Tribunals Justified by President
• The Example of Washington
• Map: Death Scene of the Assassin showing where Booth was Killed and Harrold Captured
• Necessity to the Existence of the Nation
• And It Is the Nation which Exercises the Power
• Public Safety the Supreme Law
• No Trial by Jury in War for Public Enemies
• What the Supreme Court Says
• The President Justified by Congress
• And the People have Justified both President and Congress
• A Word from Mr. Ewing
• Proceedings of Wednesday, June 28th
• Summing Up of the Evidence by Judge Bingham
• Condemnation and Sentences of the Assassins
• The Official Order
• Harrold's Sentence
• Atzerodt's Sentence
• Payne's Sentence
• Mrs. Surratt's Sentence
• President Johnson's Approval
• Woodcut: Interior View of the Court Room Occupied by the Military Commission
• Woodcut: The Prisoners' Manacles
• Woodcut: Portrait of Col. Lafayette C. Baker
• O'Laughlin's Sentence
• Spangler's Sentence
• Arnold's Sentence
• Dr. Mudd's Sentence
• The Sentence Read to the Prisoners
• [reaction of] Mrs. Surratt
• [reaction of] Payne
• [reaction of] Atzerodt
• [reaction of] Harrold
• Payne Asks for a Baptist Clergyman
• Mrs. Surratt's Spiritual Advisers
• Rev. Dr. Butler Attends Atzerodt
• Harrold's Sisters Visit Him
• No Executive Clemency
• Charges and Specifications
• Sketches of the Assassins:
  • Lewis Payne
  • David C. Harrold
  • Mrs. Mary E. Surratt
  • George A. Atzerodt
• Execution of the Assassins
• The Announcement of the Execution
• How it was Received
• Woodcut: Execution of Mrs. Surratt, Lewis Payne, David C. Harrold, and George A. Atzerodt
• Excitement over the Sentence
• A Sad Scene — A Daughter's Love
• The Preparations for the Execution
• The Scene
• Misery in Two Cells
• What We Saw through a Grated Window
• Mrs. Surratt's Cell
• The Meetings and the Partings
• The End
• Ad Interim
• Woodcut: Interior View of the Railroad Car that carried the Remains of President Lincoln to Springfield
• The Journey to the Grave:
  • Mrs. Surratt
  • Harrold
  • Payne
• The Religious Exercises
• The Death

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