Assassination of Lincoln
- Subtitle
- a History of the Great Conspiracy Trial of the Conspirators by a Military Commission, and a Review of the Trial of John H. Surratt
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1. Front matter2. ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN3. EXPLANATION.4. PREFACE.5. Part I. ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN.6. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.7. CHAPTER II. PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE PLOT.8. CHAPTER III. ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SECRETARY SEWARD.9. CHAPTER IV. THE NEWS COMMUNICATED TO THE WORLD, AND ITS EFFECT.10. CHAPTER V. UNRAVELLING THE PLOT.—PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND HEROLD.—DEATH OF BOOTH.11. CHAPTER VI. UNRAVELLING THE CONSPIRACY.12. CHAPTER VII. QUESTIONS PRELIMINARY TO THE TRIAL13. CHAPTER VIII. A MILITARY COMMISSION—ITS NATURE, CONSTITUTION, DUTIES, AND JURISDICTION.14. CHAPTER IX. CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMISSION, AND TRIAL.15. CHAPTER X. EVIDENCE IN REGARD TO ATROCITIES NOT EMBRACED IN THE CHARGE AND SPECIFICATIONS, FOR WHICH DAVIS AND HIS CANADA CABINET WERE RESPONSIBLE.16. CHAPTER XI. EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SUSTAIN ITS CHARGE AND SPECIFICATIONS.17. CHAPTER XII. THE GOVERNMENT WITNESSES AGAINST DAVIS AND HIS ASSOCIATES IN THIS CRIME.18. CHAPTER XIII. A CRITICISM OF NICOLAY AND HAY.19. CHAPTER XIV. JACOB THOMPSON'S BANK ACCOUNT. WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY?20. CHAPTER XV. THE CASE OF MRS. SURRATT.21. CHAPTER XVI. FATHER WALTER.22. CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUSION.23. CHAPTER XVIII. FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF JOHN H. SURRATT.24. CHAPTER I. INDICTMENT AND TRIAL.25. CHAPTER II. A CRITICISM OF THE DEFENSE.26. CHAPTER III. 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.27. CHAPTER III. 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. (continued 2)28. PREFACE TO APPENDIX.29. ARGUMENT OF JOHN A. BINGHAM, Special Judge Advocate, IN REPLY TO THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS IN DEFENCE OF MARY E. SURRATT AND OTHERS, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC.30. ARGUMENT OF JOHN A. BINGHAM, Special Judge Advocate, IN REPLY TO THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS IN DEFENCE OF MARY E. SURRATT AND OTHERS, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC. (continued 2)31. ARGUMENT OF JOHN A. BINGHAM, Special Judge Advocate, IN REPLY TO THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS IN DEFENCE OF MARY E. SURRATT AND OTHERS, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC. (continued 3)32. ARGUMENT OF JOHN A. BINGHAM, Special Judge Advocate, IN REPLY TO THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS IN DEFENCE OF MARY E. SURRATT AND OTHERS, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC. (continued 4)33. The Controversy between President Johnson and Judge Holt.