Guilty of the Assassination

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Title

Guilty of the Assassination

Subject

Assassination

Description

The editor of the Walla Walla Statesman notes that the telegraph is once more operational, and prints a news item from the Oregonian (Portland, O) that Mrs. Suratt [sic] and three others have been executed after their conviction in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. This article also mentions that former C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis has been moved, to wait trial in the conspiracy. Additionally, the article mentions efforts to moderate the death sentence of Mary Surratt.

Abstract

The Walla Walla Statesman reports the execution of the four principals convicted of conspiracy and murder in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Source

Walla Walla Statesman

Publisher

Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees

Date Issued

1865-07-28

Contributor

Oregonian

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. IV, No. 33, p. 2, col. A

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers

URL

http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

2

End Page

2