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