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Abraham Lincoln Assassination: Trials of the Conspirators Proceedings Transcripts
Abraham Lincoln Assassination: Trials of the Conspirators Proceedings Transcripts
4,869 pages in 12 volumes of overlapping transcripts, trial accounts and reporting of the trials of the Lincoln Assassination conspirators.
Because the different sources of trial transcriptions for the trials of the conspirators have carrying coverage of the trials, it is best to consult more than one source
This collection has:
The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators
Full Title: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators David E. Herold, Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin. Compiled and arranged by Benn Pitman, Recorder to the Commission. Cincinnati; New York: Moore, Wilstach & Boldwin, 1865. xvi, 17-421
Benn Pitman won the government contract to transcribe the testimony given in court every day of the trials of the conspirators. Pitman was an expert in phonography an early form of shorthand. Pitman's brother was the creator of the Pitman Shorthand System. His transcript was made available to the prosecution, defense and members of the press. The use of several reporters using shorthand made Pitman's transcription the most accurate.
Out of the several different versions of transcripts of the trials, many find Pitman's edited publishing the most accessible version. Pitman was able to distill 4,300 pages of transcription into a single volume of four-hundred and twenty-six double spaced pages. Pitman decided to collate the testimony by defendant, indexed the testimony by name and date, and added summaries of the testimony. It contains the Attorney General's justifications for the use of a military court for the trial, rather a than civilian one and the closing argument of Special Judge Advocate John A. Bingham.
Users of this volume will find detailed testimony and arguments presented for and against each defendant. For Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the Federal government, there is a thirty-page segment which gathers the evidence for and against her (pp. 113-143).
John Harrison Surratt Jr. is mentioned numerous times in the courtroom testimony of the Lincoln conspirators compiled by Benn Pitman, but he was not one of the defendants tried by the government at the time. Thought by the government to be a key participant in Booth’s plot against Abraham Lincoln, his photograph was prominently displayed on wanted posters and a $25,000 reward was offered for his arrest.
The Conspiracy Trial for the Murder of the President and the Attempt to Overthrow the Government by the Assassination of its Principal Officers. Edited, with an introduction, by Ben. Perley Poore. Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1865-66.
Benjamin Perley Poore was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the Whig and Republican parties. Poore also served as clerk of the Senate committee on printing public records, edited the Congressional Directory in 1869.
Poore's record was used by the defense counsel, as well as the Military Commission, as a daily guide to what had transpired in the courtroom the previous day.
This three-volume work is the generally considered the most complete.
Poore provides complete testimonies, verbatim question-and-answer transcript of the trial, presented without a table of contents or index but in the exact sequence of witnesses during the proceedings. His three-volume work was published in limited quantities and, in the original, makes for an extremely rare find today. The Library of Congress only has two of the three volumes. A fourth and final volume of the trial transcript was never released due to poor sales. Poore’s editions, therefore, are missing the June 13 testimonies of around twenty witnesses and the closing arguments.
This collection includes exact copies of original copies of volumes 1 & 2 and transcription of a copy of volume 3.
Trial of The Conspirators, for the Assassination of President Lincoln, &C. Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate, In Reply to the Arguments of the Several Counsel, by John Armor Bingham.
Full Title: Trial of The Conspirators, for the Assassination of President Lincoln, &C. Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate, In Reply to the Arguments of the Several Counsel for Mary E. Surratt, David E. Herold, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel A. Mudd, Edward Spangler, and Samuel Arnold, Charged with Conspiracy and Murder of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States. Delivered June 27 and 28, 1865, before the Military Commission, Washington, D.C. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, 1865.
Uniquely this trial account comes from one of its participants. John Armor Bingham (1815-1900) was an American Republican Representative from Ohio, an assistant Judge Advocate General in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination, and a prosecutor in the impeachment trials of U.S. President Andrew Johnson.
In this volume originally published by the Government Printing Office, Bingham proports that the conspirators aided the rebellion and undermined the Constitution. Bingham accuses Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederate States) and other rebel leaders of involvement and instigation in the conspiracy, though never charged. He held that everyone involved with the conspiracy is guilty by way of "common design." Bingham argues that there should be no distinction between those were simply involved in the plotting of the conspiracy and those who carried out the vicious attacks.
Assistant Judge Advocate Bingham interjected during the trial that each of the defendants was alleged to have committed the assaults themselves because “the act of any one of the participants to a conspiracy in its execution, is the act of every party to that conspiracy,” such that when the President was slain by the “hand of Booth,” he was “murdered by every one of the parties to this conspiracy.”
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of John H. Surratt, The Conspirator A Correct Account and Highly Interesting Narrative of His Doings and Adventures from Childhood to the Present Time. (1867) Author Anonymous
The copy reproduced in this collection contains pages l, 21-24, 37-40, and 43-136. "Trial of John H. Surratt, conspirator, for the murder of Abraham Lincoln" are pages 43-136.
Known as "The One Who Got Away," John Harrison Surrat Jr. was accused of plotting with John Wilkes Booth to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln; he was also suspected of involvement in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. He avoided arrest immediately after the assassination by fleeing to Canada and then to Europe. He thus avoided the fate of the other conspirators, who were hanged. He served briefly as a guard to the Pope, but was recognized and arrested and escaped to Egypt, but was eventually arrested and extradited. By the time of his trial, the statute of limitations had expired on most of the potential charges.
Dr. Samuel Mudd introduced Surratt to Booth on December 23, 1864, and Surratt agreed to help Booth kidnap Lincoln. Booth's plan was to seize Lincoln and take him to Richmond, Virginia, to exchange him for thousands of Confederate prisoners of war. On March 17, 1865, Surratt and Booth, along with their comrades, waited in ambush for Lincoln's carriage to leave the Campbell General Hospital to return to Washington. However, Lincoln had changed his mind and remained in Washington.
Merrick, Richard T. Speech to the jury of Richard T. Merrick, Esq., on the trial of John H. Surratt, in the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, on an indictment for murder of President Lincoln : before His Honor George P. Fisher, one of the justices of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, commencing Monday, June 10, 1867. Washington City, D.C. : R. Sutton, 1867. 16, 15 p. ; 27 cm. A separate printing from the Reporter, v. IV, nos. 96-97, September 10-11, 1867. Pages also numbered [427], 428-454, [455].
Other volumes include:
Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. George P. Fisher Presiding. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Trial in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Sitting for the Trial of Crimes and Misdemeanors, June-August, 1867, for the Murder of President Lincoln
Full Title: Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. George P. Fisher Presiding. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Trial in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, June-August, 1867, for the murder of President Lincoln. 1,383 pages in two volumes.
Speech to the Jury of Richard T. Merrick, Esq., On the trial of John H. Surratt, In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Sitting for the Trial of Crimes And Misdemeanors by Richard T. Merrick.
Full Title: Speech to the Jury of Richard T. Merrick, Esq., On the trial of John H. Surratt, In The Supreme Court of the District Of Columbia, Sitting for the Trial of Crimes And Misdemeanors, On an Indictment for Murder of President Lincoln: before His Honor George P. Fisher, one of the justices of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, commencing Monday, June 10, 1867. Washington City, D.C. : R. Sutton, 1867. 16, 15 p. ; 27 cm. A separate printing from the Reporter, v. IV, nos. 96-97, September 10-11, 1867. Pages also numbered [427], 428-454, [45
Trial of John H. Surratt in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Full Title: Trial of John H. Surratt in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, on an indictment for murder of President Lincoln before His Honor George P. Fisher, one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, commencing Monday, June 10, 1867. Washington city, D.C., 1867. In The reporter. A periodical devoted to religion, law, legislation, and public events. Washington City, D.C., 1867.)
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.
4,869 pages in 12 volumes of overlapping transcripts, trial accounts and reporting of the trials of the Lincoln Assassination conspirators.
Because the different sources of trial transcriptions for the trials of the conspirators have carrying coverage of the trials, it is best to consult more than one source
This collection has:
The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators
Full Title: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators David E. Herold, Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin. Compiled and arranged by Benn Pitman, Recorder to the Commission. Cincinnati; New York: Moore, Wilstach & Boldwin, 1865. xvi, 17-421
Benn Pitman won the government contract to transcribe the testimony given in court every day of the trials of the conspirators. Pitman was an expert in phonography an early form of shorthand. Pitman's brother was the creator of the Pitman Shorthand System. His transcript was made available to the prosecution, defense and members of the press. The use of several reporters using shorthand made Pitman's transcription the most accurate.
Out of the several different versions of transcripts of the trials, many find Pitman's edited publishing the most accessible version. Pitman was able to distill 4,300 pages of transcription into a single volume of four-hundred and twenty-six double spaced pages. Pitman decided to collate the testimony by defendant, indexed the testimony by name and date, and added summaries of the testimony. It contains the Attorney General's justifications for the use of a military court for the trial, rather a than civilian one and the closing argument of Special Judge Advocate John A. Bingham.
Users of this volume will find detailed testimony and arguments presented for and against each defendant. For Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the Federal government, there is a thirty-page segment which gathers the evidence for and against her (pp. 113-143).
John Harrison Surratt Jr. is mentioned numerous times in the courtroom testimony of the Lincoln conspirators compiled by Benn Pitman, but he was not one of the defendants tried by the government at the time. Thought by the government to be a key participant in Booth’s plot against Abraham Lincoln, his photograph was prominently displayed on wanted posters and a $25,000 reward was offered for his arrest.
The Conspiracy Trial for the Murder of the President and the Attempt to Overthrow the Government by the Assassination of its Principal Officers. Edited, with an introduction, by Ben. Perley Poore. Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1865-66.
Benjamin Perley Poore was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the Whig and Republican parties. Poore also served as clerk of the Senate committee on printing public records, edited the Congressional Directory in 1869.
Poore's record was used by the defense counsel, as well as the Military Commission, as a daily guide to what had transpired in the courtroom the previous day.
This three-volume work is the generally considered the most complete.
Poore provides complete testimonies, verbatim question-and-answer transcript of the trial, presented without a table of contents or index but in the exact sequence of witnesses during the proceedings. His three-volume work was published in limited quantities and, in the original, makes for an extremely rare find today. The Library of Congress only has two of the three volumes. A fourth and final volume of the trial transcript was never released due to poor sales. Poore’s editions, therefore, are missing the June 13 testimonies of around twenty witnesses and the closing arguments.
This collection includes exact copies of original copies of volumes 1 & 2 and transcription of a copy of volume 3.
Trial of The Conspirators, for the Assassination of President Lincoln, &C. Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate, In Reply to the Arguments of the Several Counsel, by John Armor Bingham.
Full Title: Trial of The Conspirators, for the Assassination of President Lincoln, &C. Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate, In Reply to the Arguments of the Several Counsel for Mary E. Surratt, David E. Herold, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel A. Mudd, Edward Spangler, and Samuel Arnold, Charged with Conspiracy and Murder of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States. Delivered June 27 and 28, 1865, before the Military Commission, Washington, D.C. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, 1865.
Uniquely this trial account comes from one of its participants. John Armor Bingham (1815-1900) was an American Republican Representative from Ohio, an assistant Judge Advocate General in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination, and a prosecutor in the impeachment trials of U.S. President Andrew Johnson.
In this volume originally published by the Government Printing Office, Bingham proports that the conspirators aided the rebellion and undermined the Constitution. Bingham accuses Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederate States) and other rebel leaders of involvement and instigation in the conspiracy, though never charged. He held that everyone involved with the conspiracy is guilty by way of "common design." Bingham argues that there should be no distinction between those were simply involved in the plotting of the conspiracy and those who carried out the vicious attacks.
Assistant Judge Advocate Bingham interjected during the trial that each of the defendants was alleged to have committed the assaults themselves because “the act of any one of the participants to a conspiracy in its execution, is the act of every party to that conspiracy,” such that when the President was slain by the “hand of Booth,” he was “murdered by every one of the parties to this conspiracy.”
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of John H. Surratt, The Conspirator A Correct Account and Highly Interesting Narrative of His Doings and Adventures from Childhood to the Present Time. (1867) Author Anonymous
The copy reproduced in this collection contains pages l, 21-24, 37-40, and 43-136. "Trial of John H. Surratt, conspirator, for the murder of Abraham Lincoln" are pages 43-136.
Known as "The One Who Got Away," John Harrison Surrat Jr. was accused of plotting with John Wilkes Booth to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln; he was also suspected of involvement in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. He avoided arrest immediately after the assassination by fleeing to Canada and then to Europe. He thus avoided the fate of the other conspirators, who were hanged. He served briefly as a guard to the Pope, but was recognized and arrested and escaped to Egypt, but was eventually arrested and extradited. By the time of his trial, the statute of limitations had expired on most of the potential charges.
Dr. Samuel Mudd introduced Surratt to Booth on December 23, 1864, and Surratt agreed to help Booth kidnap Lincoln. Booth's plan was to seize Lincoln and take him to Richmond, Virginia, to exchange him for thousands of Confederate prisoners of war. On March 17, 1865, Surratt and Booth, along with their comrades, waited in ambush for Lincoln's carriage to leave the Campbell General Hospital to return to Washington. However, Lincoln had changed his mind and remained in Washington.
Merrick, Richard T. Speech to the jury of Richard T. Merrick, Esq., on the trial of John H. Surratt, in the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, on an indictment for murder of President Lincoln : before His Honor George P. Fisher, one of the justices of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, commencing Monday, June 10, 1867. Washington City, D.C. : R. Sutton, 1867. 16, 15 p. ; 27 cm. A separate printing from the Reporter, v. IV, nos. 96-97, September 10-11, 1867. Pages also numbered [427], 428-454, [455].
Other volumes include:
Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. George P. Fisher Presiding. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Trial in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Sitting for the Trial of Crimes and Misdemeanors, June-August, 1867, for the Murder of President Lincoln
Full Title: Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. George P. Fisher Presiding. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Trial in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, June-August, 1867, for the murder of President Lincoln. 1,383 pages in two volumes.
Speech to the Jury of Richard T. Merrick, Esq., On the trial of John H. Surratt, In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Sitting for the Trial of Crimes And Misdemeanors by Richard T. Merrick.
Full Title: Speech to the Jury of Richard T. Merrick, Esq., On the trial of John H. Surratt, In The Supreme Court of the District Of Columbia, Sitting for the Trial of Crimes And Misdemeanors, On an Indictment for Murder of President Lincoln: before His Honor George P. Fisher, one of the justices of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, commencing Monday, June 10, 1867. Washington City, D.C. : R. Sutton, 1867. 16, 15 p. ; 27 cm. A separate printing from the Reporter, v. IV, nos. 96-97, September 10-11, 1867. Pages also numbered [427], 428-454, [45
Trial of John H. Surratt in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Full Title: Trial of John H. Surratt in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, on an indictment for murder of President Lincoln before His Honor George P. Fisher, one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, commencing Monday, June 10, 1867. Washington city, D.C., 1867. In The reporter. A periodical devoted to religion, law, legislation, and public events. Washington City, D.C., 1867.)
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.
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