Why Was Lincoln Murdered [Paperback]

Otto Eisenschiml Cressets UNIVERSAL Library GROSSEX c DUNLAP NEW YORK CONTENTS SMUDGES v I THE FOURTEENTH OF APRIL 3 II ASSASSINATION 6 II THE STRANGE CAREER OF JOHN F. PARKER 1 1 IV WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT FORDS THEATER 22 V THE PRESIDENT Is REFUSED PROTECTION 32 VI PREMONITIONS vs. SECRET SERVICE REPORTS 40 VII GRANT SUDDENLY LEAVES WASHINGTON 54 VIII HOW THE NEWS OF THE TRAGEDY WAS HANDLED 65 IX EVERY AVENUE OF ESCAPE BLOCKED SAVE ONE 91 SX THE MAN HUNT Is ON 97 XI JOHN FLETCHER TELLS His STORY 107 XII BAKER DIRECTS THE PURSUIT 1 1 6 XIII THE END OF THE TRAIL 130 XIV DEATH VISITS GARRETTS FARM 153 XV THE PLOTS AGAINST GRANT, STANTON AND JOHNSON 162 XVI STANTON INVENTS A NOVEL TORTURE 1 75 XVII STANTONS INNER COUNCIL 187 XVIII THE ODYSSEY OF JOHN HARRISON SURRATT 194 XIX THE CASE AGAINST JEFFERSON DAVIS 207 XX THE SETTING FOR THE CONSPIRACY TRIAL 230 XXI THE PRISONERS AT THE BAR 250 XXII THE WOMAN IN THE CASE 270 WHY WAS LINCOLN MURDERED CHAPTER I The Fourteenth of ffril THE fourteenth of April 1865, dawning on the city of Washing ton, found the Capital gaudily bedecked with flags j for on the preceding night, Lees surrender had been celebrated by a grand illumination. The end of the long war was at last in sight. In the forenoon a regular meeting of the Cabinet was held, at which General Grant was present as a distinguished guest. The victor of Appomattox Court House was a medium-sized, stoop-shouldered, taciturn man, then at the zenith of his military glory. At the White House he met all the members of Lincolns official family, except Secretary of State Seward, who had been the Presidents closest rival at the Chicago Republican convention of 1860. Seward had been thrown from his carriage a few days before and was lying at home under the care of physicians. The framework of steel which encased his face and neck, agonizing though it must have been, was destined that night to save his life. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles was there a kindly looking man with a llĪ