The Portland daily press., 1865-07-07
IN VEI.lSGRAPEI,
Sentences Of DR.. 1E,sdd, O'L6aghlia, s13as,g-
va fif3A Ter and arnold. rf.s ~
TO THE DAILY PRESS

Sentences Of DR.. 1fssdd, O,L9aOJ.lia, Sl,a,,g-
th III flA Ter and arnold. ii Tfst ~
WASHINGTON, July 9.
In the remaining cases of o. LaughIin, Spang-
Ter, Arnold and Mudd, the finding and SEN
fences are as follows. -
5.-Michael OLaughlin; finding of the
specification, guilty, except the words thereof
as follows, "and in the further prosecution of
the conspiracy aforesaid, and its murtlerouS
and reasonable purposes aforesaid on the
night OF the 18th and 18th Of April, a. d.,
1865, at Washington City, and within the
military department and military lines aforer
said, the said Michael o. Laughlin did then and
there lie in wait for Ulysses S. Grant. then
Lieutenant General and Commander-in-Ch Chief
OF the United States, with intent, then and
there, to kill and murder the said Ulysses S.
Grant,. OF said words not guilty, and except
combining, contederating and conspiring with
Edward Spangler. OF this not guilty. Ofthe
charge guilty, except combining, collaborating
and conspiring with Edward Spanoler. OF
this guilty And the Commission does therefore
sentence Michael O'Laughlin to be ifnprisoDed
at hard labor for life. e 6ikntlG
6.-Edward Spangler; finding of the speci-
fication, not guilty, except as to the words,
"The said Edward Spangler on said 18th day
of April, A. d., 1866, at about the same hour
of that day as aforesaid, within the said mill
tary department and the military lines afere-
said, did aid and abet, him, (meaning John
Wilkes Booth, in making his escape, after the
said Abraham Lincoln had been murdered
in the manner Aforesaid OF these words,
guilty. Of the charge, not guilty; but guilty
of having feloniously and traitorously aided
and abetted John Wilkes Booth in making
his escape, after having killed and murdered
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States. He the said Edward Spangler at the
time of aiding and abetting as aforesaid, well
knowing that the said Abraham Lincoln,
President as aforesaid, had been murdered bF
the said John Wilkes Booth as Aforesaid
The Commission sentenced Spangler to be
confined at hard labor for six years. i
samuel Arnold; Of the specifications,
guilty; except combining, confederatiHg and
conspiring with Edward Spangler. OF this
not guilty. Ofthe charge, guilty; except com
bining, contederating and conspiring with
Edward .Spangler. OF this, not guilty. The
Commission sentenced him to imprisonment
at hard labor for life. ia ss'a.aa
/ S.-Samuel A. Mudd. Of the specification.
guilty, except combining, confederating and
conspiring with, Edward Spangler; of this not
guilty, and excepting receiving, entertaining,
harboring and concealing said Lewis Payne,
/ John I'll. Surratt, Michael OLaughlin George
A. Atzerott, Mary e. Surratt and Samuel Ar
mold; of this not guilty. Of the charge, guilty,
except combining, confederating and conspir-s
ing with Edward Spangler; of this not guilty.
The commission sentenced DR.. Mudd to be;
imprisoned at hard labor for life
The Presidents order in these cases is as
follows: +if3 siloa 6laatsgga
1t is further ordered that the, prisoners,
Samuel Arnold, Samuel A. Mudd, Edward.
Spangler and Michael o. Laughlin, be confined
at hard labor in the penitentiary at ALBANY,
New York, during the period designated in
their respective sentences. la mo - 49,,
(Signed) S. ANDREW JOHNSON,
President