Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-07

he wharf - this plAce last evening. some
pefson placed . keg Of powder On
The furnace, VIXEN IN exploeIOn took place.
blowing up the front deck and sl,attefine
The door panels, but not injuring the ma.
chinery. She was able TO leave on time this
forenoon. No one much injured.
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ss WARRINGTON, July 9.
Ihe following important esisr has just
wAR DEr'1. AMIR GEN : Orr,cx,
WASHINGTON, July 5, 1865.
To Maj. Gen. w. s. Hancock, comdg Middle
Mil. Div, Washington:
WHEREAS, BY the Military Commission,
appointed in Paragraph No 4 Of Special Or.
dcrs No 2l1, dated War Department, Adiu-
taRt Generals OfBce, May 8, 1885, of which
Mai. Gen. David Hunter, L. s. Volunteers,
Is Prcsitleut, the following prisoners were
tried and sentenced, as hereinafter stated, rs
follows
F'rA-David E. Harold. Finding-Of the
specification, guilty except combining. con-
federating and conspiring with Edward
6pangler, as TO which part thereof n 81 gull
~. Ofthe charge, guilty; except the words
Of the charge that he combined, cOnfeder-
atcd and conspired with Edward Spanglcr,
AZ to which part of the charge, not guilty
Sentence-And the Commission therefore
sentence him, the said David f. Harold, to
be hanged by the neck until he be dead, at
such time and place as the President Of the
United States shall direct, twOthirds Of the
members Of tile Commission cOncurring
therein. s-.E
!Sscond.-Georgc AAtzerott. Finding-Of
the specifications, guilty except combining,
c0nfedersting and ccnspiring with Edward
Spangler, Of this not guilty. Sentcnce-and
the Commission does therefore sentence him,
the said Geo. A. Atzerott 10 Ike hung ~ the
neck until he be dead, at such time and place
"a the President of the L. S. shall direct;
two-tIirtls Of the members Of the Commits
sion concurring therein.
Neutrality-suspicious.. Finding: ofthe spe'
cifications, guilty; except combining, con
decorating, conspiring with Edward Spang
Ter. Of this not guilty. Sentence|!he
Commission does therefore sentence hiin
the said Lewis Payne TO be hung until ne DC
dead. at srl, time and place as the President
of the L.. 8. may direct; two thirds Of the
members of the Commission concurring
therein.
FourM-Mrs. Surratt Finding-Of the
specification, guilty-except as to the receiv-
ing, entertaining, harboring and cOncealing
Samuel Arnold and Michael O'Laughlin,
and except as to combining, conicdcrating
and conspiring with Edward Spangler-of
this, rot guilty Of the charge, guilty, ex.
ccpt as to combining, conicdcrating andcon-
spring with Edward Spangler-of this, not
guilty. Scntencc.-And the Commission
does therefore sentence her, the said Mary
f. Surratt, to be hung by the neck until she
be dead, at ouch time and place g the Presi-
dent of the United States shall direct ; two
thirds Of the members Of the Commission
concurring therein.
WuEREAs, The President Of the United
States has approved the foregoing sen.
fences in the following order, TO wit
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, July 5, 1865.
The foregoing sentences in the cases of
David T. Harold, George 4. Atzerott, Lewis
Payne and Mary Surratt are hereby APPROX
ed, and it is ordered that the sentences Of
David +. Harold, Geo A. Atzerott, Lewis
Payne and Mary Il. Surratt be carried into
execution by the proper military authorities,
under the direction of the Secretary of War,
on the It'll day Of July, 1868, between the
hours of 10 o'clock a. III. and 2 o'clock p. IN.
of that day
ISirned. ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States.
Therefore you are commanded to cause
vid E. Harold, George A. Atzerott, Lewis
Payne, and Mary +. Surratt to be duly exc
cuted in accordance with the Presidents or
der.
By command of the President of the
United States.
(Signed,) L. ID. TOWNSEND.
Asst Adjt Gen'l.
In the remaining cases of O'Laughln,
Spaneler, Arnold and Mudd, the find.
ings and sentences are as follows:
FyLi-Michacl OEaughlin. Finding
OF the specification, guilty; except the
words, and in the further prosecution of the
conspiracy aforesaid on the night OF the 18th
and 18th OF April, 1866, ut Washington City
and within the military department and mil
tary lines aforesaid, the said Michael o.
Laughlin did then and there lie i'll wait for
L. S Grant, It. Gen. comd'g the armies Of
the United States, with the felonious intent
then and there to kill and murder the said
L. s. Grant, of said words not guilty; and
except combining, confederating and con-
spring with Edward Spangler, Of this not
guilty. OF the charge guilty except COM
bining, confederating and conspiring with
Edward Spangler, Of this not guilty. Sen
tencc-The Commission sentence Michael
O'Laughlin to be imprisoned at hard labor
for life.
Saskatchewan Spangler. Finding-Ofthe
specification, not guilty, except as to the
words the said Edward Spangler on said
14th day of April, 1865, at about the same
hour of that day, as aforesaid, within said
military department and in military lines
aforesaid. did aid and abct him, meaning
John Wilkes Booth in making his escape
after the said Abraham Lincoln had been
murdered, in the manner aforesaid, and Of
these words guilty. Of the charge, not
guilty, but guilty Of having feloniously and
traitOrously aided and abetted John " likes
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
said Abraham Lincoln, President Us afore-
said, had been murdered by the said John
Wilkes Booth, as aforesaid. The Commits
sion sentenced Spanglcr to be confined at
hard labor six years. .As
!Serenth-Samucl Arnold. OF the specifi-
cations, guilty except combining, confeder-
ating and conspiring with Edward Spangler,
Of this not guilty. Of the change, guilty
spring with Edward Spangler, Of this not
guilty. The Commission sentenced him to
Imprisonment ut hard labor for life.
Eighth. -Sam'l A. Mudd OF the specifi.
cations, guilty except combining, confede
rating and conspiring with Ed. Spangler, of
this not guilty, and excepting, receiving and
entertaining, harboring, and concealing said
Lewis Payne, John W. Surratt, NJ. OLaugh-
lin, Ed 4. Atzerott, Nary E. surratt and
Sam1 Ar hold Of this not guilty. OF the
charge guilty except coniederating and COM
bining with Ed. Spangler; of this not guilty.
Sentence :IDr. Mudd to be imprisoned at hard
labor for life. The President order in these
cases is as follows:
1t is further ordered, That the prisoners,
Samuel Arnold, Samuel A. Mud, Edward
Spangler and NJ. O'Laughlin BE- confined at
hard labof in the penitentiary at Auburn, N.
Y. during the period designated in their res
peCtive sentences. Signed,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President Of the United States.
Atzerot was deeply affected and cried
bitterly, asking for . Lutheran minister:
Harold displayed considerable fortitude. and
only asked for an interview with his family.
Mrs. Surratt was collected, and asked for Fa-