Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-07
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WAsuISoroS July 6--The following import.
ant order has just been issued
WAR DEPARTMENT. ApJ'r GrN = oFsIcrl
wAsHISGroS, July ). 1865
To Major General W Hancock. Command
ing Middle Department, Washington:
Whereas By the Military Commission an.
pointed in paragraph iv..Specia Orders. No 2ll
dated War Department Adjutsnt General :
Office. May 6. 1865 Of which Mai Cen David
Hunter United States Volunteers Is President,
the following persons were tried and sentenced AZ
hereinafter stated. as follows:
First--David T. Harold finding OF the spec
hcation. guilty, except combining, coniederat.
lug. and conspring with Edward Spangler. as 20
which part thereof bot guilty; of tho charge
guilty The Commission therefore sentence
him. the said David +. Harold. to be hanged by
the neck until he il dead. at such time and place
"a the President Of the United States shall
direct--two-thirds OF the members OF The Com
mission concurring therein
Second-George A. Atzero,t hnding OF the
specification. guilty. except combining. confei-
Grating and conspirng with Edward Spanglef:
OF this. not guilty. sentence-And the Commis-
sion does therefore sentence him. the said George
A. Atzerott, 10 DO hanged by the neck until he
be dead at such time and place as the President
of the United States shall direct-two- thirds of
the members Of the Commission concurring
therein.
Thrd-Lews Payne; fnding of the speci6ca
ton. guilty, except combining. confederating
and conspiring with Edward Spsnglcr; of this.
not guilty; OF the charge guilty, except combn-
ing. confederating and conspiring with Edward
Spangler of this, not guilty Sentence-And the
! Commission does therefore sentence him, the
said Lewis Payne. to be hanged until he be dead
a. such place and time as the President Of the
| United States shall directive thirds OF the
members OF the Commission concurring therein
Fourth Mary + Surratt; finding Of the
specification. guilty, except a. to the receiving.
entertaining, htrborng and concsaling Of
Samuel Arnold aud Michael OLsughlin. and ex
cept as to the combining. confederating and con
spiring with Edward Spangler; Of this not guilty !;
OFT the charge, guilty. except as to the com
bining. coniederatng and conspriag with Edward
Spangler OF this not guilty. Sentence-And the
| Court does, therefore. sentence her, the said
Mary + Surratt; TO DO hanged by the neck until
she be dead, at such time and place az tho
President OF the United Stateslshal direct-two-
third of the members as the Commission con
curing therein.
And whereas. tho President of tho United
States has approved the foregoing sentences. in
the following order:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WAsHiSoroS, July 5, 1864
The findings and sentences, in the cases OF
David T.. Harold G A Atzerott, Lewis PAYNE
and Mary + Surratt. are hereby approved, and
il IL ordered thst the sentences in the cases of
David +. II arrod, G. A. Atzerott. Lewis Payne
aud Mary T. Surratt. be carried into execution
by the proper military uthorty, under the direc.
ton of Secretary of War. on the 9TH day OF july.
$50. between the hours OF 10 A. VI and p.
Vi OF that day
Signed ANDREW JOHNSON,
President OF the United States
Therefore, you are here hereby commanded
TO cause the foregoing sentences. in the cases of
| David +. Harold. q. y. Atzerott Lewis PAYNE
and Mary l. Surratt. TO be duly executed in
accordance with the Presidents order
BY command Of the President of the United
States:
(Signcd) j. ID. TOWNSEND, A A.G
In the remaing cases of OLiughln, Spangler,
Arnold and Mudd, the findings and sentences are
! as follows
Fihh-Michael 0'Laughln; finding OF the
specification. guilty, except the words thereof. as
follows. and in the further prosecution of the
conspiracy aforesaid anu its murderous aud trea
sonable purposes aforesaid. on the nights of the
18th and l4th of April. 1865, ut Washington
city. within the Military Department aforesaid,
the said Michael 0'Llughlin did then aud there
lie in wait Tor Ulysses. Grant. then Lieutenant
General and Commander Of the armies OF the
United States. with intent then and there TO kill
and murder the said Ulysses Graat; of said word.
not guilty: and except combining, confederating
aud conspiring with Edward Spangler, of this
not guilty; of the charge. guilty, except com
bining. confederating and conspiring with Ed
ward Spangler; of this not guilty. Sentence
The Commission sentence Michael O'Laughlin
10 be imprisoned at hard labor for life
Sixth-Edward Spangler; finding of the speci-
dcation, not guilty, except as TO the words: Said
Edward Spangler, on said l4th day of April
A. d., 1850, at about the same hour of the day
aforesaid. within said Military Department aud
the military lines aforesaid. did aid and abet him
meaning ohm Wilkes BOOTH in making bis es.
cape after the said Abraham Lincoln had been
murdered, in the manner aforesaid, and of These
words. guilty; Of the charges not guilty; but
guilty OF having feloniously and traitorous :
aided and abstted John Wilkes Booth in maxim
his escape after he the said John Wilkes Booth
had killed and murdered Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States; he, the said Ed
ward Spangler, at the time OF the murder aidn 2
and aDetting "a aforesaid. well knowing that the
said Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States, had been murdered by the said JohT
Wilkes Booth, as aforesaid The Com mission SET
fenced Spangler TO be confined AT hard labor tol
six wears
Seventh --SAmuel Arnold; finding o: The
specification. guilty, excep; combining, eonted
Grating aud conspiring with Edward Spangler; o
this not guilty; OF the charge guilty, e1cep
combining. coniederating and conspring will
Edward >PAngler .: this not gully The Com
mission sentence him to be imprisoned for life r
hard labor.
Eighth-SAmuei Mndi; Finding OF ia,
specification, guilty, except combining, confed
Grating and conspirng With Edward Spangler; o
this lot guilty. aud excepting and receiving. snC
entertsiniug, aud harooring, and conceaing sale
Lewis Payne. John II SGgratt, Michael O'Laugh
lin, Geo, A Alzerou. Mary L. Surrau an
, Samuel Arnold; OF this lot guilty; Of the charge
guilty, except. combining, confederailng and con
spGing With El~Ari Spaagier; OF this not guilty
: The Commission Secte8cei De-. Madd 20 De i'm
prsoned at hard labor for LIE.
The Presidents order in these cases Is as 10
/ lows.
/ IL IS further ordered that the prisoners, Ssmu'
/, Arnold. Samuel A. Nudd, Edward Spanglel
and Michael OLaughlin. be confined At bar
labor in the peniIentiary at Albany, n T., dul