Nature doth nothing so great for great men
As when she's pleased to make them lords of truth.
Integrity of life is fame's best friend,
Which nobly beyond death shall crown the end."
FOOTNOTES
1 "Life of Lincoln," by Nicolay and Hay, Century Magazine, pp. 431-32.
2 The evidence before the Commission left Booth and Herold, from the time they left Dr. Mudd's until they arrived at Port Conway, unaccounted for. I am indebted to articles in the Century Magazine, by George A. Townsend, Major Ruggles, and Lieutenant Bainbridge, for the ability to fill up this interval, and to General Baker's "History of the Secret Service," for facts connected with the capture, death, and burial of Booth.—Author.
3 Conspiracy Trial, pp. 29, 30, testimony of Conover; also p. 36, testimony of Dr. Merritt; also p. 25, testimony of Montgomery.
4 The archives of the rebel war department reveal the fact that the powder was placed under the Libby Prison by order of Davis and Seddon, sanctioned by a committee of the rebel congress.
5 The Charles Selby letter was proven to be in the handwriting of John Wilkes Booth by experts, on comparison, on the trial of John H. Surratt.
6 It is highly improbable that the witness would have given false testimony as to this conversation between Davis and General Breckinridge because of the certainty of its contradiction by the latter.
7 Trial John H. Surratt, p. 468, testimony of Dr. McMillen.
8 Official Report of the Conspiracy Trial, p. 114, testimony of L. J. Wiechmann.
9 See Report Conspiracy Trial, pp. 114, 115 and pp. 85-87. Testimony of L. J. Wiechmann and John M. Lloyd.
10 Official Report Conspiracy Trial, p. 115.
11 Official Report Conspiracy Trial, p. 114.
12 Official Report Conspiracy Trial, p. 115, and Trial of John H. Surratt, pp. 377, 378.
13 Conspiracy Trial, p. 113. Trial of Surratt, pp. 377, 378.
14 Trial of Surratt, pp. 385, 386.
15 Trial Conspirators, pp. 113, 114, and Trial Surratt, 383, 384.
16 Trial Conspirators, p. 113.
17 Trial Conspirators, pp. 118-119. Trial Conspirators, p. 85. Testimony of John M. Lloyd.
18 Trial Conspirators, p. 113, and Trial Surratt, pp. 391, 392.
19 Conspiracy Trial, pp. 85, etc.
20 See supplemental affidavit of L. J. Wiechmann, and Trial of Surratt, p. 394.
21 Trial Conspirators, pp. 121, 122.
22 Conspiracy Trial. Testimony for the defense and testimony in rebuttal, pp. 132, 139 inclusive.
23 Trial of Surratt, pp. 136, 137, and pp. 186, 187, 188.
24 Trial of Surratt, pp. 163, 164, 165.
25 Trial of Conspirators, p. 86. Trial of Surratt, pp. 282, 283.
26 See testimony of L. J. Wiechmann and John M. Lloyd on the trial of the conspirators and on the trial of J. H. Surratt. Also testimony of Trial Conspirators, p. 126.
27 See testimony of John M. Lloyd, Trial Conspirators, pp. 85, 86, and testimony of Mrs. Emma Offutt, pp. 121-125, and Trial of Surratt, p. 281.
28 See supplemental affidavit of L. Wiechmann and Trial of J. H. Surratt, p. 295.
29 As Judge Pierrepont is now dead, I deem it best to cut out a certain statement, which I had from him, with his consent to publish it.—Author.
30 See testimony of Father Boucher, Trial of Surratt, p. 895, and onward. Also testimony of Rev. Stephen F. Cameron, p. 793 and onward. Trial of Surratt.
31 See p. 394, Trial of Surratt; also supplemental affidavit of L. J. Wiechmann.
32 Testimony of L. J. Wiechmann, p. 454, Report of the trial of John H. Surratt.
33 In a communication to a Philadelphia paper.
Transcriber's Note
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Unless the correction was unambiguous, inconsistent and unbalanced (missing) quotation marks have not been changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Text uses "henious" almost as often as "heinous"; not changed.
Page 69; "12 M." could stand for "Midnight" or be a misprint for "A.M."
Page 91: No obvious opening quotation mark to match the closing one at the end of: ' and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense" '.
Page 198: The anchor numbers for footnotes 20 and 21 (originally 2 and 3) were printed in reverse sequence, and have been swapped here.
Page 156: Closing quotation mark added after 'put him down as a damned fool.'
Page 243: No closing quotation for ' "I do not rise for the purpose ...'.
Page 249: Missing opening quotation mark before 'And when the facts'.
Page 292: No closing single quotation mark for "'What! would you have this great...." and the opening mark was poorly printed, so it could be something else.
Page 367: No obvious closing quotation mark for ' "if I (the witness) did not hear....'