The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... assassin leaped from the box , did not exceed thirty seconds . Neither Mrs. Lincoln nor Miss Harris had left their seats . " Subscribed and sworn before me this 17th day of April , 1865 , A. B. OLIN , } Justice of the Supreme Court of ...
... assassin leaped from the box , did not exceed thirty seconds . Neither Mrs. Lincoln nor Miss Harris had left their seats . " Subscribed and sworn before me this 17th day of April , 1865 , A. B. OLIN , } Justice of the Supreme Court of ...
Page 66
... assassin of the President is about five feet nine and a half inches high , black hair , and I think eyes of the same color . He did not turn his face more than quarter front , as artists term it . His face was smooth , as I remember ...
... assassin of the President is about five feet nine and a half inches high , black hair , and I think eyes of the same color . He did not turn his face more than quarter front , as artists term it . His face was smooth , as I remember ...
Page 67
... assassin stood there long enough to photograph himself forever even in the minds of those among the throng who had never seen him be- fore . They saw a slim , graceful figure , elegantly clad , waving a dagger with a gesture that none ...
... assassin stood there long enough to photograph himself forever even in the minds of those among the throng who had never seen him be- fore . They saw a slim , graceful figure , elegantly clad , waving a dagger with a gesture that none ...
Page 68
... assassin , applied at Seward's residence as the pretended bearer of a prescription of medicine . Having succeeded in evading the servant at the door , he rushed to Seward's chamber , but was confronted by Frederick Seward , when he had ...
... assassin , applied at Seward's residence as the pretended bearer of a prescription of medicine . Having succeeded in evading the servant at the door , he rushed to Seward's chamber , but was confronted by Frederick Seward , when he had ...
Page 69
... assassin . He stabbed the soldier in the side , and succeeded in breaking away , and , after wounding Major Seward , another son of the Secretary , and an attendant , succeeded in making his escape from the house , mounted his horse and ...
... assassin . He stabbed the soldier in the side , and succeeded in breaking away , and , after wounding Major Seward , another son of the Secretary , and an attendant , succeeded in making his escape from the house , mounted his horse and ...
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