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-it-hi-:o. :al!(it- ’ tn-'1924 Paper GivesJonFacts ConcerningLincoln's Murderen£jav Tcj ; Wa: Ei line ! par lt;VacFacts, about the Abraham Lin-: jroLn assassination and the trial: of Hie conspirators, which am i ■£j contained in a 27-year-old copy of ^ | the Indianapolis Star which is In j 1 possession of George S. Trcher, j ;1515 Amando Dr., Long Beach. I S1 '• The article is an account of • ,c the trial given by persons still ‘v living in 1924 who Intimately ^•knew witnesses at the trial of u. Mrs, Murray E, Surratt, keeper r. oE a Washington boarding house -5 where the conspirators met, and n‘f her cohorts.rP The story also discloses a fact g. not generally known—that Gen. •d - Lcw Wallace, author of Ben Hur,tohavwas a member of the military commission that tried and convicted the conspirators.One witness to the tragedy who was not a witness at the1 r. first trial was quoted as saying' e that actor John Wilkes Booth,: ir who killed the President, did not! s. leap from the balcony to the s, stage, as history said, but made • his exit in another direction. :
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Long Beach Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, US
Sun, Feb 11, 1951
Page 7
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