17 May 1865
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1865
Page
1
A Boston Transcript excerpt presents a Governor Andrew letter condemning or commenting on proposed measures restricting and civilly excluding women. It discusses a plan to organize marriages, transport women to settlements, and mentions the societal order and the image of productive family life.
Telegraphic summary reports from New York May 16 on conspiracy trials and military commissions. Witneses testify to the guile of prisoned conspirators while grand juries consider indictments for military commissioners. Davis near Washington and a proposed grand parade of returned armies are noted. The War Department debates proclamations and retaliation measures amid reports of raids and troop movements around Wilmington and Richmond.
New York May 16 summary of Monday testimony outlines Booths intimate relations with Surratt and Ford theater staff. Accounts place Booth near the theater before and after the assassination query notes witness interactions with Spangler and other associates. Several witnesses claim Booth communicated with Surratt and others in Richmond and Canada.
May 16 reports describe a military court visiting Ford's Theatre to clarify assassination scenes. Testimony covers Booth's movements, Spangler, Mudd, and Barrow alias Peanuts, including the boot evidence and pursuit tales. Other items mention yellow fever plot trials in Bermuda and ongoing Washington coverage of Davis and Civil War aftermath.
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