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				THE FINDING OF THE 
				COURT.
			WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OFFICE, 
			WASHINGTON, July 5, 
			1865. 
			To Major-General W. S. HANCOCK, U. S. Volunteers, commanding Middle 
			Military Division, Washington D. C.: 
				Whereas, By the Military 
				Commission appointed in paragraph 4, Special 
				Orders 211, dated War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, May 
				6, 
				1865, and of which Major-General David Hunter, United States 
				Volunteers, is President, the following persons were tried and 
				sentenced as 
				hereinafter stated, as follows:-- First.--David E. Harold. Finding.--Of the 
				specification "Guilty," except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler, as to which part 
				thero-of "Not 
				Guilty." Of the charge "Guilty," except the words of the charge 
				that 
				"he combined, confederated, and conspired with Edward Spangler," 
				as 
				to which part of the charge "Not Guilty." Sentence.--And the 
				Commission therefore sentence him, the said David 
				E. Harold, to be hanged by the neck until he is 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. Second.--George A. Atzerodt. Finding.--Of the 
				specification "Guilty," except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler. Of this "Not 
				Guilty." Sentence.--And the 
				Commission does therefore sentence him, the said 
				George A. Atzerodt, to be hanged by the neck until he is 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. Third.--Lewis Payne. Finding.--Of the 
				specification "Guilty," except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler. Of this not guilty. 
				Of the 
				charge "Not Guilty," except combining, 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 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. Fourth.--Mary E. Surratt. Finding.--Of the 
				specification "Guilty," except as to the receiving, 
				entertaining, harboring, and concealing Samuel' Arnold and 
				Michael 
				O'Laughlin, and, except as to combining, confederating, and 
				conspiring 
				with Edward Spangler. Of this not guilty. Of the charge 
				"Guilty," except as to combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward 
				Spangler. Of this not guilty. Sentences.--And the 
				Commission does therefore sentence her, the said 
				Mary E. Surratt, to be hanged by the neck until she 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; and Whereas, The President of 
				the United States has approved the forego		ing sentences in the following order, to wit:-- 
			EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 5, 
			1865. 
			The foregoing sentences in the cases of David E. Harold, George E. 
			Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, and Mary E. Surratt, are hereby approved; and 
			it is ordered that the sentences in the cases of David E. Harold, G. 
			A. 
			Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, and Mary E. Surratt, be carried into 
			execution 
			by the proper military authority, under the direction of the 
			Secretary of 
			War, on the 7th day of July, 1865, between the hours of 10 o'clock 
			A. M. 
			and 2 o'clock P. M. of that day. 
			ANDREW JOHNSON President. 
			Therefore, You are hereby commanded to cause the foregoing 
			sentences 
			in the cases of David E. Harold, G. A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, and 
			Mary 
			E. Surratt, to be duly executed in accordance with the President's 
			order. 
			By command of the President of the United States. 
			E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
			In the remaining cases of O'Laughlin, Spangler, Arnold, and Mudd, 
			the 
			findings and sentences are as follows:-- 
				
				Fifth.--Michael. O'Laughlin. 
				Finding.--Of the specification "Guilty," except the words 
				thereof as 
				follows: "And in the further prosecution of the conspiracy 
				aforesaid, 
				and its murderous and treasonable purposes aforesaid, on the 
				nights of 
				the 13th and 14th of April, A. D. 1865, at Washington City, and 
				within 
				the military department and military lines aforesaid, the said 
				Michael 
				O'Laughlin did then and there lie in wait for Ulysses S. Grant, 
				then Lieu		tenant-General and Commander of the Armies of the United States, 
				with 
				intent then and there to kill and murder the said Ulysses S. 
				Grant." Of 
				said words, "Not Guilty," and except "combining, confederating, 
				and conspiring with Edward Spangler." Of this not guilty. Of the 
				charge 
				"Guilty," except combining, confederating, and conspiring with 
				Edward 
				Spangler. Of this not guilty. 
				Sentence.--The Commission sentence Michael O'Laughlin to 
				be imprisoned at hard labor for life. 
				Sixth.--Edward Spangler. 
				Finding.--Of the specification, "Not Guilty," except as 
				to the words, 
				"the said Edward Spangler, on said 14th day of April, A. D. 
				1865, at 
				about the same hour of that day as aforesaid, within said 
				military department and the military lines aforesaid, did aid and abet him," 
				meaning 
				John Wilkes Booth, "in making his escape, after the said Abraham 
				Lincoln had been murdered in the manner aforesaid," and of these 
				words, 
				"Guilty." Of the charge, not guilty, but guilty of having 
				feloniously 
				and traitorously aided and abetted John Wilkes Booth in making 
				his escape after having killed and murdered Abraham Lincoln, President 
				of the 
				United States--he, the said Edward Spangler, at the time of 
				aiding and 
				abetting as aforesaid, well knowing that the said Abraham 
				Lincoln, President as aforesaid, had been murdered by the said John Wilkes 
				Booth as 
				aforesaid. 
				The Commission sentenced Spangler to be confined at hard labor 
				for 
				six years. 
				Seventh.--Samuel Arnold. Of the specifications-- 
				Guilty--Except combining, confederating, and conspiring 
				with Edward 
				Spangler; of this, not guilty. 
				Of the charge-- 
				Guilty--Except combining, confederating, and conspiring 
				with Edward. 
				Spangler; of this, not guilty. 
				The Commission sentence him to imprisonment at hard labor for 
				life. 
				Eighth.--Samuel A. Mudd. Of the specification-- 
				Guilty--Except combining, confederating, and conspiring 
				with Edward 
				Spangler; of this not guilty; and excepting receiving and 
				entertaining, 
				and harboring and concealing said Lewis Payne, John H. Surratt, 
				Michael O'Laughlin, George A. Atzerodt, Mary E. Surratt, and 
				Samuel 
				Arnold; of this, not guilty. Of the charge "Guilty," except 
				combining, 
				confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not 
				guilty. 
				Sentence.--The Commission sentenced Dr. Mudd to be 
				imprisoned at 
				hard labor for life. 
				The President's order in these cases is as follows:-- 
				It is further ordered that the prisoners, Samuel Arnold, Samuel 
				A. 
				Mudd, Edward Spangler, and Michael O'Laughlin, be confined at 
				hard labor in the penitentiary at Albany, New York, during the period 
				designated in their respective sentences. 
				ANDREW JOHNSON, President. 
			The sentences were duly executed, except the Dry Tortugas was 
			substituted for the Albany 
			Penitentiary, for the imprisonment of Arnold, Mudd, Spangler, and 
			O'Laughlin. |