PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE PLOT 24 CHAPTER III. ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SECRETARY SEWARD 34 CHAPTER IV. THE NEWS COMMUNICATED TO THE WORLD, AND ITS EFFECT 47 CHAPTER V. UNRAVELLING THE PLOT--PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND HEROLD--DEATH OF BOOTH 51 CHAPTER VI. UNRAVELLING THE CONSPIRACY--ARREST OF SPANGLER, O'LAUGHLIN, ATZERODT, MUDD, AND ARNOLD 60 CHAPTER VII. QUESTIONS PRELIMINARY TO THE TRIAL--WHAT SORT OF TRIAL SHOULD BE GIVEN, CIVIL OR MILITARY 82 CHAPTER VIII. A MILITARY COMMISSION--ITS NATURE, CONSTITUTION, DUTIES, AND JURISDICTION 96 CHAPTER IX. CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMISSION, AND TRIAL 98 CHAPTER X. EVIDENCE IN REGARD TO ATROCITIES NOT EMBRACED IN THE CHARGE AND SPECIFICATIONS, FOR WHICH DAVIS AND HIS CANADA CABINET WERE RESPONSIBLE 118 CHAPTER XI. EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SUSTAIN ITS CHARGE AND SPECIFICATIONS 147 CHAPTER XII. THE GOVERNMENT WITNESSES AGAINST DAVIS AND HIS ASSOCIATES IN THIS CRIME 163 CHAPTER XIII. A CRITICISM OF NICOLAY AND HAY 177 CHAPTER XIV. JACOB THOMPSON'S BANK ACCOUNT--WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY 182 CHAPTER XV. THE CASE OF MRS. SURRATT 192 CHAPTER XVI. FATHER WALTER 204 CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUSION 211 CHAPTER XVIII. FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF JOHN H. SURRATT 212 PART II. CHAPTER I. INDICTMENT AND TRIAL 229 CHAPTER II. A CRITICISM OF THE DEFENSE 253 CHAPTER III. TREATMENT OF WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE BY THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE, AND THEIR ANIMUS TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT AND APPEALS TO THE POLITICAL PREJUDICES OF JURORS 259 APPENDIX 317 PREFACE TO APPENDIX 319 ARGUMENT OF JOHN A. BINGHAM 325 CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND JUDGE HOLT 407 PART I. ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN. [Illustration: A. Lincoln ] CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.