EXPLANATORY.

PREFATORY.

THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH.

LETTER I. THE MURDER.

LETTER II. THE OBSEQUIES IN WASHINGTON.

LETTER III. THE MURDERER.

LETTER IV. THE ASSASSIN'S DEATH.

LETTER V. A SOLUTION OF THE CONSPIRACY.

LETTER VI. THE DETECTIVES' STORIES.

LETTER VII. THE MARTYR.

LETTER VIII. THE TRIAL.

LETTER IX. THE EXECUTIONS.

EXTRA MURAL SCENES.

Title: The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

Author: George Alfred Townsend

Edition: 10

Language: English

Produced by Kathy H., David Moynihan, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE

OF

JOHN WILKES BOOTH,

WITH A FULL SKETCH OF THE

Conspiracy of which he was the Leader,

AND THE

PURSUIT, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF HIS ACCOMPLICES.

BY GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND,

A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

[Illustration: THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF John Wilkes Booth AND THE
PURSUIT, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF HIS ACCOMPLICES.]