[FOOTNOTES]
[1] "Life of Lincoln," by Nicolay and Hay, Century Magazine, pp. 431-32.
[2] The evidence before the Commission left Booth and Herold, from the time they left Dr. Mudd's until they arrived at Port Conway, unaccounted for. I am indebted to articles in the Century Magazine, by George A. Townsend, Major Ruggles, and Lieutenant Bainbridge, for the ability to fill up this interval, and to General Baker's "History of the Secret Service," for facts connected with the capture, death, and burial of Booth.—Author.
[3] Conspiracy Trial, pp. 29, 30, testimony of Conover; also p. 36, testimony of Dr. Merritt; also p. 25, testimony of Montgomery.
[4] The archives of the rebel war department reveal the fact that the powder was placed under the Libby Prison by order of Davis and Seddon, sanctioned by a committee of the rebel congress.
[5] The Charles Selby letter was proven to be in the handwriting of John Wilkes Booth by experts, on comparison, on the trial of John H. Surratt.
[6] It is highly improbable that the witness would have given false testimony as to this conversation between Davis and General Breckinridge because of the certainty of its contradiction by the latter.
[7] Trial John H. Surratt, p. 468, testimony of Dr. McMillen.
[8] Official Report of the Conspiracy Trial, p. 114, testimony of L. J. Wiechmann.
[9] See Report Conspiracy Trial, pp. 114, 115 and pp. 85-87. Testimony of L. J. Wiechmann and John M. Lloyd.