Judicial Murder of Mrs. Surratt

[Steve]

The earliest article I could find is from the front page of the 25 January 1870 edition of the Albany Argus:


However, it's more of a mocking reply to somebody else's article.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, on page 2 of the 26 January 1870 edition, actually includes details of the rumor, attributing it to the New York Democrat:


I can't find the Democrat in any newspaper databases I looked at, so I don't know what the article actually said. Although, I'm assuming it was printed at least a day before the Argus article.

Also, note the Eagle article using the term "judicial murder of Mrs. Surratt".

Remind me what year DeWitt's book of the same name came out. Near the end of the century?

Laurie, I checked the online newspaper archives and the earliest use of the phrase "judicial murder of Mrs. Surratt" that I could find was on page 4 of the 28 March 1867 edition of the Detroit Free Press, in an article entitled "Butler and Bingham Again".