Edman (Ned) Spangler: Anyone Still Think He Was Guilty?

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This is probably not the statement that John is looking for, but Spangler made a statement to Justice Olin a judge on the D.C. Supreme Court on April 15, 1865. It is a shorter version of the one quoted above. It is published in From War Department Files, a book that the Surratt House put together years ago and which contains the statements made by the alleged conspirators under examination.

Is there yet another statement?

Jerry & John - Years ago, Mr. Hall gave a training session to those of us who were about to become volunteer guides at Surratt House. I asked him then if the military court operated on the same principles as civil courts back then, and he said no, that they (meaning any military tribunal) had the ability to "adjust" their rules and regulations to basically suit individual situations. I asked if the defendant was assumed innocent until proven guilty, and he said that it came closer to the defendant having to prove his innocence.