When did Powell's description get reported?

[Susan Higginbotham]

(08-19-2014 01:26 PM)BettyO Wrote:  Hello, Susan -

The reward poster with Powell's description was put out on April 16, 1865.



I would think that either Weichmann read it in the papers or happened to see one of these posters on the 16th. Granted, this was also a day before Powell was apprehended on the night of the 17th.

Thanks! So it's unlikely that the description would have been current during the early morning hours of April 15?