Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) New-York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 2079 (April 28, 1865)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08428.10 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 28 April 1865 Pagination: 8 p. ; 55 x 40 cm. Order a Copy
News of capture of John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Booth was found and killed, Herold was arrested. Includes a commentary on the unnecessary shooting of Booth; it is felt by the general public that he should have been tried and hanged.
Reports that Junius Brutus Booth was arrested under suspicion that he knew of his brother's plans to assassinate Lincoln. Also reports on the occupation of Raleigh by General Sherman. The paper is uncut.
The New-York Daily Tribune also known as the New York Tribune was established by Horace Greeley in 1841 and was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States.
Greeley died in 1872, the year Whitelaw Reid assumed control of the paper. His son Ogden Mills Reid merged the paper with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which continued to be run by Ogden M. Reid until his death in 1947.
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