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198 APRIL 14, 15, 16, 1865 NEVADA TRANSCRIPT
LISLE LESTER.—This lady, by invitation from the citizen of Grass Valley, will give another
entertainment in that place this evening, at Hamilton Hall. Miss Lester is a lady of ability, and an
excellent reader. Those who are present at Hamilton Hall this evening will, we are confident, be delighted
with the entertainment.
WHILE the Nevada Light Guard were at Grass Valley on Wednesday night, they accepted an
invitation of Mrs. A. B. Dibble to partake of refreshments at her residence. The Company marched to the
house, where champagne was served to all hands; after which, the Company reformed and gave three
rousing cheers for the patriotic lady of the house.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1865
GREENBACKS were worth 70'2—71 cents on Friday, in San Francisco.
THE TRIAL OF JOSIAH DODGE.—The trial of Josiah Dodge, charged with being accessory to
the murder of Mark P. Hammock, was concluded yesterday afternoon. The case was commenced on last
Tuesday morning and a large number of witnesses have been examined. The argument in the case was
opened by G. L. Waters for the prosecution, after which the case was submitted by the defense and the
jury retired about 2 o’clock. After being out two hours they returned with a verdict of “not guilty.”
SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1865
[Note: the usual thin vertical rules between news columns have been replaced with heavy 3-point
rules in this issue as a sign of mourning. ]
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.—The Nation mourns over the loss of her noblest son—struck down
because, in the hour of darkness and doubt, he dared to do his duty. Abraham Lincoln is no more. His
noble heart has ceased to beat. The assassin took his life just as the fond hopes of his heart were about to
be realized. Like Moses, the leader of Israel, he was not permitted to inherit the promise, but barely saw
the prospect which opened to the Nation—of peace and freedom. The hand of the assassin could take his
life, but the generous sentiments, liberal views, and enlightened principles entertained by the President,
will live forever.
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.— .. . It is ascertained that two parties were
engaged in the horrible crime, and that J. Wilkes Booth is the man who killed the President. It
seems that the murder was first planned for the 4th of March, but fell through because Booth’s
accomplice was not ready. The president died on Saturday morning at 22 minutes past 7
o’clock.— Gazette Extra.
J. WILKES BOOTH.—J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of the President, is the youngest of the Booth
brothers and an actor. He stated some time since that he was going to equal his brother Edward [sic]. He
was, we understand, born in South Carolina.
THE NEWS.—No announcement ever produced such an effect upon this community as the
dispatch received yesterday announcing the death by assassination of the President. All loyal men
received the announcement with the deepest sorrow, and bitter denunciations of the villains by whom
the deed was committed. One fellow who has been a known sympathiser with the South made a narrow
escape from being hung, for expressing himself “glad that Lincoln was dead,” though he claimed that he