Samuel Bland ARNOLD; (1834-1906) Chapter 5.

Accused No. 1: Attended St. Charles School, MD. friend of BOOTH, 
a member of the Plot-to-Capture, he soon broke away from it and 
went down to Fortress Monore to work. He was not in Washington, 
D.C. at the time of the assassination on Friday, April 14, 1865. 
He was easy to find the Government had been keeping track of him, 
after getting wind of the Plot-to- Capture in March 1865. Was 
captured on Monday, April 17, 1865 in the Store at Fortress 
Monroe just South of Newport News, VA. where he had been living 
and sleeping for two weeks. He had broken with BOOTH over the 
actor's bad management, as ARNOLD considered it, in not pulling 
off the Kidnaping when so many good opportunities had presented 
themselves. He had written to BOOTH on March 27, 1865 that the 
Government was definitely suspicious of something going on and 
the whole enterprise was getting dangerous. Was brought back to 
Washington D.C. and placed in the hole of the Saugus [REF: #5  pg188

   Brought to Trial:
SAMUEL B. ARNOLD, age 34, sat next to Mrs. SURRATT, or rather next
to the soldier between them, and was excessively restless -- constantly 
leaning forward and back clasping and unclasping his hands. But everyone 
was quite disappointed to have to admit that this one particular prisoner 
did not look evil at all, he had a frank, open expression and looked 
like a nice young man. [REF: #5  pg197

   Trial Sentence:
SAMUEL B. ARNOLD, was sentenced to "Life in Prison" on 30 
June 1865; was pardoned after 4 years in 1869, released by 
President ANDREW JOHNSON from  the Federal Prison, Dry Tortugas, 
Florida, and lived to write down his story; died in 1906, age 71.
See "Memoirs of a Lincoln Conspirator", by Samuel B. Arnold, edited by
Michael W. Kauffman; was published as a newspaper series in 1902
it is reproduced verbatim, along with supplementary notes, appendices, 
and photographs, 1995, 205 pages, illus, append, indexed, paper. 
Available from "Heritage Books", April 1996 Catalogue, #K082 $21.00 ..prs]

End of Chapter 05.

The Conspirators Index
 

Chap.	F.Name	L.Name	b. d.	Subject
01.	Abraham	Lincoln	1809-1865	Profile
02.	John W.	Booth	1838-1865	Profile
03.	John W.	Booth	1838-1865	Pursuit, Death & Burial
04.	The	Conspirators		Trial of the Assassins
05.	Samuel B.	Arnold	1834-1906	Profile
06.	George T.	Atzerodt	1832-1865	Profile
07.	David	Herold	1844-1865	Profile
08.	Samuel A.	Mudd	1833-1933	Profile
09.	Michael	O'Laughlin	1840-1867	Profile
10.	Lewis T.	Powell	18??-1865	Profile
11.	Edward "Ned"	Spangler	18??-18??	Profile
12.	Mary E. (Jenkins)	SURRATT	1817-1865	Profile
12.1	Mary E. (Jenkins)	SURRATT	1817-1865	Genealogy FGS
13.	John H., Jr.	SURRATT	1844-1916	Profile
13.1	John H., Jr.	SURRATT	1844-1916	1870 Lecture
13.2	John H., Jr.	SURRATT	1844-1916	Genealogy FGS
14.	The	Conspirators		End of Nightmare for the Doomed!
15.	The	Conspirators		Notes & Reference

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