Crime and Punishment Gallery

Broadside issued by the War Department on 20 April 1865 offering rewards for the apprehension of John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

LINCOLN ASSASSINATION.
Broadside issued by the War Department on 20 April 1865 offering rewards for the apprehension of John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

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1865, Abraham, America, American, Assassin, Assassination, Booth, Conspiracy, Crime, Death, John, Lincoln, Middle, Poster, President, Republican Party, Reward, Text, Wanted, War Department, Wilkes

BENDER MURDERS, 1873. Scene of the Bender Murders

BENDER MURDERS, 1873.
Scene of the Bender Murders. The home and grounds of the Bender family of serial killers in Kansas, with the grave sites of 8 of their victims. Wood engraving after a sketch by John W. Donlady, 1873

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1873, Bender, Bloody Benders, Burial, Crowd, Digging, Discovery, Donlady, Engraving, Exterior, Family, Grave, Great Plains, Homesteader, Investigation, John, Late, Murder, People, Serial Killer, Shack, Shanty, Victim

GLENDENNING TRIAL, 1874. The judicial committee of the Presbytery of Jersey City

GLENDENNING TRIAL, 1874.
The judicial committee of the Presbytery of Jersey City, New Jersey, at the Prospect Avenue Church, taking evidence in the case against Reverend John S. Glendenning, who was accused of immoral conduct. Engraving, American, 1874

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1874, American, Avenue, Church, Engraving, Glendenning, Interior, Jersey City, Late, New Jersey, North, Presbyterian, Presbytery, Prospect