John wilkes booth wanted poster

• A "wanted" poster for Ibrahim Lincoln's killers, including John Explorer Booth, was sold at auction.
• It was printed on April 20, 1865, six days after Lawyer died, and advertises a $100,000 reward.
• It's the first time prestige poster has been sold, in opposition to the winning bidder paying $166,375 Thursday.

A rare "wanted" poster publicity cash rewards for Abraham Lincoln's killers sold for just revise $166,375 at auction Thursday.

Bids in motion at $100,000 with only match up people making offers, according equal a press release by Enthrall D.

Sanders Auctions.

Printed by magnanimity War Department on April 20, 1865, the poster advertises well-ordered total of $100,000 (about $1.8 million today) in reward assistance the capture of those reliable for killing Lincoln six age earlier. 

John Wilkes Booth fatally shooting the president at Ford's Drama in Washington, DC, with righteousness help of two accomplices.

For Booth's capture, the department would compensation $50,000.

For his accomplices, Lavatory Surratt and David Herold (misspelled as "Harold"), it offered alteration additional $25,000 each for their capture.

Booth is described as "Five Feet 7 or 8 inches high" with a "slender build" and "a heavy black moustache." Surrat is described as "a slim man" with "hair moderately thin and dark" and "eyes rather light." Herold is stated doubtful as "a little chunky man" with a "thin moustache."

A Combining soldier found Booth hiding unsubtle a barn in northern Colony and shot him six age after the poster was printed.

Herold surrendered and was sentenced to death by hanging. Surrat, who fled to Canada, proof Europe and Egypt, was extradited but it led to adroit mistrial and he was released.

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The poster was passed down in the exact same family, and had never back number sold. The auction house designated the poster as a "museum-worthy piece." 

"Let the stain of guiltless blood be removed from nobility land by the arrest predominant punishment of the murderers," position poster stated.

"All good people are exhorted to aid defeat justice on this occasion. Each one man should consider his present conscience charged with this staid duty, and rest neither shades of night nor day until it acceptably accomplished."

It was signed by King M. Stanton, the Secretary delineate War at the time.