Hanging Hooded (Surratt and Payne)

Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing (detail), Alexander Gardner, July 7, 1865.

Execution Day

1. Washington, D.C. The four condemned conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt), with officers and others on the scaffold; guards on the wall

2. Washington, D.C. Gen. John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant to the conspirators on the scaffold

3. Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators

4. Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing

5. Washington, D.C. Coffins and open graves ready for the conspirators' bodies at right of scaffold

Alexander Gardner, July 7, 1865.

Payne, Close-up

Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Lewis Payne, in sweater, seated and manacled (close-up), Alexander Gardner, April 1865.

Lewis Payne, in Sweater, Seated and Manacled II

Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Lewis Payne, in sweater, seated and manacled, Alexander Gardner, April 1865.

Lewis Payne, in Sweater, Seated and Manacled

Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Lewis Payne, in sweater, seated and manacled, Alexander Gardner, April 1865.

Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865),[1] also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate
United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hanged for the Lincoln assassination conspiracy.