‘Crime of the century’: How newspapers covered Lincoln’s assassination in 1865

April 14, 2015 Posted By: Leave a comment
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As word spread on April 14, 1865 that President Abraham Lincoln had been shot while attending a performance there with his wife at Ford's Theatre, newspapers scrambled to provide the latest details to their readers.
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