Rope Found in Edman Spangler's Room

Ford's Theatre
Washington, D.C., United States

Rope found in Edman Spangler’s room during investigations following President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865. Spangler, a stagehand at Ford's Theatre, was arrested as an accomplice to the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and sentenced to six years in prison.

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Title: Rope Found in Edman Spangler's Room
Location: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Subject Keywords: Lincoln Assassination, President Lincoln, US President, Assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Rope, Spangler, Conspirators, Ford's Theatre, Stagehand, Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, 1865
Type: Physical Object
Original Source: Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, FOTH 6516
Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith

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