Whereas, it appears from evidence in the
Bureau of
Military Justice that the atrocious murder of the late
President, and the attempted murder of
the Hon. W. H. Seward,
Secretary of State, was incited, concocted and procured by and between
Jeff. Davis, late of
Richmond, Virginia; and
Jacob Thompson,
Clement C. Clay,
Beverley Tucker,
George N. Sanders,
W. W. Cleary, and other rebels and traitors against the government of the
United States, harbored in
Canada.
Now, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I,
Andrew Johnson,
President of the
United States, do offer for the arrest of said persons or either of them within the limits of the
United States, so that they can be brought to trial, the following rewards:
One hundred thousand dollars for the arrest of
Jefferson Davis; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of
Clement C. Clay; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of
Jacob Thompson, late of
Mississippi; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of
George N. Sanders; twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of
Beverley Tucker; ten thousand dollars for the arrest of
W. W. Cleary, late
clerk of
C. C. Clay.
The Provost-
Marshall-
General of the
United States is directed to cause a description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be published.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the
City of Washington, the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the independence of the
United States of America, the eighty-ninth.
