Three amazing photos of Lewis Payne (a.k.a. Lewis Powell) in April 1865...

These three, amazing for the time period, views of Lewis Payne (a.k.a. Lewis Powell) in April 1865, were taken three months before his execution by hanging - he was 21 years old...
He was executed for his attempt to assassinate the then USA Secretary of State William Seward at the same time as John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln...


more on the story of his life and death *here*


..click on these pictures for a much higher resolution, which are really worth viewing considering they were taken 145 years ago...