. Curios and relics. Clothing . the auctionrooms of Stan V. Henkels, No. 1304Walnut Street, Feb. 19. The suit consists of a black broad-cloth Prince Albert coat, vest andtrousers and a broadcloth overcoatand black silk stock. The lining ofthe overcoat is of black silk, heavilyquilted, with a figure of an Ameri-can eagle on each side of the lowerportion. It bears the woven labelof Brooks Brothers, Broadway, cor-ner of Grand, New York. The clothes were presented byMrs. Lincoln to Alphonse Donn, door;Vender and usher at the White House I4 ring-Jatncolnls—Ad rain i stration. Clothes Lincoln Died I
. Curios and relics. Clothing . the auctionrooms of Stan V. Henkels, No. 1304Walnut Street, Feb. 19. The suit consists of a black broad-cloth Prince Albert coat, vest andtrousers and a broadcloth overcoatand black silk stock. The lining ofthe overcoat is of black silk, heavilyquilted, with a figure of an Ameri-can eagle on each side of the lowerportion. It bears the woven labelof Brooks Brothers, Broadway, cor-ner of Grand, New York. The clothes were presented byMrs. Lincoln to Alphonse Donn, door;Vender and usher at the White House I4 ring-Jatncolnls—Ad rain i stration. Clothes Lincoln Died In WereSold For $6,500 at Auction Washington, Feb. 19. — Theclothes worn by Abraham Lin-coln wlieri he was assassinatedin Fords theater, Washington.,by John Wilkes Booth, weresold at public miction here todayfor $6,500. They consisted of an oldblack suit—the coat collar stain-ed with the life blood of themartyred president, the trouserswrinkled—a badly torn over-coat and a faded silk scarf. Lincolns Suit Sold at Auction. S. V. Henkel of Philadelphia is here seen holding the suit which he sold atauction the other day as that worn by President Lincoln when he was shot byBooth. It is stained with blood and the cuts in the coat were said to havebeen made by the physicians to get at the wound. But the Chicago Historicalsociety has what it believes to be the suit Lincoln wore that fatal night, andhas affidavits to support Its claim.
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