Your personal choice of "most tragic" character in the assassination story

[RJNorton]

Great question, Bill. Certainly there were a lot of unusual deaths among those involved.

For example, although I don't regard John Lloyd as the most tragic figure, he died in an unusual manner in 1892. A great-niece recalled: "He was in the construction business and died of an accident that occurred on one of his building projects. He wasn't satisfied with some work that had been done and went up on a scaffold to inspect it. Near the other end of the scaffold flooring a load of bricks had just been deposited. As he reached the scaffold and stood on it, the boards gave way, and he fell to the ground. The bricks tumbling down upon him crushed his head, kidneys, and other parts of his body."

Source: "That Man Lloyd" by Laurie Verge in the April 1988 Surratt Courier.