Lincoln conspirators mail

[RJNorton]

(08-13-2013 09:07 PM)Thomas Thorne Wrote:  This supports my belief that John Lloyd played a much more prominent role in the proceedings than history has so far told us.
Tom

Tom, you are on the right track, but it was actually Louis Weichmann who ended up with the letter. On April 11, 1865, while Mary was occupied with sending a message to John Nothey, Lloyd quietly handed it over to Weichmann. Later Weichmann took it to the National Hotel where Booth and Stanton were secretly meeting in room 228. Lucy Hale saw Weichmann and Stanton enter Booth's room, but she was never questioned, did not testify, and was whisked off to Spain. Instructions on how to shut down cable service (and everything else for that matter) were now in Stanton's hands.