Booth's Finances

[RJNorton]

(05-23-2014 12:19 PM)wpbinzel Wrote:  In the meantime, I am curious as to whether anyone has crunched the numbers to account for the total cost of the conspiracy and compared it to the Booth's financial resources.

I, too, am curious as to how much of the conspirators' expenses did Booth pay for. For example, prior to the assassination, Atzerodt often stayed at the Pennsylvania House (also called the Kimmel House). Did JWB or Atzerodt himself pay for that? Then, on the day of the assassination, Atzerodt checked in at the more upscale Kirkwood House. Who paid for that? Or was the bill never paid? Powell was staying at the Herndon House. Did he pay for that out of his own funds, or did JWB pay for it? Am I correct in saying that none of the three men who were hanged on July 7, 1865, were working a regular job during the immediate time period leading up to the assassination?