Louis Weichmann

[Susan Higginbotham]

(10-16-2015 09:52 AM)Pamela Wrote:  Susan, when you were browsing Anderson, Indiana newspaper articles about Louis Abel did you happen to read the one dated May 24, 1958 which mentioned that Joseph Abel was Father Mulcahy's first alter boy? I think that fact is far more pertinent than petting porpoises and riding donkeys when it comes to understanding Father Conroy's report, which is largely based on Mulcahy's information, or should I say misinformation, and Abel's tale of the two manuscripts. It is certain that Abel would have wanted to please Father Mulcahy, based on their relationship. The article also describes Abel's involvement in St. Mary's Cadets.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but what in Conroy's report indicates that Abel was one of its sources? Conroy claims that Mulcahy was his main source. Even if Abel was a source, Mulcahy died in 1911, and Conroy's statement is dated 1943, so I don't think that Abel felt a pressing need to please Mulcahy 30-plus years after the priest's death.

Edit: Now that I skimmed Conroy's statement, it appears that a lot of his information (such as the claim that Weichmann was writing a book entitled, "The Pope and the Southern Confederacy") came from Weichmann's secretary at the business school who (allegedly) typed the manuscript. That wouldn't be Abel, who worked as a glassblower.