assassination

[Pamela]

I think Weichmann also enjoyed the company of the other young ladies in the house. On the night of the 14th, Anna had gone to her room early, not feeling well, and Nora and Anna's cousin spent time in the parlor "teasing" Mr Weichmann and the three made a great deal of noise with their laughter, causing Mary Surratt to shoo them to their rooms. I think there' s a good chance that John cultivated his friendship with Louis as a cover for his rebel activities. Weichmann provided a place for John to stay when he was in the city, and detectives wouldn't have been suspicious. John had the advantage of knowing what he was about, and Weichmann was at a disadvantage, being unaware of John's rebel activities, or at most, the extent of them. For John, his friendship with Louis was always second to his commitment to the Confederacy and the same was true for Mary. It might have been to their advantage to have a Union man staying at the house, rather than all secessionists. Louis thought he was helping a friend's family financially, they were Catholics, there might have been good food and a family atmosphere. Booth quickly supplanted the friendship Louis had with John, so on John' s part, it might have been more a friendship of convenience.