Lincoln Reward Money Fraud?
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01-07-2016, 06:23 AM
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RE: Lincoln Reward Money Fraud?
Checking as best I could, I see several different listings of the Reward Money paid for the murder of John Wilkes Booth. The Federals advertised $100,000. The apparent official listing totals up to $75,000. In that listing Boston Corbett and crew got $1,000 apiece. In another listing, it lowers the fat
checks (which were to be paid?) to higher officers, and there it lists Corbett getting instead, $1,653.85. In that accounting, I cannot figure the total amount paid out. It does look the government withheld $25,000 from their $100,000 figure. So, it looks like there was an outstanding $25,000 reward on Booth that went unpaid. |
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