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John Holohan
05-10-2016, 05:29 PM
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John Holohan
I read Roy Chamlee's Lincoln's Assassins some years ago, but recently ran across a description of Surratt boarder John Holohan in it that had not registered before:

"Holohan was an unsavory character who had left his work as a stone cutter in Baltimore for a more profitable but less reputable position as a bounty broker. A bounty broker negotiated in human lives, serving clients who could buy their way out of military service by paying someone to take their place. The business was despised by both Confederate and Union officials. The bounty broker operated like a loan shark, taking advantage of the distress of others. Most authorities considered bounty brokers loathsome opportunists who should be put out of business." (p. 24)

I know next to nothing about John Holohan (and his family), but I do not recall reading elsewhere that he was an "unsavory character." Could someone help enlighten me (or point me in the direction of another thread or article or research)? Thanks!
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John Holohan - wpbinzel - 05-10-2016 05:29 PM
RE: John Holohan - L Verge - 05-10-2016, 05:40 PM
RE: John Holohan - Susan Higginbotham - 05-10-2016, 06:32 PM
RE: John Holohan - wpbinzel - 05-11-2016, 12:09 PM
RE: John Holohan - Jim Woodall - 05-12-2016, 09:24 PM
RE: John Holohan - L Verge - 05-13-2016, 08:51 AM
RE: John Holohan - Dennis Urban - 05-12-2016, 12:29 PM
RE: John Holohan - RJNorton - 05-12-2016, 02:34 PM
RE: John Holohan - L Verge - 05-12-2016, 03:46 PM
RE: John Holohan - Tom Bogar - 05-12-2016, 04:15 PM
RE: John Holohan - L Verge - 05-12-2016, 05:43 PM
RE: John Holohan - Eva Elisabeth - 05-13-2016, 04:53 PM
RE: John Holohan - RJNorton - 05-14-2016, 03:57 AM
RE: John Holohan - RJNorton - 05-13-2016, 09:16 AM
RE: John Holohan - Jim Woodall - 05-13-2016, 01:06 PM
RE: John Holohan - L Verge - 05-13-2016, 04:41 PM
RE: John Holohan - Jim Woodall - 05-14-2016, 12:05 AM
RE: John Holohan - wpbinzel - 03-26-2017, 03:21 PM
RE: John Holohan - loetar44 - 03-26-2017, 04:49 PM

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