Something to thhink about.

[SSlater]

I would like to withdraw my recent reply to questions raised as a result of my post. I'm going to "support" each of my 5 Statements. The 6th one remains for you to answer.
Statement #1

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(My computer is acting up. It's trying to hush me! as I was saying....
Statement #1 A Guy named Leonard T. Hogan stood up in 1900 (35 years after the fact), and admitted to all assembled, that he carried orders to Booth that he was not to shoot Lincoln. 116 years later, I learned about his efforts. That's all I know. I have no reason to doubt this statement.
Hogan's participation in this episode, further confirms that "Someone" in Richmond, knew all about Booth's plans, and were dissatisfied with his with his failures and delays - he couldn't produce. Their new plan, that included Boyle, Mosby, Company H, the Torpedo Bureau, etc. shows that their support was in the new plan and that there would never be a need to go back to a resumption of Booth's willy-nilly plans.
I'll work on Hogan and his input to this event.

Statement #2 Do I need to show all of Atzerodt's Statement here? "Booth never said until the last night (Friday) that he intended to kill the President." "Herold came to the Kirkwood, same evening for me to go to see Booth. I went with Herold & saw Booth. He then said he was going to kill the President. and Wood, the Sec. of State. I did not believe him. This occurred about 7 1/2 oclock."
If this statement is unacceptable - then I have to ignore the part that says Booth "met a party in New York who would get the Pres. certain."

Statement #3 & 4 Do you question Harney's Mission, to "Blow up the White House"? (Atzerodt called it the "KIRK HOUSE".)

Statement #5 Do we agree that Harney was Captured? If not I can provide Prison records of his stay in Old Capitol Prison and Elmira ( with the others captured at the same time ) with pertinent dates shown clearly.

I was doing my best to be brief. The rest of the Post is ridicules.