Louis Weichmann

[emma1231]

The idea that this might possibly be Weichmann was first proposed in the mid 1970's by Forest Bowman of Charleston, W. Va. , which I reported in my old newsletter, THE LINCOLN LOG. Reader Pep Martin read about Bowman's find and discovered that the building in which the "mystery figure" appeared at the window, once the Commissary General of Prisoners office in D.C. , still stands (at 20th and F Streets). He obtained permission to venture inside and upstairs, where friend John C. Brennan photographed him standing next to the same window. (An air conditioner prohibited him from being photographed outside, assuming the same pose.) His picture appeared in my newsletter, with matching pictures of the building "then and now."
Incidentally, the blow-up of the mystery man that appears on this website is I think it should be corrected. I always thought it is Weichmann, but now I am not so sure.

---

I mean to write that the blowup on this site is backwards and ought to be corrected.

---

Sorry to hog this site with this matter. I think Roger posted the close up of the man in the window backwards deliberately, but I think that could be misleading in efforts to identify him as Weichmann, and should be corrected. I wonder if Weichmann could be one of the men posing in front of the building, instead. For instance -- one of them is standing in front with his hand raised as though he is holding his lapel. He's also a good candidate for being Weichmann. I once asked the Library of Congress if they have a print or negative of this photograph, and they reported back that they do not.