The Baltimore Plot: What was Pinkerton Thinking?

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The supposed assassination plot was of several forms. One was to clog the streets when Lincoln got off the train, and a dozen men to work their forward with knives and pistols to get rid of Lincoln and his cronies. Or another method would have been to throw molotov cocktails bombs under his carriage and then kill Lincoln. Pinkerton also appeared to believe that, if the conspirators knew with timetable accuracy the train and the route, they might pull apart the tracks say just after a sharp curve, derailing the (fast approaching) train and then murder Lincoln and company.