Thomas F. Harney

[Rick Smith]

(08-04-2015 09:26 AM)L Verge Wrote:  John Stanton and Bill Richter can probably answer this better than I. I know that there are a few bios done on Benjamin, but I admit to not having read them -- even though I have suspected for lo these many years that the man is key to understanding any theory that the Confederacy was behind at least early kidnap ideas regarding Lincoln. This was one of the challenges that I gave to John Fazio about 3-4 years ago; please prove it for me. I used to get tired of hearing people accuse Stanton of being the mastermind behind the assassination. I would tell them to turn around and look South for the culprit.

If my knees would work, I'd like to spend some retirement years researching the money trail of Judah Benjamin also. I doubt we will ever find a definite paper trail because I think the man was a genius at secretive work. If nothing else, I would think that his wife's reputation would keep him very aware of covering up things that could be used against him...

It has long been my belief that Jefferson Davis was finally convinced by Judah Benjamin {and a few others} that the time had come to get Mr. Lincoln.