Was there an assassin on Grant's train?

[RJNorton]

(06-10-2015 09:28 PM)Pamela Wrote:  As for who was on Grant's train, maybe it was Surratt. Surratt was full of derring do, like Booth (at least on stage), he was partners with Booth and judging from Booth's behavior toward the Grants on the 14th, Grant's murder was tremendously important. As for the letter, Surratt could have had someone else write the letter. It would make it look like someone else attempted the assassination. That was a trick he used with Weichmann more than once.

Pam, besides Bill Richter, Jerry Madonna, and John Fazio, another writer who touched upon the subject of an assassin (possibly being) on Grant's train is Dr. William Hanchett. In the Lincoln Murder Conspiracies he writes:

"Booth had learned of Grant's change of plans during the afternoon of April 14, and it is possible he sent a man after the general on his train. Between Baltimore and Philadelphia someone tried to force his way into the locked car in which Grant was traveling, but the train crew restrained him, and he disappeared."