Was there an assassin on Grant's train?

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(06-22-2015 05:45 PM)Pamela Wrote:  Wild Bill, I just want to counter your statement about Weichmann being yellow. Not one of the convicted conspirators said Weichmann was a conspirator, not even on the eve of their execution, or for those whose penalty was prison, none of them said Weichmann was in on the crime, until the day they died. Atzerodt gave multiple confessions and named everyone he could think of, but not Weichmann. If anyone would have known he was involved at least one of them would.

Didn't Gus Powell make reference to Louis knowing what was going on? Also, the government had what they needed in Weichmann, a squealer on the inside. Don't bite the hand that is feeding you valuable information. This is strictly my opinion, but I think that Weichmann had peripheral knowledge that something was going on, and I also suspect that he did report his suspicions to his higher-ups, who chose not to do anything except wait and see. As far as his claims after the assassination, I think Weichmann did what many of us would do. He saved his own skin. Self-preservation is, I believe, still the first law of nature.