Lucy Hale

[Wild Bill]

Remember that allegedly Lucy has some interesting friends--Robert Lincoln, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., John Hay. Possibly Booth was seeking to embarrass more than John Hale? Or gain inside information on the Lincoln Administration? Or just out to defeat a Lincoln (Robert) in the woman-chasing department? Many thought the latter was the real motive and an interesting, lengthy newspaper article, "Booth and Bob Lincoln," appeared in the Chicago Inter-Ocean newspaper (June 18, 1878) theorizing it.