No need to question this Lincoln conspirator’s guilt

[Pamela]

So where was and who is Mr Scott? Not a witness at trial. Forgive my rudeness in daring to question the Mr. Scott story. It is a fact, established in trial, that Mary told Lloyd to have the shooting irons ready, just a few hours after meeting with Booth, whether or not Herold "had done everything necessary" according to your personal belief. It is logical to assume that Mary talked to Lloyd about the guns at Booth's behest. And it's logical to assume that Booth would want to know if Mary succeeded in her mission. Booth did stop at the tavern and retrieved a carbine so he must have wanted it. I'm not playing one up man ship and please ignore my posts if they bother you.

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(05-25-2016 07:21 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  There are any number of reasons why Scott could have been bringing Olivia newspapers. Maybe Olivia just liked newspapers; many young women at the time followed current events, as you'll see if you read letters and diaries from the period. Maybe a friend or relative was mentioned in them; maybe Olivia kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the war and wanted certain papers; maybe Scott was passing a love note to Olivia under the guise of bringing her newspapers. As Laurie said, 9:00 at night wasn't a shockingly late hour to call in the city, especially simply to deliver something, and Washington had been particularly bustling since the fall of Richmond and the attendant celebrations.

The defense lawyers weren't prevented from asking who came to the house at nine. For that matter, neither was the government. Nora Fitzpatrick, for instance, testified for both sides at the conspiracy trial, but neither side chose to question her about this. Perhaps Weichmann's testimony that he didn't know the identity of the caller made the government assume that none of the ladies present in the house on the evening of April 14 would know either.

That's a lot of excuses and , maybes and rationalizations and still no Mr Scott.