Was Stanton a murder target?

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Speaking of doppelgangers... I posted something last night that has not yet appeared, so maybe I forgot to hit the right button. First, I agreed with John Stanton that the Mrs. Howell mentioned in a previous post was likely Gus Howell (of trial fame!).

I then referred to insignificant research that I did years ago on the Illuminati (after reading Dan Brown's novels). On a blog entitled theforbiddenknowledge there was a reference to the Rothchilds. In that, Booth is linked to that famous family as well as Augustus Belmont (sound familiar?).

Some of the notes I jotted down referred to the B'nai B'rith organization being a pivotal player in the British Freemasonry plot to destroy our Union. Mention was made of a D.C. lawyer named Simon Wolf, a member of the D.C. Order of B'nai B'rith and a look-alike to Booth, whom he had met with in Cleveland. The site also claimed that Wolf and Booth drank together at Willard's on the morning of the assassination. Booth supposedly told Wolf that Lucy had rejected his proposal.

The blog also tied in Confederate General Albert Pike (big in Freemasonry) as a member of the Illuminati; claimed that the Knights of the Golden Circle were funded by the Scottish Rite; and that August Belmont was involved with the Confederacy, having married the daughter of John Slidell (Trent Affair).

Have fun with all that...