Thomas Conrad

[JMadonna]

The timing fits as I believe the "hunter/sniper incident" happened in the middle of August in 1864. Referring to this incident, Harold Holzer, author of The President Is Shot! The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, wrote "...from that day on, Lincoln rode to and from the Soldiers' Home in a carriage, surrounded by soldiers."

Another piece of the jigsaw puzzle falls into place.

[JMadonna]

Laurie,
According to Laman's account he caught the supposed hunter later skulking around the White House and killed him. Did Dr. Hall ever research this event? I'd love to know if he identified the skulker.

[L Verge]

Laurie,
According to Laman's account he caught the supposed hunter later skulking around the White House and killed him. Did Dr. Hall ever research this event? I'd love to know if he identified the skulker.

I honestly do not remember Dr. Hall mentioning Lamon's account, and I think he would have (even written a short article for the Courier) if he had investigated it. This is the first that I have heard of the skulker getting caught.

[JMadonna]

My source is -Hamand, Lavern M. "Lincoln's Particular Friend" in Essays in Illinois History. (1968) p. 30-31 - maybe she is not a good source.

[Rob Wick]

Lavern Hamand is actually a he. He was a professor at Eastern Illinois University when I was there in the 1980s. He was one of the students of James G. Randall at the University of Illinois and did his doctoral dissertation on Lamon. Although he wasn't a "star" pupil like David Donald or Wayne Temple, he was a serious, careful scholar.

http://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/inve...lavern.pdf

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

This is the first that I have heard of the skulker getting caught.

I second you, Laurie.

[L Verge]

I believe I'll be contacting the University to see if we can get a copy of at least the page(s) relating to this incident...

[JMadonna]

Great minds think alike, I've already ordered it. Unfortunately, I've just moved and all my books and research is still packed in about a dozen boxes. Wife has decreed that it will be the last thing we unpack. I determined it would be faster to order it.