Assassination Trivia

[RJNorton]

Good try, Thomas, but the correct answer is not a person from the Booth family.

[PaigeBooth]

Could it be Andrew Johnson???

[Eva Elisabeth]

The wording sounds like Hay, but I wouldn't assume him being the correct answer in the assassination trivia category.

[L Verge]

If we were talking 1700s, my guess would be Alexander Hamilton, who placed no faith in the "unwashed masses." Then I thought of Brigham Young, whose Mormon movement was subject to scorn by the American mobocracy (or so he claimed); but that didn't fit the assassination topic either. I'm stumped.

[Anita]

My guess is John Adams.

[RJNorton]

Kudos to all for logical and thoughtful guesses!! Still no one has the right man. I thought this question would be a hard one.

Hint #2: Keep in mind what Eva said above...the question is in the assassination trivia category.

[RJNorton]

Hint #3: John Surratt did not say this, but a circumstance involving him led to this comment from another person.

[Gene C]

I'll try again. Let's try the category, Circumstances Invoving John Surratt That led to this Comment From Another Person, for $10.
Who is Richard Merrick? (the defense attorney for Surratt)

[RJNorton]

That's another good try, Gene, but it's not Merrick.

Hint #3.5: The quote came after the assassination, not before.

[Dave Taylor]

Dr. Mudd said this while imprisoned at Fort Jefferson in a June 3, 1867 letter to his wife:

https://archive.org/stream/lifeofdrsamue...8/mode/2up

[RJNorton]

Excellent, Dave! My next clue was going to be the answer is on the Internet.

The quote in context:

"I am curious to know what offense will be set up by the Government in Surratt's case. I am very much afraid the trial will meet with another postponement so that they can urge a longer continuance of my exile on this account. Our country seems a complete mobocracy instead of a Government of law and order.

The President does not feel warranted in the execution of his plainest duties under the Constitution without first consulting the mob spirit."

Kudos, Dave!

[RJNorton]

A Lincoln assassination author stated, "The first thing an author of a controversial book should learn is to grow a protective skin."

What was the name of the author who said this?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Wild guess - Osborn H. Oldroyd?

[RJNorton]

Excellent guess, Eva, but it was not Oldroyd.

[Gene C]

That's got to be Vaughan Shelton. Why just last week I had my Oujia Board out and he expressed a similar sentiment......