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RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2019 12:42 PM
Hint #1: Please try to approach the solution by yes/no questions.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 02-21-2019 12:43 PM
Did he know John Wilkes Booth personally?
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 02-21-2019 02:09 PM
In the "far outfield" of Lincoln assassination-related trivia, is the subject a person?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2019 04:48 PM
Roger, I do not 100% know but cannot find that they ever gotten in touch. Nevertheless you are on a good track.
Laurie, a very smart question. While certainly also a person, J. S. Chenoweth of the assassination saga isn't.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 02-21-2019 07:21 PM
Roger - "He" is actually a "she" in the nautical world! And "she" was in contact with a Booth -- Junius Brutus Booth, The Elder, to be exact. That is the name of the ship on which Booth's father was traveling when he took ill and died.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-22-2019 02:48 AM
Correct - well done, Laurie.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-22-2019 07:19 PM
My original idea was to post an image of the steamer, but I couldn't find any, just that it sank in a hurricane in September 1855:
http://www.thecajuns.com/lahurricanes.htm
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-15-2019 12:52 PM
The April 15, 1865, evening edition of a large-city American newspaper reported three deaths in one paragraph. One was President Abraham Lincoln. Who were the other two reported as dead?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Steve - 03-15-2019 01:09 PM
I'm going to guess Seward for one of the men.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-15-2019 01:11 PM
Correct, Steve.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Steve - 03-15-2019 04:35 PM
Hmm... terse confirmation with little details and not mentioning William Seward's name. That makes me think the other person listed as killed was Fred Seward, along with his father.
RE: Assassination Trivia - AussieMick - 03-15-2019 06:43 PM
I think (guessing) they mistakenly reported the death of Andrew Jackson?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-16-2019 03:53 AM
Thoughtful guess, Michael, but Steve is correct. Kudos, Steve!
The April 15, 1865, edition of the Boston Herald (Third Evening Edition) contained the following Special Dispatch:
"The president died at 7 1/2 o'clock this morning. Secretary Seward is just reported dead. His son Frederick is dead."
Source: the April 1957 edition of Lincoln Lore.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-17-2019 08:22 AM
On April 17, 1865, a Midwestern newspaper reported that John Wilkes Booth had been captured. What did the newspaper say had happened to Booth that led to his capture?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Steve - 03-17-2019 09:22 AM
Had gotten drunk?