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RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2019
Hint #1: Please try to approach the solution by yes/no questions.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 02-21-2019
Did he know John Wilkes Booth personally?
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 02-21-2019
In the "far outfield" of Lincoln assassination-related trivia, is the subject a person?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2019
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
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
Correct - well done, Laurie.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 02-22-2019
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
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
I'm going to guess Seward for one of the men.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-15-2019
Correct, Steve.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Steve - 03-15-2019
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
I think (guessing) they mistakenly reported the death of Andrew Jackson?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-16-2019
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
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
Had gotten drunk?