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RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 10-12-2014 04:22 AM
I found a letter written by Samuel Mudd to his wife on September 18, 1867. In the letter he mentions the name Prout. He writes, "A Rev. Mr. Prout is an uncle of hers in Nanjemoy, Charles County, Md."
So I will guess Samuel Mudd.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 10-12-2014 09:18 AM
Good guesses but neither Lewis Powell or Dr. Mudd went by the alias Charles Prout. I commend you on your research though, Roger. We're slowly dwindling down the conspirators.
Hint: The conspirator advised a third party to write to a Washington D.C. photographer in order to get a print made of his incognito photograph.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 10-12-2014 11:56 AM
Was Prout a neighbor of David Herold?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 10-12-2014 12:04 PM
Nope. Not Davy. Only a few conspirators left at this point.
Hint: The third party who wanted a picture of this conspirator was named Al Emmett Fostell.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 10-12-2014 12:08 PM
Mary Surratt? (...just kidding.) Well, even before Laurie posted her guess, my next one would have been O'Laughlen?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 10-12-2014 12:45 PM
Sorry, Eva, it was not O'Laughlen (or Mary
). From my count we have three conspirators left.Hint: The answer is one of the three conspirators left.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 10-12-2014 12:56 PM
Ok, Dave, now I will guess the one whom I would originally have guessed the last (and this will be my last guess, too): Atzerodt?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 10-12-2014 01:00 PM
Atzerodt ist nicht korrekt.
Two more to go. 50 / 50 chance at this point.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 10-12-2014 01:02 PM
Arnold? I'm losing count - has he been suggested?
RE: Assassination Trivia - PaigeBooth - 10-12-2014 01:20 PM
Hi Dave-- Yes, I did make a post guessing John Surratt. However, after giving it more thought, I decided the answer was likely not Surratt and deleted my guess; changed my mind.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 10-12-2014 01:42 PM
(10-12-2014 01:02 PM)L Verge Wrote: Arnold? I'm losing count - has he been suggested?
Correct, Laurie! Read more here: http://boothiebarn.com/2014/10/12/samuel-arnolds-letter-at-the-lincoln-library-and-museum/
Here's the actual letter in which Sam Arnold instructs Al Emmett Fostell to write to photographer J. Orville Johnson and request a copy of his Charles M Prout photo. This letter is not in the collection of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Harrogate, Tennessee, but was in an auction in 2012:
![[Image: arnold-letter-to-fostell-1904-12-23-cowans.jpg?w=420]](https://boothiebarn.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/arnold-letter-to-fostell-1904-12-23-cowans.jpg)
Click to enlarge
EDIT: I just want to add that this trivia question was great fun to me. Particularly because part of the stats I can see for my blog is when people visit my website based on google searches. I had two people visit my site today using the searches of ""al emmett fostell" "o'laughlen"" and "photo under false name "spangler" ford's". You guys certainly do your research for these trivia questions!
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 10-12-2014 05:52 PM
And, in my case, win by the process of elimination!
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 10-28-2014 10:06 AM
On Sunday, February 10, 1861, John Wilkes Booth expressed secessionist opinions. Booth was in Albany, NY at the time. A man cautioned the actor against further declarations.
Booth asked the man, "Is this not a democratic city?"
The man replied, "Democratic? yes; but disunion, no!"
What was the man's name?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 10-28-2014 02:21 PM
Hint #1: The book in which the answer can be found was published in 2014.
Hint #1.5: One other book in which the answer can be found was published in 1880. The complete text of that book is online.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 10-28-2014 02:40 PM
Jacob C. Cuyler, treasurer of the Gayety Theatre. (I cannot believe it - not only that I was able to answer an assassination trivia question, I have actually also beaten Herrn Beckert on a Booth question!!!)