Assassination Trivia

[RJNorton]

On July 20, 1865, an American publication printed this about Mary Surratt. What was the name of the publication?

"The execution of the four criminals took place at Washington, on the 7th of July. The persons executed were Mrs. Surratt, Lewis Payne, David Harold, and George Atzerott. These persons were all associates and tools of the murderer Booth, by whose hand President Lincoln fell. Mrs. Surratt was even more guilty than the three men who were hanged with her, as she was of mature years, and had the ability to understand the peculiar wickedness of the abominable crime that was plotted. The plotters used to meet at her house, and there they held their consultations, and formed their plans, to all of which she seems to have been a willing and a useful party, her own son being one of the conspirators. Had she told the authorities of what was going on, all bloodshed and executions would have been avoided, and President Lincoln would, no doubt, have been alive at this moment. Her miserable end was the natural end to her miserable conduct."

[Rogerm]

Was it "The Atlantic Monthly?"

[RJNorton]

Roger, that's an excellent guess, but not correct.

Hint #1: This was a family publication read by both children and adults.

[ReignetteC]

The Youth's Companion

(I have a few of them that I found on eBay; love the magazine.)

[GARY POPOLO]

(05-28-2015 10:20 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Roger, that's an excellent guess, but not correct.

Hint #1: This was a family publication read by both children and adults.

I am going out on a limb here but how about The Philadelphia Enquire.

[RJNorton]

Brilliant, Reignette! Indeed it was the weekly Youth's Companion, based in Boston.

Here's an example of the top banner from the paper in 1853:

The words in the question came from this page:

http://www.merrycoz.org/yc/EXE.xhtml

Wikipedia has an article on the Youth's Companion here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Youth%27s_Companion

Kudos, Reignette, you win a free lifetime subscription to the Youth's Companion.

[ReignetteC]

(05-28-2015 03:53 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Brilliant, Reignette! Indeed it was the weekly Youth's Companion, based in Boston.

Here's an example of the top banner from the paper in 1853:

The words in the question came from this page:

http://www.merrycoz.org/yc/EXE.xhtml

Wikipedia has an article on the Youth's Companion here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Youth%27s_Companion

Kudos, Reignette, you win a free lifetime subscription to the Youth's Companion.

Thanks so much, Roger. Any connection to "youth" is just fine with me!

[RJNorton]

What is the name of this building?

[BettyO]

It's obviously a mill. There IS a mill in Maryland - Can't remember the name of it...it was posted on Dave's BoothieBarn, however!

[RJNorton]

Excellent, Betty. You are on the right track. Now what was the mill's name?

Hint #1: There is a connection between the mill and one of the conspirators.

[BettyO]

I believe that the connection has to do with Atzerodt.....? Is it the Clopper Mill?

[RJNorton]

Excellent, Betty! That's it! George Atzerodt spent the night of April 15, 1865, there.

http://patch.com/maryland/germantown/clo...in-history

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks for the link to the article, Roger!

[L Verge]

(06-15-2015 12:58 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Excellent, Betty! That's it! George Atzerodt spent the night of April 15, 1865, there.

http://patch.com/maryland/germantown/clo...in-history

That article is written by a member of the Surratt Society, and she came to our research center to do a bit of reading up on it.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Two children of someone known as well on this forum as to Abraham Lincoln himself witnessed the fateful April 14th performance of "Our American Cousin". Whose, and what were their names?