Various Plots in the Lincoln Assassination

[LincolnToddFan]

I've heard the one about Mrs. Lincoln too. Unbelievable.

The Mary Lincoln one is as cruel as it is utterly asinine. According to the author of "Lincoln And Booth", Mary might have been in cahoots with the slacker policeman John Parker, who left his post at Ford's Theater on the night of April 14th. You see, she wanted to get AL killed because she was still cheesed off at him for flirting with General Ord's wife at City Point a few weeks earlier. And that's not all, no sirree!

It could also explain why Mary was always so short of cash after the assassination....she had to pay hush money to her fellow co-conspirators! I wish I was joking, but I am quite serious and so is this author. These are things that he seems to feel should be seriously considered.

He doesn't bother to comment on the fact that Mary was so terrified for her husband's safety in the days and weeks leading to the tragedy at Ford's that she insisted that he be accompanied by armed cavalry. He doesn't comment on her grief stricken collapse at his death.

I don't want to say what I really think of this "writer". I'd get into trouble with Roger!