John Patrick Brophy

[Pamela]

Thanks, Susan. What beautiful handwriting! It must have been a clerical error and it was so carelessly done, too, with information fields ignored and the wrong country of origin. Very interesting info about another kidnapping attempt, and involving Mary! I wonder of Brophy was a confidant of Surratt's about the kidnapping conspiracy. Brophy's actions and accusations against Weichmann could be the result of a guilty conscience. He might have reasoned that if John mentioned the kidnapping to him, then he must have done so to Weichmann. But Surratt was smart enough to know that Weichmann had to be handled differently.