Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

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(12-26-2015 07:42 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Letter 5 - "A Solution of the Conspiracy"
https://archive.org/stream/lifecrimecapt...8/mode/2up

This section has all kinds of interesting information in it, so let's get started.

The conspiracy compared to the Rye House Plot (I'd never heard of it either) p40.
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_House_Plot

This interesting quote on p40, "Strange and anomalous as the facts may seem, John Wilkes Booth was the sole projector of the plot against the President which culminated against the good man's life."

And interesting comments also on p40, about a house belonging to a Mrs. Greene (Rose Greenhow?), mined and furnished with underground apartments, manacles and all accessories to private imprisonment. Can anyone out there in cyberland tell us more about this.

p41, Booth's bank book was found in Atzerodtt's room at the Kirkwood Hotel (that is awfully convenient, why would he leave it there?) and...
Lewis Payne - "He was one of three Kentucky brothers, all outlaws, and had himself, it is believed, accompanied one of his brothers, who is known to have been at Saint Albans the day of the bank-delivery."
(I'll bet you didn't know that )

There is more, but I want to hear from you

I've been too busy to do my reading assignment, Gene, but in answer to the house belonging to the Greene's (not Rose Greenhow), check the previous thread that Susan H started on Virginia Lomax and John Mosby. In post #3, I mention the Greenes' home, originally the Van Ness Mansion, and the theory that a kidnapped Lincoln might have been taken there.

I also wonder if it could have been a staging point for the project to mine the White House. Thomas Harney was not captured with enough ammo to blow up one wing. Could Confederate agents and supporters have been storing up additional powder and appliances within the city? The Greenes were definitely Confederate supporters and they were in close proximity to the White House.