The Montreal Link
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07-08-2018, 12:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2018 01:13 PM by John Fazio.)
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RE: The Montreal Link
(07-07-2018 09:30 PM)Barry Sheehy Wrote:(07-07-2018 08:31 PM)John Fazio Wrote: Susan, Barry, Steve, Laurie, John, et al.:John, Barry: Please see pp. 335 and 355 of Decapitating the Union. See also p. 233 of Tidwell, Hall and Gaddy's Come Retribution and the following pages in Edwards and Steers The Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence: 212 for a relevant statement of Samuel K. Brown and a footnote re contraband cotton; 260 re Ficklin's whistle; 491 for a letter written by Ficklin and footnote 1 re O'Beirne and Atzerodt; and 990-993 for a letter from O'Beirne and a statement from Ficklin, which makes reference to Salt Lake City. In addition, Lafayette Baker's History of the United States Secret Service, self-published in 1867, contains a wealth of information relative to undercover work during the war, including cotton speculations (Chapter XXVI and speculation and fraud (Chapter XXVII). The book suffers, however, from the absence of an index, so one has to rely heavily on the table of contents and then read your tail off. There may well be references to Ficklin in this book, but, frankly, I haven't the time to look for them. I hope this helps you. Incidentally, Baker probably knew more than anyone else in the country about human perfidy and all the shenanigans that were going on when no one was looking. I believe it is quite likely that his encyclopedic knowledge of wrongdoing had a lot to do with his sudden and mysterious death. John (07-08-2018 08:06 AM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote: I have seen it stated in several places that Ficklin had contact with Atzerodt, but what is the source for that? Susan: See my reply to Barry for references to sources re Ficklin and Atzerodt. I am inclined to disagree with you about Ficklin's complicity. Recall that Baker and O'Beirne were convinced of his complicity and released him only because of a lack of evidence and the intervention of Browning, who had his own agenda. Recall, too, that he was implicated in a previous attempt on Lincoln's life; that he absented himself from Washington from 1861 through the spring of 1865, but just happened to show up in that city on April 14, 1865; that he stayed at the same hotel that Johnson stayed in and that Atzerodt had a room in; that he was apprehended with a whistle on his person, whistles being the favorite means of communication used by Mosby and his Rangers and put to extensive use on the night of the assassination (see pp. 354-356 of Decapitating the Union); that he had devoted his entire life, during the war years, to serving the interests of the Confederacy in many and various ways; and that by April 14, 1865, there was virtually nothing left to the Confederate leadership, to stave off the catastrophe that was upon them and that they had fought so fiercely to prevent, except multiple assassinations, for which purpose they would pull out every stop they had. The stew is simply too thick to come to any conclusion other than that Ficklin was part of the conspiracy that was to have put "some 15 of the Yankee leaders" in their graves if everything had gone according to plan. John |
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