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I don't know if he's still alive, but Gary Planck (who used to write reviews, updates, etc. for the old Lincoln Herald) was the only person I know who researched A.C. Richards. He wrote a small booklet on the gentleman that we have in our research center. I'll have Colleen pull it and see if Gary made any comments about Richards in his later years. If this description of his talk is accurate, it certainly sounds like Richards had "lost it" at some point in later years.

However, there is one story in that newspaper article that Roger posted that sounds worth a follow-up, if possible: -- Alfred Richardson Story of Eustis claimed to have been a special agent for Confederate forces and said he knew of John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill the president -- but never told anyone until 35 years later. Story moved to the Eustis area in 1870, and kept his war experiences as a spy a secret until 1900. He died in 1923.

Betty, check it out because the article also mentions contacts with Powell.