Assassination Trivia

[L Verge]

I'm confused because John C. Breckinridge was a Confederate on the run at the time of the assassination, wasn't he?

[RJNorton]

Whether one was a Confederate or not does not have to do with the answer. You will see what I mean when the correct answer is posted.

Hint #3: The correct answer involves a building that still stands today.

[RJNorton]

Hint #4: Again, Eva was on the right track in post #1552.

Hint #4.75: We have a forum member whose name is the same as the correct answer.

[RJNorton]

I cannot think of any more clues, so I shall just give the answer.

All three men, during their terms in Congress, boarded at one time or another at the Petersen House.

SOURCE: p. 7 of Kathy Canavan's excellent book.

[L Verge]

The next sound you hear will be me kicking myself because that was one of my first thoughts and I chose not to post it!!!

[RJNorton]

Which person whose name is in a good many Lincoln assassination books later died of a heart attack as he was purchasing a pair of gloves?

[Eva Elisabeth]

(I instantly sensed the source again [hint] thus will hold back...)

[RJNorton]

Hint #1: He was not in Ford's Theatre when the assassination took place.

[RJNorton]

Hint #2: In his later years he was a real estate agent.

[Anita]

Willie Clark. p. 175 Kathy Canavan's excellent book. Thanks for the hint Eva. I remembered reading this but couldn't remember where.

[RJNorton]

Brilliant, Anita. Indeed it was Willie Clark.

You win one pair of gloves by Fratelli Orsini!

[Anita]

Thanks Roger. I haven't worn gloves, other than the winter type, since the 1970s. My grandfather was a glove cutter. I will add these to my collection.

[RJNorton]

I could put this in another category, but because it was said by a person who is part of the assassination saga, I will put it here.

What person described Abraham Lincoln as follows:

"...one of the gentlest, best and loveliest men I ever knew. I never saw him out of temper - the kindest husband, the tenderest father, the truest friend, as well as the wisest statesman."

[Eva Elisabeth]

John Hay? Or one of the physicians?

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(It sounds like something one would find in Good's "100 Eyewitness Accounts"!)

[Anita]

Clara Harris. Yes Eva, it's in Good's book.