European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Did real villains escape  from Page Seward and Stan Tim they themselves could scarcely have engineered the assassination without compromising them selves. A Middle Man would have been  Man very Likely was the War department s detective chief Lafayette c. Baker in Shellon s  he died Baker wrote a Book boasting How it was he who had  trial from behind the scenes. Lie also left several coded Mes Jaaes discovered in ill in Wincn he accused Secretary Stanton and soother unnamed of plotting Ancoin a murder. What be did not admit Wain own part in that conspiracy say Shell in renning the Book Shelton went Over Hundred of documents to the Natkal Archive that pertained to the conspiracy trial one a a letter Toyota Surratt son of Jyh woman who a hanged from an r. P. Watson. Improved to be damning evidence., Surratt incidentally was deeply involved. Be and Powell Are believed to Hare been the one who convinced Booth that to Kin Lincoln would be pref Erable to kidnapping him a Booth orig inally8 wanted 8too, beside Beta Confederate agent have played Lith sides of the Street and supplied the detective chief with inside information on the Booth plot. Surratt Ned the country  but a extradited from Italy two years later and tried for Lin Coln s murder. The jury failed to reach verdict and Surratt was released tothe great Relief of those behind the first this part of the conspiracy is effectively described in Helen Jones Camp Bell s Confederate courier just pub used in new York by St. Martin s press. It details the adventurous War career of Surratt As Well As the hypo critical trial which now amounts to Skeleton in our historical closet but getting Back to the letter addressed to Surratt from r. D. Watson author Shelton was intrigued by the let Ter. References to which had been deleted from the War department s offi Cial transcript this alone Cut suspicion Shelton sent the letter to a band writ ing Eipert for comparison with Baker s handwriting. The analyst reported the were written by the same Man another expert was consulted but he could not be sure Baker had written the letter. Nevertheless another Concre Tetie to to the detective was established. Baker was in new York on mar. 1�,18k5, when the letter was write saving Surratt to come immediately on important business and the return address was 178 4 water  new Jersey chemist with an inter est in history. Ray Neff. Provides the link Between Baker and the letter s 178 4 water St he has papers showing that address belonged to a Canadian firm named Chaffey  was appointed a general agent for the Chaffey firm before the civil War and apparently resumed the connection when he Rose to a position of unfettered police Power. His opportunities for Kraft were almost  Chaffey paper list payments amounting to 148 �4 made to Lafayette c. Baker during the year  atone perhaps would stomp Bak. Eras a Mere Crook but for two  Baker apparently was using the address u a front Foi his political Aswell As his criminal activities and two one of the Chaffey co. Letter u Skrec Cognize credits amounting to $11m,.40 to none other than John Wollke Booth Booth i thought to hav been involved in quinine smuggling and the credits May have been nos commis Sion but a link with Baker also seems possible. If not Likely. Likewise the r. D. Watson letter to Surratt who admitted being a part of Booth s first plan to Kidnap Lincoln May be considered As further tending to prove Baker s involvement in the assassination. As Shelton writes it it i hard to imagine any innocent reason Why the chief of the National detectives would have written to John Surratt. Under a fictitious  letter would be incriminating regardless of what it said. Being Date March a ims just after the collapse of Booth s Kidnap scheme and just be fore the. Assassination began to unfold there is no reasonable alternative to believing the important business Baker referred to was the murder of president  thus is stamped by Shelton As the prime mover of the Lincoln assassination plot and the manipulator of the conspiracy  would take another Warren com Mission to pin Down All the facts but after 100 years even such a group would Hurt up a find alleys. The conspiracy plot described by Shelton Likely will never b proved to everyone s Complete Satis faction but it makes sense and the logic of he reasoning Force one to admit could have happened just this Way. Civil War. Among them Ancoin a Scapegoat by Richard s. Wet. Or. A. Ticket that netted Only 171.000 votes. The myths described. A fascinating reassessment the Farewe to Lincoln by Victor searcher Abingdon Prenol Lincoln s assassination brought Forth a vast outpouring Public grief. Although there was no television to bring 11 Toi Tea nation with the Impact of those four Days in november  Farewell to the slain president was telegraphed throughout the country and heavily covered by the  searcher a two War Veteran and businessman who turned to Ivrin Etnas detailed the a Day journey from washing ton to Springfield that followed the funeral services in the Capi Tal. The funeral train wended slowly to Baltimore , new York Albany. Buffalo. Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis Chicago and finally Springfield in. Everywhere record crowds turned out by the time the funeral procession reached Springfield it was estimated that More than a million persons had caught a glimpse of the familiar features of Lincoln As his body Lay in stale for n few hours in various communities. Seven million viewed the cortege and ceremonies along the route. Lithograph shows Lincoln funeral cortege in Columbus Ohio. Lincoln his words and his world edited by Robert l policy Hawthorn a pictorial tribute to Lincoln compiled by the editors country Beautiful Magarino this volume reproduces mostly to color drawings prints and pictures of Lincoln and place a dated with urn. Excerpt from Lincoln writing be the Book together and it does with the familiar tributes of Walt Whiten and Vachel Lindsay. Sonos after Lincoln by Paul Morgan Farrar Straus and Roux Paul Horgan. Pulitzer prize historian and writer has collected poems he has written Over three decades. The Lyric meditations and recollections Are divided into the three group the War the casualty and the president. Writes Norgan the War has no meaning until a Hundred thousand soldiers Are seen courtroom for trial a probably More crowded than Ihli contemporary sketch showed ii to be. 14 the stars and stripes of Lincoln s last photograph he says from within his countenance the weariness of warhead Mode its withering Advance hour after  then War s end at last la View erased death from his face. And use who saw urn lived anew this slim volume is a moving tribute. Barney Kirc Ilioff wednesday april 14, 1965