Case File No. 032 · PDF ebook · 29 pages
The Plot to Steal Lincoln’s Body
Springfield, Election Night 1876
Counterfeiters, an informant, a $75 coffin charge and 11 years of hiding Lincoln inside his own tomb.
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Why it's worth it
Real photographs, engravings and 1876 newspapers, shown large, with what to look for in each.
Lincoln's funeral train route, and the 1876 plot from Chicago to the Indiana Dunes.
The first failed plot, the 500-pound coffin, the 1878 secret burial and more.
The custodian's 1890 account, the indictment and sentence, and the secret burial memo.
Four real 1865 Lincoln mourning ribbons and badges, ready to print and cut out.
Two PDFs, plus every source and image credit listed.
Inside this file
- The case in one page, and a timeline from the 1865 funeral train to the last look at Lincoln's face in 1901
- Exhibits: Gardner's 1865 portrait, the receiving vault, the monument, the custodian's ground plan, the sarcophagus as the thieves left it, the Tribune and Herald of Nov 1876, the 1901 opening
- Original words: the custodian on the night, the court record, the secret 1878 burial memo and the warning postcard
- Persons of interest: Robert Lincoln, custodian Power, Tyrrell, the informant Swegles, Big Jim Kinealy, Mullen and Hughes
- Myth vs. record: grave robbing, the Secret Service, 'Lincoln was moved 17 times'
- Printable 1865 mourning ribbons and badges
- Visit it today: Lincoln's tomb, the Old State Capitol, the Indiana Dunes, Old Joliet Prison
- Case closed? Our verdict, and every source with links
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