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Louis J. Weichmann (September 29, 1842 – June 5, 1902) was an American clerk who was one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution in the trial following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Previously, he had also been a suspect in the conspiracy because of his association with Mary Surratt's family.
Testimony of Louis J. Weichmann. Given on examination in chief in the trial of John H. Surratt, indicted for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, in the criminal court of the District of Columbia, 1867.
The entire trial testimony of Louis J. Weichman in the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial on May 13, 1865.
Of the residents of Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse, the best known–and the most controversial–is Louis Weichmann, whose testimony would help send his landlady to the gallows. Weichmann was born in Baltimore in 1842.
Louis J. Weichmann was an important prosecution witness in the Booth conspiracy trial. Together with John Lloyd, he was credited, if that is the word, wth putting the noose around the neck of Mary Surratt.
May 18, 2020 · Louis J. Weichmann resumed his testimony and was asked by Fredrick Aiken about his acquaintance with Henri B. Ste. Marie and Augustus Howell, two men broke the Union lines and went South during the war. Howell taught Weichmann a cipher so that he could write letters in code.
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