Today in the Lincoln Conspiracy: June 5
The chief witness against the Lincoln conspirators was Louis J. Weichmann, a clerk at the War Department. |
| Louis J. Weichmann, witness for the prosecution |
He had attended seminary with John Surratt Jr. and rented a room at Mary Surratt's boardinghouse in Washington. He testified that the Surratt house was the hub of the conspiracy and most of its members had attended meetings there. Weichmann himself had been detained for a time following President Lincoln's assassination because of his close ties to the Surratts.
After his testimony and the execution of the conspirators, Weichmann moved to Anderson, Indiana where he died on June 5, 1902.
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