Show how lincoln assassin nation in 1061 ill tell heule as I had it from mh culver of louisville who was in office here for some time before lincoln came he was a ellow boarder with me at the corner of fourth street and pennsylvania avenue but was once a banker a man of one talent high in masonic mysteries a close ob and lully loyal ing he related to me the ablow there was boarding in this very house A young lady who wes one of a band of the particular friend of jake thompson secra t iry of the interior under buchanan she was often absent on ahoi t trips to miltimore Bilt imore one evening she came in and was soon conversation alth some weil known rebels was reading the evening paper or pretending to be but listening I heard her say in ih a whisper ive been up to baltimore it is all arranged he cannot get through alive As the talk was all aboul lincoln in those daysi knew this lady meant lincoln I overheard so much said he and was sure of it i hero was a friend of culvers then at the national hotel a mr evarts of florida mhd vas a loyal man and intimate with geo scott culver stole out called ih eva s told him what he had heard and evans went at once to scott with the story ahe night scott sent trusty men to baltimore arranged to have lincoln mke that detour ft in new york to pittsburgh and thence to come at an unexpected time disguised through baltimore hence the old scotch cloak and cap in which he reached here in s icely and was in di |