The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . came the physician of J. Wilkes Booth,and identified his body, and among Mr. Weichmannsacquaintances at that early day was Petersen, the tailor,in whose house President Lincoln died. In Philadelphia young Mr. Weichmann was sent tothe public schools, and in 1859 was graduated from theHigh School with a two years course. Now began the worriment of choosing a business orprofession in life for the young man. After mature de-liberation on the part of his parents, it was decided thathe should become
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . came the physician of J. Wilkes Booth,and identified his body, and among Mr. Weichmannsacquaintances at that early day was Petersen, the tailor,in whose house President Lincoln died. In Philadelphia young Mr. Weichmann was sent tothe public schools, and in 1859 was graduated from theHigh School with a two years course. Now began the worriment of choosing a business orprofession in life for the young man. After mature de-liberation on the part of his parents, it was decided thathe should become a student for the Catholic father had become a convert to that Church by thistime. Accordingly negotiations were opened with aprominent clergyman in Washington, Rev. E. Q. , and finally a bishop was secured for whom 154 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. A\eichmann was to study and in whose diocese he wasto labor—the Rt. Rev. John McGill, D. D., Bishop ofRichmond, \a. Weichmann was now (March i, 1859) sent to the pre-paratory coHege of St. Charles in Howard County, Mary-. LOUIS J. WEICHMANN. A boarder at ^Irs. Surratts, who, in his testimony before the Com-mission, gave some convincing proofs of the guilt of Mrs. Surratt, althoughhe was innocent of any knowledge of her designs until after the testimonjgiven by John M. Lloyd. land, twenty-five miles from Baltimore, an institutionunder the care of the Sulpician Fathers, a French reli-gious order having for its object the training of youngmen for the Catholic priesthood. Everything here went on as pleasantly as possible forthe novice, who was much pleased with his new home,and became strongly attached to the vocation markedout for him. LOUIS J. WEICHMANN. 155 In September, 1859, among the new arrivals at thisplace was John Harrison Surratt. The same clergyman,Rev. Mr. Waldron, who had recommended Weichmannto St. Charles also recommended Surratt, and the bishopchosen for him was Rt. Rev. Augustine Verot, D
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