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Century Later True Story of Lincoln Assassination Plot
The article recounts the 1861 Lincoln assassination plot involving a darkened train from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Washington. Pinkerton agent Allan Pinkerton and Timothy Webster exposed the plan and guided Lincoln to safety via a counterstrategy including the use of a soft felt hat and borrowed overcoat.
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Downingtown
Philadelphia
Andrew Wynne
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Wynne
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
United States
Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Timothy Webster
Maryland
Independence Hall
Pennsylvania
Road Crossing
Market Street
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Vine
Seventeenth
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Gunpowder River
Tim Webster