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Lincoln Conspiracy Trial |
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Luzerne County Community College |
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Nanticoke Pennsylvania |
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April 14, 2007 |
| This event was organized and staged by the Lindhill Institute; hosted by the Luzerne County Community College; and supported by the Confederation Of Union Generals ( COUG), the Delaney Delacey Sons of Veterans Reserves, and other dedicated enthusiasts of history. The audience, estimated at about 100 persons, were treated to a mini version of America's most famous trial in an amphitheater type classroom done over to resemble a courtroom. Taking text directly from 1,000 pages of original trial transcripts, organizers Fred Walters and Hugh Taylor assembled a cast of characters that captivated the audience with riveting testimony and realistic, evidentiary exhibits such as period pistols, daggers, Bowie knives, and the like. The centerpiece of the production was an hour long tour de force performance by Hugh Taylor as chief prosecution witness, Lewis Weichmann. |
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The Courtroom Prior To The Trial |
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ORDER OF WITNESSES AT THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY TRIAL (Commission Members) 1. Andy Waskie as Major General David Hunter, Commission President
2. Mike Riley as Brig. General Robert Foster
3. Tony Rosati as Major General Lew Wallace
4. Bob Hanrahan as Brig. General James Ekin
5. Joe Funk as Major General August Kautz
6. Pat Fairbairn as Brig. General Thomas Harris
7. Steve Harris as Lt. Colonel David Clendenin
8. Dan Moran as Col. C.H. Thompkins
(Attorneys)
1. Bob Panowicz & Jerry Dunham (Prosecution Attorneys)
2. Judge John Thomas (Defense Attorney)
3. Fred Walters (Special Prosecutor)
(Guards)
1. John Saporito played Sergeant Major John Saporito and exercised excellent command for the disposition of troops to handle prisoner and courtroom security.
2. Special thanks to Captain John Hart of the Delaney Delacey SVR for all his help in delivering sufficient soldiers to the event to ensure a realistic security impression for the courtroom.
(Prosecution Witnesses) 1. Capt. Theodore McGowan - At Ford's Theatre - Ryan Lindbuckler 2. Maj. Henry Rathbone - In Lincoln's Box at Ford's - Pat Fairbairn 3. Henry Van Steinacker - Rebel Officers Implicated In Assassination - Dave Callahan 4. Maj. T. T. Eckert - Secret Cipher Dispatches, Canada To Richmond - Bill Polachek 5. Lewis F. Bates - Jeff. Davis and the Assassination - Mark Wallo 6. John C. Courtney - Jeff. Davis and the Assassination - Michael Castrignano 7. Col. R.B. Treat - Rebel Archives Implicate Jeff. Davis - Joe Funk 8. Maj. T.T. Eckert (recalled) - Rebel Archives Implicate Jeff. Davis - Bill Polachek 9. Col. Martin Burke - Plot To Burn NYC - Dan Moran 10. Louis Weichmann - Conspiracy, Booth, Mary Surratt, et al - Hugh Taylor 11. Sgt. George Robinson - Attack On Seward - Steve Harris
(Defense
Witnesses)
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