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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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From the time of Lincoln's election in 1860, there arose several conspiracies to kidnap or murder him.†
p. 23.1 *

conspiracies = secret agreements or plots
As late as January 1865, with the Confederacy in danger of collapse at any moment, not one of the conspiracies resulted in serious action against Abraham Lincoln.†
p. 23.8
Of course, Booth was gone, but they searched his trunk and discovered an incredible and mysterious letter to Booth signed only "Sam" that described a large conspiracy against the Union government.†
p. 90.9

conspiracy = a secret agreement or plot
In Montreal, nests of rebel agents with plans and money were busy hatching anti-Union conspiracies.†
p. 95.5

conspiracies = secret agreements or plots
Booth recruited Surratt into the conspiracy to kidnap the president, and soon became a frequent visitor to the boardinghouse, where he befriended Surratt's widowed mother and his young sister, Anna.†
p. 97.3

conspiracy = a secret agreement or plot
By 4:00 A.M., Stanton was sure that he was dealing with a conspiracy.†
p. 101.2
Now the War Department had its hands on two of the four men — Powell and Atzerodt — who were in the inner circle of the conspiracy.†
p. 143.7
Stanton and others were certain Booth was merely an agent of a Confederate conspiracy.†
p. 175.9
This engraving, from a book containing the transcript of the conspirators' trial, reflects the government's claim that Mary Surratt was at the center of the conspiracy.†
p. 190.9

Definitions:

(1) (conspiracy)
a secret agreement or plot -- especially to do something illegal or harmful
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)