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Mary and the Assassin - A Memoir of a Lifetime
The assassin's plan had been to tip Lincoln's train off its tracks and roll it down the hill. Mary was so upset she almost blew their cover, but her distemper was outmatched. The mob of angry Democrats at the station was no joke. People were trampled and crushed against the side of the car. It took the family half an hour to get out; if Lincoln himself had been there, things might have been far worse.