Stanton’s trusted second-hand, Colonel Lafayette Baker came down from New York to assist with the investigation into the president’s assassination. He rubbed many other manhunters the wrong way with his egotistical and sneaky behavior. He sent his cousin Luther Byron Baker an important tip leading to Booth and Herold’s eventual capture. He received $3,750 in reward money and wrote a book in which he took undue credit for his role in the fugitives’ capture.
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Chapter 8
...Davis also being sought by manhunters. Stanton decided to delegate authority in the manhunt to Colonel Lafayette Baker , who had arrived from New York.
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Chapter 11
Meanwhile, the investigation was changing course. Lafayette Baker , a favorite of Stanton’s, was deceitful and egotistical in his approach to the manhunt....
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Chapter 13
...money. In the end, sums ranging from $500 to $15,000 were awarded to Conger, Doherty, Lafayette Baker , Luther Baker, and to the noncommissioned officers at the barn, including Boston Corbett, and...
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