This week in history: Plot to steal Abraham Lincoln's body foiled
As reported in the Chicago Daily News, sister publication of the Chicago Sun-Times: After his assassination on April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln came home to Illinois where a tomb was built for him in Springfield. For 11 years, Lincoln rested peacefully in Oak Ridge Cemetery, located about two miles outside of Springfield, until one night in 1876. On Nov. 7, 1876, several thieves attempted to break in and steal Lincoln’s body, according to the U.S. Secret Service. When a gunshot startled the thieves inside the tomb, they ran off and escaped. Eleven days after the attempted theft, th...
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