The Hour of Peril: the Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
“His romantic disposition and the ease of his manner captivated many of the susceptible hearts of the beautiful Baltimore belles, whose eyes grew brighter in his presence, and who listened enraptured to the poetic utterances which were whispered into their ears under the witching spell of music and moonlit nature.—ALLAN PINKERTON on the efforts of Detective Harry Davies in BaltimoreDURING THE EARLY WEEKS of February 1861, Pinkerton operative Harry Davies began spending a great deal of time in a ...Baltimore house of prostitution. The dimly lit wooden house at 70 Davis Street, in the shadow of the Calvert Street train station, had a narrow hallway at the front that opened onto a parlor filled with dark curtains, narrow divans, and gilt-framed paintings of wood nymphs and water sprites. Annette Travis, the proprietor, would greet her patrons with a warm smile and a glass of strong spirits. Behind her, two or three young women sat quietly on a painted bench, sometimes busying themselves with needlework.MoreLess
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