Boston Corbett
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty and made major changes to the explanation provided by Steve.
publication date: Sunday, May 28, 2017 (part of Summer 2017)
category: 
Crime
clue: Mercury poisoning perhaps made this Union soldier and avenger mad as a hatter.
explanation: Insane hatmaker Boston Corbett shot and killed John Wilkes Booth 12 days after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Aaron Shurtleff, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
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