Yellow Fever Plot of 1864 Targeted Lincoln, U.S. Cities  Yellow
Jack  Death as a sailor bringing Yellow Fever to New York Frank
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper       Hyams agreed to smuggle the
trunks into the United States and points farther south, but
later testified that he refused to take possession of the valise
destined for Lincoln. In July 1864, Hyams had the trunks shipped
to Boston and then expressed to Philadelphia. Traveling under
the alias of J.W. Harris, Hyams took possession of the trunks in
Philadelphia en route to Washington, D.C. Once in the capital
city, Hymans turned over a portion of the clothes to a merchant
who sold them at auction the following day. The remainder of the
clothing he gave to a sutler traveling to Newbern, North
Carolina, then controlled by the Union army, with an agreement
to sell it on commission. His task complete, Hyams returned to
Canada for payment.   Blackburn and Hyams met again in Canada,
but the physician refused to pay Hyams the promised sum pending
proof he had