Booth's mistress, Ella Starr, and other "unknown" Booth ladies!

[Linda Anderson]

(01-16-2013 10:18 AM)Gene C Wrote:  I don't recall Kauffman stating the source of the rumors. Does anyone know?

In the footnote for the section I quoted above, Kauffman cites The Unlocked Book by Asia Booth Clarke, which I do not have; Alfred Smith's testimony in the Lincoln Assassination Suspects File which states that Booth registered with a lady at the Aguntneck Hotel in Newport on April 5; and John McCullough telling George Alfred Townsend that McCullough, who was married, and Booth would "keep their trysts secret by using the code names 'Jack' and 'Bob' for the ladies." San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 1882.

Odd that Jerry mentions the Kennedys and the code names for the ladies are "Jack" and "Bob."