Dr. Leale in the Paper

[Craig Hipkins]

Good observation. Abott A. Abott who wrote The Assassination And Death of Abraham Lincoln shortly after the event does not mention Leale either. He does, however, mention Surgeon General Barnes. I guess that the newspapers assumed that readers would know that doctors were present in the death room so that there was no need to list them, especially if they were unknown to the public like Dr. Leale and Dr. Taft.

Craig