Did Lincoln pick up Maj. Rathbone amd Miss Harris?

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(05-21-2013 04:10 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  So, my question is - how reliable a witness is Clara Harris?

Roger, I agree that Harris' memory is certainly suspect, especially over the "Booth scouted the box" comment. However, the one thing that makes me believe her "the Lincoln's picked us up" comment is the date that it was made - just two weeks after the assassination. If I recall, the other comment about Booth was many years later. While it was certainly possible that Harris was mistaken due to the trauma she had just witnessed, it seems less likely to me. How that is rectified by Brooks' comment, I don't know.