The "Diary"

[RJNorton]

Good question, Tony. I really do not know whom Powell was referring to. Apparently Harold made an April 13th trip into Maryland to alert certain people things were going to happen. Possibly Powell knew of Herold's trip and was referring to those folks. Or maybe it was a reference to the New York crowd in Atzerodt's statement where Atzerodt said, "Booth said if he did not get him quick the N. York crowd would." I believe Samuel Chester said Booth told him there were between 50 and 100 individuals involved in the conspiracy; maybe Booth told Powell those same figures. Lots of possibilities, Tony; I am sure there are more than what I have mentioned here. As Betty said, however, it's hard to know how reliable Eckert's memory was.