Garrett Farm

[LincolnMan]

Just as a point of interest on this subject- I knew a great-grandson of Mr. Garrett. His name was Herb Peters. After one of my "Lincoln assassination" presentations a few years ago, Herb and I talked (he was in the audience). Among other things pertaining to the assassination, the identity of the "man in the barn" was discussed. Mr. Peters stated that there was no doubt to anyone in the Peters family that the slain man in the barn was John Wilkes Booth. He also talked about the letter that was received by his family from Edwin Booth-thanking the Garretts for their kindness to Wilks Booth in his dying hours. He was very aware of the theory that it wasn't JWB in the barn- and didn't believe a word of it. Mr. Peters passed away a few years ago, sadly.