Booth and Andrew Jackson

[Craig Hipkins]

I can remember reading in Remini's massive 3 volume biography of Jackson about an incident that took place in the White House shortly after Lawrence's attempt on Jackson's life. Jackson was sleeping when he awoke to see a stranger standing in his room. Others were alerted and the man was found to be unarmed so it was assumed that his intent had been robbery. He was locked in a stable but escaped sometime during the night.