Eckert and Powell

[BettyO]

Speaking of Powell's "personal effects" - I also found this interesting article in the NY Times for April 17, 1865, the night Lew Powell returned to Mrs. Surratt's house and taken into custody:

A GRAY COAT STAINED WITH BLOOD FOUND.
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 17.

Yesterday a grey coat stained with blood, and which evidently had been worn as an overcoat, was found near Fort Bunker Hill, just back of Glenwood Cemetery. In the pocket was a false moustache, a pair of riding gloves, and a slip of paper, upon which was "MARY E. GARDNER, 419." The coat is supposed to have been worn by the man who attacked Secretary SEWARD, although the weight of the evidence indicates that all the conspirators took the same route -- that of the navy-yard bridge.

I have wondered about the false moustache. Apparently Lew Powell had quite a few of these little things. Remember there was the one that Lew Powell was searching for at the Surratt boarding house and which was absconded by Weichmann. Here is reference to another. Apparently these false 'staches' were courtesy of JWB's theatrical wardrobe perhaps and given to the hirsute-less young Powell....

One thus wonders if Powell really USED these things! There are first reports that the man who attacked Seward had a moustache! Did Powell actually use these? Was he that afraid of violating his parole?

What do ya'll think?