The Bloody Pillow Case

[Lincoln Wonk]

Warren, These are fascinating clippings. Is there anything that indicates the newspaper and the date? From what I know of the Petersens, it all makes sense and it is the only admission I've seen from a family member that the Petersens were sesech. I'm pretty certain they were, because a young next-door neighbor who visited Petersen's that night later told reporters that she and one of the Petersen children felt sorry for John Wilkes Booth, whom they both liked. As you probably know, there were many sesech families on Tenth Street and many who felt that Mary Surratt should not have been hanged. Kathy