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(09-21-2014 12:49 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  Roger, along with you I find Mathews a real enigma and it really is so difficult this far after the fact to know what anyone would do when facing the stress of the assassination.

Scott, I agree. I cannot recall if I read this in Tom's book or elsewhere. I read it somewhere, though. After leaving Ford's and going to his room and burning the letter, Mathews decided to venture out again for a drink. Entering a bar he told the folks he was there to see if John Wilkes Booth was present. In other words, Mathews asked for Booth at a bar even after having knowledge of what happened at Ford's plus reading Booth's letter. Surely he would know Booth was not still in town drinking. The crowd at the bar got angry and threatened to kill Mathews. Mathews somehow saved himself by denying knowledge of anything and running away. IMO, strange.