Pumphry and Booth's Spurs

[SpruceCreekHawk]

(10-01-2014 05:55 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Does anyone know where he was from or where he is buried? The reason I ask is because there were Pumphreys around Surrattsville at least into the mid-1900s.

Do you know if there's any basis for the oft' repeated story that Pumphrey had a horse waiting to deliver a stay of execution for Mrs. Surratt?

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According to the 1850 Federal Census, James Pumphrey was born in Maryland, but according to the 1870 and 1880 in DC.

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(10-01-2014 05:44 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 12:40 PM)SpruceCreekHawk Wrote:  If anyone knows when James Pumphrey was arrested (following his statement on April 15 to Col. Henry H. Wells), if he was, indeed, incarcerated at Old Capitol Prison, and if he was released prior to his testimony at the conspirators' trial (or after?) I would appreciate it very much.

From my records, it doesn't appear that Pumphrey was ever arrested. His name does not appear on any of the lists I have regarding those imprisoned or released from the Old Capitol Prison. He had practically nothing to do with assassination story so I doubt there would have been any reason to arrest him.

In the Kunhardt book, Twenty Days , Pumphrey is named as among the arrested (pp. 187-188). It is possible he wasn't put in Old Capitol Prison? His obituary didn't mention prison but that he was under surveillance until after his testimony. He's a witness for the prosecution on May 15.