Escape speculations

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(06-18-2015 12:39 PM)Jim Page Wrote:  Gene, I've seen old tobacco barns, too, and you're right about the boards not being tight against one another. In the case of the barn in question, I've read somewhere that some of the Garrett's neighbors had furniture and stuff stored in that barn, and that clutter may have hindered Booth had he tried to kick some boards loose and scoot out of there.

I'm willing to bet that the man shot there was JWB, but I still wonder if he and Herold had saddlebags, and, if so, what was in them.

--Jim

Some years ago I found a request from Richard Garrett to the United Sates Government, asking for payment for all the stuff that was burned in the Bar, and the junk is itemized The Government agreed to pay him IF - he could prove that he had been loyal to the Union throughout the war. Of course he couldn't and would not take the oath. So, he didn't get paid. That request was in a file called the "Congressional Information System". My copy of the request in in the Surratt Library.