Recollections by James McDevitt and Albert Daggett

[Susan Higginbotham]

These accounts of the assassination were published in the April 15, 1894, Springfield Republican (and other newspapers as well). Note that McDevitt mentions Richards' rushing into police headquarters (which could corroborate his account of having been at Ford's when Lincoln was shot, or at least somewhere other than headquarters when the news broke), as well as McDevitt's account of his visit to Mary Surratt's boardinghouse. Apologies for the small image.

(That image was even smaller than I thought. If anyone is clever enough to enlarge them, I can email the original PDF to him or her.)

Daggett wrote several letters to his family shortly after the assassination, one of which can be found at the link here.

http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois.../show/8120