Booth in Boston April 1865

[Susan Higginbotham]

So how do you account for Ella Starr? According to her, Booth was visiting her (or maybe someone else in her house of ill repute) two weeks before the assassination. Clearly he was seeking company besides Lucy's--for one purpose, at least.

As far as I know, the claim that Booth and McCullough went out of town with Lucy and her sister originates with McCullough's statement in 1882 that he and Booth were involved with two well-connected women from Washington, whom they nicknamed "Jack" and "Bob" to protect their identities and trysted with in Baltimore. But again, the women aren't named by McCullough, nor does he say they were sisters.