Does anyone know...?

[John Fazio]

(09-12-2017 04:00 PM)Gene C Wrote:  John, would you consider Miss Porterfield a reliable witness?
Did she testify at Surratt's trial?

Gene:

I know nothing about her. I checked the witnesses in the Surratt trial and she is not listed. The only thing that gives her some credibility is her statement that Booth asked her how to spell tyrannis. This is significant because someone else said that Booth asked her the same question, and that he added: "two 'r's' or two 'n's' ? ". I cannot lay my hands on that reference right now. I, of course, cannot vouch for her credibility, but if one person says something happened, it is better, historically, than if no person says something happened. In other words, her story is not much to go on, but it is better than nothing. If someone can contradict any part of her story, let them do so.

John