Andrew Johnson - Mistress

[L Verge]

(11-15-2017 05:12 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(11-14-2017 01:47 PM)L Verge Wrote:  and second, that he would subject her to witnessing a murder if Atzerodt or Herold did get up enough nerve.

Laurie, IMO, it would not have mattered if Ella were in Johnson's room or not. I once asked whether Booth would have shot Lincoln had Tad not gone to Grover's and was sitting next to his dad at Ford's. As I recall, almost everyone felt it would not have mattered to Booth, and he would have shot Lincoln in front of Tad. IMO, Booth was totally determined to take out the leaders of the Union government, and his mistress in Johnson's room or Lincoln's son at Ford's would not have altered the plan.

You are probably right -- and if that had been the case and I were Ella, I would have joined in the manhunt also in an attempt to "assassinate" my lover!