Andrew Johnson - Mistress

[Steve]

Here is an image of Ella's post-assassination 15 April 1865 statement:


Note that "Fannie Harrison" is a signature by somebody else and not an alias of Ella, presumably a witness to Ella signing the statement again (as "Ella Starr") at a later time. I'm not sure why she would need to sign it again if nothing was amended or added to the statement. I suppose it might have to do with her not having reached the age of majority (twenty-one) with that fact missed in the chaos of April 15th. Although minors could testify in court, I don't know if they could legally sign this type of affidavit by themselves or not at the time. (I'm sure it was done all the time in less conspicuous circumstances but if there was some type of legal problem with doing that, it wasn't going to be ignored in such a public investigation.)

and here's an image of the letter she left for Booth on (7?) Feb 1865:


Note that Loux's Booth Day by Day has Booth leaving Washington on the evening of 28 January 1865 and not returning to Washington until 22 February 1865. On 7 February 1865 (if that is indeed how the date is supposed to be read), Booth was in New York.