Booth's visit to the Surratt Boarding House after the assassination

[BettyO]

(10-24-2012 04:05 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  

(10-24-2012 03:20 PM)BettyO Wrote:  Laurie - I thought the same thing about Powell. But Fred Seward saw Lew pull his gun from his pocket. I don't know where his knife was unless it was in his boot top. There IS a sheath which MUST have attached to his saddle. No sheath was listed in his effects....

Betty, Fred Seward testified during John Surratt's trial that he had turned around after he told Powell to leave when he (Fred) heard a noise and turned back to see Powell "springing up the steps with a pistol in his hands." William H. Bell testified that Powell kept his right hand in his coat pocket as Powell spoke to him at the front door. Would Powell have been able to fit a navy revolver in his coat pocket?

I would assume that he had deep coat pockets! No gunbelt was found or attributed to Lew either....