Borne by Loving Hands

[Steve]

Augustus Clark wrote this letter on 16 April 1865 to his uncle describing how he saw the commotion outside of Ford's Theatre from Peterson House, ran down to see what was the matter and after hearing that Lincoln had been shot ran into the theater and got to the President's box in time to be one of the people to carry the President's body to Peterson House:

http://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/287

On 5 May, he sent a similar letter to Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts:

http://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/288

How believable do you find Clark's account? His description of the scene at the theater seems to ring true, but could he really have reached the box, through the crowd, in time to be one of the ones to carry Lincoln to Peterson House if the President was moved in under 20 minutes? And why mail part of his bloody towel souvenir to the governor of Massachusetts?