New Eyewitness Account?

[kerry]

(05-30-2018 03:59 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(05-29-2018 04:05 PM)Steve Wrote:  Maybe Clara was misremembering Forbes bringing the dispatch from S. P. Hanscom to the President?

This seems possible, but if Reck is correct, the dispatch was delivered during the third act; thus the timing between visits would not fit with what Clara stated.

(05-29-2018 11:30 PM)kerry Wrote:  Some witnesses indicated Booth was pacing back and forth near the box, so he may have.

Yes, very true. But the eyewitnesses stated Forbes only let Booth pass into the box itself one time. I am assuming Clara meant Booth came to door #8 which remained open during the play. Door #8 was at the end of the passageway behind the State Box. (Someone may want to correct me if I am incorrect on this --> I do not think Clara Harris, from her seat, could see someone standing right in front of the door to the passageway.)

I don't think her testimony indicates that she necessarily saw Booth, but that someone in or around the box did, and told her about it.