Events occurring at Assassination Time

[AussieMick]

I came across an article which describes an attempted aggravated burg (as we call them here, where the owner is at home) on the night of the assassination.

Has anybody perused the April 1865 newspaper articles for suspicious events which could be relevant to the assassination events? It would take quite some time I guess. Plus, some stories may not have come to light until months later. The article below was published in June 1865 ... odd, that it took so long to appear?

Mr Botts was a Virginian who, as I understand it, strongly supported the Union and was involved in peace discussions up until Sumter.


https://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/04/archi...botts.html

"On the night of Good Friday -- the night the late President was murdered -- the residence of Hon. JOHN MINOR BOTTS, at Auburn, Brandy Station, Culpepper, Va., was attacked by a party of seven guerrillas, and the life of that Unionist put in jeopardy.

They arrived near midnight, when all the family had retired, with the exception of Mr. BOTTS and a friend of his stopping with him, the barking of the dogs giving these gentlemen the first intimation of their untimely visitors. On proceeding to the door, in answer to their knock, Mr. BOTTS was confronted by a party of three, whose carbines, cocked and aimed, were presented at his breast. On asking them what they desired, the reply was, "Your money or your life." Mr. BOTTS then suddenly closed and bolted the door, went and armed himself and friend with loaded revolvers, and the two then reopened the door and again faced the party. Seeing the new condition of things, the guerrillas changed their tactics, one of them exclaiming, that as they saw he was a true man, they would not further disturb him. The cowardly midnight robbers then departed, and the next morning several of the neighbors were found to have been the victims of the same party. This is the first time Mr. BOTTS has ever been attacked, and it is a little singular that the occurrence should have taken place on the night of the assassination. -- Norfolk Old Dominion.