Events occurring at Assassination Time

[Steve]

The earliest newspaper article I could find on the attack on John Minor Botts was from the 1st column of page 2 of the 29 May 1865 Baltimore Sun:

   

If read literally, it says the attack on Botts occurred on 14 May 1865, not 14 April. But then again a small blurb like this might be copied from another newspaper and the Sun editor didn't realize this other paper meant April.

By 01 June 1865 newspapers across the country began reporting the attack occurred on the same night as the President's assassination:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/...nge&page=1

We'd probably have to check local newspapers not in any database to be sure which paper(s) made the error. (Botts' home was about 60+ miles southwest of Washington DC.) For now, I'll assume 14 April 1865 is the correct date. As for any connection to the assassination because of the same date, I think it's just coincidental.