Fly Through Historic Ford’s Theatre

[RJNorton]

(12-04-2019 07:57 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  When some accounts said Lincoln was carried out on a shutter, I always thought those lower box doors were the most likely choice.

Good memory, Joe. I checked Tim Good's book to see if anyone specifically mentioned the word "shutter," and I found two. Katherine Evans, who was a cast member of "Our American Cousin," stated that, "Then they laid the President on a shutter and carried him out of the theater to the house across the street where he died at 7:30 o'clock the next morning." Also, J. F. Troutner, who was sitting in the dress circle, said, "In the meantime, Lincoln, mortally wounded, was laid upon a window shutter and carried to a little lodging house across Tenth street from the theater." It should be noted that both of these accounts came 50 years after the assassination.