New Eyewitness Account?

[RJNorton]

Many thanks to Steve for sending these articles. Steve writes, "I found another assassination account that I don't think I've posted to the forum before. It's from the 28 Feb. 1909 edition of the New York Times. It's an interview with William Flood who claimed to be the first to reach Lincoln in the box. I'm skeptical of Flood's account in that it contradicts Leale's contemporaneous account.

I've also included a copy of Clara Harris's affidavit from 3-4 days later which was printed in the 23 April 1865 New York Times. Unless Flood is the Naval Surgeon Harris helped in the box, she doesn't mention him."

In addition to what Steve said about Flood, I noted that Flood claims to have known JWB well. I highly doubt that.