A little-known person

[RJNorton]

Many thanks to Steve Williams for sending this article. Regarding the article Steve writes, "It's from p. 17 of the April 14, 1894 edition of the Washington Evening Star. It contains an interview with Albert Daggett about the night of the assassination. Comparing this later newspaper account with his contemporaneous letter to his mother:

http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/digital/...4307/rec/1

adds a few interesting details. In his letter to his mother, Daggett didn't mention to his mother that he had been drinking at the Star Saloon during the intermission (where Booth was also drinking). The 1894 account fills in the gap of how he got to the President's box to help carry the President across the street. Interestingly, his memory nearly thirty years later differs slightly from what he wrote in April 1865. In the 1894 account he seems to be nearing his seat in the Parquet section but in his (likely more accurate) 1865 letter he had just entered the door.

The article also has some information on the tipster who pointed authorities to the Surratt House.

Credit out to Steve Whitlock for making me aware of this 1894 Daggett interview."