A little-known person

[RJNorton]

(07-22-2021 12:06 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  I would expect that Detective McDevitt would have been required, even in 1865, to write an in-depth, detailed report of how he was tipped off about the Surratt house. Given it's importance, especially at the time, surely that report was stored someplace. I wonder whether he named McCullough on a police report. It was someone who knew him, and someone he would have listened to. An actor who knew Booth would be a strong candidate for such an informant, or an undercover agent.

Mike Kauffman is an outstanding sleuth when it comes to the Lincoln assassination. He has spent 40+ years of his life studying it. I am sure he has looked into this at an extreme depth and not come up with the tipster's name. IMO, the odds are great that the name of the person is lost to history. Thus, we are left to speculate.