David Rankin Barbee

[BettyO]

They were in the hallway when Mrs. Surratt was called out from the parlor to "identify" or clarify if Powell had indeed been "hired" by her to dig out her gutter/drain - whatever. According to testimony, one of the detectives asserted that Powell was seated in the hallway under a gas lamp and when Mrs. Surratt appeared in the parlor door, Powell stood up and the gas jet spread it's full illumination on him. If this is so, she would have had to have at least recognized him by height and size, if not by voice.