Booth's Day on April 14

[J. Beckert]

(01-07-2017 02:20 PM)L Verge Wrote:  If Clara did profess this, was she just trying to make Henry appear more heroic? There was a person in the box earlier - someone refresh my memory, please, as to who that was. (Three months of medical leave and being out of the loop has wasted my brain!)

Simon P. Hanscom, editor of the Daily Republican. His own account, from Fred Hatches' book, states he didn't enter. He refers to himself as "we".

"Upon approaching the door of the box we found the passage-way leading to it blocked by two gentleman who were seated upon chairs, (Crawford?) about 6 or 8 feet from the door. We requested them to allow us to pass. They did so and upon reaching the door, we found no other person belonging to the President's household than Mr. Charles Forbes, one of Mrs. Lincoln's footmen and messengers, who was always in the habit of attending the President and Mrs. Lincoln at the theater. As the play was progressing we requested Forbes to hand the dispatch to the President...."