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A.C. Richards was corresponding with Weichmann from May 7, 1898 to Nov. 17, 1901 and sounded very sane. He said he was seated in the dress circle, in the company of Capt. Reed, Inspector of Police. He ran down the steps, through the crowd in the orchestra circle and onto the stage. After exiting into the alley and making observations and asking questions he returned to the stage and then was called to the President's box. While in the box he was given the pistol and "one or two other articles picked up from the floor of the box." p418-419, Weichmann. Richards said he still had the receipt for the pistol from when he turned it over to the military authorities, in a letter dated June 10, 1898. Richards described those events because of what he had read in chapter 15 of Weichmann's book, and said that Stewart's account of events and testimony were largely imagined and not accurate.