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(07-07-2016 02:38 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  I obtained a copy of the 1906 interview that a reporter for the Ravenna (Ohio) Republican did with Richards. In this version, when Richards arrives at the theater around 10, the stage is empty, as if for a scenery change, and Lincoln is shot by Richards' estimation "a few moments after 10." Peanuts John is an Italian, and Atzerodt's intended target is Secretary Stanton.

Richards appears to have abandoned his theory of two visits to the Surratt boardinghouse. He arrives with a squad, is greeted by Mary Surratt, instructs his men to search the house, and leaves two to guard the house after finding no trace of Booth. Weichmann doesn't turn up at police headquarters until Sunday.

Susan - do you have the 1906 Ravenna Republican interview in a form that you could post? It would be quite interesting to compare it to the one he gave in 1885. (For what it is worth, in 1906, Richards (1828-1912) would have been 78 versus 57 in 1885.)

This is an interesting thread; my compliments to all who have contributed. Someone once told me, "When doing research, if you begin to have more questions about the topic than when you started, you are doing it correctly."