Clara Harris and Noah Brooks

[AussieMick]

Ive read the suggestion that Clara Harris saw Booth before the killing. Not sure where.

I make the point that she and Rathbone accompanied the President and Mary to the theatre. So they almost certainly all went into the box at around the same time. Of course that doesnt prevent Clara from later claiming to have seen Booth. It could even be that Booth looked into the box when all were seated , she saw him and maybe Rathbone spoke to him (Mary Lincoln might not even have noticed). She certainly later had a very stressful life with her husband (Rathbone) eventually killing her during a mental episode.

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I havent done a complete search of references to Clara in this forum , but this is relevant ...

(statement by Clara Harris in the May 5, 1865, edition of The Public Ledger)

https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...l#pid16893