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RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-01-2018
Excellent memory, Susan! Kudos. Yes, several years ago we had a discussion of whether the man on the right (second floor) in this photo was Louis Weichmann (in the building where he worked - Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners). An enlargement leads one to wonder; no 100%
conclusion was reached although most folks felt there was a definite resemblance.
![[Image: commisary.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/commisary.jpg)
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-22-2018
Who is this man?
![[Image: woo%20is%20this%20man.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/woo%20is%20this%20man.jpg)
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-23-2018
Hint #1: He was at Ford's Theatre the night of the assassination.
RE: Assassination Trivia - AussieMick - 03-23-2018
William Withers Jr (orchestra leader) ? (after he'd had his mustache shaved off, maybe)
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-23-2018
Good guess, Michael, but it's not Withers.
RE: Assassination Trivia - AussieMick - 03-23-2018
Harry Hawk ... must be (though Ive only seen the pencil drawing). yep, its him ... isnt it?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Wild Bill - 03-23-2018
Jacob Ritterspaugh
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 03-23-2018
Ferguson?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-23-2018
Michael, Bill, and Betty....all good guesses....but unfortunately none are (is?) correct.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Wild Bill - 03-23-2018
Joseph Stewart, who chased Booth off stage
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 03-23-2018
Coughdrop Joey ?
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 03-23-2018
Joseph Hazleton when Older....he was a programme boy at Fords -
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-23-2018
Kudos, Betty! Yes, it is an older Joseph Hazelton. He was the program boy at Ford's. He handed programs to the Lincoln party as they entered the theater. Earlier in the day John Wilkes Booth had talked with Hazelton in front of the theater. He later became an actor himself. Apparently he was a believer in the "Booth escaped" theory.
If you scroll down you will find an obituary for Hazelton here:
http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/contest_433_results.html
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 03-23-2018
(03-23-2018, 01:44 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Kudos, Betty! Yes, it is an older Joseph Hazelton. He was the program boy at Ford's. He handed programs to the Lincoln party as they entered the theater. Earlier in the day John Wilkes Booth had talked with Hazelton in front of the theater. He later became an actor himself. Apparently he was a believer in the "Booth escaped" theory.
If you scroll down you will find an obituary for Hazelton here:
http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/contest_433_results.html
Keep scrolling down on that same link until you see an article about John Parker, the so-called bodyguard that night. You will see a photo claiming to be Parker taken from FindaGrave. Except, I don't believe it is Parker.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 03-23-2018
(03-23-2018, 03:19 PM)L Verge Wrote: Keep scrolling down on that same link until you see an article about John Parker, the so-called bodyguard that night. You will see a photo claiming to be Parker taken from FindaGrave. Except, I don't believe it is Parker.
Right, Laurie - it's Ward Hill Lamon.