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RE: Assassination Trivia - Houmes - 04-05-2018
(04-05-2018, 10:06 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Good eyes, Laurie. You are on the right track.
Lord Dundreary AKA Edward Sothern.
(04-05-2018, 10:06 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Good eyes, Laurie. You are on the right track.
Lord Dundreary AKA Edward Sothern.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 04-05-2018
Good guess, Blaine, but it's not Sothern.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 04-05-2018
(04-05-2018, 12:05 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Good guess, Blaine, but it's not Sothern.
Well darn! I was going to guess him also.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 04-05-2018
William Ferguson.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 04-05-2018
Excellent, Eva! Kudos. Yes, it is William Ferguson who was a stagehand (call-boy) at Ford's Theatre and had a small part in Our American Cousin. He gave several accounts of what he saw the night of the assassination. He was the last surviving cast member of Our American Cousin. He died in 1930.
The photo of him that I think is most commonly used in books is here:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a6/ea/87/a6ea879ccb3b04183c389f4c02a2e6e0--silent-film-stars-abraham-lincoln.jpg
There are numerous photos of Ferguson here:
http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/2012/04/the-credibility-of-william-j-ferguson/
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 04-05-2018
I remembered him exactly from that site (when Laurie pointed at acting).
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 04-30-2018
What is this man's name?
![[Image: whoman1.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/whoman1.jpg)
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 04-30-2018
Is that Peanut Johnny?
I want to change my answer.
Change that to Coughdrop Joey.
I read about him in Edward Steers book, Lincoln Legends Myth Hoaxes
Where is everyone tonight?
I though for sure someone else would answer that......
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-01-2018
Excellent, Gene. Indeed he is covered in Ed's book. Among my favorite characters that Ed covers is "Coughdrop Joey" Ratto. Joey mistakenly became known as the "man who held Booth's horse." No one knows what really happened to Peanut John Burroughs.
You win best wishes for a marvelous time in Springfield this weekend.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-20-2018
This man wrote a book on the Lincoln assassination. What is his name?
![[Image: authorlincolnassassination1.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/authorlincolnassassination1.jpg)
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 05-20-2018
Just a guess - George Bryan?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-21-2018
Nope, not George Bryan.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 05-21-2018
Jim Bishop ?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-21-2018
Nope, not Jim Bishop.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 05-21-2018
He wrote more than one book on the assassination, but a young Ed Steers?