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RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-24-2014 02:12 PM
After Booth ran off the stage a few audience members went onto the stage and chased after the assassin. One man crossed the stage and burst open a door that he thought would lead to the alley in back of Ford's Theatre. However, he was wrong. To his surprise he found himself in the ladies' dressing room! What was this man's name?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-24-2014 05:43 PM
James Suydam Knox?
As for Benjamin Perley Poore (see Dave's last "guesswho")- he also published "Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis", which I find quite interesting to read:
https://archive.org/details/perleysreminisce00poor
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-24-2014 05:51 PM
(05-24-2014 05:43 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: James Suydam Knox?
That is an outstanding guess, Eva, as Knox was one of the men who chased after Booth. But he was not the one who ended up in the ladies' dressing room.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-24-2014 06:58 PM
The only other I know of (or better W. E. Reck knows of) is Joseph Stewart, but I doubt he was the one.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 05-24-2014 06:58 PM
I know Major Joseph Stewart also ran out after Booth but I don't recall him making it into the dressing room.
RE: Assassination Trivia - J. Beckert - 05-24-2014 08:02 PM
Stewart lost a few seconds fumbling with the wrong side of the back door. Was it a newspaperman?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-25-2014 04:28 AM
Stewart is indeed a very logical guess, but it's not him. There was a third man who chased after Booth but opened the wrong door. Joe, I do not believe he was a newspaperman.
Hint #1: I own over 70 Lincoln assassination books, and the answer (as far as I know) is in only one of them. It's in a book we've mentioned several times on the forum, and the book is not rare - most all assassination buffs would have it. The answer comes early in the book - in the section prior to chapter one.
RE: Assassination Trivia - J. Beckert - 05-25-2014 10:14 AM
Col. Pren Metham?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-25-2014 11:02 AM
Brilliant, Joe!
You win a lifetime free pass for drinks of your choice at Ferguson's Greenback Saloon.
RE: Assassination Trivia - J. Beckert - 05-25-2014 11:31 AM
I'll forfeit the prize. I had to cheat. That was a tough one.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 05-25-2014 12:49 PM
Which book has the answer?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-25-2014 12:58 PM
Laurie, I do not know what source Joe used to find the correct answer, but in asking the question I used p. 22 of Tim Good's We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 06-24-2014 08:52 PM
Who is this?
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RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 06-25-2014 04:30 AM
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 06-25-2014 07:51 AM
(06-25-2014 04:30 AM)RJNorton Wrote:Grumpy old manJohn Sleeper Clarke?
Correct, Roger! I'm glad you liked my description of him as well.