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RE: Assassination Trivia - LincolnMan - 11-06-2012 12:18 PM
Roger, I'm too tired to do this now. How about if my mother does it for me?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-06-2012 12:44 PM
Hint #1: One of the newest members of this forum has a current publication where the answer can be found. When he joined, I decided to look in the latest issue for a trivia question. The answer can also be found elsewhere, but this was the source I used for the question.
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 11-06-2012 01:29 PM
Quote:Name two people who worked as waiters at Gautier's Restaurant.
![[Image: waiters.jpg]](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/waiters.jpg/)
Would it be these two guys?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-06-2012 01:40 PM
Both of them are shocked because Arnold just told Booth, "Two could play at that game!"
RE: Assassination Trivia - Laurie Verge - 11-06-2012 05:21 PM
I'm not sure who your source is, but the waiters that I came up with were John Miles (present on the night of the March 15 meeting at Gautier's) and Michael Hayden, who was an acquaintance of Booth. The night watchman was Thomas Manning, a neighbor of David Herold and sometime drinking buddy.
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 11-06-2012 05:44 PM
Where'd you get this information, Laurie!? Never heard this....
RE: Assassination Trivia - Laurie Verge - 11-06-2012 05:59 PM
I hadn't either until I went searching through chapter notes in American Brutus. Now, let's hope that Roger's source agrees with it.
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-06-2012 06:18 PM
Laurie, you win, although one of the names does not match my source. In the latest edition of the excellent Journal of the Lincoln Assassination Fred Hatch mentions two waiters (John Howard and John Miles) and the watchman (Thomas Manning). Certainly it's likely Gautier's had more than two waiters employed, so that may be why the names don't all match up.
RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 11-06-2012 07:37 PM
I ran across the name John Howard while tracking this down, but I can't remember in what connection. My copy of Brutus is at work, so I'll check.
Truthfully, I headed for Fred's work right away, Protecting President Lincoln, because I knew that he was a new member of the forum (Hi, Fred). However, we have not received our copy of his new Journal yet, so I was unaware that he had an article on that. Fred is a very thorough researcher, so he's probably going to hit me with his source for John Howard.
P.S. John Howard is the name of one of the gentlemen who now narrates the Surratt's tours over the Booth escape route.
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 11-07-2012 06:55 AM
What card game did Lew Powell play at the Surratt House?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 11-07-2012 07:53 AM
(11-07-2012 06:55 AM)BettyO Wrote: What card game did Lew Powell play at the Surratt House?
Crazy 8's? No wait, that's who he played with, not what he played.
Whist?
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 11-07-2012 08:03 AM
Nope - good guess though, Gene....
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-07-2012 08:18 AM
None? The good reverend did not play cards?
RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 11-07-2012 08:24 AM
Oh, this pseudo Reverend did! Both in the army AND at leisure in his boarding houses....!
Hint - Weichmann points out his shenanigans with the ladies at the Surratt House.....
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-07-2012 09:41 AM
Euchre.