Assassination Trivia

[RJNorton]

Very close, Betty, but it was not Ferguson. He died in 1930.

[J. Beckert]

One of the Gourlays?

[RJNorton]

Logical guess, Joe, but it was not a Gourlay.

[J. Beckert]

Last guess. Helen Truman?

[RJNorton]

Good guess, Joe, but she died in 1924.

[irshgrl500]

(10-24-2013 02:32 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Which one of the April 14, 1865, Ford's Theatre workers was the last to pass away (1936)?
It was not an actor or actress in "Our American Cousin."

Was this person a theatre worker, Roger, or one of the six Union soldiers to carry the wounded President to the Petersen House? If it was one of the six Union soldiers, then Private Jacob Soles, died in 1936, and he was one of the six Union soldiers to carry the President to the Petersen House.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Jane H. Evans?

[Dave Taylor]

Miss M. Hart?

[RJNorton]

Karin, Eva, and Dave - I am sorry - all are wrong.

Hint #1: This person quit acting after appearing in "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre the night of the assassination.

Hint #2: The person moved to Philadelphia and worked for a clothier named Wanamaker and Brown.

Hint #3: The person unsuccessfully ran for the state legislature in Pennsylvania in 1914.

Hint #4: The person passed away at the age of 86 on March 10, 1931.

[Frederick Hatch]

(10-25-2013 12:19 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Karin, Eva, and Dave - I am sorry - all are wrong.

Hint #1: This person quit acting after appearing in "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre the night of the assassination.

Hint #2: The person moved to Philadelphia and worked for a clothier named Wanamaker and Brown.

Hint #3: The person unsuccessfully ran for the state legislature in Pennsylvania in 1914.

Hint #4: The person passed away at the age of 86 on March 10, 1931.

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Joseph H. Hazelton (1853-1936) was a program boy at Ford's Theatre in 1865. Mrs. Lincoln pointed him out to the President when they arrived at the threatre on April 14, 1865. Hazelton remembered giving the Lincolns a program for the performance that night. He wrote his recollections in a magazine article: "This Man Saw Lincoln Shot," by Campbell MacCulloch, Good Housekeeping, Vol. 84, no. 2, February, 1927, pp. 20-1, 112, 115-16, 121-2. Hazelton gives no more detail than could be gotton from historical accounts. His presence at the Petersen House is questionable, as his timing is too perfect. His eyewitness account of the shooting has the ring of truth, however. He would be the last theatre employee to survive, as far as we know. Several of the others left no information about their later lives. Fred

[RJNorton]

Hi Fred. Yes, Hazelton did pass away after the person I am asking about. What I am seeking here is limited just to those who were in the Our American Cousin cast the night of April 14, 1865.

Hint #5: This person had a stroke in 1920.

[RJNorton]

Hint #6: This person has already been the right answer to another assassination trivia question last spring.

[Gene C]

Is this the same young boy that Booth made some encouraging remarks about his future career in theater?

[RJNorton]

Gene, I do not think so. I think that was Hazelton.

Hint #7: After leaving Wanamaker and Brown this person sold real estate and insurance for 25 years.

[J. Beckert]

After 7 hints, I've been reduced to cheating. Is it J.G. Burnett or M. Levick?