What Was The Role of David Herold

[Laurie Verge]

Stanton did send APBs, but just not in time. It took awhile for him to receive the news at his home, hurry to the Petersen House, start taking statements, etc. I believe it is Kauffman who tells that Booth and Herold cleared Forts Baker and Stanton at the top of Good Hope Hill before the telegraph started clicking. There had to be at least a 30-45 minute lapse between the murder and the regrouping of authority.

Also, Parker's reprimand proceedings were not lost until the 1960s - and still aren't lost so far as we know. We just have to find the officer who retrieved them from the trash can fifty years ago and is holding onto them - at least that's the story that police historians have been told.