What Was The Role of David Herold

[Linda Anderson]

John, I was very curious to see what Roscoe had to say after I read your post. Here's a portion:

"To Herold, Paine doubtless seemed a backwoods moron. At least six times that evening Herold described for Paine the escape route across the city. Paine couldn't remember it. As they approached Lafayette Square the numbskull had to be told Dr. Verdi's name over and over; he kept forgetting it."

Does anyone know where Roscoe obtained any of this?

Roscoe's papers are in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University. They include "20th century clippings, brochures, and ephemera on this topic used as background data for Roscoe's life long research and writing on Lincoln's assassination."

The papers also include, "The Lincoln Assassination.: Research Files
Notes, photo reproductions, printed materials, and four audio cassettes" and the research files for "the Web of Conspiracy."

Here is a link to the Finding Aid.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresourc...ml/Roscoe/