Assassination Trivia

[RJNorton]

In a newspaper article dated December 8, 1927, a man named John Russell recounted the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He said he was present in the theater when Lincoln was shot. He attended the play with his uncle.

When the shot rang out he said, "A hushed silence soon fell over the theater as it stilled suddenly by some intuition of something disastrous. Suddenly John Wilkes Booth, whom I had seen on several occasions, leaped on the stage. He quickly arose and shouted 'Sic Semper Tyrannis' and walked off the stage."

Mr. Russell continued his eyewitness account and said:

"__________________, whom I had often seen, came out to the footlights and calmly announced that the President had been shot by John Wilkes Booth and requested that the audience now maintain order."

What is the name of the person whom Mr. Russell said came out and announced to the audience that JWB had shot President Lincoln?