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[Susan Higginbotham]

I obtained a copy of the 1906 interview that a reporter for the Ravenna (Ohio) Republican did with Richards. In this version, when Richards arrives at the theater around 10, the stage is empty, as if for a scenery change, and Lincoln is shot by Richards' estimation "a few moments after 10." Peanuts John is an Italian, and Atzerodt's intended target is Secretary Stanton.

Richards appears to have abandoned his theory of two visits to the Surratt boardinghouse. He arrives with a squad, is greeted by Mary Surratt, instructs his men to search the house, and leaves two to guard the house after finding no trace of Booth. Weichmann doesn't turn up at police headquarters until Sunday.