Andrew Johnson - Mistress

[Steve]

In regards to the new article I had posted, I just wanted to point out that the top part of the article says that according to the court proceedings John W. Starr had a half-sister living in Maryland who isn't named. But when the reporter interviews sister Mollie Turner/Mary Jane Treakle, Mollie says that Nelly/Ella is living in New York.

From what I've read Ella was a half-sister to John and Mollie, sharing the same mother but having an unknown father after the elder Starr's death. Now I suppose the half-sister could be a daughter of the elder Starr's first marriage, but what if Mollie just told the reporter that Ella was living in New York to try and send the reporters on a snipe hunt? Some of the other details she gave the reporter, like Ella actually marrying Booth (untrue) or having another deceased sister who had been married to a Senator (dubious) would suggest that possibility.