New Eyewitness Account?

[Finnigan]

Steve, I was searching to make sure all sources had the same date, and I found one that has a year different from what Reck says.

The web page at

http://chicagohistoryresources.org/wetwi...htm#briggs

has the same publication, month, and day, but says the year was 1877.

"Briggs, Emily Edson. "Assassination Night." Philadelphia Weekly Times, 29 December 1877."

The article was published in 1877, not 1878. Unfortunately, Newspapers.com doesn't have images of the 8-page weekly version of The Times until September 1878.

I can get a copy of this article for you. It may take about a week.