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Mary Lincoln's engraved opera glasses?
03-26-2023, 04:04 AM
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RE: Mary Lincoln's engraved opera glasses?
Welcome to the forum, Doug!

As far as I am concerned one key piece of evidence is missing which would help make me a believer. Here is the testimony of William Kent during the conspiracy trial: (Pitman version)

William T. Kent.

For the Prosecution. — May 16.

About three minutes after the President was shot, I went into his box; there were
two other persons there and a surgeon, who asked me for a knife to cut open the President's clothes. On leaving the theater I missed my night-key, and thinking I had dropped it in pulling out my knife, I hurried back, and on searching round the floor of the box, I knocked my foot against a pistol, which I picked up, and, holding it up, I cried out, " I have found the pistol." I gave it up to Mr. Gobright, the agent of the Associated Press. The next morning I went round to the police station and identified it there.

(A Derringer pistol, about six inches in length, was handed to the witness.]

This is the pistol I picked up in the President's box on the night of the 14th of April.
[The pistol was offered in evidence.]


So Kent mentions finding a pistol on the floor, but there is no mention of opera glasses. The article I originally cited credits Kent with finding the opera glasses.

Is there another statement by Kent in which he mentions finding the opera glasses? If, there is, Doug, could you kindly post it?

Thank you, Doug, for any possible input regarding my question.
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RE: Mary Lincoln's engraved opera glasses? - RJNorton - 03-26-2023 04:04 AM

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