Booth's Day on April 14

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I am very skeptical of this account - sounds like journalistic "liberties" to me.

If Booth had already gotten past Forbes an hour before, why would he need to present his card to him a second time? Wouldn't Rathbone having enough time to rise and ask Booth a question have drawn some attention from Lincoln or the women? Booth's pistol was not in direct contact with Lincoln's head, and he would not be close enough to the President to stab him in the face or breast once he was on the baluster.

If Clara did profess this, was she just trying to make Henry appear more heroic? There was a person in the box earlier - someone refresh my memory, please, as to who that was. (Three months of medical leave and being out of the loop has wasted my brain!)