Andrew Johnson - Mistress

[RJNorton]

(11-19-2017 10:39 AM)Gene C Wrote:  One (maybe two) would think that if Johnson was with a women that night someone would have seen something. The night has a thousand eyes.

I agree, Gene, but I still think there's a chance Johnson had a woman in his room when Farwell knocked. Farwell didn't give his statement until February of 1866. Yet he made sure to include that there was a gap between when he knocked and when Johnson answered. I assume the adrenalin was flowing, and Farwell's knock was forceful. I suppose the gap could be due to Johnson being in a deep sleep and not dressed, but it could also be due to the woman needing time to hide before Farwell was allowed to enter. The fact that Farwell remembered this gap in time almost 10 months later means it was long enough that it impacted him. Otherwise why include it in the account.