"I witnessed John Wilkes Booth shoot Abraham Lincoln"

[Freedomisneverfree]

A 5 year old boy witnessed the shooting of Abraham Lincoln. He was 96 years old when he went on the show "I've Got a Secret" and had the panel try to guess what his story was. This was interesting.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Yes, I've seen that episode a few times, and it's kind of bone chilling in a way, to see someone alive in 1965
that was connected to that night in Ford's theatre.

 

[rightwinger]

My Great Grandfathers older brother was at Fords Theater the night Lincoln was shot. He was six rows back from the stage

An Eye Witness Describes the Ford Theatre Tragedy.; John D. Hutchinson, Drawing from His Vivid Recollection of the Scene, Corrects Various Details in the Commonly Accepted Account of President Lincoln's Assassination. (Published 1909)

www.nytimes.com

 

[whitehall]

Maybe he was shuffled around in the aftermath of the shooting but he couldn't have witnessed the shooting unless he was in the booth with the president.

 

[Lastamender]

Maybe he was shuffled around in the aftermath of the shooting but he couldn't have witnessed the shooting unless he was in the booth with the president.

I think just the fact he was there means something.