“I think Booth had fooled with the lock of the box that afternoon - or created a peephole. “
Booth had drilled a peephole in the door to Lincoln’s box.
In the dim dark past of my childhood they had the door on display at Ford’s as I recall- Ford’s wasn’t restored at the time, just a sort of empty warehouse. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
And didn’t Booth once save Lincoln’s son from being killed by a train?
No, that was his brother Edwin.
I’ve been to the restored Ford’s a couple of time where they have the boot that Mudd had to cut off. Surratt Tavern is now a museum as is Mudd’s house. Fascinating!