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Orchestra Leader William Withers Recalls Lincoln Assassination
William Withers, former leader at Daly's theater and present Rye Beach resident, recounts meeting John Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater seconds after Lincoln was wounded. He describes the barroom encounter, the attack, his own wounding, and how Booth fled as police and detectives moved in. The incident ended with Lincoln’s death the next morning.
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William Withers
Ford
Illiam Withers
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Price
Booth
Rye Beach
N. Y
Daly’s
New York
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
J. B Wright
J. B Wright, and Was Requested To Play My Entracte Music, As Miss Keene
Miss Keene
H. Clay Ford
Billy
America
Mr. Wright
Ciercely
Peanut John
Stewart
Harry Hawk
Laura Keene
Handare
Mr. Petersen
John Matthews
Miss Seene
Navy Yard
Spangler
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle