John Wilkes Booth & Robert Lincoln - Rivals?

Reprinted in its entirety, is the fascinating tale of jealous rivalry for the affections of the beautiful socialite, (Lucy) Bessie Hale - her suitors being none other than John Wilkes Booth and Robert Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln - the date being 1865 in the days leading up to the President's assassination. The eye-witness account is that of a Mrs. Temple, who lived at the National Hotel with the Hale family and Bessie, and who was also a friend to both Booth and Lincoln. She provided the account to Alexander Hunter who later published it in 1878 in a Chicago newspaper, the Daily Inter-Ocean. Barbour brings this absorbing story to light once more in this reprint and adds supplemental material in his "e;After Notes."e; As he states, "e;Many theories have been advanced concerning Booth's motives for assassinating President Lincoln. This story provides yet another."e;