Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret

I've got a secret I would like to go over and personally escort our next guest on the show tonight there you go now sir will you tell our panel please let's get in a little closer you mind for p YY there we go will you tell our panel please what your name is and where you're from my name Samuel J Seymour I'm from Maryland this is Mr Seymour from Maryland and we brought Mr seamour all the way up from Maryland and by and goly he got in the hotel and fell down the steps and gave himself a Shiner and uh we urged him not to come on the show tonight as a matter of fact and finally got in touch with his doctor and the doctor said it was up to Mr Seymour Mr Seymour City wouldn't miss it so here he is UN Feeling app [Applause] par now then Mr Seymour uh how old are you by the way sir 936 96 years [Applause] old now sir if you whisper your secret to me I'm sure the folks at home would like to know what it is well now to help classify his secret I will tell you it concerns something that he witnessed and Bill Cullen will start with you something that he saw something he saw happen this thing that Mr Seymour saw does it have uh historical significance uh does this have historical significance Mr Seymour I would say yes wouldn't you sir mhm I can't hear him very good you have 10 yeah there quite a distance between our desks here let's all speak up huh does it have uh does it have political significance it had political significance at the time yes um well if you're 96 Mr Seymour born in uh 186 1860 Henry is such a mathematician yeah he's been writing over there all the time um this uh this thing did it have anything to do with the uh Civil War Mr Seymour uh no it had not to do with the Civil well uh let's say indirectly it was concerned with the Civil War did all right an answer did it concern a famous person in in American history very well-known person did it concern a famous person Mr Seymour yes yep um would it help me to know who this person was what he wants to know if it would help him to know who this person was and he has to know who that is yes uh was this man did this man hold political office did this man hold political office sir yes $20 down and $60 to go and we go to Jane Meadows McKinley Mr Seymour Henry is being his usual helpful self by whispering to Jane McKinley and I'm not listening Mr sear would this person have ever been president of the United States was he ever president this man I think he was one would it have been Abraham Lincoln it was Abraham Lincoln yes you witnessed something to do with Abraham Lincoln was this a pleasant thing was it a pleasant thing you saw sir not very pleasant I don't think I scared to dance over said no he was scared to death would it have had anything to do with the the President Lincoln's death by any chance unfortunately yes did Mr Seymour witness the shooting of President Lincoln he found out about Mr Seymour through a recent article in the American weekly and it said I saw Lincoln shot this article is by Samuel J Seymour and it goes on to say that Mr Seymour was 5 years old at the time he had been taken to Ford's Theater by some good friends and the Curious Thing was that in when he was this youth 5 years of age when he saw Booth jump from the box to the stage at which time he broke his leg his only concern was not for the president cuz he didn't realize the president had been shot but the poor man who fell out of the balcony and that's all of his memory is of going to the theater and seeing a man fall out of the balcony sir it's been a great joy and you might say an honor to have you are by the way the only living witness of that tragic event and we are certainly going to Forfeit the complete $80 to you just for your courage and coming here to see us [Applause] tonight

Channel: HistoryFlicks4u

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Id: 1RPoymt3Jx4

Length: 7min 18sec (438 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 11 2016