# The Last Lincoln Assassination Witness?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-lincoln-assassination-witness/620258>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-lincoln-assassination-witness/620258 "2012-04-28T19:03:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-lincoln-assassination-witness/620258/21 "2012-04-30T00:16:01Z")

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No,the thing is that Seymour was only about 5 years old,so I guess he just didn’t know what was going on.However,the explanation you gave may be right too,because if I were 5 years old and I saw what he _did_ see,I think that’s probably what I’d do.

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**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-lincoln-assassination-witness/620258/22 "2012-05-01T14:57:06Z")

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I think this thread is dead.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-lincoln-assassination-witness/620258/23 "2012-05-03T05:22:07Z")

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It’s not dead; it’s merely pining.

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**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-lincoln-assassination-witness/620258/24 "2012-05-06T00:17:16Z")

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> [@Autolycus](#):
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> It’s not dead; it’s merely pining.

No,I’m pretty sure it’s dead.

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