Article on the Brief Imprisonment of John S. Clarke for Possible Link to the Assassination of President Lincoln

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4 January 2026

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02 Jun 1865

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Participants:  John S. Clarke [actor];  Abraham Lincoln

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Article: New York Herald, 02 June 1865, 1.

     Affidavit of Mr. J. S. Clarke, the Comedian.  Clarke was married to the sister of John Wilkes Booth and was imprisoned briefly for a possible connection to the assassination.  He was “unconditionally released last Friday, by the direction of Secretary Stanton.”