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to Peter Taltavul's Star Saloon.
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Whether or not Francis Burke,
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the man who drove the Lincoln carriage,
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and John Parker,
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the man detailed to protect the president,
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are drinking at the Star Saloon when Booth enters
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will never be known with any certainty.
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Mr. Taltavul.
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But the urge, somehow, to be a part of, or a witness to,
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the killing of Abraham Lincoln will prompt many to make claims
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that are impossible to substantiate.
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The remark allegedly overheard during intermission