they had no choice but to lay abraham lincoln diagonally. at that point, too many people were in the room. it was hot. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. once the doctors were alone, they stripped lincoln naked and examined him on the bed. as the doctors began the examination, they observed he had no other wounds. they thought he might have been stepped because almost everyone saw john wilkes booth flash the dagger on stage after he leaked from the box. he had the single shot behind the left ear. as lincoln was lying on the bed mary lincoln and her entourage , came to the front door of the petersen house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought in this house, he had no bodyguards. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallways. it was not until 15 or 20 minutes later that lincoln was under the ful