Breaking a leg

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(02-15-2013 08:31 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  I doubt Jones knew period. Only Booth knew and he said the leap from the stage. Which makes far more sense from a dramatic and egotistical point of view. It 'could' have happened as Booth said but the eye witness evidence and the wounds on the horse tells me it 'probably' didn't.

I don't know Jerry...This guy was sharp and competent and as close to this thing after the fact as anybody ever was besides Booth and Herold themselves. And a week in the woods is a long time.

Jone's book states that Booth dropped the pretense and came clean finally with Cox and then Jones by extension. No need for Booth to maintain a cover story to explain the injury when he was admitting to the assassination. He obviously trusted that Cox would be sympathetic and Cox came through with Jones.

Jones had intimate contact with both Booth and Cox during that week and ,for him, it was a matter of fact that Booth broke his leg in the leap to the stage. It is also clear he knew the falling horse to be a cover story presented to Mudd prior to Booth coming clean on his crime. No reason for Jones to lie about this. This is pretty strong corroboration.

Add to that the investigators in Bryantown somehow concluding Booth broke his leg in the leap prior to his diary coming into evidence and then add Booth's own claim in his confessional diary entry...