Those Booth Horses Again -

[L Verge]

Thank you, Bill R, for supporting me. I fully expected you to blast me out of the water. Bill C, the points made on that website (which appears to be inactive - had trouble logging on) are the exact same points (verbatim) as what Mike stated in his 1990 article for Blue & Grey Magazine. No sources given.

Re: that double-issue from Blue & Grey - I have always wanted to see the two issues combined into one (without the other articles) and published "for eternity." I have a special place in my heart for this because I was the one who convinced the editor/publisher, David Roth, to hire Mike Kauffman to do the work on this, back when Mike was struggling to get recognized for his research and writing.

David called asking for information on how to get in touch with William Hanchett. Bill's book on The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies had been recently published and was winning accolades. I convinced David to contact Mike and make good use of the then-young man's research and writing skills. I also mentioned that Mike had built an extensive photo file - especially of the escape route sites as they currently looked (late-1980s). This would eliminate the time and expense of searching out photos for the story.

My build-up evidently worked because Mike got the job, and the rest is history...