Decapitation of the Union

[Eva Elisabeth]

[quote='Wild Bill' pid='52451' dateline='1443986990']
I seriously doubt that anyone's scratches on a windowpane or any upright surface are going to match one's handwriting.

This is very true. However, letter formation is another thing. Letter formation (the start and stop points of writing a letter) comes from motor memory (the repetition of a movement pattern over and over again). Letter formation, even when scratching on a window pane should, I think, remain relatively consistent. Especially in letters that start words. There are definite differences in letter formation demonstrated on this window compared to samples of Booth's writing that I looked at. Notably in the word "this" on the window pane. I looked at examples of the "th" combination from letters that Booth wrote and there is a significant difference. Also, the "t" itself on the window pane is different than how Booth wrote the "t" in every example I looked at. Booth's t's are much more star like. All that being said, I am certainly no expert.

Just to add - I would think it's even much more difficult to scratch (if not fluent in this writing style) such elaborated curves (which Booth's handwriting is greatly lacking) into a windowpane as done than the rather straight way Booth wrote on the calling card.