The Spur Question

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(02-17-2018 02:01 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Conger testified that he took a spur from Booth's remains. He was asked about it at the trial:

Q. [Exhibiting a spur.] Is that the spur?
A. I cannot swear that it is positively; I turned the spur over to Mr. Stanton; and, if that is the spur that has been in his department, its history can be easily traced.
Q. There was a spur?
A. There was a spur very similar to that: I judge that to be the one; but I cannot say so with certainty.

So, no other mention of a spur being taken from the Mudd home? The one that Conger took from the remains would certainly seem legit, and since Booth wore a modified work boot when leaving Mudd's, it would seem that the spur would have remained with the boot left at Mudd's and later retrieved by authorities and then, year later, by Oldroyd. Still no explanation for the one left at Ford's other than to assume that, if it existed, it was the one turned over to the War Department first.

If we could just determine one legitimate spur with full provenance, it would be easy to throw out others that didn't match. As the King of Siam said in the musical, "Tis a puzzlement." And likely one that will never be solved.