Identification of Booth's body

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(11-09-2018 07:02 PM)AussieMick Wrote:  Mike, you write
"As I made clear, I was citing Booth's first biographer, Francis Wilson, who defended the government's version."

I hate to be picky (no really, I do) but, Mike, I couldnt find anywhere in your previous posts where you 'made clear' that you were citing Francis Wilson. Maybe we have a difference to the meaning of the words 'made clear' and 'citing'.

Thats why I was so pleased to see you now writing in your most recent post...

Here is what Wilson said about Colonel Cobb:

The Colonel Clarence F. Cobb mentioned was a boarding-school companion of Booth's. He and Booth had kept up their friendship. Booth had hailed Colonel Cobb in front of Humphries's livery stable and talked with him on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, the day of the assassination. Paymaster Benjamin Price sent Colonel Cobb to help identify the body of Booth. Surgeon-General Barnes told Cobb that it was unnecessary; that he, Barnes, and nine others had fully identified the body; that the well-known Washington dentist, Dr. Merrill, had filled two of Booth's teeth; that Booth's mouth had been forced open and the fillings fully identified by Dr. Merrill, so that the identification of the body had been complete. (John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination, p. 199)"

Does Mr Wilson's book provide details as to how he knows that Cobb 'kept up his friendship' with Booth? ( I wouldnt be able to tell you the names of any boys that were 5 years older than me at my school, but thats just me)

Your posts have made frequent reference to Colonel Clarence Cobb. I have asked you to provide a hyperlink for details about him ... if you dont have one, why not say so (just a suggestion). That's fine by me.

( I see you also refer to 'Paymaster Benjamin Price' ... any chance of details about him? I have searched on the internet, but no luck)

Good luck getting a straight answer AussieMick... Col. Clarence Cobb is not mentioned in Dr. Arnold's book, btw. I had so much to do at work today that I didn't get a chance to check The Evidence book for Cobb, and I suspect that, if there is any reference to a Cobb other than Sgt. Silas Cobb, it will refer to young Cobb going to the same school with JWB many years ago.

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Ref. Post 88 above - If that isn't just more of the same old same old, I don't know what is... Also, have we failed to mention that Francis Wilson's book was published in 1929? Wilson was 11 years old at the time of the assassination - just a tidbit of info.