Identification of Booth's body

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"As for how long Booth was on the run, his flight began late at night on April 14 and ended when he supposedly arrived at the Garrett farm, where he was fed and sheltered and where he spent many hours relaxing and socializing with the family. So in reality, his "flight" ended when he supposedly arrived at the Garrett farm at around 3:00 PM on April 24. Thus, he was in flight from 10:00 PM on April 14 until 3:00 PM on April 24. Do the math: that is 233 hours, or just under 10 24-hour periods. Using calendar days in this case is a bit misleading, since his flight began so late on the 14th and ended in mid-afternoon on the 24th.

Go read the accounts of Boyd at the Garrett farm. He spent many hours relaxing and lounging around, hardly what one would call "flight," much less "harsh conditions."

By the way, James W. Boyd was 41, i.e., 15 years older than Booth! Now, my, my, my, what a staggering, whopping "coincidence"! Mudd said the body looked "much older" than Booth looked less than two years earlier. We also know that Boyd was on crutches! Wow, another cosmic "coincidence," hey?"



Mr Griffith, you are getting so nit-picking here that it appears you will use any verbal trick to try and get your audience to believe you. As for how many days the fugitives were on the run - give me a break, and also consider the "flight" they made into the woods at Garrett's place when Bainbridge and Ruggles rode back to warn them of troopers landing in Port Royal. Booth certainly wasn't calm and relaxed then.

You are also confusing yourself by all these stretches of the facts. In the above posting you refer to Mudd describing the body instead of Dr. May -- or did I miss something?

How do we know that Boyd was on crutches? Did they send your so-called doppelganger out of Old Capitol Prison on crutches?

BTW: Are you really Nate Orlowek writing under a pseudonym? I am also wondering if you work at the LOC since you appear to have very easy access to some rather scarce books -- ones that some of us have spent a lot of time and money acquiring??? More needs to be revealed...