Identification of Booth's body

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(12-10-2018 09:23 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  I've always believed that stopping at the Garrett farm was the worst thing ever to happen to Booth, because it did cause him to finally let his guard down after however many days (and what a nonsensical argument) on the run. Booth had been so roundly condemned by those whom he thought would celebrate his act, that once he came upon people who didn't know what he had done and who treated him with dignity (all because Richard Garrett thought Booth was a Confederate soldier much like his own sons) he was as good as captured. But it wasn't the Bowling Green Hilton he was staying at. He knew he had to eventually keep running. Once the troops rode by, he spent at least one or two hours in the woods outside the Garrett farm. Someone who had not shot the president days before would not have done that, but there I go again, using that silly logic.

I've mentioned this before, and while I'm sure Mr. Griffith can explain it away with little trouble, those who are seriously interested in real evidence might find this letter found in Ida Tarbell's papers (among other Lincoln biographers and writers) of interest.

https://dspace.allegheny.edu/handle/10456/29091

Best
Rob

Excellent and succinct post, Rob, and it's good to have you back sharing your knowledge on the assassination and the events at the Garrett farm.

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Mr. Griffith - I thought we were concentrating on the period of time when Booth and Herold were sheltered only outdoors - basically their time in the thicket. You don't have to have rain in order to have damp ground; despite wool clothes and blankets, they get damp and stay damp (and feel miserable!) and aggravate any stiff, sore muscles and joints. When I got home this afternoon, the temperature outdoors was 43 degrees. I did not want to stay outside. When the temperatures hit 60, then the outside beckons. Bet that JWB felt much the same and longed for a feather bed (which most homes kept on their beds until at least May).

William Burtles claimed that the fugitives went into the Cox home, but he was the only one. The Cox family denied it and were backed up by a house servant.

You also keep referring to areas in Virginia that are not that close to where Booth was traveling, especially if you were a citizen of 1865 dealing with rural roads.

You obviously did not read my post about where meals were secured - or you copied them... If you copied, you got a few things wrong, such as Dr. Stuart allowing Booth to sleep in a barn. Wrong, he sent him to the Lucas cabin in hopes that the Lucases' son would transport him off the property. Booth went into the cabin and ended up threatening the elderly couple with a knife (a black man dared to tell Booth he shouldn't stay in the cabin). The couple exited their home and spent the night outside (bet they were cold also). I

I need to check what went on at the ferry at Port Conway because I don't recall that Booth and Herold went into the Rollinses' home. I thought they got water and "chatted" with Jett, Ruggles, and Bainbridge while waiting for the ferryman to return. Note: Don't rely heavily on some of the material from Don Winkler.

Finally, if you bring up the subject of freckles again, I may throw my computers through the window. At the very beginning of your sojourn on this forum, I posted that, as a child (and really up to middle age), it only took me about 20 minutes to have freckles pop out over my cheeks and the bridge of my nose when out in the sun - even when the temperatures were less than balmy. My dark hair also took on tinges of red when exposed to the sun. Can we outlaw the word "freckles" on this forum?