Booth's Denial of Foreknowledge of the Attack on Seward

[John Fazio]

Mike:

If you show up on April 6, I do believe I will persuade you that the "Decapitating the Union" theory, far from being "nonsense", is supported by evidence that is fairly described as clear and convincing to overwhelming. "The goal was to leave the government entirely without a head" (because, by killing not only Lincoln, but also Johnson, Stanton, Seward, Chase and Grant) "there was no provision in the Constitution of the United States by which, if these men were removed, they could elect another President".---Jacob Thompson, head of the Confederate Secret Service's Canadian contingent, the so-called Canadian Cabinet.

The foregoing is only a snippet.

John