Identification of Booth's body

[Rob Wick]

Reading further in the testimony, I came across the following:

Q [Exhibiting a carbine to the witness] Is that the carbine you took there?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Is that what is called a Spencer rifle?
A. A Spencer carbine. It is a cavalry weapon; and it has a mark on the breech by which I know it.
Q. Were these weapons loaded?
A. The carbine was loaded at the time, and the pistols were loaded. In Mr. Secretary Stanton's office, I unloaded the carbine myself.

So, not only did Conger constantly refer to it as a "carbine" he corrected the attorney who called it a Spencer rifle. In no way can one come to the conclusion that he would have referred to the carbine as an "arm."