New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon

[Steve]

Once it became apparent that the Leadville JWB (and thus Laura Ida Booth's father) was too young to be the assassin most of the forum members probably lost interest in this specific issue, but I enjoy trying to solve genealogical riddles.

Since the Leadville JWB claimed to be Junius Booth Jr's grandson, any DNA tests on the bodies of the Leadville JWB or Laura Ida Booth or of Laura's descendants will be completely useless as evidence for those people/cranks who claim that Booth wasn't killed in the barn in 1865.

Interesting this other JWB first appears in the record as working as a carpenter at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. I wonder if the University has any records for its laborers from the 1871-72 time period.