Conspiracy Theories

[MaddieM]

Nope! IMO that broken leg was just one little fly in the jar of ointment. I will take a lot of heat for this, but I truly do not feel (and never have) that the broken leg was any big deal.

Had infection set in? If it had, it would have been very painful. However, it seemed he was sprightly enough hopping around that barn. So what's your take on this? Or am I raking up past heated discussions?

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I've followed the link from this site to this page...

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln74.html

Interesting set of theories and each seem plausible.

My question is this.

Could the theory that the confederate higher ups have engineered the kidnap but when that failed JWB took it entirely upon himself to kill Lincoln without the 'knowledge' of those higher ups? That he did this right at the last minute, and lied to his fellow conspirators that he had received such orders in order to make them comply and go along with it?

The higher-ups had approved the assassination of Lincoln to be handled by the 'New York Crowd' in conjunction with the mining of the White House. It is probable that Booth took it upon himself to complete the mission when that mission failed.

But did he lie to his fellow conspirators? In American Brutus, it's implied they were all grievously manipulated by Booth.