Frank Ford Letter

[AussieMick]

thanks, Roger.
I was hoping someone would help me ( I was being lazy) with details of where the gimlet was found. As posted, "G. W. Bunker, a clerk at the National Hotel, who testified at the conspiracy trial that a gimlet with an iron handle was found in Booth's trunk."

And I see that Laurie was ahead of me (of course) in wondering why Booth would have retained the wood shavings.
Not that there would have much "shavings" from a peep hole. Powdered wood more like.
Whenever I've used a gimlet my instantaneous urge is to blow and brush every few moments to check whether the hole is big enough. The removed wood (what there is of it) sort of vanishes. Maybe Booth was more meticulous in tidying up.

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I found this useful 'The hole in the door'
https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...-2668.html