Heel Imprint in Stage Covering

[GustD45]

(02-11-2022 06:54 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  "As he leaped, Booth's right boot struck the framed engraving of Washington, turning it completely over. The spur on his right heel caught in the fringe of the Treasury Guards' flag and brought it down, tearing a strip with it. These obstacles caused the assassin to lose his balance and he fell awkwardly on the stage, at least 11 1/2 feet below, tearing a rent in the green baize carpet. He landed in a kneeling position, with his left leg resting on the stage. In the fall, the large bone of his left leg was fractured about 2 inches above the ankle."

http://npshistory.com/handbooks/historical/3-1969.pdf (p.13)

RE: where it says "large bone" ---> I believe the above account is wrong on which leg bone Booth broke. Booth broke his fibula, not his tibia (no matter whether JWB broke his leg at Ford's or elsewhere). The fibula is the smaller of the two bones in the lower leg and does not bear the weight as does the tibia.

So, I'm guessing the National Park Service doesn't believe there is an actual heel print there, but that the baize carpet was meerly torn in Booth's fall?