Was Stanton a murder target?

[John Fazio]

(12-17-2016 04:41 PM)loetar44 Wrote:  John,

do I understand you well enough, by saying that you don’t exclude “doppelgangers” in connection with Lincoln’s assassination? Is this a flip-flop or was it always your opinion that “doppelgangers” were involved?

Kees

Kees:

That is true: I do not exclude doppelgangers as a possible explanation for apparent conflicts in the record. But I believe that postulating them is a stretch and should be done only as a last resort. I frankly do not know how to reconcile Demond's and Dana's accounts of what happened at the bridge on the 14th with everything else we know about Booth's and Herold's movements on that day. The only explanation thus far offered is that both Demond and Dana, quite separately and at different times, told essentially the same story (differing only as to time), and that the story is a total fabrication. I find that very hard to believe, harder than believing that Booth may have arranged for a couple of look-alikes to establish an alibi for him if he needed it. I grant that both explanations are far-fetched; it is a question of which is the more far-fetched, or is there still another explanation for the glaring inconsistency?

John