A John Wilkes Booth boot question

[Lincoln Wonk]

(05-23-2013 07:31 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I remember reading a couple of years ago (sorry don't remember where)- that Booth had a sheath of sorts in his boot. The thinking was that on assassination night he had the dagger in his boot. Anyone familiar with this?

I don't recall any story about Booth, but Betty's right on that Davy Herold had a large dagger tucked into his boot. It was so large it protruding five or six inches above the top of the boot and made him limp a little as he walked from Tatavull's to Willard's that afternoon. Tatavull's biz partner was taken aback when he watched Herold lift his pant leg to adjust his boat and he saw the dagger. He asked Herold about it, but Herold deflected it, saying he was going into the country that night. They even joked about not killing anyone with it.