Assassination Trivia

[Laurie Verge]

No, the poison inside the field glasses was designed to blind Booth so that he could be led off the escape route and someone else placed with Herold to get shot at Garrett's. The poison would also cause the field glasses to disintegrate within a year so that they could never enter the eBay auctions.

Just kidding, folks...just kidding. Gene's sense of humor is starting to rub off on me!