The Cotton Deals

[Gene C]

I wouldn't spend to much time pursuing the Cotton Deal theory.
Ray Neff in Dark Union, and David Balsinger and Charles Sellier in the Lincoln Conspiracy chased that rabbit. Now it looks like Rick Stelnick has gone there too in Dixie Reckoning (which I have not read) The theories revolve around unverifiable "secret documents" that are never made public, that have somehow been damaged, or mysteriously disappear, and are lost to history.

Would you trust Booth to hold his tongue, and keep a secret?
Does he impress you as being the most reliable of people?

I haven't read a lot about Booth, but Nora Titone in "My Thoughts Be Bloody" did perhaps the best job of explaining Booth's behavior.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Thoughts-Be-Blo...ora+titone
(read the reviews)

I could be wrong (but I could be right)