Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination

[J. Beckert]

(02-07-2014 09:27 AM)JMadonna Wrote:  From Wiechman we know that Booth did meet with an editor from the Intellegencer in which they had the "no more Brutus's" conversation. It seems more logical that he would give the letter to him with the same instructions he supposedly gave Matthews.

IMO - The 'He or the Govmt' line is referring to the editor not the messenger.

John Coyle stated a few years later that Booth gave him a letter the afternoon of the 14th., but after reading it, he also burned it. I don't know much about Coyle, but I think a lot of folks here think his story is suspect.