Drawing of Booth Body

[wsanto]

Why would Lawrence Gardiner lie? Seriously? Why do so many of these people lie as they relate themselves to this trajic epic event that will forever be studied? Posterity. Fame--however fleeting it may be. It was then and still is a powreful motive to do most anything.

Perhaps Lawrence didn't think he was making enough of his life and inserts himself into his famous father's life and into his father's most famous period. And the best way to do this may have been to refute widely held beliefs and make news.

I'm not saying that is what happened but it is certainly plausible.