Those Booth Horses Again -

[wsanto]

It just dawned on me, I believe where Booth broke his leg was popularized was in D W Griffith's movie "Birth of a Nation"

Bill,

I believe the stage-fall-break was popularized by Booth's diary entry (or the reports thereof). It became the "history" of the event very early on after the crime. Newspapers were reporting of it soon after Booth was killed in the same story detailing the events at Garrett's farm.

I wouldn't guess anyone thought the horse-fall-break theory was anymore than a cover-story until Mr. Kauffman came up with a convincing case for this theory based on his research.

Thanks--Bill C