Booths Diary

[GARY POPOLO]

(01-25-2015 08:22 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  

(01-25-2015 06:58 PM)GARY POPOLO Wrote:  I did some help answering this question. When was Booths diary found and tuned over to Stanton? I just finished reading a book written by H. Donald Winkler. Mr. Winkler states that a dairy written by congressman George says that both Stanton and Lafayette Baker lied as to when Stanton received Booths dairy. Backer says he gave Stanton the dairy on Thursday afternoon, April 27. Officers in the National Detective Police say the dairy was found and retuned to Washington on Sunday morning April 23rd. So I am lost now I thought I read that it was on Booth at the time of his death. Anyone?

According to Everton Conger's testimony at the trial of John Surratt, the "diary" was found on Booth's person on April 26, 1865 after he was taken out of Garrett's barn. What is the reference for the National Detective Police stating that the diary was returned earlier?

The information I received about Booth's dairy was from the book written by Donald Winkler called Lincoln and Booth. According to Congressman George Julian's dairy he alleges there seemed to be more information known about Lincolns death then was being told. Booths dairy allegedly contained information that connected Stanton and republicans Zachariah Chandler and John Conness to the assassin. What connection the National Detective Police have to all of this I am not sure. In the book it says officers in the National Detective Police would report later that the dairy had been found and returned to Washington on Sunday morning, April 23 (not Thursday , April 27). As I said before this is the first time I heard that maybe Booth's dairy was obtained prior to his death. I also read that the dairy may have been left with Thomas Jones on Friday the 21, or with John Hughes on April 22. Then again maybe all this was just an old man's way of trying to put more doubt and suspicion on a story that already has many views and loose ends.