Decapitation of the Union

[Eva Elisabeth]

(10-04-2015 04:27 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(10-03-2015 09:57 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  So - is the image Roger posted above an original photography of this original corpus delicti?

Early in 2013 Dave Taylor posted some photos he took.

Click here and here and here.

Dave wrote, "The pane is still in existence though it has suffered a crack sometime over the years. It is part of the NPS' Ford's Theatre collection (FOTH). The artifact is currently in storage and not on display."

If I understand correctly, the photo shows the original windowpane and thus handwriting of the culprit. This handwriting is totally different from Booth's on the calling card I posted - I couldn't write that differently.

E.g. compare the "A"/"a" in Booth's calling card and the windowpane message. The way the pen is following is completely different. Also, Booth writes the "t" in one line while the pane-"t" makes a new start for the dash. And also compare the "B" and "y" in "By" to JWB's. At all, JWB's handwriting looks very male, the other rather docile and more sophisticated. I bet a graphologist's expertise would show two different persons wrote these messages. And why should JWB have concealed his handwriting on the pane?
Finally, even if JWB was in town he was certainly not the only one there to hate Lincoln and capable of scratching messages into windowpanes.

I would like to hear others' thoughts on this point, especially Mr. Fazio's and Wild Bill's - thanks.
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