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[Gene C]

I wonder why the letters would be in Booth's trunk?
For them to be in Booth's possession rather than Weichmann's seems a bit odd.

Unless they were written in code intended for Booth but sent to Weichmann so they wouldn't be intercepted by the Baker Boys and Stanton's spys.
I need to go back and see what Eisenschiml, Neff, Balsiger, and former member Steve Hager have to say about all this.

But these letters could have all been fakes, planted in Booth's trunk by the New York gang to implicate Booth and Weichmann.
Or, Weichmann was the mastermind behind everything and very good at it too. He manipulated Booth and the Surratt's in carrying out the nefarious plot of the Confederate Government, then later became the chief witness against them all. Diabolically clever. Booth didn't come to see Mrs. Surratt the day of the murder, he came to see Weichmann, but Mrs. Surratt conveniently got in the way by getting to the door first. (Which explains why Booth went to the house more than once that day) Weichmann's plans drastically change when he gets the chance to pursue Surratt in Canada and escape too, only to discover he likes Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts much more than Tim Hortons, and therefore decides not to make Canada his refuge from justice.