Was Stanton a murder target?

[Gene C]

I am shocked, yes shocked, that no one has advanced the theory that Booth was in Baltimore on the day in question while his look alike, and secret War Department employee, James William Boyd was in Washington.

How quickly we discount everything in Balsiger and Seller's book "The Lincoln Conspiracy", which led to Ray Neff's book, "Dark Union, which led to Rick Stelnick and "Dixie Reckoning" just because there were a few errors in The Lincoln Conspiracy.

Wake up deep and dark conspiracy theorist and shake off the shackles of contrived evidence and testimony, and foregone conclusions. Venture into the swirling fog of speculation, the world of assumption and reasonable doubt to unravel the threads of this tightly woven tapestry of misdirection, deceit, blackmail, intrigue, and double dealing.

Then again, I could be wrong