(01-03-2017, 10:13 PM)SSlater Wrote: Does anyone have another source for the "wood chips'?
(01-04-2017, 12:49 AM)John Fazio Wrote: As for the chips found in Booth,s pocket, they were said to have been wrapped in a handkerchief and that they were in fact shavings from the bored and knife-reamed hole. So said Kauffman.
I know we have discussed these wood shavings before but my memory as to a source is blank right now. I just checked Everton Conger's trial testimony, and he testified what was found on Booth's body at Garrett's, but I don't see any mention of wood shavings in the account Conger gives. My question is - does anyone know the original source for these wood shavings and handkerchief?