Booth's mistress, Ella Starr, and other "unknown" Booth ladies!

[Steve]

Here's a link to the Etta letter in evidence:

https://books.google.com/books?id=GvYpUe...onepage&q="Dear%20Wilkes%2C%20I%20received%20your"&f=false

The postmark of the Etta letter was April 18th, five days after the letter's date and well after Booth's role in the assassination was well known (ie immediately). I think that's a good indication the Etta letter was a hoax, the kind that happens in notorious cases.

Also, the text of the Etta letter is different than the supposed 2nd letter of Ella Starr. Abel didn't make the mistake, the author of the 1992 book must have misattributed it to "Etta". But that still doesn't explain where the second letter comes from and why Abel attributes it to Ella.

EDIT: I don't know why the link isn't working. The letter is on page 471 of the book