(11-11-2018, 01:00 PM)mikegriffith1 Wrote: To some people, it seems rather obvious that Dawson was a false witness, that he was saying what he knew Holt, Baker, and Bingham wanted to hear. He was not about to incur the wrath of Baker, whose reputation as a lawless thug was well known, by saying the body did not look like Booth. So he not only falsely said the body's "general appearance" looked like Booth, but he padded his story with the unlikely details of the vest, the scar, and the initials.
It seems your difficulties with Dawson's testimony is he didn't say anything you wanted to hear.
Maybe he liked Booth's vest and wouldn't mind having one too. Or didn't like it and thought it was to attention getting for his taste. Either way, he remembered it
In cutting Booth's hair, it is very conceivable he noticed the scar on his neck.
The initials on his wrist/hand, well some saw them and some didn't.
In my opinion, your criticism of Dawson's testimony is "about as thin as soup made from the shadow of a pigeon that starved to death".
