Booth escape route north

[Troy Cowan]

Joe said, "There is no need to reinforce the foolishness and flights of fancy from a person who does not seem to get it that the symposium is a serious discussion of all things "Lincoln", grounded in thorough research and with an aim to educate--not delude with half-baked ideas."

Joe,
In the search for the truth, all ideas need to be explored. If you feel you know the truth, then people with different ideas are impertinent and a discussion of those different ideas are unnecessary. However, if the truth escaped you and you criticize others, then you are doing a great disservice to everyone. I am asking you for tolerance. You see, I believe you are very wrong. But, I will never try to humiliate or shame you in an attempt to stop you from expressing your ideas.

I suppose you or your neighbor has a dog. Please find a dog and tell me its father's name. If you don't know the dogs father's name, please do the research and tell me.
Unless that dog has a pedigree, no amount of research will tell you the father's name. There is no paper trail to follow. If you are successful in learning the name, it will probably come from the dog's owners oral history.
People born before 1800 have the same problem--no paper trail to follow. We must rely on the families oral history to obtain information. Not to include that information is a crime in my opinion.

Likewise, smart criminals don't leave paper trails to follow. A really smart criminal will create evidence that leads away from him. If Lincoln's assassination was a large conspiracy, then those coconspirators got away with the crime. They didn't leave a paper trail to follow and they probably created false evidence to create confusion. They are all dead and never can be put on trial to prove their guilt or innocence. So, Joe, is it over? I don't think so, there are many people living at the time of Lincoln and Booth that have stories to tell, if we start paying attention to them and stop being so skeptical of them, they will tell us the true story.