Those Booth Horses Again -

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(04-17-2014 08:08 AM)JMadonna Wrote:  The diary was released 2 years after the event and witnesses were shocked by the claim since no one saw any evidence of it. Yet the claim took on a life of its own and soon the story was getting a re-write.

Jerry,

The papers were reporting that it was "now believed" that Booth broke his leg leaping from the box at Ford's and "not in a horse fall" within days after Booth was killed at Garrett's farm. I'll try to find the article from the New York paper that reports this.

In fact the reports of the horse fall were disbelieved by Dr. George Mudd per his Townsend interview a year or so after the event (see previous thread). He clearly states he believed the break occurred at the theatre. And Thomas Jones wrote in his book years later matter-of-factly that Booth broke his leg at Fords and that he believed the horse fall claimed by Mudd was a lie.

Bill C

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Here is a link to the newspaper (Washingtion Evening Star, and New York Times) reports from April 27th, 1865. Click on easy to read transcripts. Both report on Booth's diary and the belief that Booth broke his leg jumping to stage and not in a horse fall

http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/bu...pr1865.htm