Who Said This?

[Steve]

(05-15-2023 09:32 AM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  Steve,

I remember having looked into that as well when I first moved to Texas. Like you, however, I found that the story attributed to George doesn't fit the known facts of Thompson's murder. I just assumed this was another example of exaggeration or outright lies relating to George.

Personally, I suspect certain Enid, OK area people who wanted to somehow make money off of George's death (after they realized they had been duped into giving George drinking money with nonexistent life insurance policies and inheritance) concocted the story of George claiming to be Booth based off of their reminisces' of George's claims of being involved with Thompson's murder.