Seward Attack

[Gene C]

Booth had to realize how infeasable kidnapping was. Even Arnold and O'Laughlen figured that out. What if Booth talked about kidnapping, but he was planning assassination all the time because he assumed (correctly) that the other conspirators would go along with kidnapping but not assassination. Once Lincoln was assassinated, it's too late to change your mind, no matter what you you intended. (Isn't that what the conspirators found out in the end)