My Journey on Lincoln's Assassination

[L Verge]

(10-25-2018 04:16 PM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  

(10-17-2018 08:10 AM)davg2000 Wrote:  

(10-16-2018 07:19 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  And why did the fake Booth not surrender?

Excellent question!

He did try to surrender. He dropped his crutch, dropped his weapon ("arm"), and started walking toward the front door of the barn, as he had been asked to do. This is what Conger said he did. How is that not surrendering? If you drop your weapon and start walking toward the door as you've been asked to do, how is that not surrendering?

By the way, lest anyone think that by "arm" Conger meant the body part, "arm" was a very common synonym back then for gun. In fact, if you read Conger's testimony, you'll see that he used the terms "arm" and "arms" for gun and guns numerous times. If you read the entire trial transcript, you'll find dozens of instances where "arm" and "arms" were used for gun and guns.

Quote:I have to say, when a conspiracy theory starts to involve convenient doubles who are content to die in someone else's place and the massive planting of evidence, it's probably time to find a new conspiracy theory.

No one is saying that. No one has ever said that Boyd, or whoever the poor man was, knew he was going to be killed in Booth's place.

And what did Lafayette Baker mean when he told Loreta Valesquez that he intended to get Booth's body "dead or alive, or a mighty good substitute for it" (Theodore Roscoe, The Web of Conspiracy, p. 427, quoting Valesquez's 1876 memoir)?

I believe that Corbett contended that Booth had his weapon drawn as he advanced towards the door - which meant any men outside that door could become random targets. That is when Corbett believed that God meant for him to be Lincoln's avenger. BTW: An excellent authority on the Garrett Farm Patrol (along with Rob Wick) presented a very interesting session on the possibility of "Booth's 'Death by Cop' Suicide" at a Surratt conference years ago.

The Fake Booth sure knew from the moment that those troops surrounded the barn that he was likely to be killed. Would not the Fake Booth have skedaddled earlier that day while in hiding and viewing the troops riding past the farm en route to Willie Jett? Why even go into hiding if you were ignorant of the fact that you had been duped?

Finally, I would not trust Loreta's ten-year-old attempt to make money off of her writings, especially quoting our buddy Lafayette Baker, who was not known for his honesty and fair play and did not write his own book. Roscoe's repeating it made it third-hand hearsay, I believe.