Identification of Booth's body

[AussieMick]

Concerning my query about deliberately mis-identifying the body ....

Mike, you write :
"I do not get this argument at all. What "risk" was there? How were they at "risk" of "being caught" when they were being asked--or coerced--to ID the body as Booty by the likes of Holt and Baker, i.e., the Judge Advocate General of the United States and the head of the National Detective Police? "

What risk was there? Sorry, I thought that was obvious ... and I have raised it before but you've ignored it ...
That Booth (probably one of the most 'famous' men at that time) would turn up in Canada or out West or where-ever. He wasnt known as being a recluse.
I'd call that a huge risk.