Identification of Booth's body

[mikegriffith1]

(12-08-2018 05:16 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  First of all: Booth was far from what you would call an outdoors man. Sleeping under the stars was definitely not his thing and being forced to do so had to be a shock to his body.

This does not address the points I made on this issue. Booth had extra blankets, thanks to Cox. He slept under the cover of trees when he was outdoors. He spent at least three nights of his flight indoors. By all accounts, he was never even close to being "half-starved." He ate at Mudd's house. Cox fed him. Jones brought him food every day when he was hiding near Cox's house, and Jones also bought him a meal before he helped him cross the river. The Rollins fed him.

(12-08-2018 05:16 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  Most freckles are produced by exposure to ultraviolet sunlight (feel free to look it up). Booth was described as a man with 'porcelain' skin. Freckling is common for individuals with less-pigmented skin. So 10 days of exposure would easily cause this in Booth's case.

Sorry, but this dog won't even get out of the yard. As I've mentioned before, I spent 21 years in the Army and did two training tours in the Mojave Desert in California, where my fellow soldiers and I were truly "exposed" to intense sunlight for weeks at a time, and I never once saw anyone sprout freckles. I didn't sprout freckles either, and I have baby-white skin.

Yes, sunlight can cause a type of burn freckling if the exposure is intense and prolonged. Nothing of the kind could have happened to Booth in late April in Maryland and Virginia. And, I would again note that for most of the time when Booth had to stay outdoors, he was staying among a thick forest near Cox's house. So the sunlight-caused-freckles dog just won't hunt.

(12-08-2018 05:16 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  Secondly: Your description of his flight makes it sound like is was a walk in the park. He was forced to stay outdoors and walk with a broken leg for 10 days and be exposed to the elements for 24 hrs/day. If you had to endure this treatment, I'll bet it would age you at least 2 years too.

You are again simply ignoring the facts I cited in my reply. He was not "exposed to the elements for 24 hrs/day." That is demonstrably false. Go read Thomas Jones' long account of his time helping Booth for four days. Booth was in the shade among a thick forest. Jones brought him food every day. He was not even remotely exposed to sunlight long enough to cause freckling.

(12-08-2018 05:16 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  You claimed: "When he did sleep outdoors, he slept among many trees and under their cover."

Have you ever camped or slept on bare ground in April? I have and I can assure you its not cozy. There aren't many trees with leaves at that time of year so there is very little shelter from the rain. The ground is still frozen just inches under your body and with nothing more than a blanket Booth must have had to drink heavily.

What????!!! I live in Northern Virginia, not very far from Booth's escape route, and there most certainly are leaves on the trees in late April! Go read Jones' description of the heavily wooded area near Cox's house where Booth stayed for a few days.

No, the ground would not have been "frozen" beneath Booth in late April. That is erroneous. My church does campouts in April and May because the weather is mild, not too hot and not too cold.

And I would again point out that Cox gave Booth extra blankets. You keep ignoring this fact. Go read Jones' account.

(12-08-2018 05:16 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  Most likely he didn't get a solid 8 hours sleep per night. He probably had to wait until sunrise to get warm enough to sleep. You say he was fed but he couldn't have been eating enough to make up for all the calories he was burning trying to keep warm and survive.

More erroneous and baseless speculation. It was not that cold. It does not get that cold in April in southern Maryland and central Virginia. He had extra blankets. He got fed every day. See also above.

(12-08-2018 05:16 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  You also claimed: "Contrary to later mythology, Booth was not “half-starved” and “haggered” during his flight."

I know of nobody who actually witnessed Booth during his flight ever make an assertion like this. Feel free to correct me if wrong - I don't know how he couldn't be haggered and half starved.

You are yet again just ignoring evidence that I've presented. When Conger showed Rollins pics of Booth less than 48 hours before the barn shooting, Rollins had no problem identifying Booth as the man he had seen on crutches. The only difference Rollins noted was that the man on crutches had no mustache.

How about you quote me one person who saw Booth during this period who said he looked "half-starved"? None of the CSA soldiers who saw Booth 48 hours before he was allegedly shot said anything about him looking "half-starved" or that his face looked "sunken," etc., etc. Jett didn't. Ruggles didn't. The Rollins didn't.

And, if you believe that Booth was the James W. Boyd who was at Garrett's farm, no member of the Garrett family said that Boyd looked "half-starved" or "corpse-like" or "sunken face," etc., etc. By the way, if Boyd was really Booth, then Booth got fed several times by the Garretts, spent his first night there sharing a room with one of Garrett's sons, and spent the next night in the barn.

As for how long Booth was on the run, his flight began late at night on April 14 and ended when he supposedly arrived at the Garrett farm, where he was fed and sheltered and where he spent many hours relaxing and socializing with the family. So in reality, his "flight" ended when he supposedly arrived at the Garrett farm at around 3:00 PM on April 24. Thus, he was in flight from 10:00 PM on April 14 until 3:00 PM on April 24. Do the math: that is 233 hours, or just under 10 24-hour periods. Using calendar days in this case is a bit misleading, since his flight began so late on the 14th and ended in mid-afternoon on the 24th.

Go read the accounts of Boyd at the Garrett farm. He spent many hours relaxing and lounging around, hardly what one would call "flight," much less "harsh conditions."

By the way, James W. Boyd was 41, i.e., 15 years older than Booth! Now, my, my, my, what a staggering, whopping "coincidence"! Mudd said the body looked "much older" than Booth looked less than two years earlier. We also know that Boyd was on crutches! Wow, another cosmic "coincidence," hey?