Unwanted Facts: Facts that Most Books on the Lincoln Assassination Ignore

[RJNorton]

(12-04-2018 06:22 AM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  Stanton could not be certain that all of them would remain silent.

Mike, this is one of the main reasons I cannot accept your theory about the assassination. You have the conspiracy so large (including people like Everton Conger, James R. O'Beirne, Ford's Theatre staff, etc.) that I really think someone would have talked in subsequent years. It seems to me that the larger the conspiracy, the more likely the truth will eventually be revealed. How could Stanton trust all these many people to remain silent if what you say is true? I am sorry, Mike, but I just cannot believe it.

Offhand, the closest thing I can think of (regarding someone talking) is Bingham's alleged deathbed statement to his doctor that "The truth must remain sealed." But that didn't happen until 1900, and we only have the doctor's word. It regards some things Mary Surratt allegedly told Bingham, but there is zero evidence Bingham ever met privately with Mary Surratt.