[Walt] As I indicated, these are the sources Donald uses just on page 588 of his book. [nc] I did not ask you for sources for page 588 of Donald's book....
I could care less what you ask. What a moron you are.
You called the story that Booth swore to kill Lincoln over supporting black suffrage a "fairy tale."
It's not. You'd think you'd have the common sense to let it drop.
Walt
The entire story is too long to be told in this book, but it appeared from the testimony of Samuel K. Chester, an actor, that on the Friday previous to the assassination, he saw Booth in New York. Booth exclaimed to him, "What an excellent chance I had to kill the President, if I had wished, on Inauguration day!" Booth spoke of the plot to capture the President, not to assassinate him, and to take him to Richmond. The affair, he said, failed, owing to some parties backing out.It seems we have some dissent.The testimony clearly showed this fact.
Lawrence A. Gobright, Recollection of Men and Things at Washington, During The Third of a Century, Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffellfinger, 1869, p. 376
I see that you have failed utterly to document that effluvium you pathetically purported to be well-documented.
You have slithered to the point of claiming that "Powell" or Herold testified about it, while they did not testify at all.
You have stooped to infer they testified at other tribunals than the trial, knowing such other tribunals were non-existent.
You have weaseled your way to saying, "You can find this story related on literally dozens of websites." A search of "Abraham Lincoln Gay" returned 64,700 hits in two-tenths of a second. If you consider dozens of websites as authoritative proof, what about 64,700?
You'd think that you'd have the common sense and minimal intellect required to recognize that there are only three possible sources for this fairy tale: Booth, Herold, or "Paine." Or do you allege Dr. McPherson was on the grassy knoll and overheard it all?
You say it is well-documented. Why can't you document it?