Breaking a leg

[RJNorton]

(10-21-2012 06:18 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  It makes sense to me that Booth would stop at Mary's boarding house before making his escape.

I agree with Dr. Santo that the break could have happened at Ford's and with Jerry as quoted above. The forum was divided, but a number of us argued in favor of Bill Richter's theory that JWB stopped at the boardinghouse to pick up two pistols and a hat as he departed Washington.

Is it necessary to assume he dismounted there?

Maybe Mary handed him his stuff and off he went. If true, he might have been there all of 10-20 seconds if she were waiting for him (as possibly was planned at the 9:00 P.M. meeting and after Mary chased everyone to their rooms). Too much of a stretch?