Conspiracy theories flooded Washington in the days after Boothe died. Some said he was not really dead, and a body double, James William Boyd, was the real dead man. Boothe was rumored to have escaped and was living in the rolling hills of Virginia. Secretary Stanton refused to begin a search for a dead man.
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Actually this conspiracy theory still floats around up until this day. I don't know if you've ever heard of the 'Knights of the Golden Circle' but they were a huge underground organization at that time in our history. It is said that Stanton was a member and he helped let Booth go. The Knights were involved in many train robberies it is said, in the far west during the 1870s-80s and they were stealing the gold and weapons to try and start a second civil war. It is said that Jesse James and his group was a part of that as well. The Ku Klux Klan was actually the "militia" front to this group and used as a cover to protect the K.G.C. from investigation by the federal govt. Much if it is speculation so it may be true or may not be.
