Correcting History

[Craig Hipkins]

(01-01-2013 09:00 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  

(01-01-2013 10:11 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Also, if JWB entered the box through door 8, not door 7, there was no door to open...right? Wasn't the door to Box 8 left open?

I think that's correct, Roger. Although I don't think even if the door was closed, it would've mattered much. One thing I'm curious about was the lighting. I've read that darkening the theater before a performance was a 20th. century innovation. Could Ford's have been lit up the whole time?

Joe, I believe you are correct. Didn't Booth want to recruit Spangler for the express purpose of dimming the gas lights? Or am I mistaken?

Craig