** NEW DISCOVERY REGARDING BOOTH AUTOPSY PHOTO

[John E.]

When Booth was transferred from Bowling Green to the Navy Yard, he was placed face down. When the blood stops circulating, gravity takes over and the blood begins to pool. This is referred to as livor mortis. Measuring livor mortis is often used to calculate how long a person has been dead.

Anyhoo, the blood settled in to Booth's face and probably caused the freckling appearance. Another interesting tidbit is that Lawrence Gardner claimed to have met JWB briefly on the day of the assassination at the National Theater. More interesting stuff huh ?


Barry and I are looking for people to challenge this discovery and Gardner's account. If you have anything, please let it be known. We aren't so sensitive that we are trying to protect this find. It's out there to be debunked now and if someone does it, we will be thrilled. We just want to learn the facts.

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(05-30-2013 03:16 PM)Hess1865 Wrote:  My question is this-if no picture was taken, and Stanton wanted proof that it was really Booth's body, why didn't he just go down to the Montauk and see for himself??
Stanton seems like the type of person who would not rely on someone's verbal identification of JWB, he'd want a picture.

On April 27, Stanton was still pretty darn busy trying to conclude the war.