** NEW DISCOVERY REGARDING BOOTH AUTOPSY PHOTO

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I was wondering if there was ever any mention by anyone other than Lawrence Gardner of the wreath of stars surrounding the JWB he saw tattooed on Booth's hand. According to Asia Booth Clarke, "....across the back of one (hand) he had clumsily marked, when a little boy, his initials in India ink". She made no mention of a wreath of stars, which may have been added later in his life. It seems sort of odd she never mentioned it in her writings after his death.