** NEW DISCOVERY REGARDING BOOTH AUTOPSY PHOTO

[John E.]

(06-28-2013 08:25 PM)wsanto Wrote:  If that's all fiction, it is a pretty elaborate ruse. It makes no sense to me for Katz to create it. What is his theory as to why an autospy photo is of such import to go to all this trouble to create evidence for it. I doubt it helped sell anymore books. In this scenario, he gets to have his cake and eat it too.

Just to be clear, I don't believe Katz made up the story himself but he used it in his book without doing the legwork to make sure it was legit. He was careful to say that "Oldroyd was convinced the story was true" or something to that effect.

Osborn Oldroyd was deceased and unable to counter the claim. However, he wrote his own book in 1901 on the Lincoln assassination (8 years after supposedly receiving the letter) and never included the Wardell story. Why is that? If true, it was certainly an important piece of evidence.

By the way, you are correct, its a very elaborate story, but it contains about 4 red flags that don't pop up unless you spend some time digging around what's known to be true. If you want someone to believe your story, you certainly want to make it detailed. But, you better get your details straight.