Booth autopsy

[RJNorton]

Good memory, Gene! I checked Poore and here's Weichmann's testimony:

"I would say, that one day, returning from my office, I found a false mustache on the table in my room. I took the mustache, and threw it into a little toilet-box I had on the table. This man Payne searched around the table, and inquired for his mustache. I was sitting on the chair, and did not say any thing. I have retained the mustache since, and it was found in my baggage: it was among a box of paints that I had in my trunk."

Regarding Dr. and Mrs. Mudd, it is my personal opinion that both of them concocted their stories. Dr. Mudd said Booth shaved off his mustache but left his beard intact. Dr. Mudd said that the man's name was Tyser. Dr. Mudd said Henson (Herold) said that his friend felt he would feel better without the mustache. Mrs. Mudd, who said Booth's name was Tyler and Herold's name was Tyson, said the beard became partially detached as "Tyler" came down the stairs. Yet this man was a nationally known actor who previously had spent a night at the Mudds' home. It is known Dr. Mudd met him at least three times. I simply cannot believe they didn't recognize him from the beginning, and it is my opinion that the facial hair stories were concocted.