The Spangler Connection

[Eva Elisabeth]

(02-12-2014 03:55 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Theodore Rhodes, at the trial of John Surratt, testified he saw Surratt doing the carpentry.

Never heard of this, could you share some details, please? Was Theodore Rhodes employed at Ford's, or was he acquainted with John Surratt, or both, and how came it he allegedly saw him, and when? What was thought of the testimony?

As for the wood carvings, (why) isn't it likely he simply put them into his pocket to get them away (to avoid someone discovering the hole), and then just forgot to dispose of them? I would assume they were only few, light, and little ("fluffy") and would spread in a pocket (whereas a gimlet is rather inconvenient to carry on the body - depending on the location of the pocket).