Booth's Body

[Dr. Todd Descendant]

   

(03-24-2014 03:49 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Betty O. can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the skull of Lewis Powell was originally taken by an undertaker (or friend of an undertaker) who collected such items. There is also reference to someone in history (and my old brain can't remember who) whose skull was part of the gains in a poker game?

It's been a while since I posted, but this news article from the Nebraska Advertiser dated April 14, 1899 may be of interest to L Verge and others here. The article mentions the body of Booth on the deck of the Montauk, Dr. Todd (my 2nd great-grandfather, Dr. George Brainard Todd), and Mary Surratt which is why I'm placing it in this thread of discussion. I'm incredibly grateful to Steven G. Miller for providing me the info. about this article. If you wish to read the entire page's text you can go to http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2...d-1/seq-5/ . The article portion referenced here can be found in the 2nd column from the rt., below the house sketch.

I'm also rather confused why Dr. Todd's name isn't mentioned in the records I've found about the autopsy. Steve Miller also informed me of a most amazing article's text which I found online. It's an article about the Booth autopsy on the upper deck of the ironclad Montauk, It appeared in Wash. D.C.'s newspaper the Evening Star. in the July 07, 1865 issue. See attached pdf. The article is 4 columns in from the Rt. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/s...d-1/seq-2/