Booth's Body

[Dr. Todd Descendant]

(04-11-2014 12:04 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Nice to have you back on board, and thanks for sharing these articles. It is strange that Dr. Todd is not mentioned more. If I am correct, he was the medical officer assigned to the Navy Yard and as such, it would seem that regulations (and courtesy) would have required him to be included in the autopsy.

Also interesting is the mention of the spectators on shore with powerful spy glasses - no mention of seeing Gardner and assistant taking photos. That would be something included in a report in my opinion.

Dr. Todd was Passed Asst. Surgeon on the Montauk. I was tickled, to say the least, at mention of him having participated in the autopsy. Also, since Dr. Todd had just seen Booth in the theater just before he entered the President's Box, and considering Booth's notoriety as an actor - evidently to the level of our Robt. Downey, Jr. - wouldn't you think other bystanders on the deck of the Montauk would have mentioned that the body wasn't that of Booth? I can tell you from reading Dr. Todd's personal letters, etc. that he was a man of principle and think he would have been shouting it from the rooftops.