When Booth Shot Lincoln - Great Graphic

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(04-13-2015 02:26 PM)DKEast Wrote:  

(04-13-2015 10:12 AM)BettyO Wrote:  I found this photo from Killing Lincoln extremely interesting and "Artsy" - it almost looks like a painting -

indeed - although the picture - more accurately - would have him to the right as it looks like he is shooting Lincoln square in the back of the head. I read where he sidled up to the wall closest to Lincoln and shot him from the angle which caused the bullet to go left to right.

Of all the reports written on the path of the bullet (including the reports by Dr. Woodward and Dr. Curtis--and they were the ones doing the actual cutting) only one report was being scribbled down during the autopsy, while the doctors were actually seeing and discussing the wound. This was recorded by Dr. Robert K. Stone, and he clearly stated the bullet took an almost direct path on the left side, ending up near the midline above the left eye. The later autopsy report by Dr. Woodward and the letter Dr. Curtis wrote later to his mother both agree. Since that time too many authors and speakers have relied on the wrong reports, written later and dependent upon memory rather than second by second direct observation and recording.