Laura Keene dress

[RJNorton]

Thank you, Linda. I have always been confused as to the truth of what took place in the box, and whose blood ended up where. To add to the confusion, Clara Harris stated that Laura Keene was never even in the box. And William Ferguson, who said Keene was indeed in the box, noted, "It is true that blood was found on Miss Keene's dress, but it came from Major Rathbone...His wound bled very profusely...[and] it was the blood from Major Rathbone's wound, that in the midst of the excitement...got on Miss Keene's dress." (from Reck, p. 123).

(I do realize most historians accept Laura Keene's presence in the box, but I am clueless how to know for certain whose blood got on her dress.)