Drawing of Booth Body

[John E.]

(03-12-2014 01:30 PM)Cliff Roberts Wrote:  Hi Linda:

First of all, aside from his own words, there isn't a shred of evidence showing that Lawrence Gardner ever set foot aboard the Montauk, nor is there any evidence proving that Tim O'Sullivan was not Gardner's assistant, both on the Montauk and at the execution.

So...your theory is that Lawrence was just lying. While his name can't be found on the War Department document allowing civilians on board the Montauk, his description of: multiple mug shot sessions, having to be ferried from the pier to the Montauk, description of Booth's body and photographing Herold are all accurate. Gardner's memory was fantastic - 26 years after the event.

Linda, Cliff Roberts wrote 3 parts of a 4 part series, detailing how the James Wardell letter to Oldroyd (a document Cliff mistakenly believed was genuine) was most likely a fake. But in his words, the fake letter "deserved to be treated with respect" because it was good enough to fool him.

Cliff Roberts also claimed to have found the Lawrence Gardner article himself years ago but didn't bring it to light because he thought Lawrence was lying then too. If true, the kids nowadays call that an Epic Fail. -- Let it be known that aside from his own words, there isn't a shred of evidence showing that Roberts or John Watson ever found the article.