** NEW DISCOVERY REGARDING BOOTH AUTOPSY PHOTO

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(07-14-2013 07:43 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Going back to the "Gardner said/Wardell said" beginnings, I was struck by the fact that 17-year-old Lawrence Gardner said that Eckert, the Assistant Secretary of War, came to the Gardner home and took them in his carriage to the Navy Yard and got in without any question. On the other hand, Wardell claims that he escorted the photography crew to the Yard and was not allowed in until Lafayette Baker showed up.

Having already been helping his father in the photography field, Lawrence certainly would have known who Eckert was and what he looked like, and it seems he would have mentioned if they had been denied entrance to the Navy Yard. Assistant Secretary of War holds a pretty strong presumption of power. Even twenty-six years later, I think 42-year-old Lawrence would remember such things clearly.

I wonder where they put all the photography equipment in Eckert's carriage? I suppose they could have met their equipment there. Doesn't ring true to me. Doesn't mean that it isn't of course.