It Just Keeps Coming....

[BettyO]

I agree! In college, we weren't even allowed to use Wiki....

Just too many spurious things, and yes, Mike. You made a great point - too many folk are just too plain lazy to even attempt to get the facts right! Makes one wonder.... Yes, the internet is both a blessing and curse. Remember, that awful Powell show comes on again tonight.....

Quote:Betty, for those of us who are new to this forum, please fill us in on how Lewis Powell's skull was actually found.

OK - for those who don't know, Powell's skull was found by a Smithsonian anthropologist, Stuart Speaker, back in 1992. It was "resting" among Native American skulls which were being sorted for return to their native tribes for reburial. Mr. Speaker noted that there was one Caucasian skull and did research to discover that this was the "cranium of Lewis Payne, implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln." He immediately contacted Mr. Hall, Mike Kauffman and the Surratt House. Laurie notified me and we all went up to the Smithsonian to see and verify Mr. Powell's remains. Really weird is the fact that stenciled on Powell's forehead were the numbers "422"... his birthday sans the year....

Powell's living relatives were notified and after about two years, the remains were shipped to Florida where he was "reunited" in a burial service with his family.