Lewis Powell's Jaw

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If anyone had ever told me that I would hold anyone's skull - let alone a Lincoln conspirator's - I would have laughed my head off. Luckily, I did get to hold Mr. Powell also. In my photo, I am holding him "cheek to cheek." I had no qualms in doing it.

To me, it has always been so sad to think that, even though he was a convicted felon, all that remained was his skull and that it had been tucked away in drawers filled with Native American remains for so long. If it had not been for the fact that a former NPS ranger at Ford's Theatre was a trained anthropologist who had transferred to the Smithsonian and been charged with getting Indian remains back to their tribes, Lewis might still be in a drawer. Stewart Speaker knew the history, Mike Kauffman, and about the Surratt Booth Escape Route Tours. One amazing coincidence when one thinks about it.