Edward Curtis letter re: autopsy

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(01-04-2023 05:05 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  

(01-04-2023 04:31 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Thank you, Linda. Scott, I looked back at the file attachment in Steve's email, and his source was the same newspaper/date as Linda cited.

You're welcome, Roger. It's a great article. Of interest to me is that Curtis actually saw Powell escaping followed by "a runner afoot [who] followed at a short distance behind, but soon stopped, turned and disappeared whence he came" who had to be Seward's servant, William H. Bell.

Thanks so much to you both! Linda, I thought the same thing about that part about someone following Powell on foot. That was something I did not expect to find in this article.

I am trying to re-read all of the Lincoln autopsy related threads. Through the grapevine, I had someone ask me what happened to Lincoln's brain after the autopsy. Was it replaced in his skull? Was it placed in his thoracic cavity with other organs? Was the brain along with other organs discarded? I feel like we once discussed that here so I am searching for it. I feel sad that our friend Blaine Houmes is no longer with us as I feel he would have been almost sure to have known the answer to those questions.