Assassination Trivia

[Jim Garrett]

(12-02-2012 10:42 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Jim: Who sat in the "rushed bottom chair?' Are you talking about the chair Mary was sitting on?

There were two rushed chairs in the box. There is no proof that this was the one that MTL sat in. So there's a 50% chance it is the MLT chair.

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I have heard that Booth's spur nicked the frame. I have tried to look at the Gardner pictures, but none are clear enough to see if the nick existed in April 1865. Even if it is in the Gardnermpicture, there is the high probability that the nick was in the frame prior to the assassiantion.. In any event, Booth's spur (whichever one it may be) was very busy catching in at least two flags, nicking a picture frame, falling off the boot and landing on the stage.

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I have heard that Booth's spur nicked the frame. I have tried to look at the Gardner pictures, but none are clear enough to see if the nick existed in April 1865. Even if it is in the Gardnermpicture, there is the high probability that the nick was in the frame prior to the assassiantion.. In any event, Booth's spur (whichever one it may be) was very busy catching in at least two flags, nicking a picture frame, falling off the boot and landing on the stage.