Nah. His suit and mannerisms suggest a different occupation.

On Sep 10, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Scott Holmes wrote:

> Is it possible he was just a member of the film crew that was sent on an
> errand to get the hat.
> 
> On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 22:13 -0500, Barbara Schmidt wrote:
>> I have tried over the years to identify the male, possibly a member of
>> the household staff, who appears in that video.  Without success.  My
>> two possible suspects were (1)  Horace Hazen of Redding, CT. (b. 1890
>> - d. 1930) described as tall, slender, gray eyes and brown hair on his
>> WW I draft registration; he would have been about 19 years old in 1909
>> and (2) Claude J. Beuchotte (b. 1877),  the last butler employed by
>> Clemens who also accompanied  him to Bermuda and was in his employ at
>> the time of Clemens's death.  He would have been about 32 years old in
>> 1909. Unfortunately, I have found no photographs of either for
>> comparsion to the Edison footage.  Photos of Hazen should be found in
>> Redding -- somewhere.
>> 
>> There are still photos of men carrying Clemens off the ship from
>> Bermuda in 1910, but they have on hats and it is impossible to say any
>> are the same male in the Edison film. For now, Claude Beuchotte still
>> remains much of a mystery.  He worked for the family of Henry Rogers
>> after Clemens's death and there are no known memoirs or letters from
>> him to his family in France (or elsewhere) that have been found.  His
>> date and place of death have not been established although he may have
>> died in NY after 1941.
>> 
>> Barb

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