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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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