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