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^IHICAGO — An original photo-
rfg'jj Vh showing Abraham Lincoln’s
Nlechmiiissin, John Wilkes Booth, full
'°f D lid with an upturned mustache
El ||)een found by a Chicago collec-
Jstion F r ,| 1
By Roth, freelance cartoonist-
ysics Cilstrator, said he purchased the
r , Uniu By.id jnch photograph of the
' u ' ’ (jor for $25 nearly two years ago at
E. TajVr
lonicil), 1
GonlfeJ
‘ in H»
ConreDii
:al auction.
Krainek, owner of Graphic
iquity in suburban Arlington
Ights, authenticated the picture a
ik ago. He said he believed the
Itowas taken in 1863 or 1864 and
lorth about $2,000.
photograph shows Booth in
mial dress, apparently for a play.
| hair is slightly long, covering
ears and would be fashionable
y. His mustache is twisted up at
ends, unlike the more familiar,
idy shots of Booth with a turned
n mustache and face to one
[t may be the only known fr ont
Roth said, probably made “as
mblicity shot.” The image is
p, with Booth appearing hand-
ssociak e in a long silk coat with ribbons
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and buckle shoes.
Women loved him,” Roth said,
looks like a make-out guy. ”
ith, 39, a collector of old pic-
i, said he spotted the photo-
jhat the Chicago gallery among
coming up for sale. The name
s Teiann ^ Wilkes Booth is written on the
Ii/Xj! h of the picture but Roth said it
not Booth’s signature,
k bunch of other so-called Lin-
Paymeu: |experts said it was their estima-
[ it wasn’t Booth. I just took it
ne.
oth said he checked many books
incoln. A copy of the picture of
ith was finally found opposite
300 of Carl Sandburg’s Ab-
^ im Lincoln, The War Years,
ame IV.
noth, a member of an acting
ilyand a Southern sympathizer,
: Lincoln April 14, 1865, at
fs Theater in Washington,
raping to the stage. Booth
ited ‘Sic semper tyrannis Thus
t StlOPf 1 lystothe tyrants.’ He broke his
but managed to escape out a
; door.
le was hunted down and killed
barn near Port Royal, Va., at
ge of 27.
ards, billiards
used Mozart
die a pauper
United Press International
0NN, West Germany —
Ifgang Amadeus Mozart, one of
most gifted musical composers of
lime, died a pauper because he
his fortune playing billiards and
Is —badly. Or so says a music
orian who researched the com-
fmancial records,
pzart’s love of gambling — and
indifference to his genius — was
Iponsible for the poverty that
gued the last years of his life, ac
ting to historian Uwe Kraemer.
[Iraemer explored the records of
Mozart household from 1783,
year after his marriage to Con-
ize Weber, to 1791, the year he
doftyphoid fever at the age of 35.
nan article published Monday in
magazine Musica, Kraemer does
: dispute the composer of “The
irriage of Figaro,” “Don Gio-
mi,” symphonies, sonatas, and
imber music died in need and
buried in an unmarked grave,
hit he says the reason is that
izart frittered away his consider-
e fortune at gambling.
The West German historian said
research disclosed that Mozart
yed billiards and cards for large
ns and played so badly he almost
rays lost.
He says from 1783 to 1786 Mozart
ned about 10,000 gulden a year,
equivalent of $108,000, for his
icerts. In addition, he got large
ns for his compositions and music
sons.
What did he do with this
>ney?” Kraemer asked. “The mus-
ace was a gambler who lost at
liards and cards.”
He quotes Franz von Destouches,
mpil of Haydn, as saying, “Mozart
s a passionate billiard player and
played badly. He played for high
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volous. His wife tolerated it.”
Kraemer grants that the medical
Is of Mozart’s sick wife were high
dthat Mozart spent large Sums on
travagant clothes and luxurious
fellings but he says these expen-
tires cannot account for his finan-
He said Mozart made veiled ref
ences in letters in his last years to
gambling vice, referring to it as
nopportuneness” and “certain
atters.”
Kraemer says the gambling losses
Used the drop in Mozart’s popular-
at the end of his life. He believes
e rich and famous who supported
mbegan to consider him unworthy
their company.
Royalists Removed
Cromwell's bones
United Press International
Royalists took Oliver Cromwell’s
mes out of his coffin and hanged
em on a public gibbet after the
fish Restoration in 1660.
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