Dr. Reuben Samuel,
in both the James and Courtney family collections.
Dr. Reuben Samuel, stepfather of
Jesse James, is pictured at right and in the enlargement above, in a
historically accepted photo.
To the left and
below is the Courtney family photo of the man identified by Visionics
Corporation and the Austin Police Department's Forensic Multi-media
Crime Lab as the same person shown in the James family photo shown
above.
Enlargements show that the left hand in
both photos appears to be deformed. Dr. Samuel suffered cuts in
Pinkerton's bombing that shattered Zerelda's arm.*
*Notes: I believe that those serious
cuts were on his left hand, and that because of the injury another
physician besides Dr. Samuel probably performed the amputation on Zerelda's arm. I pointed out the previously unrecognized deformity to
staff at the James Family Farm in Missouri.
