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Concurring and Supporting Evidence
The Art World enters our story with evidence that counters the official cause of Ludwig's death. Seigfried Wichmann is recognized as the leading authority on Bavarian paintings from the late nineteenth century. In 2008, Wichmann published a photograph of a post-mortem portrait painted within hours after the death of the king that shows blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. Though not a medical doctor, Wichmann survived a similar wound from shrapnel that entered his lung while he fought in the Second World War. He asserts that the blood in the painting would have come from the lungs. However, the thick blood portrayed in the painting shows no signs of water. In addition, Wichmann claims that the portrait features no indication of rigor mortis and that the mouth is agape. This evidence contradicts the official autopsy report in respect to the water and the official claim that Ludwig died at 6:54 PM, the time that his watch stopped. Therefore, I (Dr. Sase) would request a further opinion from a medical expert in order to support this assertion.
In the same year as Wichmann's claim, the Bavarian banker Detlev Utermohle came forward and gave a sworn affidavit that he had seen the grey Loden coat worn by Ludwig on the evening of the tragedy. The coat contained two bullet holes in the back. At the time, Utermohle was ten years old. He and his mother had visited the home of Countess Josephine von Wrba-Kaunitz, who looked after some of the assets of the Wittelsbach family. The Countess had the coat with two bullet holes in her possession. Unfortunately for the world of forensic science, the coat was lost after the fire that destroyed the home and killed both Countess Wrba-Kaunitz and her husband in 1973.
An Eyewitness Report?
The evidence asserted in the sworn affidavit concurs with another surviving record of the events at Lake Starnberg on 13 June 1886. A handwritten statement by Jakob Lidl, the personal fisherman of King Ludwig, tells a story contrary to the official statement. Lidl's notes, which were found after his death in 1933, state that he saw the murder of Ludwig with his own eyes. As Ludwig stepped onto the boat, a shot rang out from the shore. The king fell across the bow of the boat.
The Art World enters our story with evidence that counters the official cause of Ludwig's death. Seigfried Wichmann is recognized as the leading authority on Bavarian paintings from the late nineteenth century. In 2008, Wichmann published a photograph of a post-mortem portrait painted within hours after the death of the king that shows blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. Though not a medical doctor, Wichmann survived a similar wound from shrapnel that entered his lung while he fought in the Second World War. He asserts that the blood in the painting would have come from the lungs. However, the thick blood portrayed in the painting shows no signs of water. In addition, Wichmann claims that the portrait features no indication of rigor mortis and that the mouth is agape. This evidence contradicts the official autopsy report in respect to the water and the official claim that Ludwig died at 6:54 PM, the time that his watch stopped. Therefore, I (Dr. Sase) would request a further opinion from a medical expert in order to support this assertion.
In the same year as Wichmann's claim, the Bavarian banker Detlev Utermohle came forward and gave a sworn affidavit that he had seen the grey Loden coat worn by Ludwig on the evening of the tragedy. The coat contained two bullet holes in the back. At the time, Utermohle was ten years old. He and his mother had visited the home of Countess Josephine von Wrba-Kaunitz, who looked after some of the assets of the Wittelsbach family. The Countess had the coat with two bullet holes in her possession. Unfortunately for the world of forensic science, the coat was lost after the fire that destroyed the home and killed both Countess Wrba-Kaunitz and her husband in 1973.
An Eyewitness Report?
The evidence asserted in the sworn affidavit concurs with another surviving record of the events at Lake Starnberg on 13 June 1886. A handwritten statement by Jakob Lidl, the personal fisherman of King Ludwig, tells a story contrary to the official statement. Lidl's notes, which were found after his death in 1933, state that he saw the murder of Ludwig with his own eyes. As Ludwig stepped onto the boat, a shot rang out from the shore. The king fell across the bow of the boat.
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