In February 2007, this is the photo of the sniper's perch Caruth Byrd used to auction it off on eBay.Had it not been for an e-mail Parris Mayhew sent to local media on Thursday, The Case of the Sniper's Perch might have gone unnoticed till too late. Caruth C. Byrd v. Aubrey Mayhew -- so named for the two men who've claimed since forever to possess the infamous window removed from the Texas School Book Depository -- had been scheduled to go to trial at the beginning of February in Judge Gena Slau
In February 2007, this is the photo of the sniper's perch Caruth Byrd used to auction it off on eBay.The case of Caruth C. Byrd v. Aubrey Mayhew -- so named for the two men fighting over the infamous "sniper's perch" long ago removed from the Texas School Book Depository -- was scheduled to go to trial last month. But as you may recall, it was delayed until April 15, as the 81-year-old Mayhew was deemed by State District Judge Gena Slaughter too elderly and infirm to keep representing himself,
Is this the real sniper's perch? A phony? And who owns it? And will we ever find out?Earlier this afternoon, I spoke with Joel Elliott, the Canton-based attorney for Caruth Byrd, who, for the last two years, has been embroiled in a contentious legal battle with Aubrey Mayhew over which man owns the actual sniper's perch lifted long ago from the Texas School Book Depository. Alas, as we noted yesterday, Mayhew died over the weekend -- and left behind no will. Which means a messy fight over the wi
