Comments on: Why Everything You Think You Know About the Lincoln Assassination is Wrong: Part IX

By: BBB

BBB — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:56:08 +0000

Interesting the extremely bloody but never treated “wound” was on specifically on Rathbone’s left arm. Hence the only thing that obviously fake story of a struggle does is provide explanation for why Rathbone’s left arm and clothes were covered with so much blood. Meanwhile, the evidence suggests Lincoln was killed by someone left handed putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger, which of course, would cause a great deal of blood to splatter on the man’s left arm.

By: Hiop

Hiop — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:54:29 +0000

Agreed. It’s more nonsensical that Booth would’ve brought the board with him. If Rathbone was really the assassin then part of the plan would’ve been to bar the door so the murder scene could be prepped. It’s hard to imagine any other reason why Rathbone would make up the story of his struggle with Booth.

By: S

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:59:01 +0000

It sounds as though you haven’t actually read the entire article. There were two doors. The door which would have been problematic would be the inside door through which help would arrive. Furthermore, what a silly plan Booth so thoughtfully planned out: he bothers to lug a board along with him but it doesn’t enter his mind to bring a revolver or extra gun for reassurance? Just the one shot? As for Rathbone having to bring the board – it would be much easier being an inside party to arrange for the door to be barred ahead of time. Or, perhaps the outside door was already barred from the start. If the door were barred from the start – which makes sense – then, of course, Booth couldn’t have entered. So the story required that Booth himself barred the door upon entering.
The official version is by far sillier than what Mr. Mcgowan has here proposed.

By: > M. Maria Marshall

> M. Maria Marshall — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:14:44 +0000

In reply to Nathan Cook.

Thank you, Nathan. I agree with you. I have been in Ford’s Theater back in the 50’s and early 60’s before the renovations. I agree that there are “many errors and incorrect assumptions in (this) theory.” I have lived in Southern Maryland and have studied this subject for years. Southern Maryland was CONFEDERATE.
Much of Maryland was not Union. But Lincoln did not want Maryland to secede from the Union since it was next to the Nation’s Capitol.
I have not read the rest of this report, but David Herold and Booth both had associations with Dr. Mudd. They met him before the assassination in Southern Maryland. They scouted the area. The original plan was to kidnap Lincoln and transport him to Richmond for ransom. But the Civil War ended before that could happen. They tried to waylay Lincoln’s carriage when it was on the way to the Soldiers Home in DC but could not manage to succeed in that attempt.
There are many more Confederate players in this piece of history but I will wait until I finish the articles before I mention them.
Does Thomas Jones enter this story? He was a Confederate for sure. He had owned slaves.
I’m not finished yet with the articles, so…

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By: Nathan Cook

Nathan Cook — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:47:11 +0000

This is absolute silliness. Booth blocked the door because he had a plan which involved waiting for a particular line in the play to cause a roaring laughter to mask the shot report. He didn’t want anyone to walk in behind him as he waited for his moment. Booth having all day to plan could easily come up with this board, your ridiculous theory requires rathbone to just luckily find the board there! And this is only one example of many errors and incorrect assumptions in your theory. Rathbone didn’t kill Lincoln.