When was it to late to kidnap?
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09-02-2012, 12:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2012 12:37 PM by BettyO.)
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RE: When was it to late to kidnap?
(09-02-2012 12:06 PM)Thomas Thorne Wrote: Dear Betty O Tom, You are right about Powell's war record - and I assume that he did find life in the comfort zone of "secret service" a bit more cushy than the hardened life of a foot soldier. He stated to both Eckert and Gillette, when asked, that he saw Booth as "his commanding officer." Powell was young, he was energetic and he was idealistic. He was going to stay with this thing to the end, apparently. Obviously, both O'Laughlen and Arnold had had different experiences in the Confederate Army. They were older, more mature and apparently could see the handwriting on the wall as to it's going up the spout. Powell either could not see this - or he ignored it. "The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley |
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