Thomas F. Harney

[RJNorton]

John, I am using Eisenschiml's In the Shadow of Lincoln's Death for the broken doorbell story because I do not have the biography by Flower. Eisenschiml cites Flower in his footnote for the story. Does Flower give a footnote for the story?

Why would Stanton wait three years to tell this story (if true)?

Eisenschiml goes on to dispute Stanton's broken doorbell story by citing a gentleman named Sterling who said he went to Stanton's house to inform Stanton of the assassination, and the doorbell was working fine as Stanton's son immediately answered the door when it was rung. I should add that Eisenschiml's footnote for Sterling's story is "an unidentified article signed by James B. Morrow." Strange!

Eisenschiml writes, "Why, if Stanton's doorbell was not out of order, did he say that it was?"